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  • Greg Nance avatar

    Defend God's Honor Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 14, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,809 views

    What offends you most? What will you defend with the greatest passion? The answer for Paul was clear: Defend God’s honor from idols and rivals!

    12/19/04 Text: Acts 17:16-34 Reading: Romans 1:18-25 Longing to See God Honored Intro: Does anyone remember the TV show “Welcome back Cotter?” It was a sitcom about a teacher who returned to work in the city high school he had graduated from. Well, one time, Cotter and John Travolta got into ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ray Ellis avatar

    Belonging To God's Family

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Feb 3, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 26,690 views

    Every person has two basic universal needs: “To love and be loved” and “to understand and be understood.” Those two basic needs are best met in a loving caring community of believers.

    Belong to God’s Family Background Scripture: I John 1:7 - Acts 2:42-47 Do you remember the fun times you had in your family growing up? One of the things I remember is the times we drove to visit relatives. When visiting my grandparents in Kansas City, Kansas I remember sliding down the long ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Carl Allen avatar

    Behold The Lamb Of God

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Feb 25, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 15,229 views

    Behold the Lamb of God, which comes to take away the sin of the Word. God sent is only son to come and take away the one problem that we all have that separates us from God. SIN.

    Behold the Lamb of God John 1:29 Intro For many centuries the people of Israel had been longing and looking for the promised Messiah who was to redeem them from the curse of evil and from the inevitable consequences of sin. There appeared on the scene a man, chosen and endowed by God, to prepare ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Taylor avatar

    The No's Of God Are Good Series

    Contributed by Ed Taylor on May 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,038 views

    The no’s of God can lead us into very exciting and fruitful things as we trust in the Lord in all things!

    1. (N.O.) No. A very UNPOPULAR WORD for sure. a. No. Not right now. No. It’s not possible. b. No. You can’t have it. No. You can’t go there. No. No. No! c. I know for sure my kids aren’t too excited with that word! 2. And Just thinking about it gets some of you on edge! a. You’re on the other ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Came Near Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 8, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,865 views

    1st in the series "Near to His Heart: The Gospel of John." Gives the reasons that the Incarnation was necessary.

    Text: John 1:1-18 We’ve got ourselves a problem, you and I, and I can tell you, it’s not just a little problem. We’ve got ourselves a whopper of a problem. It’s not a new problem, and we’re certainly not the first ones to ever have it. As a matter of fact the problem dates clear back to Adam & Eve, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Ripping Off God Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,773 views

    ... Test Me now with this, says Jehovah of Hosts, to see if I will not open the windows of Heaven for you, and pour out a blessing for you, until there is not enough room. God said it, so I’ll say it. God is willing to take up the challenge. Tithing is no

    Opening illustration: 24 year old Danny Simpson was sentenced to 6 years in jail for robbing a bank. Danny got 6 years in the clink for stealing $6,000. But the gun he used in the robbery ended up in a museum. The .45 caliber Colt semi-automatic turned out to be an antique made in 1918 by the Ross ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    When Will God Come? Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 4, 2012
     | 5,181 views

    We long to be liberated from our brokenness adn to experience redemption for ourselves and our relationships. We keep waiting for God to come and fix things.

    “Questions About God: When Will God Come?” Luke 21:25-28 In that great movie “Field of Dreams”, Ray Kinsella hears a mysterious voice prompting, “If you build it, he will come.” So Ray builds a ball field in the middle of his Iowa cornfield. Soon persons from ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    God's Living Wage

    Contributed by Terry Frazier on Aug 31, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,858 views

    The parable of the laborers in the vineyard teaches us many things but one great thing that it teaches us is that we as Christians cannot be envious about what others have or when they get saved. We should be overjoyed when someone gets saved.

    God’s Living Wage Another Labor Day weekend is upon us. And while I know that some of you are no longer in the workforce per say anymore, you are still working at lots of different things aren’t you? Like James for example hasn’t worked for the phone company for quite a few years ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When God Is Silent

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jul 16, 2012
    based on 14 ratings
     | 42,309 views

    There are times in this Christian journey that it literally seems that God has abandoned you, turned a deaf ear to your cries, and it seems as though the heavens over head have become brass. When God is silent I will trust HIm. I rest on His unchanging GR

    When God is Silent by MELVIN MAUGHMER, JR. Psalms 77:1-77:20 When God is Silent By Pastor District Elder M.L. Maughmer, Jr. Psalm 77:1-20 OPENING:- I love this particular saying that was on a poster and it goes I believe in the sun when it does not shine. I believe in God when He is silent. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Fear God And Be Fearless

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jul 13, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,403 views

    Fear God and Be Fearless 1) Fearless of bullies; 2) Fearless of the future

    What do you fear? Spiders? Don’t like how they scuttle along the floorboards in your living room and build webs in the corners of your garage and furnace room, right where the light switch is? Do you fear lightning and thunder? A sudden flash followed by an ear-splitting crash sends you ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    When God Calls

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 27, 2014
     | 10,661 views

    Moses came up with four reasons why he was not the man for the job God has for him. They are questions of identity, credibility, faith and ability. God took extra length to convince him. God does not call the qualified. He qualifies the called.

    God was concerned. Last verse of Exo 2 says “So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.” • He approached Moses and said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Keith Broyles avatar

    And You Will Be Like God

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,134 views

    We can fall victim to evil very easily. Through our faith we can find the grace and forgiveness we need.

    During his fighting prime, it is said Muhammad Ali once boarded an airplane on his way to his next flight. As the plane began to move toward the runway the flight crew went through their usual pre-flight instructions and checks. One of the flight attendants, while checking to ensure all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka avatar

    The Power Of God's Word

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Aug 22, 2016
     | 45,788 views

    Many people are looking for peace today, longing for peace, praying for peace. But deep peace of heart comes from the study of the Word of God.

    THE POWER OF GOD’S WORD Study Text: Psalms 107: 19 – 20 Introduction: - The great reservoir of the power that belongs to God is His own Word, the Bible. If we wish to make it ours, we must go to that Book. - Yet people abound in the Church who are praying for power and neglecting the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Monty Newton avatar

    God Is Quitely At Work

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jun 15, 2015
     | 6,638 views

    We may not know what God is doing but be assured, God is doing it!

    Title: God is quietly at work in our lives and in the world… establishing his Kingdom. Text: Mark 4:26-34 Thesis: We may not know what God is doing but be assured, God is doing it! Introduction – Enigmatic? What to do with it? It feels like an FYI. On August 12, 1805, near the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Gordon Weatherby avatar

    Living As A Man Of God Series

    Contributed by Gordon Weatherby on Sep 28, 2013
     | 8,000 views

    This messages deals with 6 principles that Paul gave to the young man timothy in 1 timothy 6:11-16 to help him live as a man of God. These same principles will also help us to live as men and women of God today.

    LIVING AS A MAN OF GOD 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Dorn Ridge and York Manor, September 21, 2013 Audio link to listen to this sermon: http://chirb.it/P4wDmB INTRODUCTION: 1.) The Book of 1 Timothy as we have said before was kind of a ministerial manual from the Apostle Paul to the young man Timothy. 2.) ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ