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  • Wesley Bishop avatar

    The Perfect One

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 15, 2004
    based on 134 ratings
     | 24,946 views

    This sermon is about Christ being the perfect sacrifice for our sins.

    I have a confession to make. It’s not easy for me to say this. This is difficult for me to admit. But, I used to watch professional wrestling. I know, I know, that’s hard to believe. That was back in the days when Hulk Hogan was in his prime. It was cool to watch professional wrestling. ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Excellence Series

    Contributed by Tim Zukas on Apr 25, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 13,021 views

    Building God’s Church through Excellence (Bob Russell - When God Build’s a Church)

    These items were in news letters and other church notices 1) Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. 2) The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church. 3) ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Naked Souls

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jan 2, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,855 views

    A sermon about God’s knowledge of us, His mercy inspite of that knowledge, and the response we should have to these truths.

    21, November 2004 Dakota Community Church Naked Souls Introduction: Have you ever felt there is a distance between you and the Lord? Has the enemy convinced you that God is tired of forgiving you? Do you ever wrestle with feelings of unworthiness before the Lord? Tonight I want to look at what ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Mediocrity Series

    Contributed by Brad Froese on Jun 28, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,272 views

    A splash of cold water for mediocre Christians...

    There is a series of unfortunate events that occurs throughout churches worldwide. They are the unfortunate things Christians do, which work to divide the church instead of unite it, and which destroy the faith of fellow believers and drive people away from the house of God instead of building it ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Michael Luke avatar

    God's Wisdom And Man's Foolishness Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 11,868 views

    Man’s wisdom is in reality foolishness compared to glory of God’s wisdom as revealed in the cross of Christ.

    SERIES: “OVERCOMING OBSTACLES THAT OBSTRUCT OBEDIENCE” TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-31 TITLE: “GOD’S WISDOM AND MAN’S FOOLISHNESS” INTRODUCTION: A. Two men were working with a contracting firm hired to dig a large hole. After several hours of hard ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Warren Lamb avatar

    Pursuing Excellence

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Mar 23, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 8,277 views

    Even a glimpse at the Life of Jesus Christ makes obvious the fact that God is a God of excellence. A life of excellence is what He has bought for us. What does that mean for us as Christ-followers today?

    “Pursuing Excellence” Mark 4:35-41 As we examine the life of Jesus as it is recorded for us in the four gospels, we get glimpses through windows, as it were. Not every detail of His life and ministry is recorded for us, nor could it be. The Apostle John tells us in John 21:25: “And there are also ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jim Cunningham avatar

    The Poor Economics Of Sowing

    Contributed by Jim Cunningham on Sep 2, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,098 views

    Looking at the Parable of the Sower as a true parable, rather than an allegory.

    We are a bit past the growing season here in NJ. But the farmers’ markets are still booming with the harvest of seeds that were planted back in the spring. We have had extreme weather this year – first wet, then dry, with a miserable heat wave in the middle. I’m not sure it has been a bumper ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What's The One Thing?

    Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Sep 7, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 35,380 views

    Jesus said to Martha, "There is really only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it..." What’s the One Thing? Includes illustration of Jason, a young man in special education that changed the life of his teacher. "Welcome, friend

    Title: What’s the One Thing? 09/03/06 West Side Text: Luke 10:38-42 A.M. Service Purpose: A Labor Day message dealing with how we should “Be Still” before the Lord ******************************************************* Introduction: Jason’s Praying Pencils How a student gave his ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Charles R. Swindoll avatar

    The Week After Easter

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 12, 2006
    based on 29 ratings
     | 93,506 views

    This sermon deals with what happen when Thomas saw Jesus for himself. We can learn from this what we really have in Jesus.

    TEXT: John 21:1 The capture of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane is over The brutal treatment of him at the hands of Roman soldiers is over The trial that found him guilty is over The torturing and twisting of his body is over The cruel fastening of his body to an old rugged cross is over The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Love Slaves

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,294 views

    Jesus’ time of crucifixion was drawing near and here he sat, with his leadership team for the future who still didn’t get it – talk about a desperate and seemingly fruitless reality. Since none moved, Jesus did it. The towel that Jesus wrapped around him

    Most of you will be familiar with the term and concept of servant-leadership. It is not a new concept of course. Corporate North America didn’t come up with it and the bright minds of the world didn’t phrase it as a new discovery. One of the Army’s earliest references to servant-leadership is that ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Spiritual House: Peter And The Stones Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,962 views

    We don’t rid ourselves of vices to build a spiritual house, God has cast aside that old life, that’s old news. You are being built into a holy place, not as a guest, but as a worshiper.

    Os Guinness tells a story of an experience in a Pyrenean village. A farmer had tied an enormous load of wood onto the back of a donkey. However hard the farmer whipped the animal, it could only stumble along, getting progressively slower and slower, until it sank down in exhaustion under the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • John Piper avatar

    Marriage: Pursuing Conformity To Christ In The Covenant Series

    Contributed by John Piper on Mar 29, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 10,324 views

    In Christ’s relationship to the church, he is clearly seeking the transformation of his bride into something morally and spiritually beautiful.

    Ephesians 5:21-33 [Submit] to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bob Marcaurelle avatar

    Preaching Against Dirty Christianity Series

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Apr 5, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,061 views

    Sermon 2 on Jude, which deals with those woh live in sin and claim salvation. This deals with the Christian reaction to this dirty Christianity

    Jude- 2 Peter 2. The Preaching Against Dirty Christianity Jude 1-4 “My dear friends I was very eager to write you about the salvation we have in common. But I was strongly impressed to write and urge you to fight hard for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints (people of God).” ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    A Healthy Body

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jan 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,887 views

    Examine the characteristics of a church that is functioning as a healthy body.

    Introduction- Last month I went for my annual physical. My doctor checked my pulse, my blood pressure, did blood tests, listened to my heart and lungs. He gave me a clean bill of health. I have an annual physical every year. All of us are concerned about our bodies and our healthy. You might be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Alan Tison avatar

    Do You Remember?

    Contributed by Alan Tison on May 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,879 views

    The world is full of monuments, statues and memorials, reminding us of the great battles and works of men and women. All of these monuments have one thing in common, repaired or refurbished or as time goes by, they are forgotten. 2000 years ago in an u

    Do you remember your first car, your first home, your first job, your graduation from high school? You probably do. We tend to remember the special moments of life. For many of us they are freeze-framed in our minds as KODAK moments. Our memories are not simply for personal moments; ours is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ