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  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Fruit Of The Spirit: Love Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2000
    based on 131 ratings
     | 18,357 views

    This was the introduction to a series on the Fruit of the Spirit, and included Love.

    Has anyone here ever grown fruit trees? What type? I am not a farmer or a gardener, but in 1990 we moved into a rented house that we were told had five different types of fruit trees in the back yard. When I heard that I thought, “wow that’ll be so cool.” The day we arrived one of the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Fruit Of The Spirit # 9

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 1, 2022
     | 2,090 views

    In this sermon, I want to complete the preaching on the Fruit of the Spirit.

    The last fruit that we are going to deal with is the fruit of Temperance. When I think of the fruit of Temperance, I think of a thermostat. Illus: You know what a thermostat does! It keeps the temperature in our homes under control. This is what the fruit of Temperance does in our life. It keeps ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Dunn avatar

    The Deadly Art Of Idolmaking

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 19, 2025
     | 97 views

    Idolatry isn’t about statues; it’s anything we trust more than God, but Christ calls us from these false securities into an unbreakable covenant of love.

    Introduction – An Unforgettable Ride It’s just as well that I have forgotten most of my hitchhiking stories. But one memory has stayed with me, as clear as if it happened yesterday. Back in April of 1975, I was hitchhiking in the early spring. It seemed like winter, even though the calendar said ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Difficult Times Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 15, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 28,645 views

    As the consummation of the Age nears, the infiltration of evil into the churches will become more pronounced, requiring awareness and resistance from the faithful.

    “Understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Otis McMillan avatar

    A Biblical Strategy For Success In The New Year

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jan 10, 2022
     | 3,653 views

    Paul recognizing that the believers were facing great difficulties and knowing the problems created by a pandemic of persecution and present trials, he wanted to be an encouraging example for the church at Philippi. Here is His biblical strategy for success.

    Subject: A Biblical Strategy For Success in the New Year Text: Philippians 3:7-14 Php 3:4 “Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Bill Sullivan avatar

    Lessons From Dad

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jun 19, 2011
     | 5,684 views

    Lessons from my father that also translate into spiritual/biblical lessons from our Heavenly father...

    Lessons from Dad TCF Sermon June 19, 2011 Father’s Day is not just the masculine counterpart of Mother’s Day. As one example of this reality, here’s one young boy’s definition of Father’s Day: It’s just like Mother’s Day only you don’t spend so much. Dads don’t always seem to get the same level ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Dealing With Temptation

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,881 views

    Introductory Consideration From Temptation to Death James 1:12-17 1.

    Introductory Consideration From Temptation to Death James 1:12-17 1. "I try so hard not to talk about others, but before I realize it, the words are out of my mouth". "I believe I am a Christian, but I sure wonder when I act theway I do." " I feel like giving up. I just cannot overcome the evil ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Are You Burning Or Building The Kingdom

    Contributed by J. Douglas Duty Jr. on Sep 10, 2001
    based on 176 ratings
     | 12,081 views

    #5 in a series through James James Chapter 3

    Are you burning or building the Kingdom? James 3:1-18 One of the greatest things about out society is that we are a people who build. Especially here in America. If someone builds a bigger building than we do, we simply build one bigger. If someone else builds a big stadium, another city will ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Cultivating The Weedpatch

    Contributed by Gary Roth on Jul 16, 2002
    based on 207 ratings
     | 16,630 views

    God’s concern is not so much to "separate the wheat from the chaff," but to preserve the "wheat" so that none of it may be lost.

    "Cultivating the Weedpatch" Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 Once upon a time there was a farmer who owned forty acres of good bottom land, and was known for the quality and quantity of the crops he raised on that land. One spring - just like every other spring - he plowed and furrowed and sowed in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Desires Of Your Heart

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Sep 22, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 22,582 views

    Are your desires the same as God’s desires for you?

    PSALMS 37:1 Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; 2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Richard Schwedes avatar

    Learning From The Gentle Jesus

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Oct 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,157 views

    An Ash Wednesday sermon, that encourages to learn from the gentle Jesus.

    ASH WEDNESDAY SERMON Ash Wednesday is a bit like a reminder phone call. The alarm going off for an early wakeup call, or the mark on the calendar or diary indicating that something important is coming soon and we need to prepare for it. Ash Wednesday is the start of us preparing for Easter. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    "Are You Willing?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 6, 2004
    based on 99 ratings
     | 7,685 views

    Jesus is willing; are we?

    Luke 13:31-35 “Are You Willing?” By Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org. Have any of you ever met a person or worked with a person who just didn’t seem to like you—for no apparent reason? What do many of us do when this ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Lanny Carpenter avatar

    Extreme Mental Makeover! Series

    Contributed by Lanny Carpenter on Apr 18, 2004
    based on 79 ratings
     | 10,274 views

    Describes the renewal of the mind which takes place in the life of a believer.

    EXTREME MENTAL MAKEOVER EPHESIANS 4:20-24 INTRO.: The important word in our society today is "makeover." 1. It is a phenomenon that has swept our country by storm. 2. Some people are having radical surgeries, some go on extensive diet and exercise plans, and some are having their hair redone, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Greg Nance avatar

    Teach And Do

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jun 9, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,186 views

    Titus two is an amazing chapter on doing the word. This, says Paul, IS sound instruction.

    How many teachers do we have here today? School teachers and Bible class teachers raise your hands. Actually, all of us are teachers in some way. All of us have influence and we do and say things that are instructive to others, even when we wish otherwise. Some of my best lessons on faith I ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    When Towers Come Crashing Down!

    Contributed by Diane Whitman on Sep 10, 2011
     | 5,482 views

    The question I want to ask, "What happens when the towers in your life come crashing down?"

    Scripture: II Timothy 1:1-12 343 NYC Firefighters 23 NYC Police Officers 37 Port Authority Officers 3000 innocent civilians There were no parting words; there was no time for goodbyes; and there were no bodies to bury. Ashes that once were husbands and fathers and brothers and sons...ashes ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed