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  • Brent Zastrow avatar

    Recipe For Renewal Right Here In River City

    Contributed by Brent Zastrow on Jul 5, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 2,710 views

    What better way to celebrate our nation’s birthday than by preparing for a renewal

    RECIPIE FOR RENEWAL IN SAYBROOK I. REUNION II. REVIVAL III. REBIRTH I’m sure many of you have seen the musical either at the schools or on TV, the Music Man. So you remember that scene where the “professor”, pointing to the Pool Hall tells the citizens, you’ve got trouble right here in river ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Give It A Rest: Taking Time For A Pit Stop Series

    Contributed by George Casady on Jul 6, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 19,187 views

    Encouragement for people to take a God-given sabbath rest.

    Give It A Rest Exodus 23:10-12 What advice can I give you for the New Year? I pondered this as I anticipated this morning worship service. What practical friendly pastor-like advice might I give that would be helpful and apply to pretty much our entire church as we look ahead to a New ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Does A Man Get For His Toil?

    Contributed by William Baeta on Aug 5, 2001
    based on 23 ratings
     | 4,807 views

    “For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labours under the sun?”

    Theme: What does a man gain for his toil Text: Eccl. 1:2, 2:21-23; Col. 3:1-5, 9-11; Lk. 12:13-21 Read Eccl. 2:21-23 “For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. What does a man get for all the toil and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Leaving Egypt Behind

    Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Sep 8, 2001
    based on 66 ratings
     | 23,270 views

    Prepare, Don’t Wait, Keep Watch. These three elements of the Passover are commemorated in each of us as we continue to leave Egypt behind.

    Paul Harvey tells the story of an old man and the gulls: “It is gratitude that prompted an old man to visit an old broken pier on the eastern seacoast of Florida. Every Friday night, until his death in 1973, he would return, walking slowly and slightly stooped with a large bucket of shrimp. The sea ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Finding Your Place Series

    Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 11,061 views

    Part of a series on the keys to joyful service in the church

    Service with a Smile: Finding Your Place Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 [Show Antz video, pre-title segment] There is within each of us, a longing to be useful, to be needed, to contribute to the lives of others in a meaningful way, a desire to know that we’ve made a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Humiliation Of Jesus

    Contributed by Dennis Williams on Jul 24, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,911 views

    Jesus was humiliated for our cause

    25Jan02 The Humiliation of Jesus (he is the central theme of our witness) *There must be no confusion when explaining Jesus to people *The cultist will try and trap you. *There is a doctrine called Christology- Which is the study of Christ and His works. * We must learn how to expound our faith: ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Cure For Hiccups

    Contributed by John Gullick on Mar 24, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 13,356 views

    A sermon on how John 3 - 16 can point to God’s cures for the various hiccups we face in life,

    God’s cure for Hiccups.. Today I would like to give a sermon on how God can cure Hiccups. Drink a glass of water - have someone creep up behind you and burst a paper bag - Stand on your head and drink a glass of water - there must be a book somewhere called a thousand and one cures for hiccups. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    God's Design For A Happy Home

    Contributed by Todd Randolph on Nov 18, 2000
    based on 63 ratings
     | 9,214 views

    God’s Instructions for Families taken from Colossians 3:18-21.

    Introduction Little Suzie came home from first grade and excitedly said, "Mom, today our teacher told us the story of Snow White.” For the next five minutes, she then recounted the fairy tale including the arrival of Prince Charming and his rescue of Snow White. "Then do you know what happened, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Getting A Hold On Submission 

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 148 ratings
     | 6,310 views

    Submission is beutiful as God defines it!

    "Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Consolation Of Confession

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,124 views

    It seems to be one of mankind’s innate flaws--the tendency to hide his sin and wrong. But concealing our sin solves nothing. Only by confession can we hope to experience inner peace and relief.

    THE CONSOLATION OF CONFESSION Text: I John 1: 9; Ps.32: 5 Intro: As you listened to that title you may have thought to yourself that the ideas of consolation and confession simply don’t go together. After all, we don’t normally think of confession in a positive light. The idea of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Just One More Hour To Live

    Contributed by James May on Jul 25, 2004
    based on 57 ratings
     | 5,226 views

    A sermon presented in story format that stresses the importance of witnessing for Christ even in times when we can’t see a result. (Ficticious Story)

    Just One More Hour to Live by Pastor Jim May All alone, in a dark, quiet room of a hospital a patient laid upon the bed from which he would never arise again. He was dying of a dreaded disease that had wracked his body with pain and sapped his energy so that he had not even the strength to lift ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    "Free Indeed"

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Mar 23, 2003
    based on 374 ratings
     | 101,051 views

    Jesus frees us completely from the chains and guilt of sin.

    Iliff and Saltillo UM Churches July 7, 2002 Communion Sunday “Free Indeed” John 8:31-36 INTRODUCTION: In today’s scripture Jesus is talking to some Jewish believers who were new in the faith. They were weak in their faith at this point, and Jesus begins by telling them, “If you continue in my ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Byron Harvey avatar

    The Trust Of Love Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 7,958 views

    This is installment 12 in a series on I Corinthians 13, and deals with the fact that love "believes all things."

    “The Trust of Love” I Corinthians 13:7 March 9, 2003 Love of Another Kind – I Corinthians 13 Theme Introduction: Trust. Who do you trust? Americans trust each other less and less each year, this according to Pamela Paxton, Associate Prof of Sociology at The Ohio State University, who studied ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Disposition Of Love Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 4,095 views

    This is installment 13 in a series I preached on I Corinthians 13, and it deals with the fact that "love hopes all things."

    “The Disposition of Love” I Corinthians 13:7 March 16, 2003 Love of Another Kind – I Corinthians 13 Intro At the start of World War II, the Russians developed what might be fairly called the most useless weapon of all time, perhaps the most embarrassing strategic failure of modern weaponry. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Pathways To Peace

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Apr 19, 2003
    based on 49 ratings
     | 6,542 views

    Finding personal peace in a time of war.

    Zephaniah 3:14-20 14 Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! 15 The LORD has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The LORD, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm. 16 On ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed