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  • Mark Nichols avatar

    Walk As Jesus Walked Series

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Feb 13, 2011
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     | 7,173 views

    5th message in the series. John gives 3 tests to ensure our walk will please God.

    TEXT: 1st John 2:3-11 TITLE: Walk as Jesus Walked SERIES: Letters from John TOPIC: tests of faithfulness OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, January 9, 2011 PROP.: John gives three tests to prove if your walk is pleasing to God. INTRODUCTION: Good morning! We are continuing in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Thou Shall Not Be Violent (6) Series

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Feb 20, 2011
    based on 55 ratings
     | 19,598 views

    Reading strange stories in the Bible, in search of an answer that will lead us to find some answers in God’s dealing with human despair and suffering. We need to read those stories in the light of the cross - the story of what He has done to set things ri

    THOU SHALL NOT BE VIOLENT (Law and Grace - The 6th Commandment) There is something in human nature that is drawn to a spicy scandal or by a violent act. Millions will tune in to exclusive interviews with the criminals or buy best-sellers which give people’s inside stories with the dirty ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    For The Best Of Baptists-1

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Feb 21, 2011
     | 2,206 views

    1 of 3. The writer to the Hebrews described what was available in Christ Jesus to the religiously comfortable. A higher plane is available to the religiously comfortable or ’the best of baptists?’ For the Best of Baptists, there is a Higher...

    For The Best of Baptists-I—Hebrews 7:1-10 My great-grandfather Jesse Sherman/Shack behind them—Children in background-no one holding hands—No smiles—Wearing homemade shoes—Beside wife—Long white beard to center of his chest—Holding rifle—Dog at side/Learn a lot from the picture if know what to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Lesson From God

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Feb 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,175 views

    This message indicates what God considers important in our life.

    Text: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). You have read and heard this Scripture many times, but have you ever stopped to think about what the words “But seek first the kingdom of God and His ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Enemy Within

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Feb 28, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,585 views

    When we set about to fulfill God's vision Satan will also attack us from within.

    A preachers son graduated from high school and the preacher kept asking his son what he was going to do? Go to college or maybe go onto the service. He kept asking his son, but he just could not make up his mind! One day while his son was out, he decided to perform a simple test. He went into ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Is Love Series

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Mar 2, 2011
     | 6,301 views

    This is the sermon #11 in the series Letters From John. In 1st John 4, John describes the love of God. God’s love is PERSONAL, PROVEN, PERFECTING, SAVING.

    TEXT: 1st John 4:1-21 TITLE: God IS love! SERIES: Letters from John TOPIC: God is LOVE OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church February 25, 2011 PROP.: In 1st John 3, he describes the kind of love WE are to have. And it is to stem from the kind of love GOD has. Because God is love. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Blessing Of Brokenness Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 33,100 views

    If we want to be truly blessed and be a blessing to others, we must let God break us of our self-sufficiency and our sin.

    Recently, I came across an interesting set of statistics on sanity. According to the study, one out of every four Americans is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Now, think of your three best friends. If they’re okay, then it’s probably you. (Rita Mae Brown, Church Champions Update, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Serve Only The God Who Can Save

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Mar 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,692 views

    How tempting to compromise the Christian faith to fit in with the world around us! How do we stand tall, trusting our God, despite the insults and ridicule? A. Serve him no matter how fearful the threats. B. We serve him trusting his merciful power.

    Text: Daniel 3:13-27 Theme: Serve Only the God Who Can Save A. Serve him no matter how fearful the threats B. We serve him trusting his merciful power Season: Epiphany 4a Date: January 30, 2011 Web page: http://hancocklutheran.org/sermons/Serve-Only-the-God-Who-Can-Save-Daniel3_13-27.html ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Story Of Zach Series

    Contributed by Matt Keller on Sep 30, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,519 views

    Many times we look at the story of Zach as being just for kids. However, I believe there are some interesting observations can be made from the text.

    “The Story of Zach” Beyond Flannelgraph: Treasured Stories, Timeless Truths – Week 2 Sunday, September 12, 2010 Text: Luke 19:1-10 C.S. Lewis says of true friendship, “True friendship is rare on earth. It means identifying with someone in thought, heart, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Worshiping God Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 2, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 19,111 views

    In today's lesson we learn that we must worship God in his house with reverence.

    Scripture In his quest to find out how to live a meaningful life the writer of Ecclesiastes addresses the issue of worshiping God. Let us read Ecclesiastes 5:1-7: 1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Kickoff Time

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Oct 3, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,035 views

    This sermon is to kickoff our Stewardship Campaign and our Anniversary Service in sharing the vision for our two year campaign.

    “It’s Kickoff Time” 9/26/10 Haggai 1:5-15 Luke 21:1-4 A long time ago when I played football, I was on the kickoff team. I was always full of optimism and I could feel butterflies in my stomach. When the referee blew that long whistle, everything we had been practicing for for weeks was ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Building Others Up Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 10, 2010
    based on 11 ratings
     | 21,607 views

    Four ways we can build one another up.

    Building Others Up Romans 14:19-23 Rev. Brian Bill 10/10/10 I recently drove to Indiana to pick Lydia up from college. I arrived early so I thought I would walk around on the campus until she got out of her class. After walking for awhile I leaned against a light pole and did some people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Carpe Diem Series

    Contributed by Richard Mc Quinn on Oct 11, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,390 views

    Paul writes to his beloved church to express to them that our time is short and we ought to capturing every moment for the cause of Christ and advancement of His Kingdom!

    “CARPE DIEM” 10/10/10 New Liberty Christian Church, Veedersburg, IN. Rich McQuinn, Pastor TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 3:1-21 A new movie was released to the theaters Friday, October 8, 2010. The title of the movie is called “Secretariat”. It is a neat movie about a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    I Can't Do A Thing Without It

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 14, 2010
    based on 58 ratings
     | 47,255 views

    How important is the Anointing to the life of the believer?

    I don’t know who I’m talking to right now, but I feel a prophetic unction to tell you, that something is getting ready to change in your life, somebody is going to get a revelation that is going to shift them into a greater anointing than they’ve ever had. Somebody is getting ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    P90x For The Soul - Serving Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Oct 17, 2010
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,981 views

    Serving is one of those things that we all know the need for, but we struggle with finding time to actually do it. As we look at Jesus’ example of serving, what are some principles of godly serving that we can learn so we can glorify the Lord and find re

    P90X for the Soul – Serving Serving John 13:1-17 Godly service is done now! (v.1) Godly service is done out of love (v. 2) Godly service is not an issue of authority Godly service is an issue of humility (v. 3-5) Godly service helps others Spiritually Godly service helps you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational