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  • Tom McCrossan avatar

    Amazing Love

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Feb 23, 2004
    based on 76 ratings
     | 7,376 views

    An expository message on Isaiah 53. No other passage sets out the heart of love of the Lord seen in the Suffering Servant, the Messiah Jesus, more than this one.

    AMAZING LOVE Isaiah 52:13-53:12 No other passage sets out the heart of love of the Lord seen in the Suffering Servant, the Messiah – Jesus – more than this one. And all this some 700 years before Christ lived on earth. The N.T. quotes more from Isaiah than all the other prophets combined, with ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    The Cross Of Christ

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 27, 2004
    based on 314 ratings
     | 7,377 views

    1- The offense of the cross 2- The preaching of the cross 3- The priority of the cross

    INTRO.- ILL.- Since 1710, the skyline of London has been dominated by the soaring dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral. On the top of the dome is a cross. So it is fair to say that for nearly 300 years there has been a cross on the roof of London! That is one way to say that Christ is above all! ILL.- ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Jesus Turns Away Temptation

    Contributed by Jeffrey Samelson on Mar 2, 2004
    based on 69 ratings
     | 5,387 views

    A look at the devil’s temptation of Christ and what it gives us for dealing with temptation in our own lives.

    February 29, 2004 — First Sunday in Lent Christ Lutheran Church, Columbia, MD Pastor Jeff Samelson Luke 4:1-13 Jesus TURNS Away Temptation Trust Use God’s Word Recognize Temptation Never Surrender (note: An outline for the congregation should be printed in the bulletin, put on screen, etc., with ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    A Good Church Or A Great Church

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 3, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
     | 6,444 views

    What does it take to make a church a great church?

    The Church. The Church. When I say church, what do you think of? A little white clapboard building with a steeple and a bell, or perhaps the Crystal Cathedral in California. Maybe you don’t think of a building instead you think of people, perhaps your friends and fellow believers at BCC come to ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • David Richardson avatar

    The Way: To The Mission Field Series

    Contributed by David Richardson on Mar 3, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 4,878 views

    Jesus was on a mission! He was a missionary! So were John the Baptist and the Apostles, and when you let Him be Lord and Savior of your life, YOU became a missionary, too!

    The Way: To the Mission Field Scripture Reading: John 14:1~6 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God ; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Victor Yap avatar

    God's Easy Yoke And Light Burden Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Mar 5, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 13,772 views

    Moses, Pt. 9 of 15

    GOD’S EASY YOKE AND LIGHT BURDEN (NUMBERS 11:4-33) A lady from a church I had preached before once approached me and asked me to retell a story that I had supposedly told her congregation. I said, “What story?” She told me the gist of the story and I said, “I did not tell it.” The story was ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Fellowship: Formed For God's Family Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 7, 2004
    based on 83 ratings
     | 9,255 views

    Levels of Fellowship: 1. Membership: Choosing to belong. 2. Friendship: Learning to share. 3. Partnership: Doing my part. 4. Kinship: Loving believers as family.

    (Note: The outline of this sermon and some of the content have been adapted from Rick Warren’s material on 40 Days of Purpose.) I often think of the stories my grandma told about the Depression era when people would pool their soup beans and eat at each other’s homes. Times were hard, but there ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Wages Of Sin

    Contributed by David Bubb on Mar 7, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 15,242 views

    Everyday a person lives in sin they earn a wage, this message shares some of those wages with us.

    Subject: The Wages Of Sin Scripture Reading: Romans 6:23 The question that has been asked for centuries, the question that has effected more people, the question that is asked by every prospective employee, young people ask it, middle age people ask it, even older people ask it. The question ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    The Giver And The Gifts Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 15, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,551 views

    I take a look at the gifts that were given to construct the temple.

    There was a sense of excitement in the air. For hundreds of years the people of Israel had worshipped their God in a tent. But that was going to change, they were at the beginning of a process that would culminate in a house of worship that would be known throughout the world and throughout ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Arrogance Of Christianity

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,546 views

    A look at the uniqueness claims of Christ and Christianity and does this mean that everyone who has never heard of the name Jesus is automatically condemned to hell.

    Deuteronomy 6:1-5 (4) Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. John 14:1-6 (6) I am the way, the truth and the life Acts 4:1-13 (12) Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. Introduction If I had one fault growing ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Roger Thomas avatar

    Getting Serious About Prayer Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jun 1, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 12,639 views

    The sermon lays the foundation for a fuller devotion to the praying for the church and believer.

    Getting Serious About Prayer Jeremiah 33:3 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, Mo Do you believe in prayer? Really believe in prayer. This is how one lady came to believe. This supposedly true story started this way: One summer Saturday morning, a preacher ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Surprised By Times Of Refreshing Series

    Contributed by Robert Warren on Jun 4, 2004
    based on 45 ratings
     | 7,518 views

    Peter’s sermon ’on the fly’ shows how those of us who are spiritually crippled can be refreshed like the crippled man was healed.

    “Surprised by the Time of Refreshing” Acts 3:11:26 Robert Warren Westmoreland Church of Christ June 6th, 2004 1. It takes me a very long time to write a sermon. a. The actual writing can take a number of hours... b. But the time from beginning to end can be a number of days... i. I have to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Have You Received The Holy Ghost Since You Believed Series

    Contributed by Dan Steadman on Jun 11, 2004
    based on 46 ratings
     | 26,105 views

    Basic evangelical approach to being filled with the Spirit

    Acts 19:1-7 “Have You Received the Holy Ghost Since You Believed? 23/5/04S&C Paul had encountered a dozen disciples on his journey through Ephesus, but something about them-- or perhaps it was the leading of the Spirit-- caused him to inquire. They had likely been in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Victor Yap avatar

    Whodunit? Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 13, 2004
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,620 views

    Who killed Jesus?

    WHODUNIT (MK 14:40-43) Nobody could have predicted the controversy that erupted over the Aramaic-speaking, English-subtitled movie “The Passion of the Christ.” Months before the film’s release, rabbis went on the offensive and questioned publicly the appropriateness of such a movie. It seems that ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Vice Or Virtue (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jun 14, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,098 views

    The 11th message of 13 in an expository series on the book of Colossians.

    Vice or Virtue (Part 1) Colossians 3:5-12 5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist