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  • Dean O'Bryan avatar

    It's His Church! Series

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 190 ratings
     | 9,040 views

    Part 1 of a series The church is Christs: by design, by intended outcome and by His resources.

    Trinity Baptist Church October 13, 2002 How Christ builds the Church It’s His Church! Matthew 28:16-20, Acts 1:8 Charles Schultz was one of the best social critics and theologians of our time. He didn’t write books or make speeches. He drew cartoons. For decades, Peanuts was the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Against All Odds

    Contributed by David Parks on Nov 1, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,538 views

    On its face - at the start of it - it seemed unlikely this new venture (the church) cold possibly suceed.

    AGAINST ALL ODDS: THE CHURCH ACROSS THE AGES TEXT: Daniel 7:9-14 Introduction: 1. If any new venture ever seemed to be striking out against all odds it was the early Church of Christ started on that fateful day of Pentecost in AD. 30 2. How in the world did it survive? 3. Just 50 days earlier their ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Christopher Roberts avatar

    Defining The Church

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Dec 14, 2001
    based on 127 ratings
     | 10,233 views

    What exactly is the church ... A community center, a social action organization, or a gathering of people set apart from a sinful world and set apart to a life devoted to God’s calling? Peter, the rock, helps us define the true purpose of the church.

    Please e-mail me with any comments or if you use any part of this at your church at Mail4ChrisR@aol.com. I would love to hear about it. God Bless! - Chris To define the church there is no better place in the Bible to look than at the 16th Chapter of Matthew and Peter’s confession at Caesarea ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Todd White avatar

    Back To The Basics

    Contributed by Todd White on Dec 15, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 9,960 views

    Churches need to stop trying to be "trendy" and get back to the Main Thing God put the church here to do.

    BACK TO THE BASICS by Todd W. White, Pastor of South Heights Baptist Church, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. "Back to the Basics!" is the cry so often heard in the world today. Whether it be in reference to school curricula, family values, or business practices, there is definitely a move in some circles ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Kenneth Rhodes, Jr avatar

    A Healthy, Growing Church

    Contributed by Dr. Kenneth Rhodes, Jr on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 78 ratings
     | 7,224 views

    A sermon that looks at the essentials of a healthy, Biblical, growing church.

    Acts 2:42-47 (NET Bible) 42 They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Reverential awe came on everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles. 44 All who believed were together and held ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Priorities For The Church Series

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Jan 4, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
     | 8,689 views

    In the first church God laid down 4 priorities for the 3,000 new believers. Any successful church will devote themselves to these priorities in all that they do.

    Please e-mail me with any comments or if you use any part of this at your church at Mail4ChrisR@aol.com. I would love to hear about it. God Bless! - Chris Think about this for one second. What are the priorities for the church. When we do that we can’t help but have a long list of things the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    I Love My Church

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 5, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 52,364 views

    Beatitudes of our love for the church.

    1CHRON.29:1-5 "I LOVE MY CHURCH" A) Someone sent me a list some time ago entitled, "Satan’s Beatitudes!" * They said if the devil were to write his beatitudes they would probably go something like this: * Blessed are they who are too tired and busy to go to church on Sundays and Wednesdays, for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Church Of The Hot Waffle

    Contributed by John Roy on Jan 15, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,916 views

    The church is to be the welcoming place for struggling sinners and stained saints.

    The Church of the Hot Waffle Matthew 11:19 & Mark 2:15-17 The Waffle House is to restaurants what little league baseball is to the Major leagues. The Waffle House serves food and that is where it’s comparison with other restaurants stop. It features, waffles, of course, Bert’s Chili, Omelets, and ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    We Exist To Fellowship And Care

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 15, 2002
    based on 136 ratings
     | 13,056 views

    This sermon was the 4th in a 5 part series on defining the mission of our church. This one deals with developing fellowship and caring within the church.

    May 27, 2001 1 John 1:3-10 “We exist to fellowship and to care” INTRODUCTION In the fall of the year, Linda, a young woman, was traveling alone up the rutted and rugged highway from Alberta, Canada to the Yukon. Linda didn’t know you don’t travel to Whitehorse alone in a rundown Honda ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sharing The Mission Series

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,527 views

    A deductive exposition of selected texts on the church’s mission and how to share in accomplishing it.

    I’d like to take a moment to review the reasons for the title of this series of messages – “What’s your commitment to God’s church?” 1. This is God’s church because “he bought [it] with his own blood” (Acts 20:28). This church is God’s church and we must never think or act in any other way. If we ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Alan Chandler avatar

    Change Is Constant

    Contributed by Alan Chandler on Jan 22, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,871 views

    No one really likes change. However, change is not only a sign of a healthy church, it is also Biblical

    "Change is Constant" Acts 1: 9-11 January 20, 2002 I. Intro A) Joke: How many church board members does it take to change a light bulb? (Make up as many humorous excuses as you can think of i.e. I like sitting in the dark, does the church want us to change the light bulb, can we afford to change ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Where Revival Starts

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Oct 31, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,313 views

    Revival has only one place where it can begin, with the calling and movement of God

    Where Revival Starts 2 Chronicles 7:14 Introduction A Sunday School teacher was teaching a group of teenage boys one Sunday about Christ’s disciples; about their abilities, their attributes, and why Jesus might have chosen them. Toward the end of the lesson a teen-aged boy who was particularly ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Richard Rutledge avatar

    The Church

    Contributed by Richard Rutledge on Nov 4, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 13,720 views

    We have home schools, home business, and home shopping but the church cannot be relegated to the home.

    The Church Heb 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-- and all the more as you see the Day approaching. I realize that I will be preaching to the choir today but I believe that it is important for us to be reminded from time ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Adlai Naidoo avatar

    The Church Of Destiny

    Contributed by Adlai Naidoo on Nov 6, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,669 views

    A prophetic look at the Church!

    The Church of Destiny Dr. Adlai Naidoo A prophetic message for every Christian The Church of this generation has opportunities and challenges like never before experienced in Church history. Well over one quarter of all the people that have ever lived, from the time of Adam till now, are alive ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jim Kane avatar

    I Give Up! Series

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,316 views

    The purpose of discipleship is to turn us from being served to server.

    I want to begin this morning by briefly reviewing where we have been in this series "The Five Purposes of The Church. " We have already examined three purposes - worship, outreach, and fellowship. Today we are going to look at the purpose of discipleship and next week conclude with service or ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God