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  • Rick Crandall avatar

    The Savior's Next Step For Our Church Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 15, 2013
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     | 12,313 views

    How can we take the next step? 1. Carry out the Lord’s commands (vs. 12). 2. Pray with passion (vs. 13-14). 3. Believe the Bible (vs. 15-20). 4. Enlist and equip more help (vs. 20-23). 5. Humbly accept the Lord's assignment (vs. 23-26).

    The Savior's Next Step for Our Church Acts 1:12-26 (Initial reading: vs. 8-14) Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - May 19, 2013 *This is last week's issue of "The Baptist Message," and the headline for this article is: "Hankins Delivers Sobering News to 2020 Commission." It tells us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Perfect Match Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 10, 2014
     | 6,033 views

    Do you have a saving faith? Does your faith work?

    “Faith That Works: A Perfect Match” James 2:14-26 Do you have a saving faith? Let me put it another way; do you have a faith that works? Listen again to verse 14: “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Persistence In Prayer Series

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Feb 22, 2014
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     | 8,824 views

    Jesus tells us to pray and not give up-He already taught the content of prayer-Persistence in the Lord's Prayer is required if we are to see God work.

    Luke 18 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, 2 saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Who's Missing And Does It Matter?

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Sep 11, 2011
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    People matter to God!

    Title: Who’s Missing and Does It Matter? Text: Luke 15:1-10 Thesis: People matter to God Introduction Just south of here there is a $3.25 million project to do some renovating of Berkley Park. In order to do those projects it was necessary to drain Berkeley Lake and it was the draining ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Handling Offenses When They Come

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 26, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 13,311 views

    How Christians deal with offenses.

    Handling Offenses When They Come Scripture: Luke 17:1-4; 2 Timothy 2:24; Matthew 18:15-16 Introduction The topic of this message is “Handle Offenses When They Come.” This message has been in my spirit since February of this year. We, as individuals and as a Church body, need to be fully ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Standing Kneeling Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Aug 27, 2007
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,770 views

    Intercessory prayer is the key to standing as the kind of church God wants us to be.

    1. The first key to standing by kneeling is to pray continually. (6:18) 2. The second key to standing by kneeling is to pray personally. (6:19-20) 3. The third key to standing by kneeling is to pray specifically. (6:21-22) 4. Conclusion (6:23-24) This morning we’re reaching a milestone. We’re ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    7 Keys To Victory

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 30, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,989 views

    7 Key things that should characterize every New Testament church.

    In this passage we have recorded one of the most exciting events in all of scripture. After Christ ascended into heaven, the people who were believers met, and in Acts 1 it says, "These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer." Then on the day of Pentecost, Peter stood ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Revive Us Again

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Oct 20, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,796 views

    Five reasons why we need to cry out for revival

    Revive Us Again Psalm 85:1-13 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - Oct. 12, 2008 *Our revival with Greg Wilton starts next Sunday, and we are praying for true, spiritual revival. -- But what does that mean? In the Old Testament revival means “to have life, sustain life, live forever ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Conform Or Transform?

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,462 views

    Be a living sacrifice Live on that altar Don’t be conformed Be transformed!

    Conform or Transform? Romans 12:1-2 I want to introduce you to a mythical church member that I am going to call Kenny When we first meet Kenny he is attending services at First Church but he left because the services were too formal Every one on the platform wore a tie He and his family then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Eating Right, What's On Your Plate? Series

    Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,535 views

    A six part series on making your church a better body

    BETTER BODY BUILDING Part 3 All my illustrations come from SermonCentral and scripture is NIV unless otherwise noted. EATING RIGHT - WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE ? We are in the middle of building a better body! I introduced this series back in November, and we spoke about how, we, you and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Freedom And Healing Through A Clear Conscience Series

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jan 28, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,810 views

    Paul stressed in Acts 23 that he had a good conscience toward everyone. This messages focuses on the importance of a clear conscience and how to gain a good conscience.

    Freedom and Healing through a Clear Conscience Acts Series Chuck Sligh January 28, 2018 TEXT: Acts 23:1-11 - "And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Come!"

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Mar 31, 2018
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     | 8,890 views

    In our lesson today we learn that Jesus invites all people to come to him.

    Scripture Every Sunday is a wonderful day to consider the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. But Easter Sunday is a particularly wonderful day to consider Jesus’ resurrection. Today, I would like to read Matthew 28:1-10: 1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Is The Bible The Word Of God? Series

    Contributed by Les Puryear on Jan 8, 2020
     | 5,729 views

    Reasons why the Bible is the Word of God

    A new minister was asked to teach a boys' Sunday School class when the regular teacher was absent. He decided to see what they knew about the Bible, so he asked them who knocked down the walls of Jericho. The boys immediately began denying that they did it, and the preacher was appalled at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Approved Or Hungry

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 5, 2019
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     | 9,397 views

    Everyone wants a word from God, but they do not know the Word of God.

    Amos 8:11  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:  12  And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    They're Only Words Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 30, 2019
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,011 views

    James tells us that "no one can tame the tongue." So, what do we do about it? How can we recognize when we've misused our tongue and spoken curses that bring shame to Christ?

    OPEN: Words have meaning. (We showed a video clip by www.vidangel.com/ that explained the impact of curse words on our families using paint balls fired at a family watching TV to visualize the sharp increase of swear words in our “entertainment” mediums) (You can find the video we used at ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ