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  • Michael Adams avatar

    Foundation Of Faith

    Contributed by Michael Adams on Jul 7, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 11,935 views

    Subject: Refocusing on the basics. Proposition: "Faith is the Foundation of our relationship with God."

    Suggested Reading: Heb 11:1-6 Sermon Text: Romans 5:1 This morning I am wrestling with the concept of building our faith! One thing I do know - our family, our friends, our world needs us to have as much faith as we can possibly attain! Let me pose a situation for you... If someone, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Start Walking In Purity

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,229 views

    5 principles that will help all of us to live up to God’s high standards for our lives.

    Start Walking in Purity Psalm 51:1-15 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - April 6, 2008 *Let me start tonight by saying that sex is a good thing. I think we can say that can’t we? -Sex is a good thing! One way we know this is because none of us would be here without it. But even ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Some Of Life's Difficulties

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jul 24, 2008
    based on 28 ratings
     | 10,101 views

    Preaching the truth seems to always cause trouble because some people don’t want to listen to it or believe it. Paul experienced two difficulties in this text. 1- The difficulty of being misunderstood 2- The difficulty of being hassled

    INTRO.- Job 14:1 "Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble." Eccl. 2:22-23 "What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun? All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless." WHAT ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    Living In Christ Part 1: Off With The Old And On With The New Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 28, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 13,359 views

    If we are in Christ, we need to leave our old life behind us and embrace new life.

    Living in Christ Part 1: Off With the Old and On With the New Text: Eph. 4:17-24 Introduction 1. Illustration: A good set of clothes make all the difference. A Methodist church tried to get a man to attend, but he never did. "Why don’t you come?" the minister asked, and the man finally admitted ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    First And Last Things Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 7, 2008
     | 4,303 views

    We live in a world that is often difficult to understand, where sometimes we just have to trust that God is in control, even if it seems that things are upside down, even if we find we can’t straighten out the things that are crooked in this world. But we

    How did a book like Ecclesiastes get in the Bible? Did someone make a mistake, do you think? I don’t know about you but I find the beginning of the book a bit depressing. Some people find it quite disturbing as it reinforces the doubts that they may have already about God’s place in the scheme of ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Admitting To Overload

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2008
     | 4,455 views

    The First Sermon in a 4 part series entitled, ‘Overload: Saying ‘Yes’ So We Can Say ‘No.’

    Have you ever had a day like this? (Slide 1) Video Clip from youtube.com entitled ‘elastic stress.’ How many of you have had stress this week? How many of you experienced stress as the result of a major issue or conflict? How many of you experienced stress this week due to a series of issues that ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Preparing For A God Visit - Part 1

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Jan 7, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,474 views

    In order for God to show up and display his power in our life and church we need to do a spiritual inventory and confess and repent of our sin.

    Today we have set aside as a day of prayer and fasting. We began our 24 hour vigil at midnight last night and it will go until midnight tonight (so if you just heard about it this morning you are still in luck). We are preparing ourselves, our church, our community, for a God visit during our ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    I Will Be Faithful Series

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Jan 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,567 views

    Have you thought about the future of our church? It is amazing how we make plans everyday for events that are at times far off with no thought about what may happen. Charles Kettering said “We should all be concerned about the future – because we will hav

    At the beginning of our worship service we recognized 9 of the 13 the children born in 2008 to members of our church family. As I look at those children I see incredible potential. They will experience more changes in their life time than we can ever imagine. It is possible by the time they become ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Growth By Addition: Faith Series

    Contributed by Chad Garrison on Oct 19, 2009
     | 4,118 views

    Spiritual Growth is important! In this series we’ll use 2 Peter 1 as a blueprint for the areas we are called to continually add to our faith as we grow spiritually. This week: Faith

    Growth by Addition “Faith” It’s hard to believe that summer is almost over isn’t it? As of today there are only 30 days left until we are officially in Fall. For us out here in the desert, that number is probably closer to 90 days right? (Somewhere in December) I bring this up because we have a ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    The Dying Church Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,210 views

    Sermon 8 in series dealing with Sardis

    The Revelation of Jesus Christ “The Dying Church” INTRODUCTION Jesus came that we might have life. Last week we focused on the new life He promised to anyone who puts their faith in Him. If anyone is in Christ he is a NEW creature. Old things have passed away behold, HE has become new. But what ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    God's Blueprint For The Perfect Church

    Contributed by Doug Koehler on May 29, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,910 views

    God took 3000 strangers and turned them into brothers. The Holy Spirit moved 3000 believers into forming one of the most successful churches in history. The story you are about to read will hopefully encourage you into seeing God’s Blueprint for His Churc

    God’s Blueprint for the Perfect Church God’s Blueprint for the Perfect Church I wonder what it was like for those 3000 people who were saved that day on Pentecost? Maybe it went something like this: Joshua couldn’t sleep! It was a while ago when he heard about the teacher who was put to death ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Temptation Truths

    Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 6, 2009
     | 2,730 views

    A look at the subject of temptation from James 1 and various other Bible texts

    "Temtpation Truths" Temptation comes to the child of God in many ways, but James tells us that "Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lusts and enticed" (James 1:14) teaching us that the source of temptation is the lust within man, not necessarily the devil as most of us would ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    Take It To The Streets

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Nov 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,799 views

    In the story of the Good Samaritan you will see vital qualities that are necessary in carrying our faith into the street.

    1487 Are you taking your faith to the streets? I am not speaking of literally going into the street and preaching, or something of that nature. I am speaking of living and sharing your faith after you leave church. I turn to the story of the Good Samaritan for help with this idea. In Luke 10 we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tyler Edwards avatar

    The Light Of Life Series

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 29, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,689 views

    John uses powerful images in his writing. What did he mean when he called Jesus the light of life?

    October 7, 2007 John 8:12 The Light of Life Jn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Jn 1:2 He was with God in the beginning. Jn 1:3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. Jn 1:4 In him was life, and that ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Scott Bayles avatar

    When Christ Comes: The Hope Of Redemption Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 16, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,865 views

    The third in a series adpated from Max Lucado’s book, When Christ Comes. This message focuses on the hope of paradise restored and answers questions about what Heaven will be like. Alliterated.

    If this sermon is helpful to you look for my latest book, “The Greatest Commands: Learning To Love Like Jesus.” Each chapter is sermon length, alliterated, and focuses on the life and love of Jesus. You can find it here: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1606471120 When Christ Comes: The Hope of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church