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  • Pat Damiani avatar

    Love Is Not Arrogant Or Rude Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 8, 2016
     | 6,097 views

    When I love like Jesus loves my passion for people prevails over my pride in my position

    ENGAGE Several weeks ago I was officiating a volleyball match in a tournament. During one rally I blew my whistle and before I even made my call, one of the players made a comment that indicated he thought the call was going to go against his team. So, in what was certainly not one of my finest ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Job Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 29, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 34,570 views

    When I go through trials, what matters is who I know not what I know

    ENGAGE I can’t prove it absolutely, but my guess is that the most asked question throughout history, regardless of culture, has been this one: Why do bad things happen to good people? And that question is certainly at the heart of the life of the man that we’ll look at this morning – ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Main Thing Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 13, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 21,398 views

    The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing because only God is everything.

    A week ago, after watching Wisconsin beat Nebraska in football, I was thrilled to hear that Michigan lost to Michigan State. During a commercial break, a promo for Michigan came on the screen. The voiceover described a wounded wolverine and then showed clips of players tackling, running, passing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Real Change Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 5, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,466 views

    If you want to make real change in your life, submit to God's discipline; then in dependence upon Christ, admit and quit your sin.

    When Jack quit farming and moved, he discovered he was the only Baptist in his new town of all Catholics. That was okay, but the neighbors had a problem with his barbecuing beef every Friday. They were not allowed to eat red meat on Fridays, but the tempting aroma was getting the best of them, so ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Lessons On The Coming Kingdom Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Nov 15, 2017
     | 11,142 views

    The kingdom is more than a future reality. It is already present. The Pharisees did not have to wait for it. The disciples were already part of it. Even today the kingdom as Jesus established it is present wherever people acknowledge Jesus as King.

    Samaria, Galilee Lessons on the Coming Kingdom (Gen. 6-9) Luke 17:20-37 Jesus Speaks on the Spiritual Nature of God’s Kingdom (Luke 17:20-21) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Three Years To Bear Fruit

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jul 26, 2015
     | 5,780 views

    To show that GOD placed a time even on our spiritual growth so don't waste time but use time for GOD's Glory. Ephesians 5:16 (Amplified Bible) 5:16 Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil. Colossians 4:

    I. EXORDIUM: Does GOD place a time on everything? Yes. Look at the creation, it's divided into 6 days of creation. GOD created a time and placed a time on everything. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (The Living Bible) 3:1 There is a right time for everything: 3:2 A time to be born; A time to die; A time to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Mystery Babylon And The World War 2 Connection Series

    Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Jul 27, 2015
     | 3,808 views

    Hitler and many of the leaders surrounding him had been raised in Catholicism, with its ugly hatred of the Semites. The rest is history...

    FIFTY-EIGHT: HITLER AND WORLD WAR II Let's back up to the end of World War I. The Hapsburg Dynasty has crumbled. Rome is worried about its future prospects. Protestant areas of Czechoslovakia, Orthodox portions of Yugoslavia, Orthodox Russia, all are European threats to the Roman block of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Our Gracious God Has Plans For You Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 20, 2015
    based on 6 ratings
     | 21,798 views

    Our Gracious God has plans for you - the Supernatural Stream of God’s Grace

    Our Gracious God has plans for you Jeremiah 29:11-29:13 It’s the first Sunday of June 2015, and this month we will be focussing on the Supernatural Stream of God’s Grace. Our God is a God of Grace and this morning I want us to consider: God’s Planning, God’s Purpose, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Turn The Other Cheek Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 28, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,022 views

    In the “flesh”… • When I am wronged I demand my rights In Jesus’ kingdom… • When I’m wronged, I am to relinquish my rights

    We live in a culture that seems to be increasingly focused on individual rights. In some ways that is not all that surprising since our country was founded, in large part, in order to protect the rights of the individual. Our founding documents contain many references to those rights: • The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    United We Stand Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Aug 30, 2015
     | 6,766 views

    When we think of the problems in the Corinthian Church they are numerous but Paul chose to address disunity first.

    United we stand What a mess! It should have been a model church; after all it had all the earmarks of becoming the greatest church in the denomination. Its founding pastor was the most prolific church planter in the denomination; the next man was by far the best preacher that could be offered and ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Psalm 17 - Saviour, Saviour, Hear My Humble Cry Series

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 19, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 39,646 views

    A psalm that can literally be prayed out because it is a cry from the soul in duress to a Lord who is not distant.

    SAVIOR, SAVIOR, HEAR MY HUMBLE CRY TEXT: Psalm 17:1-15 Psalms 17:1-15 (KJV) A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Chameleanity

    Contributed by Shawn Miller on Feb 20, 2016
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     | 9,498 views

    Chameleanity is Chameleon Christianity, the art of blending in with the world in order to avoid detection, persecution and ridicule. This is a message about Christians coming out of the closet and living our faith in the open.

    Chameleanity Introduction: In one of Aesops fables he tells of the Miller, his Son, and his donkey. The two of them were riding their donkey to a nearby fair to sell him. They hadn't got very far when they met with a group of women that were chatting around a well, they began laughing ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Happy God, Happy Follower Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Mar 2, 2016
     | 8,743 views

    To be like God is to be happy.

    Many years ago I was teaching an adult Sunday school class. Though I don’t recall the text or lesson, I remember a person and the statement she made. This woman was the mother of two teenage daughters, and her husband occasionally attended church. She said she wished you could be saved ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Happiness Is A Choice Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Mar 7, 2016
     | 16,604 views

    Happiness is a choice.

    Series: Be Happy Title: Happiness is a Choice Text: Philippians 4:1-9 Truth: Happiness is a choice. Life Question: How do we choose happiness? INTRODUCTION Many years ago an elderly man immigrated to the United States from one of the Communist bloc countries of Eastern Europe. After his papers ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "The Problem Of Time" Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Mar 10, 2016
     | 23,801 views

    "Life is like a coin. You can spend anyway you want to but you can only spend it once."

    A Study of the Book of Ecclesiastes: Finding Satisfaction In Life ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist