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  • Travis Markes avatar

    Turning Points Series

    Contributed by Travis Markes on Aug 30, 2011
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     | 26,723 views

    A sermon series on Job

    God is Good…All the time! “Turning Points” Job 42:5-17 What you don’t know can hurt you. Did you hear about the guy who walked into a drugstore and asked the pharmacist, “Do you have anything to cure hiccups?” The pharmacist said, “Look on aisle ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Avoiding False Teachers

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Oct 1, 2024
     | 729 views

    As we continue in our series on Jesus' letters to the seven churches, we find ourselves looking at the words Jesus has to say to the church in Thyatira, how they have some good things, but they tolerate false teachings in the church.

    Good morning, beloved congregation! It's a joy to be here with you, standing on the solid ground of God's truth, ready to open His Word together. We are not here by accident, but by divine appointment. And we are not here to hear the words of a man, but to hear from the God who fashioned ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Attitude Makes All The Difference Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jan 30, 2011
     | 8,899 views

    People can tell about your 'love' by the attitude by which you live your life. Love is an action effort, not just words... actions backed up with an attitude of love. How is your attitude today?

    Sermon Brief Date Written: January 25, 2011 Date Preached: January 30, 2011 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: Falling in Love With Jesus Sermon Title: It’s All in the Attitude! Sermon Text: John 3:22-36 [ESV] 22After this Jesus and his disciples went ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Outrageous Attitudes Series

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Jan 7, 2002
    based on 119 ratings
     | 6,719 views

    When personally wronged or injured, respond with an outrageous attitude.

    May 20, 2001 Relationships in the Kingdom – Part 5 INTRODUCTION Alexander Dumas’ book, The Count of Monte Cristo, has to be one of the most captivating novels ever written. I first read it when I was in high school. The primary character, Edmond Dantes, is a handsome young man with a promising ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Lesson 28: Preach A Jewel Series

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 4, 2018
     | 6,582 views

    Learn to to preach an exciting African-American style one-point sermon

    Lesson Goal Learn how to preach a one point sermon. Lesson Intro The African-American church has had a unique and interesting development in the history of American Christianity. A unique style of one-point sermon developed which can have great impact in any culture. The jewel sermon is one ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Messages Every Christians Should Preach

    Contributed by Ramil Olalia on Oct 30, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,706 views

    Somebody said, "The life of the preaching is the preacher's life." I believed that the greatest messages is not the messages written by ink but the messages we make through our life, especially our new life in Christ. People around you read your life!

    THE MESSAGES EVERY CHRISTIANS SHOULD PREACH Scripture Text: Mark 7:31-37 Introduction: We may preach message after message but the greatest message that people read and study is our lives itself. The greatest messages that every Christians could preach to this dying world is the story of our life ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Chronos: Galatians 2 Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Nov 19, 2022
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     | 1,167 views

    Our salvation is built on nothing less than Jesus Christ and His righteousness. Jesus + Something = Nothing … or… Jesus + Nothing = Everything.

    This week we continue our series called Chronos. A term which means time. We have decided to study the scriptures this year in the order they were published. It gives us a very unique insight into the early church and the struggles of a growing movement. This review of history is important because ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Minority Report Series

    Contributed by Tony Kwan on Feb 1, 2003
    based on 85 ratings
     | 21,133 views

    How to resist the pressure to conform

    Introduction/background Recently I watched a movie called Minority report. In the movie, there are three psychics (pre-cogs) that can look into the future, they foresee the occurrence of future crime and hence prevent it from happening. The pre-cogs are supposedly never wrong, in fact the movie ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Speaking The Truth In Love Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2002
    based on 269 ratings
     | 86,861 views

    Paul’s conflict with Peter serves as a model for dealing with controversy. A look at both the source and soloution to conflict.

    Introduction: Two men who lived in a small village got into a terrible dispute that they could not resolve. So they decided to talk to the town sage. The first man went to the sage’s home and told his version of what happened. When he finished, the sage said, "You’re absolutely right." The next ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Gospel According To You

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Dec 5, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 7,627 views

    This sermon looks at the factors that inspired Luke to write the gospel of Luke and how God can inspire us to communicate the gospel of Christ.

    In the New Testament there are four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In light of those four gospels I want to ask you an unusual question. What is the gospel according to you? This week I read a story about a new convert who testified that he had been saved by reading a copy of the fifth ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Limits Of Tolerance

    Contributed by Scott Maze on May 24, 2021
     | 4,039 views

    There’s been a shift in American thought over the past several decades. America historically stood for the right to express any opinion. Where we used to believe that you should tolerate my views even when they were false but now, we believe it is wrong to call anybody’s views’ false.

    Find the book of Jude with me. There are books in your Bible and there are letters in your Bible, but you could probably think of Jude more like a postcard. There’s been a shift in American thought over the past several decades. America historically stood for the right to express any opinion. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Heart And Mind Of Leadership

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 14, 2002
    based on 81 ratings
     | 7,350 views

    This is a devotional written for my leadership board meeting on having the mind and heart of leadership

    The Heart and Mind of Leadership Matthew 10:16 Leadership Team Devotional September 10, 2002 I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Matthew 10:16 Jesus tells us that we are to be shrewd minded and soft hearted. This seems to be a ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Twenty-Ninth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A--Church And State

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Sep 3, 2023
     | 1,152 views

    Otherwise, politics is about "bread and circuses."

    Have you ever noticed that when you combine the two words, “THE” and “IRS,” it spells “THEIRS”? At one and the same time Jesus affirmed the rights of the state and freedom of conscience to worship and serve God. By allowing Caesar to collect taxes, Jesus opposes the Pharisees by acknowledging ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Wet Floor, Do Not Fall

    Contributed by Anoop Samuel on May 4, 2007
    based on 37 ratings
     | 7,486 views

    How Christians should hold on to common salvation and fight false teachings?

    Wet Floor, Do not Fall (Jude 24) A wet floor is often difficult to detect, and the slippery surface can cause unexpected tumbles and falls. You might have seen the yellow signs that warn people to be careful when they are around an area like rest room, when the cleaning crews are working. Due to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Shipwrecked Faith

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Jun 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,770 views

    This message gives some marks or characteristics of a "Shipwrecked Faith."

    A SHIPWRECKED FAITH 1 Timothy 1:18-19 * At 7:24am on March 20, 2009, struck the Popps Ferry bridge in Biloxi, MS (just about a mile from where we lived for 8 years) causing more damaged to the bridge than did Katrina. * We were living in Pensacola, Florida, in February, 1989, when our world was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist