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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Making Peace When There Is No Peace

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 7, 2009
     | 5,290 views

    We would like to contribute to world peace, but how? Confront others with their wrongness; but before that, understand your own heart; and before that, be reconciled to God.

    "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." Well, who wouldn’t like to be that?! Who wouldn’t want to be a peacemaker and be rewarded by God and by a grateful world? "Blessed are the peacemakers." The trouble is, it’s not that easy. You and I may fantasize ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dan Cale avatar

    Getting Started Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Apr 17, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,671 views

    Finding Wholeness in a Broken World Pt 2 - this message about the woman at the well helps people understand that to be whole we have to confront and respond to our brokenness.

    Finding Wholeness in a Broken World Pt 2 – Getting Started John 4:7-26; 39-45 “I just want someone to help me.” Those were the words that started this series in my heart – as the words of a young man echoed the words of so many others. Into the brokenness of this world the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Good Samaritan Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Aug 17, 2014
    based on 11 ratings
     | 44,610 views

    The parable confronts us with the demand to make a decision concerning the command just give by Jesus. Are we, or are we not, going to love our neighbor as our self.

    LUKE 10: [25-] 29-37 [PARABLES IN LUKE] THE GOOD SAMARITAN [1 John 3:18] Few people really understand US Internal Revenue Service income tax regulations and for good reason. According to Forbes magazine, in 2013 tax codes surpassed four million word mark. In fact, the tax codes have become ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Monster Of Anxiety Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Jan 23, 2022
     | 2,611 views

    Our mind is a battleground. The battle to become more like Jesus takes place in our mind. There are mind monsters that we must confront. It is time to turn on the light!

    I. Introduction You will remember last week we began by talking about Monsters Inc. and how the skilled "scarers" were employed in The Scare Factory to harvest the screams of human children to power their city called "Monstropolis". It was a cool and fun movie. However, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Monster Of Shame Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Jan 23, 2022
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     | 2,477 views

    Our mind is a battleground. The battle to become more like Jesus takes place in our mind. There are mind monsters that we must confront. It is time to turn on the light!

    I. Introduction The Scare Factory illustrated in Monsters Inc. is still in full effect. However, rather than harvesting the screams of children to power the city of "Monstropolis", this scare factory harvests our peace and our sanity. Adam and Eve fall in the Garden and believe ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Monster Of Rejection

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Jan 23, 2022
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     | 2,171 views

    Our mind is a battleground. The battle to become more like Jesus takes place in our mind. There are mind monsters that we must confront. It is time to turn on the light!

    I. Introduction The Scare Factory illustrated in Monsters Inc. is still in full effect. However, rather than harvesting the screams of children to power the city of "Monstropolis", the monsters in this scare factory harvests our peace and our sanity. Adam and Eve fall in the Garden and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Jesus Used The Word To Correct False Teaching Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 6, 2018
     | 5,865 views

    When confronted with a question that showed people were following a false premise, Jesus uses the Word in an attempt to correct the false teaching, therefore, correcting the false premise.

    INTRODUCTION’ • SLIDE #1 • We live in a society is that is becoming increasingly intolerant of Christianity. Now, with that said, I do not want to come unhinged and make it sound like 2018 in the United States is the worst time in history to be a Christian. • All I am saying is that for a society ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Claude Alexander avatar

    The Gerasene Demoniac Becomes A Soul Winner. Series

    Contributed by Claude Alexander on Mar 1, 2020
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     | 7,573 views

    The confrontation between the powers of heaven and hell are nowhere seen in better perspective than in Mark’s account of the encounter of the Gerasene demoniac with our Lord Jesus Christ.

    The Gerasene Demoniac becomes a Soul Winner. (Mark 5:1-20) Bible-believing Christians have always accepted the fact of demons. Their activity since the creation of the world is also known to them Even in our times, there is an intense interest in the supernatural and the occult. Ouija boards ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Spirit Filled Life Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Aug 15, 2020
     | 2,558 views

    Most preachers preach to bring comforts, consolation, at the same time it is also, the responsibility of a Preacher to declare the condemnation. Confrontational preaching leads the hearers to yield their lives to Christ.

    Acts 2:36-41 Result of the Spirit-Filled Preaching 2: 36-37 Conviction of the Sinners 2: 38-40 Confrontational preaching 2: 41 Conversion of the Sinners Acts 2:36-37 Conviction of the Sinners In the previous passage, we have seen how Peter took the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Allan Quak avatar

    Are You In? Or Are You Out? Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 24, 2025
     | 425 views

    Through a series of contrasts Jesus confronts His listeners with a key issue. Are you in God's kingdom? Or are you out of God's kingdom?

    You can listen to this sermon at https://npbc.org.au/podcasts/media Matthew 7:13-29 “Are You In? Or Are You Out?” Through the Sermon on the Mount Jesus has been telling the disciples, what it means to be part of God’s kingdom, and how a person in God’s kingdom is to live. Jesus is particularly ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dealing With Negative Dreams And Nightmares Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Apr 12, 2025
     | 195 views

    Negative dreams and nightmares are not to be feared, but confronted with spiritual authority. God desires to speak to His children through dreams, but the enemy also tries to manipulate the dream realm.

    DEALING WITH NEGATIVE DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Job 33:14-18 "For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Differences Don't Have To Divide!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 17, 2024
     | 726 views

    Differences can give birth to trouble. We see God has a plan. Paul confronted Peter about some differences. Unity must be our goal.

    DIFFERENCES, DON’T HAVE TO DIVIDE! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) *DIFFERENCE: not the same, dissimilar, unlike. DIFFERENCE: HOW MANY KIND KINDS OF CHICKENS ARE THERE? Around the world there are over 500 recognized species of chickens that ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dorothy Lam avatar

    That You May Know

    Contributed by Dorothy Lam on Jan 12, 2023
     | 1,949 views

    Jesus drops a bombshell while performing a miracle, confronting Messianic expectations. Can we trust Jesus' word that he has the authority to forgive sins?

    One of the greatest science-fiction movie scenes of all time is the scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, in which Luke Skywalker, the young hero of the rebel forces, the man in whom we are putting all our hope, confronts and duels the leader of the evil and oppressive Empire, Darth Vader. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    "A Wise Heart" Ecc. Pt. 9 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,549 views

    Solomon continues his explanation of the value of wisdom and he tells us: that a wise heart knows how to submit to authority, it knows that wickedness holds a death grip on people, and it accepts the fact that it does not have all the answers to life only

    “A Wise Heart” Ecclesiastes Chapter 8 part 9 Today our subject is wisdom from the heart and here is a funny story on the subject of wisdom: Opening – On the lighter side of life: A story… It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mark Aarssen avatar

    Negotiating With God

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jun 13, 2007
    based on 22 ratings
     | 25,263 views

    We live in perilous & prosperous times. We have every modern convenience and an abundance of leisure time. We live amongst cities like Sodom and Gomorrah. We profit by living in the shadow of their wickedness. Are we just Negotiating with God?

    Negotiating with God The title for this mornings message is Negotiating with God. I must admit straight out that I am not a great negotiator. My wife would give me very strict instructions to keep my mouth shut when we went looking for a new car or any other major purchase. Having grown up in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed