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  • Kerry Haynes avatar

    Drawing On The Power Of God

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on May 15, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,270 views

    At Pentecost, God enabled Jesus' disciples to do what they could not do on their own. God fulfilled Jesus' promise to spread the gospel to all lands, as the pilgrims heard the good news in thier own language. God calls us, too, to be his witnesses.

    Acts 2:1-21 Drawing on the Power of God A few days after the Thanksgiving holiday of 2016, Eric Heffelmire was working on his GMC truck at his family home in Vienna, Virginia. As he recalls, “I was on my back, face up, and I was trying to get some corroded brake lines when apparently the jack ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jailhouse Transformations Series

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on May 30, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,713 views

    A jailer's life was transformed through an encounter with Paul and Silas who remained faithful to Christ even while in a Philippian prison.

    We are all familiar with the concept of “jailhouse transformations,” that phenomenon associated with a prisoner whose life is “miraculously” transformed, but only after they get to prison. We recall the “jailhouse” transformation of the likes of Ted Bundy and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Abc - The Building Blocks Of Faith - Creation Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Apr 8, 2024
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     | 789 views

    The biblical account of creation is a pillar of our faith and worldview.

    Today we continue our series entitled, The ABC’s of faith. The larger idea is based on the idea that we learn over time through an exploration process of success and failure. Everything we come to know and understand is built over time on the foundation of trial and error. We learned last week, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Paul's Little Buddy Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 10, 2024
     | 815 views

    Our job as Christians is not making converts, but rather making disciples.

    Paul’s Little Buddy Text: Acts 16:1-5 Introduction 1. Illustration: If you walk out into the parking lot this morning and someone says to you, "How do I get to Atlanta?" You say, "Well, get in your car." Well, that’s good advice. That’s the start of it. But you also need to say, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    How To Minister To The Lgbt Community: Wesley's Quadrilateral As A Guide

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 26, 2021
     | 3,143 views

    How can we as Christians minister and carry the gospel to the LGBT community? Let us consider this difficult issue, which centers around gender, homosexuality, gay marriage, and past hurts through the lenses of Wesley's Quadrilateral.

    How can we as Christians minister and carry the gospel to the LGBT community? Let us consider this difficult issue, which centers around gender, homosexuality, gay marriage, and past hurts through the lenses of Wesley's Quadrilateral. The quadrilateral is a time tested tool for discerning ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Where Are We In Biblical Prophecy

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Feb 9, 2025
     | 1,191 views

    The Day of the Lord includes the Tribulation, Armageddon, the second coming of Christ, the millennial kingdom, a short rebellion, and then the White Throne Judgment.

    Where Are We Now in Biblical Prophecy By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING:- It doesn’t matter if you are a Biblical Scholar, a Biblical Novice, or totally ignorant to the Bible when you hear and see the asinine things taking place is our society, the political system turning into a chaotic ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Easter Day (B C P). Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 17, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 317 views

    Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.

    Psalm 111:1-10, Exodus 12:21-28, Colossians 3:1-7, John 20:1-10. A). A COMMITMENT TO PRAISE THE LORD. Psalm 111:1-10. After the initial exhortation to “Praise ye the LORD” (Psalm 111:1), this song forms an acrostic, using all twenty-two Hebrew letters in alphabetical order. As for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    First Sunday After Easter (B C P). Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 22, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 723 views

    Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.

    Psalm 81:1-4, Ezekiel 37:1-10, 1 John 5:4-12, John 20:19-23. A). A SUMMONS TO RESOUNDING PRAISE. Psalm 81:1-4. PSALM 81:1. There may be a time for quiet contemplative worship, but this is not it. It is a time of loudness, a time of noise. It is a time of fulness of joy. We are not called to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Songs After Silence Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Dec 14, 2024
     | 608 views

    Everyone loves to listen to Christmas carols. Carols make the Christmas season so special and memorable.Can you imagine Christmas without Christmas carols? There was around four hundred years never heard of joyful celebrations.

    Theme: Songs after Silence Text: Luke 1:46-55 Greetings: The Lord is good and his love endures forever.   Introduction: Everyone loves to listen to Christmas carols. Carols make the Christmas season so special and memorable.Can you imagine Christmas without Christmas carols? There was around ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    What Does A Sin Unto Death Mean?

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 8, 2025
     | 197 views

    We worry much about the unforgivable sin or as John puts it "a sin unto death?"

    What is a Sin unto Death 1 John 5:14–17 NKJV Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. If anyone sees his brother ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    I Am Going Home To Be With The Lord – With Him Forever Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 27, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,944 views

    I am going home to be with the Lord. Heaven is all about the Lord Jesus and to be absent from the body will be then in His presence. Are you looking forward to meeting your Saviour or do you love the earth better? Jesus waits to welcome you. Those ideas are developed.

    I AM GOING HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD – WITH HIM FOREVER Currently this is just a devotion I presented to a group site. It will be developed into a full sermon in the future. Written mainly on Sunday morning at 3 AM when I woke with the ideas (given by God of course). 12 June 2022. EYES THAT ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    More Than One Master? Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Apr 29, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,951 views

    One of the important areas that Jesus spoke a lot about was the enslavement to money and material possessions. Money is essential for our basic needs and daily living, but we should be wary to not let money become our master. Here is a study on being under different masters!

    More than one master? We read like this in Matthew 6:24, “No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.” (BBE) In the above mentioned ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Kingdom Of Truth Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on May 1, 2021
     | 3,326 views

    Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. His kingdom is not of this world. He is not a political or a geographical king. But a King forever in the hearts of his followers. Become a citizen of that kingdom.

    Theme: John 18:36-38 Text: Kingdom of Truth The Lord is good; His love endures forever. This month we would learn the Word of God under the theme: I am the truth, keeping in mind the general theme of the year, I am the way the Truth and the Life. Once again, we face a pandemic situation. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Church Life: Leadership, Unity, Gossip, & Rebellion

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on May 3, 2021
     | 2,307 views

    Once upon a time there was a new Christian. He was in his early twenties, had just recently gotten saved.

    Once upon a time there was a new Christian. He was in his early twenties, had just recently gotten saved. And he was part of a small church that met in a high school auditorium every Sunday. As the months went by he became more and more involved in the church, serving in various ministries, helping ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    A Minister You Can Trust Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,221 views

    It is impossible to separate the message from the messengers. Our reflection of what is being said is influenced by who is saying it and how it is being said. Church leadership is important

    On June 17, 2002 Federal authorities arrested a United States Forest Service employee for starting the largest fire in Colorado’s history. Terry Barton is a 38-year-old woman and had worked every summer for the Forest Service for 18 or 19 years. She had ventured into the forest to burn a letter ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist