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  • Patrick O'Loughlin avatar

    The Power Of Small Groups

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Jan 4, 2010
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     | 27,723 views

    This is a sermon to encourage more participation in small groups

    Title: The power of small groups Text: Acts 2:42-47 Introduction A.A contradiction putting “power” and “small” together B.Because we are conditioned to believe that the power is always in the big things C.The bigger things are - the more powerful they are D.but not always so with ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Would You Be Made Whole?

    Contributed by Norbert Garcia on Mar 25, 2011
     | 10,836 views

    Jesus asked the man at the Pool of Bethesda if he would be healed and is now asking us the same.

    Visualize, if you will, a large city teeming with life. There is a constant stream of activity at the gates of this large city. Traders bringing in goods. Farmers bringing to market their fruits and vegetables. Craftsmen carrying the results of hours of painstaking work to ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    Home Is Where The Heart Is

    Contributed by Larry Scott King on Mar 22, 2014
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    My Christian home is where I discovered my heavenly home.

    Home Is Where the Heart Is Home. This little word in its best definition holds so many memories and meanings for each of us gathered here today. This little word, home, conjures up for us warm memories of days gone by, family, celebrations, hard work to keep farms up and running, memories of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    A Good Man

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 1, 2013
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     | 27,485 views

    This is a funeral service for an older believer in our congregation. He was indeed a good man and an encourager as was the bible character, Barnabas.

    Song – How Great Thou Art “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Funeral Service For Unbeliever

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 12, 2012
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     | 33,562 views

    Funerals for the unbelieving is a difficult task for preachers. It is, however, an opportunity to be an encouragement to the family as we honor the good aspects of the deceased person's life.

    Song – No Tears in Heaven – Seating Guests Song – Home of the Soul – Family Enters and is Seated Congregational Song – Sing Hallelujah The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3 He restores ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Not Of This World

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Oct 19, 2012
     | 6,412 views

    Jesus is preparing us for the worst to comprehend just how ugly, destructive and brutal sin is and why it should have no place in our lives or in God’s Kingdom.

    Not of this World Readings:NIV John 8:23 23 But he continued, You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. John 14:1-11 1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Fathers house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    I Believe In The Communion Of The Saints Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 17, 2012
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     | 10,224 views

    The benefit and necessity of being a part of the life of the church.

    I believe in the communion of the saints. The words sound strange, and you may ask, “Who are the saints?” Are they the ones we see in some churches that are made of plaster standing on little shelves around the walls? Are they the ones whose image people wear around their neck or ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Effecting Change In The Lives Of Thsoe We Encounter, Part 3 Series

    Contributed by Richard Laraviere on Aug 6, 2008
     | 3,879 views

    Our changed lives has a very positive effect on the lives of thse we come in contact with. We change ourselves we change our world

    Changing Our World, One Person at a Time (Effecting change in the life of those we encounter) Part Three Opening 1. Before you can change the world for good, you must be changed A. A godly home, is a powerful testimony of the one ministering 1. Nothing will kill a man’s effectiveness in ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    "Four Principles That Will Change Your Life”

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Mar 10, 2009
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    “Four Principles that Will Change Your Life”

    “Four Principles that Will Change Your Life” March 15, 2009 “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Being An Advocate For Others Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Feb 28, 2016
    based on 22 ratings
     | 31,444 views

    A sermon examining the importance of ministering to others.

    BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR OTHERS Philemon 1:8-21 (Antioch Baptist Church: Sunday Morning, July 6th, 2025) Listen online at - https://youtu.be/hA3T00nqTGM?feature=shared It’s the kind of story that makes the news; a man who had set out on a mission to destroy a church unexpectedly came to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Criticism Not Handled Properly Can Be An Evil Thing Indeed.

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Nov 23, 2016
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     | 6,816 views

    The wrong type of criticism can lead to all sorts of problems. This we must be aware, so that we can handle those who would put us down; criticism to them being a weapon.

    This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 30th September 2012; St Oswald’s is a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. The readings for today are: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 Psalm 12 James 5:13-20 Mark ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Shaping The Next Generation

    Contributed by Brian Williams on May 16, 2023
     | 4,510 views

    We can, by the power of the Spirit be part of shaping the next generation and encouraging them to take a stand for the Lord, to speak up for truth and what is right when the world is telling Christians to sit down and keep our convictions to ourselves.

    I was reading an article on how to understand Millennials and Gen Z (born between 1980-2012). This article said, “You can learn a lot about a generation by looking at the generation of parents that raised them.” In a book called A Generation at Risk, a 20-year longitudinal study revealed how ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Living For The Will Of God

    Contributed by Carl Palatino on Dec 9, 2012
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     | 5,082 views

    To bear trials, and to the encouragements to a holy life, notwithstanding in persecutions.

    LIVING FOR THE WILL OF GOD I Peter 4:1-6 Introduction: 1 Peter chapter 4 relates principally to the manner in which those to whom the apostle wrote ought to bear their trials, and to the encouragements to a holy life, notwithstanding their persecutions. Peter had commenced the subject in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard Schwedes avatar

    Be A Community Who Cares Biblically, Spiritually And Pastorally Series

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Sep 22, 2012
     | 4,661 views

    A sermon that encourages to have a broad view of Christian care.

    As we think about what it means to be a caring community, it is important to think about how we reflect God in our caring. This means that foundational to all our caring is God. When God is foundational to our caring, we see how much God loves us and cares for us. And second to God being ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Easter - The Reality Of The Resurrection

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Apr 2, 2020
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     | 7,148 views

    The reality of the resurrection is the center piece of the Christian faith. It means the last enemy has been defeated, Hell and the grave has been conquered, the Law has been fulfilled, the sacrifices completed and the justice of God has been completely satisfied.

    After the week of passion, who would have ever thought that three days later things could change so drastically? The scene at the tomb was the conclusion of an age old conflict. This was the promised fulfillment of God's plan of redemption and restoration. Finally the walls of separation were ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist