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  • Richard Goble avatar

    Understanding The Serving Gifts Series

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Jan 25, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,097 views

    The serving gifts allow us to help and comfort others in the body. #4 of 5.

    Title: Understanding The Serving Gifts Series: Discovering God’s Special Gifts Text: 1 Corinthians 12:8-10; Romans 12:6-8 Theme: The serving gifts allow us to help and comfort others in the body. I. LEADERSHIP/ADMINISTRATION/RULING – PROVIDING DIRECTION TO THE BODY. Romans 12:8 “…he who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Parable Of The Sly Bastard

    Contributed by David Smith on Feb 26, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,001 views

    if you want to know how to handle money, take your lead from this sleaze-bag criminal accountant in Luke 16, for he was smart enough to know the most valuable thing that you...

    One of the lads at Fight Club on Tuesday night approached me with a question: "You know that parable Jesus tells about the merchant who found the pearl of great price?”, he asked. “Yeah”, I said. “Well, I want to know who is the merchant in the story supposed to be?” This is not the standard sort ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Daniel Chapter 2a Series

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Feb 29, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,537 views

    Do we turn to the world for answers or to God. We can learn from a pagan king not to trust the world.

    Daniel – Chapter 2 Part A A. Chapter 2 Outline I. The King and his Pagan Advisors (2:1-13) a. The Fear (2:1) b. The Frustration (2:2-13) i. The Counsellors (2:2) (1) Magicians (2) Astrologers (3) Sorcerers (4) Chaldeans ii. The Charge (2:3) iii. The Cop-out (2:4-7) iv. The Command ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "There Is Nothing Dignified About A Donkey"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 13, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,829 views

    A Sermon for Palm Sunday.

    Matthew 21:1-11 “There is Nothing Dignified About a Donkey” by: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor, Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org There is nothing dignified about a donkey. We can look at a donkey from any angle and we will fail to find what we might call a sense of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Wedding Feast

    Contributed by Neil Richardson on Mar 14, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,154 views

    Five characters- indifferent rebel, violent rebel, hypocrite rebel, responsive guest, loyal servants. Includes children’s talk.

    Children’s talk- Josh’s party  London  Josh, 13th birthday  Dad, who had a big business with lots of workers and a big house in Chelsea, threw a party  Posted invites to his friends: David, Rebecca & Paul (brother and sister), Rachel and James (sister & ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andrew Chan avatar

    Not I But Christ - Good Friday 2008

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Mar 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,555 views

    Good Friday message that Christ did it all, not me!

    NOT I BUT CHRIST Good Friday... What does it mean to you? All over the world, many Christians are observing this day. In different parts of the world, this day is called... (SLIDE) • Great Friday: Indonesia(Jumat Agung) – agung = majesty –king - great • Holy Friday: France (Vendredi Saint), ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Parable Of The Sly Bastard (A Sermon On Luke 16:1-9)

    Contributed by David Smith on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,437 views

    If you want to know how to handle money, take your lead from this sleaze-bag criminal accountant in Luke 16, for he was smart enough to know the most valuable thing that you.

    One of the lads at Fight Club on Tuesday night approached me with a question: "You know that parable Jesus tells about the merchant who found the pearl of great price?”, he asked. “Yeah”, I said. “Well, I want to know who is the merchant in the story supposed to be?” This is not the standard sort ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Christ Is King! (John 18:33-37)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 4, 2007
    based on 49 ratings
     | 38,583 views

    A sermon for the last Sunday of the Church year - the feast of Christ the King ...

    Welcome to the last Sunday of the Christian year - traditionally recognised as the feast of ‘Christ the King’. Next week is Advent - the start of a new Christian year, but this week we conclude the old ecclesiastical year with a proclamation of the kingship of Christ, and a call upon all of us to ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    How Simple Can It Be

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Oct 17, 2005
    based on 86 ratings
     | 13,699 views

    A sermon for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Jesus two commandments

    23rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 Matthew 22:34-46 ’How Simple Can It Be?" 34 ¶ But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him. 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Servant Church Trains Series

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on Mar 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,295 views

    A servant church that trains is a church that releases people from spiritual bondage.

    A Servant Church Trains Acts 18:24-28 Teach the way of God more perfectly. And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures; came to Ephesus. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hurry, The Door Is Still Open!

    Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Aug 21, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 13,036 views

    Friend, my goal today is to win you for Christ. God loves you and wants you to spend eternity with him. If you have been one of those who have been coming to Church faithfully for many years and never really received Jesus as your personal Savior, I de

    We are not told who that “someone” was who asked Jesus the question “Lord will those who are saved be few?” but in answering the question Jesus actually tells us how to get there. He tells us that only few will get in while many will stand outside the door and keep ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • David Smith avatar

    Remarriage Is Adultery Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Oct 27, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,080 views

    Jesus said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

    Every now and then you find yourself tacking a Bible passage that just doesn’t lend itself to starting your sermon with a joke. Today’s Gospel reading is one such passage. For divorce is no laughing matter, and of course I know that first-hand. Indeed, not only did I experience the divorce of my ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    False Teachers

    Contributed by Unknown Bennett T Cortez on Nov 3, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,130 views

    The Scriptures cannot be interpreted correctly without the power of the Holy Spirits.

    Introduction False prophets appeared in Israel during the day of the writing of the prophets spoken of. They were present in the first century church. Peter switched from writing about false prophets of the past to false teachers in the present actually their teaching was the same heresy. 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The View From Here

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 25, 2014
     | 3,761 views

    I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us -- a communion sermon.

    The View from Here Romans 8:18-39 Big Idea: I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Lectionary Readings: • Old Testament: Genesis 29:15-28 • Psalms: Psalm 128 • Gospel: Matthew 13:31-33; 44-52 • Epistle: ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Why Would A Free Man Go Back Into Bondage?

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jul 9, 2016
     | 7,680 views

    "To tamper with the gospel is to trouble the church... Indeed the church's greatest troublemakers (now as then) are not those outside who oppose, ridicule and persecute it, but those inside who try to change the gospel... Conversely, the only way to....

    Why Would A Free Man Go back into Bondage? Pt.4 Galatians 1:1-10NASB In the 1980s Hollywood created what became a authentic, film genre in which a bulked-up, heavily armed one-man fighting machine broke into prison camp's and rescued hostages, POWs, or kidnapped victims. Names like Sylvester ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal