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  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Why Power Blinds Us Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 9, 2021
     | 1,838 views

    The Pharisees desire for power blinds them to the point where they acknowledge Jesus is doing miracles but still want to kill Him! What can we learn from their lust for power?

    THE PHARISEES WANT TO KILL THE GUY DOING MIRACLES: Power creates blind spots. - John 11:47-48, 53. - The connection between v. 47 and v. 53 is almost unbelievable. - In v. 47, the Pharisees admit that Jesus is doing many miraculous signs. - Yet in v. 53 they plot to take Jesus’ life. - What in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Understanding The Power Of Social Witness

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 2, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,607 views

    Christians witness through the means of their social witness

    Understanding the Power of Social Witness 1 Timothy 4:7-8 August 22, 2010 Morning Service Introduction 7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Barging In

    Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Dec 10, 2024
     | 344 views

    A woman of a low class barges into a Pharisee's home to plead for forgiveness from Jesus. He grants her the request. It shows that the common Jews desired the Messiah!

    Barging in Luke 7:40-50 Rabbi Rev. Dr. Michael H Koplitz 40 And Jesus answered, and said to him: Simon, I have something to say to thee. He said to him: Say it, Rabbi. Jesus said to him: 41 There were two debtors to a certain creditor; the one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Changing Our Desires Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on May 26, 2023
     | 1,568 views

    Changing Our Desires Series: Jesus ...Changes Everything (Colossians) Brad Bailey – May 21, 2023

    Changing Our Desires Series: Jesus ...Changes Everything (Colossians) Brad Bailey – May 21, 2023 Intro Let me begin asking each of us to consider this: Do you want to be a good person? And if so… why and how? (How do you know what good is…and how can you actually change?) (Does good exist?) This ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Communicate Change

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 15, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
     | 1,877 views

    Communicate how the innovation will meet a genuine felt need of the people. Demonstrate how the change will meet some immediate needs as well as holding promise for long term needs. Distinguish between needs and wants. Some people may want to own a new Pe

    HOW TO COMMUNICATE CHANGE 1. Communicate a respect for the people’s traditions, culture, and appreciation for its leaders. Express your desire to see that the people receive the maximum benefits both in the short range and the long range. Benefits should include not only monetary, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Spiritual Enlightenment

    Contributed by Norris Harris I on May 8, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 6,603 views

    First in a series of Lectures on the Gifts of the Spirit. This lectures treats that Main Thing in Spiritual Matters.

    The Church must maintain its Distinctiveness amid a Corinthianizing Culture! A distinction God-made, not man-made. That was the fundamental failure of the Church at Corinth. It had failed to maintain its distinctiveness amid the corrosive culture of Corinth. The Maintenance of Distinctiveness is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Body Language

    Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Nov 12, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 6,776 views

    The nonverbal communication that we are Christians comes in the form of service that we do for others.

    Bonnie Brechill tells a story about her 5 year old daughter Crystal, who recently met an Amish girl her age. Within minutes they were off, hand-in-hand, to play. “I caught glimpses of them chattering and giggling,” Bonnie says. “Even though Sylvia, the Amish girl, spoke a Pennsylvania Dutch ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Keeping Your Kids Out Of Concrete

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on May 22, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,220 views

    There is NO more important task in the life of the believing parent than to provide the abundant life through active, unceasing training in following Christ and His Word.

    “Keeping Our Kids Out of The Concrete” Introduction: What is happening in our nation today? What is happening to our children and young people? Why are so many compromising, struggling, drowning and even dying? Why does it seem that each of the last few generations is taking longer and longer ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Invasion Of Islam, Pt. 2

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 22, 2007
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,015 views

    Jesus raised the dead and Mohammad killed the living. Jesus healed the sick and Mohammad harmed the healthy. Jesus released the oppressed and Mohammad enslaved the free! And it’s still happening today somewhere around the world!

    I just want to go on record again as saying; these 2 weeks have not been a Muslim bashing, but rather it’s been an exposing of the mystery behind the veil that makes Islam so intriguing to its 1.5 billion followers. Last week we found out the complexity of the Muslim messenger and the confusion of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Art Campbell avatar

    Incarnation: The Word Became Flesh Series

    Contributed by Art Campbell on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,768 views

    The Incarnation serves as a model for how we can enter our world and share Christ with those who don’t know him.

    Did you know that Australians work the longest hours in the developed world? In fact, the average hours we work would be illegal in Europe! Around that we have to fit other commitments like family, friends, chores and... church and outreach are meant to be in their somewhere too! But most Aussies ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eric Peloquin avatar

    Breaking Down Barriers And Building Up The Wall (Pt. 2) Series

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Jun 23, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 16,730 views

    This is part two in a series dealing with the need for God’s people to break down the barriers that keep us from effectively building up the wall (God’s Kingdom)

    Breaking Down Barriers and Building Up The Wall (pt. 2) Sermon – 27 June 2004 Last week I began a mini series of sorts. The title of the sermon was Breaking Down Barriers and Building Up The Wall; the main text was from John 4 where Jesus has a rather significant encounter with a certain woman of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Spirit Of A Hero

    Contributed by Jerry Pawloski on Mar 9, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,673 views

    Running the Race in Corinthians 9: 23-27 and the spirit of the athlete and the spirit of the Christian.

    Title: Spirit of a Hero Text: 1 Corinthians 9: 23-27 Background The Corinthian culture to which Paul was speaking was worse than any Liberty Avenue or port town that we can think of today. It was a hub of international trade. People of from all over the word passed through this sea port town. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • David Smith avatar

    Circumcision And Other Cutting Edge Issues Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Jul 22, 2010
     | 4,631 views

    "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcisio

    Cicero's first rule of public speaking was, "render your audience benevolent". We preachers tend to follow that rule by opening our sermons with a joke. But what do you do when the passage you're preaching on includes a statement from St Paul such as the one we find in Galatians 5:12: "I wish that ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    Jonadab Who? The Unfamiliar Backstory To Blessing Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Feb 15, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,677 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

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Love Myths #4 Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Feb 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,625 views

    Fearing God's rejection when we don't feel we measure up to his expectations is totally wrong.

    Love Myths #4: How Then Should We Love? February 7, 2010 Intro: In this sermon series on what it really means for us to live lives of love, I’ve hesitated to use many examples of love in the context of marriage because of our tendency to romanticize love rather than understand love from a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist