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#2 - It's A Wonderful Life? Series

Contributed by David Mains on Sep 2, 2003

based on 45 ratings

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It’s a wonderful life when your belief in Christ grows the more you know about him.

This fall a motion picture called The Gospel of John [http://www.gospelofjohnthefilm.com] will be released in the United States. Narrated by Christopher Plummer (Captain Von Trapp in the Sound of Music), the movie is a word for word presentation of the Gospel of John. It features 75 highly ...read more

Scripture: John 1:40-50, John 6:52-70

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spend Your Money Wisely Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 22, 2004

based on 18 ratings

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Part 4 of a five part sermon series on understanding your possessions from a Biblical perspective. Part 4 - Learn how to spend your money wisely.

SPEND YOUR MONEY WISELY LUKE 15:11-24 INTRODUCTION: Intro: Shania Twain song and power point: “Ka-Ching.” “All we ever want is more, a lot more than we ever had before so take me to the nearest store.. Can you hear it ring it makes you wanna sing. It’s such a beautiful thing.. Ka-Ching!” That ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Christian Church

Basic Training: The Bible Is God's Word Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 1, 2005

based on 16 ratings

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This is the first of a 5 part series on basic bible doctrines for our new congregation. (New Church Plant as of 4-6-03)

BASIC TRAINING: THE BIBLE IS GOD’S WORD PSALMS 119:9-16 & 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 NOTE: The drama used in this sermon can be obtained from www.willowdrama.com INTRODUCTION OF THE SERIES: Vince Lombardi, who was the head football coach of the Green Bay Packers for many years, produced one NFL ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Denomination: Christian Church

The Eternal Love Of God Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 30, 2003

based on 35 ratings

| 13,689 views

Malachi; the Final Prophet – (Part 1) GODLY INSIGHT FOR TODAY

✎ The most famous play in Rose Bowl history occurs in 1929 when Georgia Tech beats California 8 to 7. Anyone who knows anything about football will tell you that something unusual must have happened for Georgia Tech to have scored 8 points. It wasn’t a two point conversion after Georgia ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 1:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Life's Too Short To...carry A Grudge Series

Contributed by David Flowers on Jun 2, 2005

based on 34 ratings

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Part 3 of series, Life’s Too Short To..., this message looks at forgiveness.

Life’s Too Short To. . .Carry A Grudge Life’s Too Short To… prt. 3 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers 4/10/05 Describe the scene in the movie Rainman – “squeezed and pulled and hurt my neck.” He writes this stuff in a journal, folks! Few of us keep an actual journal of offenses – we’re ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:31

Denomination: Free Methodist

The Top Ten Marriage Killers

Contributed by Steve Greene on Nov 11, 2007

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This message addresses some of the primary issues facing troubled marriages today. It was a follow up to a message called "Marriage that Goes the Distance" that I did the preceding week.

Top Ten Marriage Killers Communication in marriage can be a challenge can’t it? You only have to be married five minutes to know what I am talking about. That’s due in part to the fact that men and women speak two entirely different languages. Last Sunday’s message was on Marriage that Goes the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:19-21

Denomination: Nazarene

Meeting God In Dreams Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Nov 13, 2007

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Dreams can be a place of encounter with God. He desires to speak to us and sometimes that is the only place our will is not interfering with His voice.

Encountering God – Part 12 – Jacob Meets God in a Dream Context: Gen 28:1-5 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him and commanded him: "Do not marry a Canaanite woman. 2 Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Baptist

We Want To See Jesus Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 14, 2011

based on 3 ratings

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If we want to see Jesus this Easter, we must go to the place of death and go to the place of service. Find life in death. Find honor is service, because there you find Jesus Christ.

It was the depression. The father was able to keep bread on the table, but that was it. When his little boy burst into the house excitedly talking about the circus coming to town, the father knew that he could not afford the $1 admission. The boy had never seen the circus and it wasn’t right ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-26

Denomination: Evangelical Free

"Breaking Out - Unconventionally"

Contributed by Pastor Gbenga Shadare on May 4, 2010

based on 5 ratings

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The sermon seeks to challenge believers to break out of their shells by becoming more Christ-centred and focus on the Kingdom. It is an attempt to try to correct the imbalance in seeking God's kingdom benefits only without wanting to do the right things.

When there is a need for expansion (enlargement, explosion, increment, prosperity, moving to the next level, promotion, advancement, progress, uplifting, success, magnification, addition, augmentation, amplification, elevation and excellence) but constriction is a challenge, then its time to break ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Debating Doctrine Series

Contributed by Chip Monck on Aug 15, 2006

based on 4 ratings

| 4,764 views

This is the fourth in a series of sermons based on Paul’s letter to Timothy as a guide to how the church should behave. This message explores getting overly consumed in theological debates and arguments.

1 Timothy 3:15 should be miraculously appearing on the screen, let’s read it together, “I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church. . .” We are exploring the book of 1 Timothy, and those things that Paul wrote to his young apprentice ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:15

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Laws Of The Kingdom Pt.2: It's The Thought That Counts Series

Contributed by Daniel Richter on Oct 10, 2006

based on 1 rating

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The King begins to explain the new rules that govern God’s Kingdom.

The Laws of the Kingdom Pt.2 It’s the Thought that Counts Matthew 5:17-48 May 14th, 2006 Well, the King has returned and He is beginning to make His presence known to the people. We looked at the genealogy of this king, the royal and divine bloodline. We looked at the Herald of the King, the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-48

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

What Wives Wished Their Husbands Knew About Women

Contributed by David Elvery on Jan 8, 2006

based on 10 ratings

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Looking at family relationships and what women need in a marriage relationship

What Wives wished their husbands knew about Women Gladstone Baptist Church - 15/8/04 Screen “Vive La Difference” - We are So Different video before sermon I received an email the other day which I thought was funny enough to share with you ... It was an advertisement for evening classes designed ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25

Denomination: Baptist

False Faces And Real Armor

Contributed by Charles Scott on Jan 11, 2006

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This is an All Saints Day (Halloween) message affirming that Christians are called to a holy life made possible by the gifts given by God.

ALL SAINTS DAY 2005 EPHESIANS 6:10-18 FALSE FACES AND REAL ARMOR Today is All Saint’s Day; a feast day that has been celebrated for hundreds of years within the church, particularly within the Roman Catholic, Orthodox , and Anglican Communions. As with Christmas, this Holy Day has become a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Anglican

Look And Live! Series

Contributed by Mark Jones on May 20, 2006

based on 14 ratings

| 6,863 views

We are invited to look to Jesus’sacrificial death on the Cross so that we might live.

Look, and Live! Numbers 21:4-9 Copyright 2006, J. Mark Jones all rights reserved, may be used with credit. EOLS: We are invited to look by faith at Jesus’ finished work on the cross so that we might be saved. It’s the most prevalent advice, the common denominator that you see when you go ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9

Denomination: Methodist

The Mercy That Shows Mercy Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 24, 2006

based on 36 ratings

| 43,572 views

5th sermon in an 8 part series on the Beatitudes. This series challenges us to "Shift" our thinking in what really brings true happiness. (*Rewritten and refreshed in 8/08. Powerpoint and Video Clips available on request)

SHIFT - Part 5 THE MERCY THAT GIVES MERCY - The Boomerang Blessing MATTHEW 5:7 & MATTHEW 18:21-35 INTRODUCTION: Maybe you have noticed, in reading through the beatitudes, that they fall into 2 distinct categories? The first 4 deal with our relationship to God. We are "poor in spirit," ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Christian Church

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