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  • Michael Stark avatar

    What Is This World Coming To?

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 18, 2021
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     | 4,996 views

    God repeatedly warns inhabitants of this dying world to look to Him or receive His judgement. The message looks at the Second Psalm in light of current world conditions.

    “Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, ‘Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.’ “He who sits in the heavens laughs; the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do Not Destroy (Part I) Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 16, 2022
     | 1,908 views

    Exhausted following a flight to preserve his life, David looks to God Who alone can deliver His wearied saint. And He will deliver you when you cry out to Him in the midst of your trials.

    TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO DO NOT DESTROY. A MIKTAM OF DAVID, WHEN HE FLED FROM SAUL, IN THE CAVE. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. I cry out to God Most ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Can Transform Saul?

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 4, 2022
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    The message is a contrast between a new convert named Saul and a mature follower of Christ named Paul. The intent of the message is to encourage Christian maturation in those who come to Christ in faith.

    “When [Saul] had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Don't Look Like Your Picture!

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Feb 18, 2022
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    The first church was powerful for the cause of Christ. When we match the present churches to that earliest congregation, we are often compelled to confess that we don't look like we are their descendants. It is past time for us to take steps to correct this situation.

    “In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Arrogance Of The Ignorant

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 12, 2023
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     | 1,791 views

    Ignorant people attempt to mask their lack of knowledge through arrogance. Jesus pierced the facade of the Sadducees by pointing to what was written in the Word of the Living God.

    “Sadducees came to [Jesus], who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. There were seven ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The King Wants To See You

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 14, 2021
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    Christians, especially, must always remember those who have stood with them, honouring their memory and the kinship they have shared during hard times.

    “David said, ‘Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?’ Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, ‘Are you Ziba?’ And he said, ‘I am your servant.’ And the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Are His Offspring

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 11, 2024
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     | 979 views

    God created mankind, and He gives us our being. Thus, we must not segregate on the basis of race or sex. Flowing from the knowledge of God's creation, and having given His Word, we discover that not all cultures are equal, though all people have opportunity to know God.

    “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Survey Of My Grief Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jun 22, 2024
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     | 634 views

    Lamentations speaks on behalf of those suffering as he reminds the Lord of how great is the grief experienced. He confesses that the judgement is deserved. In this, he provides a warning to those living in this present culture that they must not presume against the goodness of God.

    Grief touches each of us eventually. [1] Though we know we will experience grief as individuals, we sometimes need to be reminded that grief will consume the nation that turns from righteousness while embracing wickedness. Some might suppose that Christians will gloat when judgement at last comes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Long, O Lord? How Long? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jul 27, 2024
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     | 893 views

    Though the Lord shall judge the nation that practice wickedness, how shall we who follow Christ respond to the evil embraced and promoted within our culture?

    When the child of God sins, that child knows that God does not ignore that sin. Because He loves us, the LORD disciplines His people, and His discipline will not be pleasant. God’s discipline was never intended to be pleasant. Divine discipline is intended to impose … well, discipline! Indeed, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pastoral Personal Conduct

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 16, 2013
     | 6,440 views

    Timothy is instructed in how he is to conduct his life as a minister of Christ. Thus, each servant of the Master is taught how he should conduct his life and ministry.

    “Command and teach these things. Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Guarding The Good Deposit Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jul 25, 2015
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     | 13,125 views

    The message explores what Paul meant when he urged Timothy to guard the good deposit. Preachers are point men in the battle to stand firm against error, but the congregation must join them in this task.

    “By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.” [1] Servants of Christ demonstrate a dynamic interplay of divine sovereignty and human responsibility in the exercise of the ministry God has assigned each one. One writer, citing an old maxim of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Tried Lord

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Apr 19, 2019
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     | 3,498 views

    A study in the book of Nehemiah 13: 1 – 31

    Nehemiah 13: 1 – 31 I tried Lord 13 On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, 2 because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water but hired Balaam ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Complacency Kills Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 28, 2017
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     | 18,324 views

    It was only a momentary slip of the beasts’ feet, but it was enough to rock the Ark which was on the cart they were pulling. The priest driving the cart reached back to steady the Ark so it wouldn’t fall; but the moment he touched the Ark, he fell dead.

    “David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Surprise In The Graveyard

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 28, 2018
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     | 18,964 views

    How does the resurrection of Lazarus impact people in this day? Since Jesus has power over life and death, we see that He alone can give life to those dead in sin.

    “A certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So, the sisters sent to him, saying, ‘Lord, he whom you love is ill.’ But when Jesus heard it he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Reason To Be Thankful

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 9, 2016
     | 7,241 views

    Writing the Romans, Paul speaks of his gratitude for them, giving some surprising reasons for being thankful.

    “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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