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  • Jason Jones avatar

    When Shall The Gifts Cease Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 16, 2012
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    A topical exposition of 1Cor. 13:8-13 on miraculous gifts.

    Text: 1 Cor 13:8-13, Title: When Shall Gifts Pass Away, Date/Place: NRBC, 1/15/12, AM Opening illustration: Talk about Shelia, her background, my beard, and the watch night service we went to Background to passage: Also read 1 Cor 12:7-11, 27-31. Mention subsequence and baptism/filling of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Big Plan

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Feb 6, 2012
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    God has a huge plan for the world, and He makes it very clear. Nebuchadnezzars terrifying dream is interpreted by Daniel for Nebuchadnezzar as well as the rest of us to see. God's gracious revelation is all around us!

    Passage: Daniel 2:24-49 Intro: Up to this point, we have seen God working thru Daniel and his friends in the life of Nebuchadnezzar. 1. king of Babylon, hugely powerful 2. and last week we saw how God had given him a dream that upset him. 3. how that dream had been used to reveal the liars in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Discovering Genesis, Part 6 Series

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Oct 9, 2011
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    Part 6 of this series reveals through Chapter 5 of Genesis an extraordinary discovery; that even in the beginning of time, God would provide salvation for His creation in the blessed name of Jesus.

    Discovering Genesis, Part 6 Genesis 5:1-32 Introduction - Rev 4:11 says, “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” - We saw last week info that is critical to our understanding ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Whom God Foreknew, He Predestined

    Contributed by Jimmy Dillon on Nov 14, 2011
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    A message about predestination

    Whom God Foreknew, He Predestined Romans 8:29-30 Introduction This morning I am going to share on the 2 verses in Romans 8 that can be very controversial if not handled properly Remember 2 weeks ago, we looked at vs 28 and saw that in all things God works out in our lives according to His ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Too High For Me

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Nov 6, 2012
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    Exposition of knowledge

    Text: Hosea 4:1-10, Title: Too High for Me, Date/Place: NRBC, 10/7/12, AM A. Opening illustration: ‘Ignorance of God-ignorance of both his ways and of the practice of communion with him—lies at the root of the church’s weakness today.’ –Packer, Knowing God. That ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Resilient Faith

    Contributed by Egerton Gbonda on Sep 10, 2012
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    Resilient faith- waiting for your turn and not giving up

    A RESILIENT FAITH INTRODUCTION Imagine you have an important appointment and so you left home pretty early to avoid the usual traffic hold ups. Perhaps you are in your own vehicle to travel to the place or a commercial transport e.g. a cab. The journey apparently looks smooth sailing. However half ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Avoid Godless Chatter

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 24, 2013
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    To show that babbling is not needed in the church for it will make you more ungodly.

    I. EXORDIUM: Do you babble? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that babbling is not needed in the church for it will make you more ungodly. IV. TEXT: 2 Timothy 2:16 (New International Version) Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Holy Spirit; What Does He Do? Series

    Contributed by Jim Kilson on Nov 10, 2014
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    Part 2 of 4 in an introductory series on the Holy Spirit, looking at who He is and how He works in our lives.

    INTRODUCTION: John 16 is what I would describe as a fundamental passage on the Holy Spirit. In these verses, Jesus has just finished telling the disciples that things are going to get hard for them when He leaves and that people are going to hate them mistreat them, kill them, and they will do so ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Love One Another-The Supreme Commandment

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Jul 1, 2015
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    Being a true friend of Jesus means listening to what he wants to tell us and then using that information to do his work in our world and in our lives

    If you were going on a long trip, what would you say to your family and friends before you left? If you knew that you were going to see someone for the last time, what would you say to them? When your children moved away from home, what did you say to them? In each case you probably gave them some ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Rooted In Jesus Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Feb 25, 2018
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     | 9,529 views

    This is the 8th sermon in the 1 Timothy series, "Order".

    Series: Order [#8] ROOTED IN JESUS 1 Timothy 6:1-21 Introduction: As Bel Aire and I have faced criticism by people who seem happy to attack us, I need to ask you, “What do we do to stand firm in our faith”? Having lived in Hobbs for the majority of my life, all I have to do is look outside ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Psalms, Hymns, & Spiritual Songs

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 24, 2016
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     | 9,430 views

    We must be in a continual state of worship.

    Psalms, Hymns, & Spiritual Songs August 21, 2016 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must be in a continual state of worship. Focus Passage: Colossians 3:12-17 (Coordinate with the music folks to sing "It is Well", "I Can Only Imagine" and "We're ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Identity Of The Saints Series

    Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Mar 18, 2019
     | 5,558 views

    In this text Paul identifies himself (an apostle of Christ). He also identifies the saints.

    THE IDENTITY OF THE SAINTS I CORINTHIANS 1:1-9 INTRODUCTION: D.R. Davies, In Search of Myself, said, “I found myself in finding God. What I was searching for was my own identity, and without knowing it, my search was for God.” We don’t really find our identity until we find it in the God who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Complaining? Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on May 29, 2018
     | 8,373 views

    Our relationship with God needs to grow everyday!

    Last week we noted from Exodus 12 that God kept a vigil on all Israel as they left Egypt, likely there were 2 million people God was keeping an eye out for. God keeps vigil on all His people! Now, since Exodus 13 relates to remembering God, we will go to that Chapter next week as we celebrate ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Don't You Care That We Are Dying?

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jun 22, 2018
     | 5,595 views

    There is more than calming the storms of life here.

    Don’t You Care That We Are Dying? Mark 4:35-41 Jesus had just finished speaking parables to the crowd and the disciples, when He instructs His disciples that they need to get into the boat can cross over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. The parables were used to reveal information to those ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    After Easter Encouragement: The Emmaus Road

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 20, 2022
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     | 5,889 views

    We’ve all recently celebrated the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ, the savior who is alive, and present and active in our lives. What came after? Here we consider the Emmaus Road.

    We’ve all recently celebrated the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ. He is in fact the savior who is alive, and present in our lives. As we reflected on the empty tomb, let us now reflect on some very mysterious moments that occurred afterward. The disciples went into hiding during the ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army