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  • Scott Kircher avatar

    Alcohol - Should A Christian Drink Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on May 13, 2008
    based on 109 ratings
     | 26,882 views

    Sermon on what the Bible says about alcohol and whether a Christian should drink

    Alcohol – Should a Christian Drink? We are continuing our series entitled, “Too Hot to Handle” and today we are going to be talking about the Hot Topic of Alcohol and the Bible and whether a Christian should Drink. Slide Even as we did last week, we see a wide discrepancy between what some ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Mirror Series

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 21, 2008
    based on 55 ratings
     | 50,350 views

    Are you willing to look in a full length mirror...where people can see you for who you are? It’s the only way you will get an accurate picture of what you look like and what others see of you. Or will you just take a glance, and turn to forget what you s

    What’s the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? Whatever it is, it’s probably the same thing every day. Everybody seems to have their own morning rituals to get them going. Maybe you have to have a cup of coffee before you can do anything. Maybe you make your bed as soon as you get ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Graduation Day!

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on May 22, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 35,229 views

    A sermon for graduates, but applicable to all believers!

    Sermon Brief Date Written: May 22, 2008 Date Preached: May 18, 2008 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Sermon Series: Graduation Day Sermon Title: Graduation Day – A Time to Move Forward! Sermon Text: John 21:15-19 15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Benefits Of New Life- Victory Series

    Contributed by Andy Flowers on Jun 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,346 views

    Series in Romans

    Text- Romans 8:28-39 Title- The Benefits of New Life- Victory Romans 8:28-39 28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Lavishness Of God- Part Ii Series

    Contributed by Steve Lombardo on Jun 7, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,865 views

    David describes our God as covenant keeping and compassion giving.

    I want to take you back to the time of Moses - when Moses led the people, the nation of Israel, out of Egypt. You remember the story. They were under slavery, under Pharaoh, and the Egyptians and Moses was called by God to lead these people, God’s people, out of slavery. So he goes and Pharaoh ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Finishing Well Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Jun 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,741 views

    Live in the present with no restriction so that you can have a past with no regrets as you long for a future where you will never be rejected.

    Finishing Well 2 Timothy 4:6-8 Rev. Brian Bill 6/8/08 40 years ago, God led several people to start PBC. A lot of other things happened in 1968 like the Olympics that were held in Mexico City. It’s not the easiest place to have the Olympics because of the terrible pollution and the high ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "A Whale Of A Time" Jonah Pt 2 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,400 views

    Disobedience to God leads us into storms of life and for some into a state of rebellion instead of repentance. This state of rebellion gets us thrown into the stormy sea of life to be swallowed by a whale of despair. But the whale experience sometimes ope

    “A whale of a time” Jonah pt 2 Opening Illustration: Jonah’s Interview – from Sermon Central.com media store Thesis: Disobedience to God leads us into storms of life and for some into a state of rebellion instead of repentance. This state of rebellion gets us thrown into the stormy sea of life to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Rolling Stone Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Mar 19, 2008
    based on 18 ratings
     | 12,802 views

    Easter message...powerful lessons we can learn from when the stone rolled away, revealing Jesus’ resurrection.

    *INTRO>If you were to take a survey on the street, asking folks to identify the greatest rolling stone, most would probably name Mick Jagger, although some might give a nod to Keith Richards because he is such a specimen and testimony of what damage prolonged drug use will do to your body. But the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Reality Of Opposition Series

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008
     | 6,342 views

    In any good and worthwhile project Satan will throw opposition our way

    Visioneering The Reality of Opposition Nehemiah 4 Matthew Sullivan A Quaker farmer was having a hard time with his mule. No matter what he tried the mule would not get up. He told the mule I am a Quaker and you know I cannot hit you and I cannot curse you. However, I can sell you to my ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Time For War: A Biblical Perspective On War Series

    Contributed by Amy Bickel on May 28, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 10,034 views

    Examing war from a Biblical perspective, providing answers and encouragement during our nation’s involvement in the War on Terror.

    Today we are beginning a new sermon series I’ve entitled “The Middle East Crisis.” I know that is a rather broad topic, but I chose that title because I wasn’t exactly sure what topics God wanted me to cover underneath this broad banner. So, I believe we will be covering a wide variety of these ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Thomas H avatar

    Slaves And Masters In 2010 Series

    Contributed by Thomas H on Oct 5, 2010
     | 5,691 views

    This sermon addresses slaves and their masters - something we don’t have in 21st century western society. How do we apply this sermon to today’s situation?

    Ephesians 6:5-9 Slaves and masters in 2010 Over the last few weeks we’ve been looking at a number of relationships. We looked at the husband and wife relationship. We looked at the parent child relationship. These relationships are interesting and are marked by two features. Firstly – they are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Controlling Anger Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Oct 18, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,518 views

    Learning how to control our anger through the Bible.

    CONTROLLING ANGER Sermon Number 3 January 10, 2010 John Hunter was an 18th century British surgeon, who suffered from angina. He realized most of his attacks were brought on by anger. Hunter lamented, “My life is at the mercy of any scoundrel who chooses to put me in a passion.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prayer Principles Series

    Contributed by Roy Newton on Nov 2, 2010
     | 4,109 views

    When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, in giving them a pattern for prayer He gave them some valuable prayer principles. This sermon explores some of these principles.

    A PATTERN FOR PRAYER PRAYER PRINCIPLES "When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, which is all the reward they will ever get. But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Choosing The Contentment Of A Canine

    Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Nov 3, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,902 views

    There is a major difference between cats and dogs, dogs are so much more content with their lives. This sermon shows us that we must rejoie in our trials, fears and persecution.

    CHOOSING THE CONTENTMENT OF A CANINE (All my sermons use illustration found at www.sermoncentral.com and all scripture is NIV unless otherwise stated.) The introduction for this sermon is from Max Lucado’s “Everyday Deserves a Chance” pg. 23-24 “Excerpts from the diary of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Storms In Our Lives Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 4, 2010
    based on 22 ratings
     | 32,486 views

    Why would God allow bad things in our lives? So we can develop a strong faith; one which could actually save our eternal lives during a stronger storm later

    LUKE 8:22-25 ‘One day, Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He told them, ‘Let’s cross the lake.’ They started out, and while they were sailing across, Jesus went to sleep. Suddenly a violent windstorm struck the lake, and the boat started taking on water and began to sink. They were in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal