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  • VICTORIA OLADIPUPO avatar

    Your Time Has Come

    Contributed by Victoria Oladipupo on Jan 14, 2004
    based on 170 ratings
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    This sermon deals with focusing on the Lord nomatter how long you’ve been waiting for His goodness.There is nothing you can do if your time has not come. There is time for everything. But your time has come.

    VICTORIA OLADIPUPO FREEDOM OF CHRIST CHURCH TOPIC: YOUR TIME HAS COME. SCRIPTURE READING: JOHN 5: 1 – 11 1] After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [2] Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dean Rhine avatar

    What's Your Songbook

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Dec 9, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
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    An introduction to the book of Psalms

    What’s Your Songbook? Psalm 1 & Overview One of the most prevalent parts of our society today is music. Think about it: we listen to it in the car, it plays in the mall, even elevators have it playing gently in the background. It makes a movie romantic, funny, or scary -- all depending on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Crystal Ball

    Contributed by Donald Jewell on May 28, 2004
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    How the hope of heaven changes us.

    The Crystal Ball This morning I want you to imagine with me. I am in the yard hoeing the garden, after a while my hoe hits a metal object. I get down and start digging around the object with my hands until I uncover a small metal box. I lift it out of the ground and examine it. After a careful ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Carl Allen avatar

    Fives Minutes In Hell

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Jun 17, 2008
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    If every Christian could spend just five minutes in hell, we would all have a new outlook on our responsibilities as Christians.

    Five Minutes in Hell John 16:22-24 Intro The title of my sermon today, “Five Minutes in Hell” is the flip side of the sermon we heard two weeks ago, about how we would change if we had the opportunity to look into Heaven. I suppose it is a impossibility to actually take a tour of hell, but we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dan Cale avatar

    So Loved - He Gave Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Dec 19, 2007
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    In a fresh look at John 3:16 we look at what it means to be so loved by God. Pt 2 investigates in scripture how Gods love gives to his people.

    So Loved Pt 2 - He Gave John 3:16 We began last week working through this most familiar passage in scripture as we point our hearts towards the beginning of Advent. We began talking about this God who So Loved us. Remember this morning that His is Creator love boundless, endless, perfect and ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    So Loved - Whosoever Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Dec 19, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
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    In a fresh look at John 3:16 we look at what it means to be so loved by God. Pt 3 investigates what it means to be a whosoever in the heart of God.

    So Loved Pt 3 - Whosoever John 3:16 We began last week working through this most familiar passage in scripture as we point our hearts towards the beginning of Advent. We began talking about this God who So Loved us. Remember this morning that His is Creator love boundless, endless, perfect and ...read more

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  • Ralph Andrus avatar

    The Bible & 2012

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Nov 14, 2009
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    - People are asking questions - Is the world coming to an end in 2012? - The Bible answers this question

    - Roland Emmerich’s "2012" - Independence Da y (96), Day After Tomorrow (04) - $200 million Movie - Called the “mother of all disaster movies” - Tag line “Mankind’s Earliest Civilizations Warned Us” - What are the odds?”, “I thought we would have more time” - US News & World report - 60% believe ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No One Will Ever Forget Series

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Mar 17, 2014
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    Mary anoints Jesus' feet

    Lent - No One will ever forget Proustian Memory - The power of smell to trigger memory - Burning leaves - fresh mowed grass - the Fair French fries - elephant ears - sausage & onions Jerusalem during any festival was filled with smells. Venders selling food, animals for sacrifice, crowds. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • John Dobbs avatar

    Three Discipleship Questions

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Sep 2, 2014
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    Following Peter's confession that Jesus is the Messiah, the Lord gives sobering instructions on the challenges of discipleship.

    Three Questions For Disciples Matthew 16:21-26 Introduction 1. We have just heard Peter make the greatest confession: Jesus is the Messiah. This has been the aim of Jesus all along. Now He entrusts to them the reality. 2. Matthew 16:21-26. This text asks some questions of us in regards to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Asked For A Hard Thing!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on May 29, 2015
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    Great things don’t come easy, we’ve got to strive hard to attain them! Are you hearing please?Come on, be feisty, gutsy, dig in hard, and don’t give up!

    Hard thing! 2 King 2:10” And he said, "You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so." Hey friend, Great things don’t come easy, we’ve got to strive hard to attain them! Are you ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Michael Sawyer avatar

    The Sabbath Series

    Contributed by Michael Sawyer on Nov 13, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,861 views

    A message concerning the command of the Sabbath and it's present day relevance.

    The Commandment we will be looking at this chapter is the 4th. It is the final of the commandments that involve our relationship to God specifically. It is found in Exodus Chapter 20 and verse 8. 20:8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. So the command is to remember the Sabbath and keep ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ralph Andrus avatar

    The Verifier Approach

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Oct 12, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,699 views

    The four words that verifies our faith. 1. Written 2. Believe 3. Christ 4. Life

    -Qopchedy qokedydy qokololy qokeedy qokedy shedy. [NOTE: For this to make sense to the congregation, you will need to project these words on a scene, or have them printed as part of the worship bulletin.] Try saying that! The best cryptologists in the world have been unable to decode the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eloy Gonzalez avatar

    City Of Man - City Of God

    Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Aug 1, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 10,513 views

    Ordinary Proper 13 - Just as Augustine writes about the perils of the journey on the way to the City of God - the Israelites also took their eyes off the prize. But God accompanied them and fed them - just as He does for us.

    Augustine of Hippo – or simply, St. Augustine – is one of the great thinkers with which the Church has been blessed. His influence on Christian thought has been profound. Since Martin Luther was first an Augustinian monk – St. Augustine’s influence even touches us today as 21st century ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • James Kevin Bachmann avatar

    Joy To The World

    Contributed by James Kevin Bachmann on Dec 10, 2011
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     | 3,370 views

    A twice-daily spiritual examination can bring to yus the joy of Christ's revelation in his closeness to us.

    Joy to the World We rejoice at our enlightenment, the coming of the Light to the world! The darkness that results from our lack of understanding is diminished. We come to see more and more of what has been a cloud of unknowing, the title of a 14th-century book on mysticism. This unknowing is ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    The Temples Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 23, 2012
     | 4,830 views

    Believers in Jesus are tied into the history and future of Israel. One way to survey God’s dealings with Israel past and future is to survey their central sanctuaries (temples)

    The Temples (topical) 1. A tourist is traveling with a guide through one of the thickest jungles in South America, when he comes across an ancient Mayan temple. The tourist is entranced by the temple, and asks the guide for details. To this, the guide states that archaeologists are carrying out ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible