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  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Why The Lord Withdraws

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Jan 30, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,276 views

    Sometimes we can become prideful and overconfident in our own abilities, which is sin; and so, God will hide His face from us (Isaiah 59:2). The Lord will hide from us in order to gain our attention and cause us to cling to Him.

    One day a mother was out shopping with her son. Every time she took him shopping with her she couldn’t keep him by her side. As soon as she would turn her back, the boy would wander off somewhere, though keeping his mother in sight the entire time. She would then have to go and retrieve him. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Faith Worth Fighting For - Part One Series

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Apr 26, 2023
     | 3,172 views

    The short and often neglected letter of Jude is a challenge to believers to stand strong in the faith in the face of false teaching. A valuable lesson to Christians in all ages.

    Open up your Bibles to Jude. When is the last time you heard that? Jude is the next to the last book of the New Testament, right before Revelation. It doesn’t rank up there on the list of most popular books in the Bible. Not many quotes from Jude are on your refrigerator or being cross stitched for ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Responsibility Of Christian Citizenship

    Contributed by John Oscar on Oct 27, 2024
     | 1,167 views

    Using Romans 13:1-7, this sermon explains how a Christian navigates the bible's commands to be submissive to human government

    The Responsibility of Christian Citizenship CCCAG, October 27th, 2024 Scripture: Romans 13:1-7 Introduction Does anyone want to fast forward to November 5th yet? Just be done with the elections. It’s exhausting. I had 24 spam calls on my phone this last Tuesday, and many of them were political ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Freed From The Law

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jun 25, 2024
     | 641 views

    This sermon explores our liberation from the law through Christ's sacrifice, inviting us into a life of grace, freedom, and profound love.

    Welcome to another Sunday service my beloved family in Christ. As we gather here today, in this sacred space, we find ourselves on the precipice of a profound illumination. We are about to embark on an understanding of a divine truth that promises to set us free and fill our hearts with a renewed ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Unstuck By Grace

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on May 21, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,295 views

    This sermon explores principles that can help us get "unstuck" in life from a little book by Travis L. Thomas titled "3 Words for Getting Unstuck: Live Yes, And!" alongside the text of Hebrews 10:1-18.

    Unstuck By Grace I. INTRODUCTION: Today is my birthday! I am 43 years old. I am a Gen-Xer. We were born at a transitional moment in history where technology began to boom just as we were born. In the home I grew up, at first we had a rotary phone. Then a pulse phone. We had a stereo system that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Living In The New Testament

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jun 24, 2025
     | 426 views

    You can't put new wine in old wineskins, in so doing the wineskin bursts. Likewise, you cannot fit the Old Testament laws and rules into the New Testament grace, mercy, and forgiveness.

    Welcome, beloved friends and family of faith, as we gather in this sacred space, a sanctuary of solace and strength, to seek the wisdom of the Word of God. We are here, united in our hunger for understanding, our thirst for truth, and our shared desire to draw closer to our Creator. In the words ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    All His Time Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 28, 2025
     | 328 views

    What do you think is the most precious commodity wasted in most people’s lives every day?

    Series: All His – Time Question: What do you think is the most precious commodity wasted in most people’s lives every day? The answer to that question: Is Time! Thesis: Scriptures address time as a divine gift from God and a divine element with seasons. It’s also noted as a human element that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Being Chosen

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Sep 3, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,349 views

    We have been chosen as royal priests to be a member of the church on God's kingdom Team! Let us rejoice, not reveling in our blessings but faithfully serving with the spiritual gifts we have been given.

    Being Chosen 1 Peter 2:9-10 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 I remember when I was a young boy, I often got up early Saturday morning to go to the lake to play hockey. A crowd of youth would quickly form and prepare the ice for what would be some rather rough but ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Todd Riley avatar

    And God Created Woman

    Contributed by Todd Riley on Jan 23, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 11,853 views

    an exposition of Genesis 2:18-25

    Islington Baptist Church May 14, 2000 Genesis 2:18-25 I’ve entitled today’s sermon “And God created woman” for today you and I are going to consider Eve’s creation. What better day for us than on Mother’s Day, for Eve is the great grandmother of us all. Eve was the first mother. As we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Effective Leaders

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 1, 2001
    based on 43 ratings
     | 5,993 views

    This sermon deals with biblical qualifications for those who desire to be elders and deacons within the church.

    Effective Leaders For Christ 2/28/93 R/87 Text 1 Tim. 3:1-7 1 Sam 16:1-12 John 13:1-17 .ls2 Today we are seeking to ordain on behalf of the entire Presbyterian Church, those men and women that we believe that God has called to serve in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Martin Wiles avatar

    How To Know You Are Alive

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 5, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 8,311 views

    This sermon deals with items a person might examine in their lives to see if they know Christ.

    INTRODUCTION Think for a moment how it is we know someone is alive. Suppose a terrible crash happens on the interstate. Several cars are involved. The ambulance is called as well as the police. When the ambulance arrives, the paramedics begin to check on those involved in the accident. You see, in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Faith Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jan 17, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,755 views

    A series in James about possessing a foolproof faith. This message focuses on faith that lives what it says it believes.

    Foolproof – A Study of James January 14, 2007 LIVING Faith – James 2:11-26 Sunday AM Recap: We’re in a series in James about how to have a foolproof faith so that we won’t be fooled into thinking we have genuine faith when we’re only religious and so we can’t be fooled into ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lord, I Want To Be Holy

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on May 18, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 12,483 views

    Thesis: Because God is Holy, we who have come to Christ have been set apart from sin and set apart to God as a people of distinction and a people of difference. Therefore, we need to pursue holiness.

    Lord, I Want To Be Holy Scripture Reference: 1 Peter 1:14 – 16 Thesis: Because God is Holy, we who have come to Christ have been set apart from sin and set apart to God as a people of distinction and a people of difference. Therefore, we need to pursue holiness. Introduction A Man was sitting in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bradford Robinson avatar

    Tremble Before His Holiness Series

    Contributed by Bradford Robinson on Jun 12, 2003
    based on 175 ratings
     | 8,528 views

    This sermon takes a look at the holiness of God and how we should respond to that holiness.

    I’m not real big on the whole idea of talk-shows. But one show I saw a number of years ago was dealing with the issue of school violence. This was after the string of high school shootings that terrified parents and teachers alike. The question that was asked is why are these kids doing this? ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dennis Lawrence avatar

    What Is Your Life All About? Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Aug 29, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,283 views

    Is your life a game? or something else? God tells you and me what our lives are.

    What is Your Life all About? Purpose Driven Life #5 Montreal/Cornwall August 30, 2003 What is on television says a lot about the times, and what is on these days says a great deal about our times. In particular, the game shows that are airing right now are declaring a lot about how we feel about ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational