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  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Is The Church Still Needed

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 26, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,391 views

    With churches declining & dying, the question should be ask, "Is the church still needed." This message gives 3 Biblical reasons why the church is mandatory.

    Is the Church Still Needed? Jerry Watts Matthew 16:18-19 * At the beginning of the 20th century most of America was rural. For the rural population life was hard. They made their way by the sweat of their brow and their calloused hands. Transportation, for the most part was still by ‘horse ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Worship On God's Terms Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 2, 2010
     | 3,495 views

    Cult is part of culture, even materialistic culture; our cult must be conducted as God wishes.

    Feast of St. Francis of Assisi October 4, 2010 Spirit of the Liturgy Series By all testimony, including his own, Francis was a self-willed man. Even when he heard God’s call, we see over and over again his early actions as those of someone who is making his own way. The Francis of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Stephen E. Trail avatar

    Sodom Had No Bible

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Nov 17, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,579 views

    A sermon that describes the danger of compromise and accommodation with the culture.

    "Sodom Had No Bible" Genesis 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    Jonadab Who? The Unfamiliar Backstory To Blessing Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Feb 15, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,823 views

    A look at the obscure Old Testament daddy Jonadab, and the blessing given to his descendents.

    Introduction: A Opening Illustration B Jonadab lived in a period of Israel’s history that should ring familiar with modern America & Western Church. 1 King Ahab & his queen, Jezebel, had turned the nation of Israel away from the God of their fathers, steering it down a course of perversion, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jack Perkins, D.Min., LADC, CSAC, CCLC avatar

    The Call To An Exemplary Life

    Contributed by Jack Perkins, D.min., Ladc, Csac, Cclc on Aug 28, 2023
     | 1,684 views

    Paul writes to an audience steeped in the Greco-Roman culture. The message is a call to transform their minds, avoid the cultural influences that pull them away from the call of Jesus. He calls them to an exemplary lifestyle.

    While in Louisiana for the memorial service for her brother, we drove by a home we built while working as an engineer on the railroad. The home was a super nice home with 3,000 sq ft. On previous trips we witnessed it was empty and deteriorating. This time we were shocked; I wish I could show you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Richard Tow avatar

    The Real Deal Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 16, 2009
     | 5,406 views

    Sermon contrasts religious form with spiritual substance with reference made to decline and need for revival that occurred in Israel’s history.

    The Real Deal James 1:25-27 5-25-08 Our story opens this morning in 2 Samuel 6:12-15 “Now it was told King David, saying, "The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Imelda Mesa avatar

    You Matter To God

    Contributed by Imelda Mesa on May 21, 2019
     | 4,631 views

    In a world where there is a decline of respect towards human life, people can decide who lives and who don’t.

    Abortion is allowed in all States and Territories of Australia under certain circumstances and when it is done by a registered doctor. In NSW, a young woman under the age of 16 years may give valid consent to an abortion without her parent or guardian's knowledge. They say that Parental rights ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    The Great American Culture War: Religious Liberty, Gay Rights, Naturalism & The Christian Faith

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on May 3, 2021
     | 2,415 views

    The United States once again finds herself at a crossroads. The lines have been drawn. The shots have been fired. The culture war seems to rage on endlessly. Left vs. right. Liberal vs. Conservative. Secular vs. Christian.

    The United States once again finds herself at a crossroads. The lines have been drawn. The shots have been fired. The culture war seems to rage on endlessly. Left vs. right. Liberal vs. Conservative. Secular vs. Christian. These are some of the most difficult and muddy issues to delve into. ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Joel Smith avatar

    You Are Here Series

    Contributed by Joel Smith on Apr 19, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,644 views

    You can’t get to where you need to go unless you know where you are.

    Back at the tender age of 19 I landed an assistant manger job at the Radio Shack in Thomasville. As a lifelong Lexington boy I only knew enough about Thomasville to find my way to work. But I didn’t get out much and anything further north than DCCC was unknown territory to me. One day at work I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Frederick Meekins avatar

    Lessons In Apologetics #9: Theism

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Nov 9, 2011
     | 5,377 views

    Lessons In Apologetics #9: Theism

    The next worldview examined by Geisler in "Christian Apologetics" is Theism. Theism is the belief that a transcendent God created the universe as a reality distinct from Himself but which He actively sustains through both a system of natural law which He created and through divine intervention at ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    True Inculturation And The Liturgy Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 16, 2011
     | 2,874 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

  • Scott Jensen avatar

    Youth Guidance (We Are All Youth)

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 28, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 30,599 views

    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

  • Kent Meeler avatar

    Toubled Minds

    Contributed by Kent Meeler on Jan 26, 2013
     | 3,716 views

    Why do socialites drink and do drugs? Why are they sexually promiscuous? What's missing from their lives and what heals troubled minds?

    Troubled Minds LUKE 1:67-75 I. For decades now secular experts have told us prosperity is the answer to what ails human kind. A. a good education B. a good job C. a nice house D. money in the bank These things are to provide human kind with peace and dignity. The experts say that if ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 3, 2012
     | 4,782 views

    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

  • Clarence Eisberg avatar

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

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Aug 23, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,859 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