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  • Church For The Churched

    Contributed by Steve Hereford on Aug 25, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 16,954 views

    Who is the church for? Believers or unbelievers? Or to use more contemporary terms - churched or unchurched. Listen today as Pastor Steve addresses who is the church in the midst of the seeker-sensitive movement.

    Recently I was invited to attend a church planters conference in Lake Yale. At that conference I was exposed to various teaching and methods for reaching the unchurched. As I sat there and listened and took notes, I couldn’t help to think how we have somehow missed it when it comes to the purpose ...read more

  • A Call To Persevere Series

    Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on May 20, 2025
     | 243 views

    This sermon continues the study of Jude by exploring how believers are called to remain grounded in God's love, even amid internal threats to the Church. It emphasizes the role of spiritual disciplines—building faith, prayer, and hopeful anticipation of Christ.

    This week we are continuing our series in Jude. If you were with us last week you’ll remember that we talked about how the things that we need to look out for in the church are the times when we notice someone seems to only ever have complaints, and specifically with a purpose of creating division. ...read more

  • Discerning Genuine From Counterfeit Christianity Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Mar 10, 2015
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,669 views

    What is Genuine Christianity and what does it look like? Is there such a thing as Counterfeit Christianity? And how can we recognize the difference, in our own life and for our own protection in the lives of those who try to influence and lead us?

    Discerning Genuine from Counterfeit Christianity Genuine Christianity produces Courage Counterfeit Christianity produces Insecurity Genuine Christians are focused on Christ Counterfeit Christians are focused on Self Genuine Christianity results in Joy Counterfeit Christianity results in ...read more

  • The Last Days:discerning The Signs Of The Times

    Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jun 22, 2001
    based on 91 ratings
     | 12,088 views

    This sermon is about discerning the signs of the times which clearly reveals that we are living in the last days.

    THE LAST DAYS:DISCERNING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES OUTLINE 1.PERILS 2.PEOPLE 3.PERSECUTION 4.PROBLEMS 5.POWER 6.PROCLAMATION 7.PREPARATION THE MESSAGE THE LAST DAYS:DISCERNING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES 1.PERILS Luke 21:9-11,25-26 We can discern that we are living in the last ...read more

  • Clean Out The Dust Bunnies --- Discern

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 22, 2017
     | 4,042 views

    The lady lost her blessing, her coin of completeness was gone... She grabs a candle and sees the dust bunnies. She grabs a broom and cleans house... THEN SHE FINDS THE RESTORATION.

    SINGING PRAISE, AND LISTENING TO THE WORD Psalm 95 In days gone by not everybody who gathered in our churches could read, so it was useful to learn things by rote. So when the praise-leader sang “O Come let us sing unto the LORD” (Psalm 95:1), the congregation knew to join in the singing of ...read more

  • Are You Using Discernment To Navigate This World? Series

    Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Jul 5, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,506 views

    We need to be sure to use discernment in our daily life or we will become tainted by this world.

    Introduction We began a new series last week based upon the prayer that the Apostle Paul offered up to God for the whole church at Philippi. And the first thing that He asked God is to allow the Philippians' love to grow more and more. And so, we asked three questions to determine if our own ...read more

  • Part 6 - Discernment, Knowledge And Wisdom Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on May 23, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 9,755 views

    Part 6 of our spiritual gift series examines the gifts of discernment, knowledge and wisdom.

    Spiritual Gifts Series Part 6 – Discernment, Wisdom and Knowledge Rev. Bruce A. Shields First Baptist Church of Tawas City Michigan www.TawasBaptist.org WELCOME We’re continuing our series on the Spiritual Gifts this week. This week I would like to talk about a few more gifts that are kind of ...read more

  • Discerning And Obeying God's Will - Hebrews 11

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jun 7, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,947 views

    God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He speaks to His people just as He spoke the universe into existence. If we are looking, listening, and responding to God, He will direct our paths. This is the essence of the life God has designed for.

    Discerning God’s will The Lord Spoke to Adam & Eve, Noah, Abraham & Sarah . . . that’s just the first few chapters of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. If we just go through the list of people God spoke to directly, and who obeyed His voice (or disobeyed it) we will be here all ...read more

  • Discerning Truth And Error Part 1 Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 13, 2015
     | 5,197 views

    Message 20 from 1 John dealing with how to discern truth from error.

    Discerning Truth & Error 1John 4:1-6 REVIEW The logic of John’s letter is really quite simple. God is light (pure) and God is love (passionate). Because of His great love, He invited us into His community or family. Through the sacrifice of Jesus and ministry of the Holy Spirit we are ...read more

  • How Jesus Exercised Discerning Judgments

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 50 ratings
     | 3,437 views

    People often misunderstand one statement that Jesus made, "Judge not less you be judged yourself." (Matthew 7:1) Actually, Jesus taught that no one should try to play God by assuming a position as the final judge of what is right

    How Jesus Exercised Discerning Judgments People often misunderstand one statement that Jesus made, "Judge not less you be judged yourself." (Matthew 7:1) Actually, Jesus taught that no one should try to play God by assuming a position as the final judge of what is right. The Lord showed amazing ...read more

  • Discerning Truth And Error Part 2 Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 13, 2015
     | 3,661 views

    message 21 from 1 John continuing the discussion of discerning error from Message 20.

    Discerning Truth & Error Pt 2 1John 4:1-6 REVIEW I. THE GOD OF LIGHT AND HIS CHILDREN OF LIGHT 1-2 II. THE GOD OF LOVE & HIS CHILDREN OF LOVE 3-4 The logic of John’s letter is really quite simple. God is light (pure) and God is love (passionate). Because of His great love, He invited us ...read more

  • Discerning And Doing The Lord's Will Series

    Contributed by Thomas Fortini on Feb 23, 2019
     | 6,139 views

    Acts 21:1-16 gives us keys on how we can discern and do the Lord's Will

    Acts 21 (NIV) 1 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. 2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail. 3 After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we ...read more

  • Discerning Between The Essentials And Non-Essentials

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 23, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,574 views

    This I pray that your love would abound still more and more in real knowledge and depth of insight. So that you may discern what is best

    Discerning Between the Essentials and Non-Essentials Phil. 1:9-11 "This I pray that your love would abound still more and more in real knowledge and depth of insight. So that you may discern what is best." "I pray that you would be filled with the knowledge of His will with all ...read more

  • Learning To Discern Good From Evil

    Contributed by Jerry Gatson on Jan 19, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,501 views

    Satan does not come to tempt us with things that seem evil. He tempts us with things that seem good and turn out to be evil. We must learn to discern the difference between God and Satan and between good and evil

    "Calming and Quieting the Emotions: Learning to Discern Good from Evil" SERIES TEXT – Hebrews 4:12 – For the word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the ...read more

  • Discerning The Voice Of God: Is It In Line With The Bible?

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Sep 2, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,053 views

    How do we discern if what we hear preached is actually a word from God? What does the voice of God sound like?

    There are a lot of voices in our world today that claim to be speaking for God. How do we discern if what we hear preached is actually a word from God? What does the voice of God sound like? God speaks in many ways. Sometimes, He speaks in a spectacular way and at other times He speaks through ...read more