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  • Scott Jensen avatar

    Youth Guidance (We Are All Youth)

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 29, 2012
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    We are all youth. As youth, we encounter the culture of society that continues to redefine sin as something more acceptable to secular eyes. We need to keep God's Word close to remain true to His wisdom.

    Introduction When Oliver Wendell Holmes was still on the U.S. Supreme Court, he and Justice Louis Brandeis took walks every afternoon. On one of these occasions Holmes, then ninety-two, paused to gaze in frank admiration at a beautiful young girl who passed them. He even turned to look at her ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Bruce Rzengota avatar

    The Millennials Are Coming/Leaving! Series

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Mar 26, 2014
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    How do we reach millennials before they leave the church. Unleash the boomers as undercover mentors.

    The Millennials are Coming/LEAVING! The below is a roadmap to understanding the Millennials depicted in statistics. May this serve as your roadmap as you chart new territories with today's largest generation. Venture on. The Millennial Generation A new breed of American is about to impact ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Agents Of Change Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 15, 2014
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     | 10,412 views

    How was salt used in the Bible? How does salt lose its taste? How is light a parallel for salt?

    “Agents of Change” Matthew 5:13-16 Toward the end of 2013, we began a series of messages on the Sermon on the Mount. Our goal is to take this great message of Christ, verse by verse, and seek to understand the profound truths within. Before Christmas, we stopped having completed the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Living In A Bleeped Out World Series

    Contributed by Lance Hostetter on Mar 12, 2013
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    This sermon deals with the topic of profanity and cursing.

    “Living in A Bleeped Out World” James 3:9-10; Ephesians 4:29 Introduction: About 2 months ago I went fishing and put my porta-boat in the garage. The next day something began to stink! I found the culprit a ½ a shrimp that was decomposed. The word Paul uses in Eph. 4:29 NKJ uses ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Lower The Nets For A Catch Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 7, 2013
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    Jesus calls us to lower the nets for a catch, even though it means persecution and rejection. We must learn the four steps of evangelization of our surroundings, friends and coworkers.

    Third Sunday of Easter 2013 Vatican II About forty years ago, acting on the directions of the Fathers of the Council, a team of expert Scripture scholars and liturgists gave the Church what is called the “expanded Lectionary” for Mass. The exact words of the Liturgy Constitution are ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Compromise? No, It’s Time To Stand Up!

    Contributed by John Gaston on Apr 8, 2013
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    Like today, Daniel and his friends faced an onslaught of hedonistic culture attempting to overpower their faith and morals. They determined to resist the influence and God rewarded them by promoting them to the highest positions in Government. It's time f

    COMPROMISE? NO, IT’S TIME TO STAND UP! Dan. 1:3-20 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. One hot summer day, a man was filling up his black pickup truck at the local gas station. He wasn't very careful, and he got gasoline all over his jacket's left sleeve. 2. He ignored it, and left the station after ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Believe In The Son And Walk The Talk Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 13, 2013
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    The answer to the new atheism is the old faith, belief in Christ and reception of his forgiveness and grace.

    Monday of Third Week in Easter 2013 Gaudium et Spes It’s been a while, but some years ago I used to hear Christians using the phrase “walk the talk.” That means that what you profess with your lips you have to live with your whole person. Today we are given the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • John Sears avatar

    The Crutch Series

    Contributed by John Sears on Nov 21, 2013
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     | 10,975 views

    Is Christianity a crutch for the weak minded and naive? How should Christians respond to the criticism?

    I wonder if you have heard this statement. It goes something like this. “Christianity is only for those who are weak; it only offers consolation to life’s losers.” Have you heard it or seen this criticism? Just watch TV or go see a movie sometime. Read comments under Christian Facebook ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    True Inculturation And The Liturgy Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 16, 2011
     | 2,681 views

    Authentic inculturation means that we Christianize the culture in which we live.

    18 July 2011 The Spirit of the Liturgy I recall from grade school days when some particularly hard-hearted kid wanted to get under my skin, he would say “Prove it!” to anything I might advance. We see this in the Hebrews fleeing from Egypt. They trusted Moses until they got into a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Lessons In Apologetics #6: Pantheism

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Mar 3, 2011
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    As a worldview, Pantheism has plagued the religious thought of both the East and West from ancient times on up through our contemporary day.

    If Deism is the belief that God is so transcendent from the cosmos He created that He no longer participates directly in it, Pantheism must be the worldview at the other end of the continuum believing that a higher power exists as Pantheism holds that God is so immanent with the universe that God ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Countercultural Community, Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    In this series, we’re talking about being a countercultural community. What does that look like? Last week, we saw that the early church was committed to one another, they had crazy courage and a deep rooted spirit of compassion. Today we find four more

    Countercultural Community, Part 2 Acts 2:42-47 After the apostles received the power of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, it was all about the power of the resurrection and this mindset to go against the grain and do whatever it took to honor God and bless other people. They hadn’t been tainted ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 3, 2012
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    Sermon for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B.

    John 6: 24 – 35 / More Intro: I want you to imagine this morning that you are a solitary traveler in a lonely desert. As you travel, you become very thirsty. Just ahead you see a rusty old pump at the edge of an oasis. Handing on the pump is a note that reads, “I have buried a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Reality Of Evil In Post Christian America: Be Spiritually Armed"

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Aug 23, 2012
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     | 8,632 views

    Sermon Based on Ephesians 6 the Armor of God.... quotes from David Kupelain's book "How Evil Works" concluding with the need for Christians to be defensive and offensive using Paul's descriptive Roman armor.

    In Jesus Holy Name August 26, 2012 Text: Ephesians 6:10-17 Redeemer “The Reality of Evil In Post Christian America” The Need to Be Spiritually Armed Today, we understand the physics of an expanding universe and the mysterious behavior of quarks. We know how to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • J Jeffrey Smead avatar

    The Gospel! Can You Hear The Music?

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jul 3, 2013
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    Have A Passion For The Gospel. Let God have you. Let God transform You. Let God Love You. And if you do, your heart will begin to hear the music and your feet will learn to dance .... as never before.

    For Those unfamiliar with an Anglican Service. There are four readings prior to the Sermon. Today's readings were 1 Kings 17: 8-24; Psalm 146; Galatians 1: 11-24; and Luke 7: 11-17 A family from a remote area .... was making their very first visit ... to the big city. They checked into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Truth Has Perished Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 22, 2014
     | 3,641 views

    Truth and faith are only possible when we share in a memory greater than the one we accumulate in our lifetime.

    Thursday of 3rd Week in Lent 2014 Truth Has Perished “Truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.” Thus the words of Jeremiah about the people of Israel. He could be saying it about modern life in the United States of America. Oh, there’s plenty of information. Never ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic