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  • Cooper Abrams III avatar

    Why So Many Unfaithful Professing Christians

    Contributed by Cooper Abrams Iii on Sep 25, 2001
    based on 99 ratings
     | 12,302 views

    A Message to Preachers on the Need to Preach Repentance from Sin.

    A Message to Preachers on the Need to Preach Repentance from Sin. Why So Many Unfaithful Professing Christians? Romans 6:1-18 _________________________________ Intro: The title of the message identifies the problem. To some degree in all our churches there is a number of people who profess ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don't Miss The Mark

    Contributed by Thomas Dibble on May 22, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 23,468 views

    The only way I can miss the mark is if my attention is drawn away from the mark. If my attention and my focus is constantly on the mark there’s no way I can miss it. But if something takes my attention off the mark there is that possibility that I could

    Paul says in verse 12 of Philippians 3, that he had not attained everything that God had in store for him. The great apostle Paul who we revere and hold up said even I haven’t attained everything that God has for me. But I press on everyday that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How To Be A Bad Judge

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 31, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 2,855 views

    A second message based on Matthew 7:1-5, but from a different perspective...

    How to be a Bad Judge Matthew 7:1-5 July 31, 2005 Introduction I’m not sure what’s going on, but I can’t seem to get past this issue of judging. At the base, I think it’s that I’m tired of people taking misperceptions about what judging is really all about and running around with error ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Blessed Are The Peacemakers Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Feb 23, 2006
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,995 views

    Week 7 of an 8 week sermon series on the Beatitudes that focuses on our call to bear His peace.

    Be-Attitudes February 19, 2006 Blessed are the Peacemakers Note: We live in a world characterized by fighting and rivalry. From sibling rivalry to civil war, we see is the affects of animosity at every level of society. It is everywhere. Funny: Lady Astor once said to Winston Churchill, “If ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Shaken, Not Saved

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Nov 10, 2007
    based on 31 ratings
     | 21,140 views

    How many times has God’s Word convicted you, but you have tried to put any decision to follow through on what God has told you to do off until a later date.

    Shaken, Not Saved Have you ever had an experience that has left you a bit shaken? Losing a loved one? Been involved in or seen a terrible accident? When someone close to us has been diagnosed with a life threatening illness? — all of these experiences can shake us up. How about when God’s word ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Greed Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,949 views

    Americans do not go to church any more: they have switched religions; they now attend the Temple of Greed!” We didn’t invent greed. Greed has been around as long as there have been people, and stuff to lust after. In every era of human history, there have

    Greed Proverbs 28:25, Luke 12:15, Philippians 4:12, 2 Corinthians 9:6 Several men were in the locker room of a health club after exercising. Suddenly a cell phone on one of the benches rings. A man picks it up and the following conversation ensues: 
Hello?" "Honey, It's me." "Hi!" "Are you ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    What Christmas Did Not Do

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 21, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,898 views

    Christmas did not eliminate evil and suffering, but it gives us the hope that one day God will eliminate evil and suffering.

    Title: What Christmas Did Not Do Text: Matthew 2:13-23 Truth: Christmas did not eliminate evil and suffering, but it gives us the hope that one day God will eliminate evil and suffering. Aim: hope and encouragement (Outline: lifeway.com, Jeff Griffis) INTRODUCTION Christmas Sunday the pastor ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don't Let The Lord Have To Cut You Down

    Contributed by John Johnson on Nov 9, 2008
    based on 39 ratings
     | 39,320 views

    This is a parable of the unbarren fig tree

    Last Week we spoke about the parable of the weeds. This week we will be talking about the parable of fig tree. How many of you remember what we said a parable was last week? A parable is a earthly story with a heavenly meaning. The reason Jesus spoke in parables so that we might get a better ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Joy Of The Spirit Is The Measure Of Its Power Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 2, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,496 views

    The problem is that we’ve confused joy with happiness. Happiness is dependent on happenings. Circumstances in your life dictate whether or not you are happy. Joy, on the other hand, is a gift from God - a fruit of the Spirit that transcends whatever is

    Opening illustration: During an earthquake some years ago, the inhabitants of a small village were generally very much alarmed, but they were at the same time surprised at the calmness and apparent joy of an old woman whom they all knew. At length one of them, addressing the old woman, said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Heaven's Heroes: Noah Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Sep 27, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,009 views

    Abraham responded to God’s Word; rebuked the world; and received God’s righteousness.

    [The outline was borrowed from John MacArthur’s Hebrews commentary.] A business man well known for his ruthlessness once announced to writer Mark Twain, “Before I die I mean to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I will climb Mount Sinai and read the Ten Commandments aloud at the top.” “I have a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Snyder avatar

    The Amazing Wonder Of Exaggeration

    Contributed by James Snyder on May 27, 2017
     | 4,794 views

    If you earn it, you can spend it any way that you want to. The great joy of life comes from reaping what you sow.

    I once asked my father if he would give me a weekly allowance. After all, many of the kids in my school were getting allowances from their parents and I thought I deserved an allowance as well. I was surprised by my father’s response. “I give you a great allowance here everyday.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The Armor Of God 8 Of 8

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 24, 2022
     | 1,183 views

    Many times when it comes to preaching on the armor of God, some preachers will stop with verse 17, but that is a mistake.

    WHY IS THAT A MISTAKE? Because when you talk about putting on the whole armor of God, you need to include the weapon of PRAYER in verse 18. In our study of the armor of God we have seen that we must ... • TAKE THE GIRDLE OF TRUTH • TAKE THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS • PUT ON THE SHOES OF THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Dunn avatar

    The Lamb Leads Us Home

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 8, 2025
     | 140 views

    From Eden’s first lamb to Calvary’s cross, the Shepherd who died now leads His flock home—our unshakable hope and everlasting Rock

    The Garden After the Fall The garden must have been silent that evening—so silent that Adam could hear his own heartbeat. Moments before, he and Eve had walked with God in the cool of the day. Now the wind itself seemed to hide from them. They clutched at one another, covered in hastily sewn fig ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Big Mistakes That People Make

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 14, 2000
    based on 90 ratings
     | 9,936 views

    People make some big mistakes in life.

    BIG MISTAKES THAT PEOPLE MAKE Luke 12:13-21 INTRO.- ILL.- A newspaper in Kansas, trying to correct a mistake that had occurred in a previous issue, carried the following item: “We wish to apologize for an error in the wedding story in last week’s paper. Due to a typesetter’s mistake we said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Building Temples Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 31, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 9,822 views

    A look at what it took for Solomon to build the temple.

    He walked across the dusty stony ground, kicked a rock and bent and drew in the dirt. He looked around at the desolate land scape and down at the city below and wondered if his dream would ever be a reality. Would it really happen, someday would the people of God worship on this ground? Would ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan