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  • Jim Mooney avatar

    How To Make Up Your Mind Series

    Contributed by Jim Mooney on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 232 ratings
     | 22,639 views

    This sermon will encourage Believers to become stable minded in a confused world.

    HOW TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND Growing Up Rather Than Giving Up - Part 3 James 1:5-11 I want us to look at what James has to say on "How to Make up Your Mind". Life is full of decisions and life is basically a series of choices we make every day. We have to evaluate, decide, draw conclusions. Frank ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God's Promised Rest (The Fourth Commandment) Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 4, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 19,305 views

    How the fourth commandment commanding observance of the sabbath applies to Christians.

    We’ve got to learn to slow down before it kills us. In 1991 economist Juliet Schor wrote a book called "The Overworked American," where she demonstrated that work hours and stress are at an all time high for us (Bass 1). Today’s full-time employee works an average of 163 more hours than employees ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Make A Fresh Start

    Contributed by Jim Mooney on Jan 6, 2001
    based on 1,682 ratings
     | 768,927 views

    We have all made mistake and bad decision in life, let this sermon show you how to make a fresh start in life.

    HOW TO MAKE A FRESH START Preparing for the New Year Isaiah 43:18-19 (NCV) How many of you here this morning, “ would like to have a fresh start in your Christian life? ” Many of us here this morning have made many mistakes in our lives as Christians. We have experienced many setbacks and failures ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Reaching Out

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 10, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
     | 8,893 views

    We are commanded to reach out to a lost world with the gospel of Christ.

    REACHING OUT Psalm 126:6 INTRO.- ILL.- A man once prayed like this: Lord, bless me and my wife My son John and his wife Us four and no more. A childless couple prayed: Lord, bless us two, And that will do. An old bachelor prayed: Lord, bless only me, That’s as far as I can see. Brethren, many ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Christians Think About The Future Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 17, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 6,390 views

    Four key concepts about what Christians believe about the future for people investigating the Christian faith.

    People today are fascinated with the future. The future represents uncertainty, it’s something we can’t control or accurately prepare for, so we’re often anxious about the future, and many people try to find ways to get an edge on what tomorrow holds. This is what’s made psychic hotlines a $300 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why Am I Here?

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 20, 2001
    based on 95 ratings
     | 13,190 views

    We all need to know why God created us.

    WHY AM I HERE? INTRO.- ILL.- A man was walking along a road and saw an Indian lying with his ear to the ground. He went over to the Indian and heard him speaking, “Large wheels, Ford pickup truck, green color, man driving with large police dog next to him, Colorado license plate, and traveling ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    One Accord

    Contributed by Terry Vaughan on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 46 ratings
     | 29,921 views

    Four ways we can be in one accord with each other.

    WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN SERMON TITLE: ONE ACCORD “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Trust Test - Part 1 Series

    Contributed by John Maxwell on Nov 6, 2001
    based on 235 ratings
     | 32,097 views

    The third sermon in this four part series that assess your will to let God lead your life

    THE TRUST TEST (PART 1) Proverbs 3:1-10 John Maxwell INTRODUCTION: Today I want to talk to you about managing the resources that God has given to us. Two Sundays ago we asked the question: Can I trust God? Last week we looked at another question: Am I trustworthy? Can God trust me with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    "Living A Life Of Gratitude"

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 21, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 40,733 views

    In this message we will talk about the reasons we should be tahnkful to God and then give 9 ways we can express that gratitude.

    “Living A Life Of Gratitude” Building A Great Life – part 6 TEXT: PSALM 18 In his book – “In The Eye Of The Storm” author Max Lucado describes the following scene.. An old man walks down a Florida beach. The sun sets like an orange ball on the horizon. The waves slap the sand. The smell of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Are Latter Day Saints Really Saints? Series

    Contributed by Mark Jackson on Jul 26, 2002
    based on 126 ratings
     | 7,868 views

    This sermon will help you to understand the distinctive doctrines that separate Mormons fron Christians and why Latter Day Saints are a cult.

    Are Latter Day Saints Really Saints? Officially known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormonism was founded by Joseph Smith Jr. in 1830. Their headquarters is in Salt Lake City, Utah – a state that is now 70% Mormon. They claim to now have over 11 million members worldwide, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Praying With A Heaven-View

    Contributed by Alan Smith on Aug 9, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 3,955 views

    It’s important to pray in a way that is not self-centered.

    Introduction: Have you ever thought about how much of what we ask God for in our prayers is very self-centered? For example, I heard about a college student who always concluded her prayers with this simple petition: “God, I’m not asking for myself, but please send my mother a son-in-law.” Or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Giving God Your Best Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 7, 2003
    based on 91 ratings
     | 42,469 views

    God does not want us to be apathetic when it comes to adoring Him. He would rather have no worship at all than for us to come with paltry praise.

    Giving God Your Best After listening restlessly to a long and tedious sermon, a 6-year-old boy asked his father what the preacher did the rest of the week. “Oh, he’s a very busy man,” the father replied. “He takes care of church business, visits the sick, works on his sermon, counsels people…and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Standing By Our Promises Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 21, 2003
    based on 109 ratings
     | 48,397 views

    We all fail to keep our pledges, don’t we? Our good intentions and plans often fall by the wayside. Sometimes we blatantly break our promises but other times, we just kind of drift away, a little at a time.

    Standing By Our Promises As many of you know, I really like Snicker bars. For the past year, whenever I would go to Dairy Queen, I would always order a Snicker Bar Breeze. All I had to do was walk in and one of the workers would start filling a cup with chunks of tasty nougat. It was automatic ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Higgins avatar

    Some Necessary News

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on May 28, 2003
    based on 55 ratings
     | 11,784 views

    Jesus prepared His disciples for the realities of following Him.

    John 16:1-7 Some Necessary News INTRODUCTION The following account was recorded in a book of modern martyrs titled Jesus Freaks: "It was the 1960s in Romania. The Communist torturers came towards Pastor Florescu again, this time with red-hot iron pokers. "Who else believes as you do? Give us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Be Ready Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 29, 2003
    based on 137 ratings
     | 46,154 views

    The key in becoming infectious in our faith is to make sure that we have set apart Christ as Lord in our lives. When we are striving to live under the control of Christ, people will notice and will then ask us to explain the reason for the hope that we h

    How To Be Ready Rev. Brian Bill 2/4/01 It’s fun to compare how life today is different from life 500 years ago. Some of the expressions we use, and the things we do, are based on life in the 1500’s. For instance, did you know that…? • Most people got married in June because they took their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist