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  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    We Are Family!! Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Mar 1, 2002
    based on 146 ratings
     | 22,410 views

    Each member of the body of Christ is called to be FAMILY!

    First Baptist Church February 24, 2002 John 19:25-27 November 24th was a cold night, it was around 12:30 am and I had just fallen asleep ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "No Middle Ground"

    Contributed by Quintin Morrow on Mar 5, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 13,662 views

    A message proclaiming the uniqueness of Jesus Christ.

    ¡§No Middle Ground¡¨ Luke 11:14-28 The Rev’d Quintin Morrow qgmorrow@st-andrew.com Preached at St. Andrew¡¦s Episcopal Church, Fort Worth March 3, 2002 Outline: I. THE ACTION (v. 14) a) Jesus exorcises a demon from a mute man and the man speaks. b) The crowd responds in amazement. II. THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Jesus 1, Death 0

    Contributed by John Beehler on Mar 13, 2002
    based on 121 ratings
     | 8,733 views

    Death has been swallowed up in victory...for good!

    Jesus: 1, Death: 0 There is a true story of a chaplain at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. A few years ago an event happened late one night while she was on duty. She was called to the bedside of a woman who had a severe heart attack. By the time she got there the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Friends, Funerals And Faith

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Mar 17, 2002
    based on 196 ratings
     | 20,479 views

    Jesus joins with us in our sorrows and understands our grief. His friendship with us assures us that death’s sting is dead.

    Friends, Funerals and Faith John 11:1-45 Clayton Lockhart has told me time and again that Terrill Mosley was a true friend to him. I have a picture on my desk of my dad shaking hands with Clayton at our Christmas party in 1999, and Terrill is sitting right beside him with a big grin on his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How To Thrive Spiritually

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Mar 22, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 6,265 views

    Everyone needs a mentor and friend to accomplish all that God calls them to do.

    “Friendships – the way to Thrive Spiritually” Acts 9:10-19 What is it that helps you survive and thrive spiritually in a world that is not friendly to Christians? Most of us would have to answer: Family and friends. Our family and friends have been our primary encouragers to survive ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    A Season Of Doubt Series

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 10,711 views

    Doubt can be a beneficial step in our spiritual journey.

    Have you seen the campaign ads that have been running on TV lately? Here’s a question: how many of you believe everything you hear in those commercials? Do you think they tell the whole truth? How many of you watched all or part of the presidential debates? How many of you believed everything that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dealing With Temptation Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Apr 1, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 17,537 views

    Five principles to win a victory over temptation taken from the life of Joseph

    When Life is the Pits A Study of the Life of Joseph Sermon # 3 “Dealing With Temptation” Genesis 39:1-20 When we left Joseph last time he had been sold into slavery by his brothers to a band of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Forgetting What's Behind. Straining For What's Ahead.

    Contributed by Quintin Marrow on Apr 3, 2001
    based on 37 ratings
     | 9,878 views

    Forsaking all past achievements and human advantages, St. Paul strains ahead to be found in Christ; this striving is by faith, and results in an imputed righteousness from God, a sharing in the sufferings of Christ, Christlikeness and participation in the resurrection of the dead.

    “Forgetting what’s behind. Straining for what’s ahead.” April 1, 2001 The Rev’d Quintin Marrow St. Anne’s Episcopal Church Oceanside, California The Text: Phil. 3:8-14 In sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was observed on April first. It was celebrated ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Paul's Spiritual Autobiography

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 7, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 6,875 views

    Paul frankly discloses his spiritual balance sheet in terms of What he Renounced and What he Received in converting to Christianity, and looking back 30 years later, What he once Counted and What he still Counts.

    PAUL’S SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nothing fascinates me more than a good biography. Perhaps, like me, you’re curious to know the motives that are behind the person’s actions and to learn how his character develops. It’s all the more interesting when a great man or woman write their own life story - ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Surprised By Joy

    Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Apr 10, 2001
    based on 147 ratings
     | 10,531 views

    The same joy that surprised the followers of Christ in the upper room that first Easter can bring us joy that is permanent, powerful, and plentiful.

    Near the end of the nineteenth century a little church high on the cliffs at the entrance to the English Channel was destroyed by a hurricane. A few weeks later, a British Admiral came to ask the pastor if they intended to rebuild the church. The clergyman explained that they were a poor ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Turning Your Pain Into Gain

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Apr 10, 2001
    based on 265 ratings
     | 29,300 views

    The Prayer of Jabez gives us insight into how we don’t have to hang onto the past but press forward into the future.

    Turning Your Pain into Gain Ballard Assembly Pastor Bob Briggs April 22, 2001 The top selling Christian book recently is “The Prayer of Jabez”. How many of you have read the book? It is written from the perspective of an obscure prayer found in 1 Chronicles 4. Everything written in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Linda Hewett avatar

    Born Again - You Can Wipe The Slate Clean!

    Contributed by Linda Hewett on Apr 18, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 11,249 views

    This sermon is on being "born again" and starting your life over.

    Born Again - YOU CAN WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN As the prisoner is led to a solitary cell and the iron door is slammed shut, she thinks "This is it -- and she sinks down on the dirty, hard little cot and leans her head into her hands and weeps. She thinks about what got her here and wishes she could ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeff Seaman avatar

    Twenty Reasons Not To Sin Series

    Contributed by Jeff Seaman on Apr 20, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 6,868 views

    This sermon give us good reasons why not to sin.

    TWENTY REASONS NOT TO SIN Part1 Coming Clean Part 2 Pastor Jeff Seaman Why is it that we fall into the same traps over and over again? Why is it that we believe the same lies long after they have been exposed? Why is it that we make a habit of doing wrong even when we desire what is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Twenty Reasons Not To Sin Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Jeff Seaman on Apr 20, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 4,006 views

    This sermon gives us reasons why not to sin

    TWENTY REASONS NOT TO SIN Part 2 Coming Clean Part 3 Pastor Jeff Seaman Prov. 6:20-23 “My son, keep your father’s commands and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Pastoral Anniversary Celebration

    Contributed by Dr. Stafford Miller on May 5, 2001
    based on 285 ratings
     | 139,619 views

    IN their honor I wish to lift up several images of servant/leadership of God in which to acknowledge the marks of character that a Pastor possess.

    ANNIVERSARY Sermon for Pastor_______ April 2001. PRAYER . . . MAY THE WORDS OF GOD AND HIS MESSAGES SPOKEN THIS HOUR BE BOTH A WORD OF COMFORT AND CHALLENGE WE PRAY THAT IT WILL CHALLENGE THOSE WHO ARE COMFORTABLE AND COMFORT ALL THOSE WHO ARE BEING CHALLENGED THIS DAY. There has been much ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist