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  • Christopher Arch avatar

    3 Prayer Requests Of The Apostle Paul

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on May 5, 2025
     | 444 views

    Expository series on Philippians.

    Title: Three Prayer Requests of the Apostle Paul Scripture: Phil. 1:9-11 Type Expository Series Where: GNBC 5-4-25 Intro: As a pastor it’s relatively common to have people ask me to pray for them about certain matters in their lives. One of the great paradoxes of the Christian faith is ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Elevate To The Next Level: "Living In Contentment”

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Sep 7, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 687 views

    Our deepest and most intimate needs will never be filled with the temporal things of this world. They can only be found in a relationship with Jesus Christ. The secret of contentment is learning how to live godly lives in accordance with God and His word.

    Elevate to the Next Level “Living in Contentment” Philippians 4:11-13 Watch on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeXBLj26NTM As we continue in our series of elevating discipleship to the next level, what I’ve come to realize is that contentment is an elusive commodity in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity (B C P). Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 8, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 291 views

    Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.

    Psalm 74:19-23, Leviticus 19:13-18, Galatians 3:16-22, Hebrews 13:1-6, Luke 10:23-37. A). A PLEA FOR RELIEF. Psalm 74:19-23. The Psalmist is addressing the LORD when he says, “O deliver not the soul of THY turtledove unto the multitude” (PSALM 74:19a). The soul of a believer is compared to a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Seek First (Matthew 6:25-34) Series

    Contributed by James Jackson on Oct 13, 2025
     | 2,612 views

    Part 5 of a series on stewardship

    Seek First (Matthew 6:25-34) Good morning. Please open your Bibles to Matthew 6, beginning in verse 25. This week, a church member asked to meet with me for a few minutes. This person has had a lot on her plate lately, and it was causing her a lot of anxiety. And what she said to me was so tender ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Your Truth, My Truth, The Truth

    Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 2, 2025
     | 251 views

    Truth is not a viewpoint or a feeling but a Person—Jesus—calling us from self-made versions to surrender, freedom, and transforming grace.

    ITRODUCTION — TRUTH IN A WORLD OF VERSIONS We live in a strange generation—one that has replaced reality with versions of reality. If you’ve noticed, we no longer speak about truth the way Scripture does. We speak in smaller, softer, more flexible categories: “Your truth.” “My truth.” “Live your ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Jesus Transcends The Sabbath PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2025
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     | 105 views

    Jesus offers true rest and mercy, reminding us that God’s compassion outweighs rigid rules and that Sabbath is a gift meant to restore weary souls.

    Good morning, dear friends. Some weeks feel like a blur of alarms, appointments, and a to-do list that never seems to take a breath. Yet here you are—hungry for more than hurry, ready for more than noise. Your soul is smart; it knows when it’s thirsty. It senses a Sabbath-shaped space that work ...read more

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    Whom Does Jesus Call? PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 10, 2025
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     | 102 views

    Jesus calls ordinary, flawed people to follow Him, offering transforming grace and acceptance that overcomes our failures and invites us into a new story.

    If you’ve ever felt passed over, mislabeled, or just plain tired, take heart. Jesus has a way of walking into ordinary places and turning them into holy ground. He steps into tax booths and kitchens, into cubicles and carpools, into hospital rooms and waiting rooms. He sees what others miss. He ...read more

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    The Scale Of The Almighty

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jul 13, 2004
    based on 46 ratings
     | 9,213 views

    The highest reward for man’s toll is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

    It is one thing to call yourself something; it is another thing for God to call you something else. One of our elders in the Lord said, “ You may decide to call yourself a pastor or an apostle or an evangelist, but in the book of God which is the only book that matters, He writes that you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Should You Be The Judge?

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Dec 19, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,750 views

    Just what does the Bible teach about judging other people? Let’s look to the Scriptures for the answer.

    MATT. 7:1-6 "SHOULD YOU BE THE JUDGE?" * We are going to study, what I believe is the most misunderstood, misused, and misapplied verse in all of the Bible ... In fact, it is probably the world’s favorite verse. * People who normally scoff at the Bible, reject its teachings, and ridicule its ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Going The Extra Mile Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 104 ratings
     | 18,077 views

    This is a revamp of a same sermon I did in 1996, I hope it is better this time

    INTRODUCTION • One winter day a man went shopping at the local neighborhood mall. When he returned to his car he noticed a rather foul odor coming from under the hood and so he checked the engine. In the compartment he discovered a dead cat rather mutilated from being caught in the fan belt. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Kind Of Person You Want To Be

    Contributed by Todd Riley on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 28 ratings
     | 5,437 views

    Scripture Reading: Psalm 103-107, Exodus 15 (any material that recounts God’s acts of power or illustrates his people actively remembering his mighty works) As you read the Bible you will come across statements said by others that in your heart you will want to be able to say yourself.

    Scripture Reading: Psalm 103-107, Exodus 15 (any material that recounts God’s acts of power or illustrates his people actively remembering his mighty works) As you read the Bible you will come across statements said by others that in your heart you will want to be able to say yourself. For ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Part 2: Our Most Important Choice Series

    Contributed by Stephen Collins on Jan 14, 2009
     | 4,166 views

    The 4 most important choices you can make to change your outlook on life into the outlook that God intends for you.

    What the Cross Teaches Us Part 2: Our Most Important Choice Text “35Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask." 36"What do you want me to do for you?" he asked. 37They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right and ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    How To Be Sure About What Is Right When All Hell Has Broken Loose

    Contributed by W F on Jun 19, 2006
    based on 45 ratings
     | 14,046 views

    How to know what is right when uncertainty confronts us.

    INTRODUCTION We live in times of rapid change. Just this week I’ve been reading about how shopping malls are becoming a thing of the past as people opt to buy everything from dog food to cars and even houses over the Internet. You know, recently Encyclopedia Britannica laid off every single one of ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Partiality And Prejudice In The Pews Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Jun 21, 2018
     | 7,215 views

    Message 14 in our exposition of James. This message deals with partiality and its opposite prejudice in the church.

    Chico Alliance Church June 4, 2018 Pastor David Welch “Partiality and Prejudice in the Pews” This is our thirteenth excursion in front of God’s faith-exposing mirror. James’ letter provides pointed instruction evaluating the true nature of our faith. James’ mirror exposes the reality of faith by ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    God's Never-Ending Love Series

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Aug 3, 2012
     | 10,806 views

    Despite our failure and compromise, God loves us and has done everything possible for us to be in his presence. But we must respond and receive that never-ending love.

    They were good times! Israel had just rebuilt their temple from scratch after it had lay in ruins for 70 years. Their country had been over-run by the Babylonians who destroyed their cities and took most of the population captive in Babylon. But finally a new empire arose, the Persians, who freed ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran