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  • Leonard Davis avatar

    Standing Firm For Truth

    Contributed by Leonard Davis on May 29, 2009
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    If we expect God to use us to do the work of the kingdom, then we will have to be faithful in proclaiming the truth even in the face of opposition and ridicule.

    STANDING FIRM FOR TRUTH Why is it so difficult to face up to the truth when things aren’t going very well and to take action to make things right? We see this problem in every area of life. One particular outworking of this refusal to face up to the truth and to take proper action is in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Warner Pidgeon avatar

    What Did Jesus Do About Conflict In His Team? Series

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 8, 2009
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    Jesus dealt with conflict head on, yet always without sin. He did not avoid conflict. Once he dealt with it in his team, he pointed them back to His mission and their mission. He does that with us also.

    What did Jesus do about conflict in His team? In their book called ’A bucket of surprises’ J. John and Mark Stibbe refer to a friend (a church leader) who said this: ’Whenever the conflict gets too much in my church I go and visit the local kennels. There’s a whole group there that’s always ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Johnny Wilson avatar

    Too Much On The Plate Series

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 22, 2009
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    God’s people aren’t immune from grumbling and murmuring, but those who wish to lead effectively will pray for divine solutions in handling dissension.

    In a small, struggling situation like those of many churches, it is tempting to look upon the “growing pains” of the early church with some degree of envy. They were adding to the church daily. They were filling up Jerusalem to overflowing with excitement about Jesus’ resurrection and the presence ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Deliverer From Judah Series

    Contributed by C Vincent on Feb 28, 2009
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    This is the 2nd part of Judges which looks at spiritual warfare and how the enemy can be dealt with through a deliverer from Judah

    Re-cap on previous points of ‘Living with the enemy’: Slide 1 21 chapters spanning almost 400 years Slide 2 The six major judges slide 3 The territory taken from Jericho slide 4 Israel continued a cycle of apostasy, oppression, crying out to God, then deliverance. It wasn’t a single nation, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Loving Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Mar 3, 2009
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    The Lord wanrts to show us that if we are going to love our enemies, it will not be by retalliation, but by showing them Jesus.

    Loving your Enemies Matthew 5:43-48 Luke 6:27-36 Disclaimer: Information was gathered from Sermon Central and personal devotion for this sermon. Introduction- This morning here’s what I want to see happen. Here’s what ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Part 4 - Genesis 21:22-34 - What You See Is What You Get! Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 30, 2010
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    What would it look like if I were to LIVE MY LIFE in such a way that people could see THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN ME? Abraham lived his life like this. At one point a king called Abimelech comes to him and says, "God is obviously with you, helping you in every

    Part 4 - Genesis 21:22-34 - WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET! I was talking with a Jewish friend at work the other day. She said "I don’t like evangelicals!" I said that it was unfortunate because I was one, and that she was working for an evangelical organisation. She said "I don’t like people trying ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Take Your Own Inventory Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 18, 2010
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    A study of Haggai verses 1 through 15

    Haggai 1: 1 – 15 Take your own inventory “1In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Facing The Impossible

    Contributed by Kelli Frazier on Mar 12, 2010
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    Faced with a valley of dry bones and a God who asked if the bones could live, Ezekiel simply replied "Oh Lord God, you know."

    A man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. All of a sudden, he said out loud, "Lord, grant me one wish." The sunny California sky clouded above his head and in a booming voice, and the Lord said, "Because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish." ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Part 2 - Genesis13:1-13 - Double Agent Christianity? - Double-Mindedness Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 14, 2010
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    I know people who want to mix the world with worship, but when Jesus said "You are the salt of the earth" (Matthew 5:13), He certainly wasn't referring to what happened to Lot's wife.

    Part 2 - Genesis13:1-13 - DOUBLE AGENT CHRISTIANITY? - Double-mindedness Sydney! Market place of business opportunities, bright lights, wall to wall people. In the Whitsundays I could wait for 6 weeks to get something done by a tradesman if he had to wait for parts from Sydney. But Sydney is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Richard Mc Quinn avatar

    Faith That Will Help You Through Any 9-11

    Contributed by Richard Mc Quinn on Sep 14, 2011
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     | 7,241 views

    When trouble comes in the form of murder, divorce, death of a loved one who do you go to for comfort?

    FAITH TO GET YOU THROUGH ANY 9-11 New Liberty Christian Church, Veedersburg, IN with Rich McQuinn on 9-11-11 TEXT: PSALM 46:1-11 INTRODUCTION: Do you have your Bibles today? Please raise them up so I can see them. Open them to our text this morning from Psalms 46:1-11. I want to give ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Evangelist Stanley Baker avatar

    Somewhere Over The Rainbow

    Contributed by Evangelist Stanley Baker on Oct 11, 2011
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    Grandma Baker, who sits in church with a number of hurts and spiritual needs

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow By Rev. Stanley Baker Have you ever read something that made all the bells go off inside you? You yell, "That's it! That's what I've been thinking!" because it seems the author has been reading your thoughts. Well I read ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Surviving A Lousy Start In Life

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 16, 2010
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    Jephthah had everything going against him from the beginning of his life, yet he become one of the Judges of Israel. A review of his life offers encouragement to anyone who imagines they have everything against them and nothing going for them.

    “Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah. And Gilead’s wife also bore him sons. And when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, ‘You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Luis Marquez avatar

    Un Gusano Victorioso

    Contributed by Luis Marquez on May 23, 2010
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    Cuando enfrentamos una prueba o adversidad, cuando la carga que llevamos encima es insoportable, cuando vemos abuso de autoridad y no podemos hacer nada, ¿no es cierto que podemos sentirnos pequeños e indefensos como esos animalitos? En el libro de Isaía

    INTRODUCCIÓN: En la vida hay muchas contradicciones y contrastes. El átomo siendo lo más pequeño, acumula una gran energía. La hormiga tiene una fuerza increíble para su tamaño. En el lenguaje usamos expresiones tales como: una mujer bella (un monstruo), algo genial (que bárbaro) etc. En La Biblia ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Larry Wilson avatar

    The Temple Completed Series

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 13, 2010
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    Sermon 9 in the series. Nothing great has ever been accomplished without opposition. Remember, these locals worshiped Jehovah, but only as ONE of their many gods. When the Jews would not join with them, then they tried to harass them, both locally and leg

    The Book of Ezra Study #11 (Ezra 6) The Temple Completed! OPEN: * 1. What do you think is valuable about studying history? 2. When have you discovered something about the past that has helped you in the present? • I remember when I learned that no great thing has ever been accomplished ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Separating Company Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 2, 2011
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    Sometimes opinions divide us so strongly that we have no choice but to separate company.

    Separating Company (Acts 15:36-40) 1. Sometimes you hear people marveling, "Why do churches nowadays have so many conflicts?" 2. Ecclesiastes 7:10 tells us, "Do not say, 'Why is it that the former days were better than these?' For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this." 3. Church ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible