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  • Darryl Klassen avatar

    Let's Talk About H-E-Double Hockey Sticks

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Aug 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,268 views

    The Parable or story of the Rich Man and Lazarus offers us some poignant insights into the realities of hell. Jesus makes it clear that we don’t have to go.

    LET’S TALK ABOUT H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY STICKS A husband and wife were riding their motorcycles to Sturgis, South Dakota for the annual motorcycle convention when the accident occurred. A young woman with a car full of friends and talking on the cell phone swerved into the wife’s motorbike causing ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Why Truth Matters

    Contributed by Chuck Colson on Aug 13, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 9,754 views

    Why Truth Matters An Excerpt from The Faith By Charles Colson and Harold Fickett In February Zondervan published The Faith, Given Once, For All: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters. An excerpt from Chapter 4: “Truth” is p

    This article is from BreakPoint WorldView magazine: http://www.breakpoint.org/contentindex.asp?ID=146. -------------------------------------------------- Truth Matters Because the Heart of What We Believe Is at Stake The path of postmodern Christianity bears some chilling resem¬blances not only ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Facing The Giants - David's Story Series

    Contributed by Gregg Barbour on Feb 8, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,447 views

    Learn what it means to face your Giants in this message on David's story.

    Here we are in the final message in the series of Old School Old Testament Bible Stories. I wanted to wrap up with one of the most famous stories in all of the O.T.—David and Goliath. You’ve all heard the story, probably seen the Veggie Tales episode-Dave and the Giant Pickle, or ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Starting A Biblical American Revolution

    Contributed by Larry Wise on Mar 21, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,090 views

    How we are supposed to handle authority

    How To Start a Biblical American Revolution I Peter 2:13-17 There is a letter written anonymously to a man named Diognetus somewhere between A.D. 130 and 200. Diognetus ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Prophet Of The Midnight Hour

    Contributed by David Moore on Jan 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,502 views

    This message show Jeremiah’s ministry typifies Last Days ministry, and that though he was “unsuccessful” as men count success, he was a success before God.

    Prophet of the Midnight Hour Aim: To show how Jeremiah’s ministry typifies last days ministry, and that though he was “unsuccessful” as men count success, he was a success before God. Text: Jeremiah 13:15-17 Introduction: Jeremiah is often referred to as the “weeping prophet”, and it is not hard ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pioneers Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,451 views

    The Book of Acts should be called the Book of the Holy Spirit chronicling the lives of spirit filled missionaries, ordinary, everyday people who are possessed by the spirit of Jesus. It describes their “Pioneer Adventures” because it’s about the in-breaki

    Pioneers Acts 4 George Washington Bush was born in Pennsylvania in 1778 and was a veteran of the War of 1812 fighting in the battle of New Orleans. In 1830, he moved to Missouri where he met and married Isabella, a young German American. One of the first African Americans to head out West, Bush ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Pray For Me

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Dec 30, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 17,126 views

    An appeal for the church to pray for their pastor.

    Ephesians 6:18-20 Pray For Me Woodlawn Baptist Church December 30, 2007 Introduction “It takes prayer in the pulpit and prayer in the pew to make preaching arresting, life-giving, and soul-saving.” Those words were written by E.M. Bounds some 120 years ago in a chapter titled, The Preacher’s Cry: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Peter, James, And Jude On Universalism Series

    Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Oct 30, 2015
     | 3,438 views

    What did early church leaders think about the doctrine of Universalism?

    PETER-JAMES-JUDE and UNIVERSALISM Did the first Christians suggest to their audiences that salvation is inclusive? 11. The restoration of all things. Acts 2:39-40. The apostle Peter preached a message of repentance and offered the promise of God to his generation. He said that that promise was ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    God Vs Satan - Defining The Sides Series

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Jul 18, 2013
     | 6,456 views

    Satan is a con artist. He's the best. The reason people refuse to deny themselves to follow Jesus is because satan deceives them into thinking they don't have to. God and Satan are enemies, and the creation of God is the battlefield

    In the beginning of human history God warned Adam and Eve about a certain tree in the Garden and that they were forbidden to eat the fruit of this tree. Why did God put this dumb tree in the Garden? GRRRR....We believe God to be all powerful. We believe God to be the ultimate power in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Walking Circumspectly

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 21, 2017
     | 6,584 views

    When we say we walk circumspectly we are saying that whatever we choose to do today, we are aware that there will be circumstances. Whatever we do today, we do with the knowledge that there will be future consequences.

    I have been reading through our church covenant as I mentioned last Sunday evening and I came across the statement that we engage to walk circumspectly. ____________, you’re a member of the church, are you walking circumspectly? I’ll admit, I had to look that one up to see exactly what it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ice Tea And Skittles

    Contributed by Roosevelt Wright on Mar 24, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 13,946 views

    A sermon about the Christian response to perceived racial injustice, especially in the wake of the slaying of Trayvon Martin

    Are there some things that challenge your sense of justice and fair play? Most of us get angry when we see someone cheated out of an opportunity or robbed of their liberty. When we watch the news and see men released from prison after serving decades on bogus charges, our sense of justice is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Create In Me A Clean Heart

    Contributed by Joel Hoyer on Nov 8, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,313 views

    10th in a Lenten Series on Psalm 51

    Psalm 51:10 3/18/18. (Create in Me a Clean Heart #10) Create in me a Clean Heart So, let’s just acknowledge the elephant in the room at least for some and say that it’s truly March madness. For those of you who stayed up late last night you were rewarded with what is called a “buzzer beater” ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Hypocrites

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Mar 21, 2019
     | 7,977 views

    A study in the Gospel of Matthew 21: 28 – 32

    Matthew 21: 28 – 32 Hypocrites 28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    God Is Judge

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Jun 9, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,797 views

    Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment

    Most people know or at least recognize John 3:16. “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” We’re not as familiar with John 3:36, “And anyone who believes in God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    David - A Man After God's Own Heart

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Apr 24, 2022
     | 3,095 views

    David is called a man after God's own heart even though God knew he would sin. In this message we discover why.

    Title: David – A Man After God’s Own Heart Theme: To show how David knew how to get close to God. Text: 1 Samuel 16:1 Opening Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1 Now the Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God