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  • Nigel Heath avatar

    A Call For New Missional Initiatives -- Acts 11: 19-26

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Aug 7, 2011
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    Do you long to be able to share your faith with others but have great difficulty doing so? It might surprise you that even Apostles such as Peter, James and John had some difficulties with cross-cultural communication. What is the way forward for a Chu

    A CALL FOR NEW MISSIONAL INITIATIVES -- Acts 11: 19-26 INTRO Yesterday -- the first Saturday in August -- is reckoned to be the happiest day of the year. To be even more specific: 7pm is the happiest moment of the happiest day of the year. The statistics are based on a study of more than 9,000 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    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

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    The High Cost Of Low Living Series

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
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    The godly line of Seth is now intermingling with the ungodly line of Cain.

    Intro: 1. Tozer, "The rise of a new religious spirit in recent years is marked by disturbing similarities to that earlier "revival" under Constantine. Now as then a quasi-Christianity is achieving acceptance by compromise. It is dickering with the unregenerate world for acceptance and, as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lessons In Apologetics #9: Theism

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Nov 9, 2011
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    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

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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

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    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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    You Are Here Series

    Contributed by Joel Smith on Apr 19, 2009
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    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

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    The Crutch Series

    Contributed by John Sears on Nov 21, 2013
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    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

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    Strangers In A Strange Land Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Sep 15, 2014
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    When we know who we are, we'll understand what we have.

    Strangers in a Strange Land 1 Peter 1:1-2 Rev. Brian Bill September 13-14, 2014 Hope video. Do you find it difficult to hold on to hope when our culture is becoming increasingly hostile to Christianity? Just this week, America’s largest university system in California ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Winning The War Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 10, 2015
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    If we want to win the war for the soul of our nation, we must commit ourselves to the Word of God and to the House of God.

    Krish Kandiah, president of the London School of Theology, talks about growing up in the United Kingdom, where his family could always count on their next-door neighbor, Mrs. Oglive, to be around. They left a spare key with her in case they got locked out. They forgot their keys quite often, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Spirit Of Baal

    Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Apr 24, 2015
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    Baal is identified as the ruler of the demons. (Beelzebub is another name for Baal)

    The Spirit of Baal Baal is identified as the ruler of the demons. Matthew 12:24 (Beelzebub is another name for Baal) Baal-hamon, one of Baal's names, means "the lord of wealth or abundance." You must war against this spirit to see your inheritance released. Jeremiah 51:44 (Bel in this verse ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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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

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    Believe In The Son And Walk The Talk Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 13, 2013
     | 2,940 views

    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

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    Toubled Minds

    Contributed by Kent Meeler on Jan 26, 2013
     | 3,500 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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    Truth Has Perished Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 22, 2014
     | 3,605 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