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  • Dr. Craig Nelson avatar

    More Of Him And Less Of Me

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Sep 9, 2017
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    A personal testimony of God's faithful trustworthiness

    More of Him and Less of Me When God blessed me with the person I married she had been diagnosed with a serious illness and given the prognosis of a living a short life of just seven years. I was counseled by numerous ‘spiritual’ advisers to end the engagement because of how this would affect ‘my’ ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Yoga Bare

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Dec 16, 2016
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,197 views

    A Detailed Look at the Practice of Yoga

    There are multiple diet books published each year and creative new ways to sell products that are offered to lose weight and feel great! Dieting is a multi-billion dollar industry. It is true that God wants every Christian to take care of their body – which is His temple! Being careful of what one ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Accept No Substitute: The Incomparable Superiority Of Christ

    Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Dec 31, 2016
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    Accept no substitute. Jesus Christ has no equal

    In the last few weeks, people searched for the perfect Christmas gift, hunted for bargains, decorated their homes, burned candles, over-ate, wrapped some packages and tore others open; and by tomorrow morning stores will fill again, as the gift return season begins. Sad, isn’t it? It is so easy ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Purpose And Design Of Marriage

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Leslie Verghese on Sep 5, 2018
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    Purpose and Design of Christian Marriage

    Family is the primary Building Block of Society. From the beginning of times, the primary purposes of Marriage are Companionship (Genesis 2:18), Procreation or Establishment of a Home (Genesis 1:28), and Sexual Fulfillment (the two shall become one). These purposes have and will not change until ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Watch Your Tongue!

    Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Sep 17, 2018
     | 6,278 views

    Do the words you speak build-up or burn-down?

    In the summer of 2000, more than a thousand firefighters battled a wildfire for two weeks in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The fire started on August 24, and continued until September 8. When it was over more than eighty thousand acres of federal forest was burnt. Forty-six-year-old Janice ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Power Of Rosary Prayer Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 7, 2011
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    Like Christians of old, we can pray the Scriptural prayer, the Rosary, to enter more directly into the mysteries of Jesus and His Mother.

    28th Sunday in Course (in the Octave of Holy Rosary) 9 October 2011 “Behold how good and how pleasant it is for siblings to live together as one!” The words and chant are the Church’s gift to us on this Sunday. They are prescribed as the Gradual chant sung after the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Celebration Of The Wedding Of The Lamb Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 6, 2011
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    The New Mass gives us an opportunity to show to the world the earthly celebration of the heavenly banquet--the wedding of the Lamb and His Bride.

    33rd Sunday in Course 13 November 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy Stewart the Steward was patting himself on the back. His boss, a hard man without an ounce of patience or forgiveness, was returning today from a long business trip, during which he had bought and sold several companies. In the course ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    David's Great Sin Series

    Contributed by Dan Proctor on Jan 16, 2013
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    From this story I believe we can learn how to avoid prideful rebellion against God and His Word.

    David’s Great Sin 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21 Introduction: 1. What if I were to ask you, “What was David’s great sin”, what would you say? Your answer would probably have something to do with his adultery with Bathsheba or his murder of Urriah. Actually it was neither ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Putting Amazing Back Into Grace, Part 4 Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Jan 30, 2014
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    Foreigners in a Foreign Land Putting Amazing Back into Grace, part 4

    Foreigners in a Foreign Land Putting Amazing Back into Grace, part 4 1 Peter 1:10-12 David Taylor Our current series, “Foreigners in a Foreign Land,” from 1 Peter, Peter describes us as strangers, who are in a place that is not quite our home. Today we look at how Peter describes ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Let Silence Speak.....

    Contributed by Samuel Chandar on Sep 14, 2014
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    God speaks; more so in His Silence.....

    LET SILENCE SPEAK….. In 1 Kings 18 we find Israel in its pits. The people have broken their covenant with the Lord. The altars have been torn down. The Lord’s prophets decimated and Baal elevated as God of Israel by Ahab and Jezebel. It is at this juncture that a prophet of God, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The God Who Runs

    Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Dec 6, 2014
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    A perspective on Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32. The loving father does he wait for a lengthy and rehearsed apology from his returning son. He sees him coming in the distance and with joy runs out to greet him. In this way he brings honour again to his son.

    Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32 The God Who Runs God loves to have a party. He has been known to host the best and biggest celebrations in heaven whenever a sinner turns around from following their own desires and decides to come home to God. Everyone is invited to celebrate. Our parable today is not so ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Spiritual Ammunition

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 5, 2014
     | 6,219 views

    When we pray, we are tapping into divine power and there is nothing to fear.

    During Desert Storm, I received letters from friends and family assuring me of their prayers. I knew we had sufficient air cover—every night I could see our planes headed north to inflict serious damage upon the Iraqi Republican Guard. But my confidence was in knowing that we also had ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    When Foolishness Becomes Creative Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 10, 2014
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    Foolishness is not just a general concept, it shows itself in concrete situations, like the three we will examine this morning.

    When Foolishness Becomes Creative (Proverbs 22:13-14, 16) 1. Sometimes you wonder how some creative people could have such little sense. 2. A New York fugitive that jumped bail and fled from one of upstate New York’s biggest pot busts in history has been caught in Oregon after 20 ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Fiery Trial

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 9, 2015
     | 5,372 views

    THE FIERY TRIAL

    DANIEL 3:14-30 THE FIERY TRIAL It has been customary to count ten major persecutions in the early church, Persecution under Nero (c. 64-68). Traditional martyrdoms of Peter and Paul. Persecution under Domitian (r. 81-96). Persecution under Trajan (112-117). Christianity is outlawed but ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Ash Wednesday

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Mar 9, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,946 views

    Lent starts with Ash Wednesday. The idea of observing lent is to come very closer to Lord Jesus Christ. Not what you don't eat will not matter but what you leave matters.

    Ash Wednesday Follow Me - John 1:43-51 Purpose Lent is a period of fasting and abstinence from meat and repentance contemplating one’s transgressions. The first council of Nicaea in AD 325 brought this tradition. On Ash Wednesday the Ashes made out of the Palm leaves taken in the previous year ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist