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  • Kelvin McKisic avatar

    The Believer's Hope

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Mar 2, 2024
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    Characteristics of the believer’s hope...our hope is based on a living person, that person being Jesus Christ.

    Australian aborigines pictured heaven as a distant island beyond the western horizon. The early Finns thought heaven was a distant island in the faraway East. Mexicans, Peruvians, and Polynesians believed they went to the sun or the moon after death. Native Americans believed that in the afterlife ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What You Believe Is Important! Series

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jun 20, 2023
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    Paul was always interested in what people believed. What you believe determines how you live, what you do and what you can receive. Spirit-filled Christians live different from culture, customs, and surroundings. They live as lights in a dark world.

    Sermon – What You Believe Is Important! Scripture Acts 19:1-7 “While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers. 2 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them. “No,” they ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Rabboni Series

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Apr 3, 2024
     | 1,162 views

    Jesus addresses each of us in a personal way.

    Rabonni March 31, 2024 John 20: 1 – 18 – Easter Sunday Intro: This morning when I was getting ready for church, I paused for just a moment and prayer that during this service Jesus would appear behind you all. Sometimes, I think that is what it will take for many to believe in Him and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Kelvin McKisic avatar

    How Jesus Gives Us Peace Of Mind

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Apr 14, 2024
     | 1,427 views

    This sermon explores how trust in Jesus transforms troubles, promises peace in perplexity, and bestows benefits through belief, encouraging openness to God's transformative truth.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, brothers, and sisters in Christ, we gather here today to be nourished by the Word of God, to be reminded of His love and mercy, and to be stirred by His Spirit. We gather in the presence of God, in the fellowship of saints, and in the joy of shared faith. We are here not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Antonio Manaytay avatar

    Living Missionally In A Changing World

    Contributed by Antonio Manaytay on Jan 23, 2025
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    This sermon delves into how to live missionally in a rapidly changing world. How do we, as followers of Christ, live missionally in such a world?

    Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:19-20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Dunn avatar

    What God Wants Isn’t What You Think

    Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 4, 2025
     | 152 views

    Faith is not belief alone but a heart returning to and reaching for Jesus—seeking relationship, surrender, and wholeness in His presence.

    There are moments in Scripture so brief, so quiet, so easily passed over, that we almost miss the entire weight of Heaven behind them. Luke 17 records one of those moments—an encounter tucked into a journey, a miracle overshadowed by a greater truth, a healing overshadowed by a deeper kind of ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    When Hope Is Almost Gone

    Contributed by Gerald Steffy on Aug 21, 2009
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    Since hope is an assured expectation with a belief in the possibility that something will happen, it is sad when this is gone.

    WHEN HOPE IS ALMOST GONE Job 17:1-16, 7:6 Proposition: Since hope is an assured expectation with a belief in the possibility that something will happen, it is sad when this is gone. Objective: My purpose is to give hope to those who have lost theirs. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IF GOD HAD VOICE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Shield Of Fatih Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 18, 2008
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     | 7,194 views

    61st in a series from Ephesians. The shield of faith requires belief that results in action.

    Just a little over a week ago on August 8, Russia invaded the former Soviet republic of Georgia and it is quite apparent that Georgia just doesn’t have the ability to stop the Russians. While this action by Russia certainly has some very interesting implications for Biblical prophecy, especially ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Conduct Yourselves Series

    Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jun 5, 2023
     | 2,001 views

    Paul turns his attention to the Philippians and commands them to conduct their behavior in line with their beliefs

    Technicolor Joy: A Study in Philippians Philippians 1:27-30 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 6-04-2023 Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was one of the greatest military generals who ever lived. One night when he couldn’t sleep, he got up and wandered around the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Do You Really Believe?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Nov 26, 2002
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    Is your faith, your belief a matter of preference or a matter of conviction? There is a difference!

    DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE? ROMANS 10:9-13 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do Muslims Believe In Jesus?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jun 28, 2002
    based on 321 ratings
     | 24,353 views

    This sermon explores nine fundamental differences between Christian and Muslim beliefs.

    People have long talked about the idea that “all religions are basically saying the same thing.” This morning we want to examine that idea a little more closely when it comes to Christians and Muslims. Muslims mention Jesus and claim to revere him, so we ask the question, “Do Muslims ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Martin Wiles avatar

    Hey God! We Have Some Questions

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 5, 2002
    based on 80 ratings
     | 5,357 views

    This sermon deals with doctrinal beliefs we should have about God.

    INTRODUCTION Does the topic make you a little uneasy? Have you ever said this to God or wished you had enough nerve to say it? Maybe you have had questions in your mind but you have never voiced them out loud. Perhaps one of the questions that has floated through you mind is whether there is even ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Study 4 - Does The Bible Say That Jesus Is God? Series

    Contributed by Eric Sellgren on Feb 6, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,836 views

    Study 4 of a series setting out Christian Belief in Jesus as God.

    The J.W`s say that nowhere in the Bible do you find any statement that Jesus is God. They are wrong. The Bible says that Jesus is God right through the Old Testament and on to the end of the New. In these next studies I intend to show that very clearly. Let`s look at the claims of Jesus. a) I ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Brad Lewis avatar

    Part 7 Of 8 - Prayer And Church Series

    Contributed by Brad Lewis on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,568 views

    Discover what the believers pray life says about the believers beliefs.

    Church 101: A Beginners Guide to Church Part 7 – Prayer and Church James 5:13-16 13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    New Life- The Raising Of Lazarus Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Nov 26, 2000
    based on 354 ratings
     | 51,477 views

    The raising of Lazarus - the centrality of belief in Jesus - how far does it go?

    Introduction: Belief Do you believe in Jesus? Do you BELIEVE in Jesus? Do you really believe in Jesus? That I think is the compelling question that we’re faced with as we read this passage today. What does it mean for you to believe in Jesus? As an abstract question it’s probably easy enough to ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican