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  • Charles McCall avatar

    Don't Let Music Influence You To Do The Wrong Thing

    Contributed by Charles Mccall on Nov 11, 2007
    based on 44 ratings
     | 25,540 views

    Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to let music to cause them to bow down to an golden idol god because it is God who made heaven and earth to be worshipped.

    Daniel 3:1-12 Topic: Don’t let music influence to do the wrong thing Whether you want to admit it or not, all of us have been influence by some type of music. Whether it be Jazz, Blues, Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Country and Western, Hip Hop, Classical, or Gospel; all of us has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Highly Favored

    Contributed by Joe Jones on Jan 21, 2002
    based on 148 ratings
     | 37,290 views

    In sports this phrase means absolutely nothing…you may by highly favored and go into the game and find yourself the object of an incredible defeat. When you are favored and you get defeated they call that an upset. In God, being favored is part of the pa

    “Highly Favored” In sports this phrase means absolutely nothing…you may by highly favored and go into the game and find yourself the object of an incredible defeat. When you are favored and you get defeated they call that an upset. In God, being favored is part of the package, and you never fear ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Armored Almighty Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Oct 23, 2008
    based on 12 ratings
     | 12,752 views

    Who or what is truly defeating Israel? Sin. Sin is the great enemy that defeats them & hold them captive, keeping them from living the life of righteous. Sin is the undefeated enemy against whom God comes to make war.

    ISAIAH 59: 15b-21 THE ARMORED ALMIGHTY [Isaiah 53: 4-12 / Romans 11: 25-29] The people have just acknowledged and confessed their personal and corporate [national] sins. God now responses with a promise of salvation and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Perspective: The Destructive Power Of Sin Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Aug 14, 2011
     | 8,629 views

    God never planned for defeat to be the rule of the Christian life. God planned for the Holy Spirit to be the ruling principle of our life. Victory is to be the rule defeat the exception. When sin is ruling in our life God called for us to deal with it.

    Intro: What does God want from the people that make up this local body of believers called Immanuel? Does he want new buildings, more children for VBS, more bible study classes, what does He want? First he wants us to get our perspective right about we exist for the purpose of God living in us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Our Ambition?

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Apr 25, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,286 views

    No one wants to fail. But if our ambition to succeed becomes motivated by the fear of failure, ambition can become an idol in our lives and in our church.

    IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT NOBODY WANTS TO DELIBERATELY FAIL AT ANYTHING. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT "FAILING" IS THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE BASICS OF FAILURE ITSELF. THE GREATEST NEWS ABOUT FAILURE IS THAT FAILURE IN AND OF ITSELF IS NEVER FINAL. YOU CAN LEARN GREAT LESSONS FROM FAILURE IF YOU ARE ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Recreating God In Our Own Image Series

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Feb 22, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 6,813 views

    We build idols all of the time -- not out of wood, but out of our thoughts. We want to re-create God in our own image.

    Ten Commandments Series Second Commandment -- January 23, 2000 "Re-creating God in Our Own Image" By the Rev. Dr. Maynard Pittendreigh Sunrise Presbyterian Church Miami Florida Exod 20:1-17 1 And God spoke all these words: 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Idolatry: Dancing With Myself

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,350 views

    Also 1cor 10:14-22. How Paul’s discussion of not eating meat sacrificed to idols is very relevant for us today

    Intro Story – The Chauffeur A very well respected Nobel prize-winning physicist was asked to travel the country and lecture on some of his current theories. His sponsors provided a limousine and a chauffeur. Night after night, city after city the physicist gave the exact same lecture. After all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Paradox Of Pursuing Knowledge About God And Experiencing Him

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jun 8, 2019
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,549 views

    The danger of intellectual pursuit without an intimate experiential knowledge of God is that the heart can be come cold and brittle like a stone, making knowledge an idol.

    I remember as a young Born-Again Christian, just starting my spiritual journey that I would walk in and through the presence of God effortlessly. I lived and breathed the supernatural. Signs and Wonders were everywhere! The anointing was powerful! Then I went to Bible School and was told those ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Death Grip

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 14, 2023
     | 1,096 views

    We can’t let go of our idols - our possessions, our pride, our plans - without God's help.

    In May 2003, mountain climber Aron Ralston used a pocketknife to amputate his right arm. He had been pinned down by a boulder weighing nearly a thousand pounds in a canyon near Moab, Utah, for five days, and running out of water realized it was his only chance to survive. After cutting off his arm ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Breaking The Ancestral Covenant PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 28, 2025
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     | 199 views

    This sermon calls us to identify and renounce generational idols, embracing wholehearted devotion to God so that His freedom and love transform our families.

    Friends, every family has a box in the attic—old photos, faded letters, a quilt stitched by steady hands. Alongside those treasures come other hand-me-downs we don’t frame or display: patterns, pressures, and quiet preferences that keep tugging at our hearts. Maybe your household treasured hard ...read more

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    The Bread Of Life Premium Sermon

    Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023
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    This sermon explores the concept of Jesus as the 'bread of life', satisfying our spiritual hunger, and urges us to turn away from false idols and teachings.

    Bread and hunger are everyday occurrences for people around the world. Jesus uses these commonplace and ordinary things to explain the extraordinary Kingdom of God. He reveals to those gathered to Him that HE is in fact the bread of life. Prayer: “Lord thank you for sending the true bread, your ...read more

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    Progressive Images Of Victory Series

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 5,542 views

    THE LORD SHOWS HIS GOODNESS AND LOVINGKINDNESS BY LEADING US TO VICTORY WHEN DEFEAT SEEMS IMMINENT

    BIG IDEA: THE LORD SHOWS HIS GOODNESS AND LOVINGKINDNESS BY LEADING US TO VICTORY WHEN DEFEAT SEEMS IMMINENT "Thanks be to God who always leads us in His triumph in Christ!" 2 Cor. 2:14 Note the Messianic applications throughout the psalm INTRODUCTION (:1-4) THANKSGIVING FOR HIS: - GOODNESS - ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Greg Cooper avatar

    God Given Authority

    Contributed by Greg Cooper on Dec 30, 2001
    based on 195 ratings
     | 40,380 views

    WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO RISE UP AND DEFEAT THE ENEMY OF OUR SOUL, IF WE ONLY WOULD.

    Title: God Given Authority Text: Matthew 16:19 Intro: Each and every one of us that have believed on the name of Jesus Christ for our salvation are possessors of the authority of all heaven. Jesus said that we have the keys of the kingdom. Keys represent authority. I have on my key ring a key that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The "I's" Have It

    Contributed by Gerry Pratt on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,438 views

    Nine words that begin with the letter "I", which defeat the true power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

    As we look at the actions or inaction’s of life, and especially in the Church, we can see some REASONS for why things happen or don’t happen.....and we also can see some EXCUSES for why things happen or don’t happen. A. When I first thought of this subject, I was narrowly applying ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Dragon Slayer (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jul 18, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,416 views

    This is the 15th sermon in the series "The End". This sermon is about the defeat of Satan in Revelation 12.

    Sunday Evening, July 14, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: “The End” [#15] DRAGON SLAYER (PART 2) Revelation 12:7-17 Introduction: 1. Last week we studied the four personalities of this chapter. 2. This evening we are going to look at the events of this chapter. The War In ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist