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  • James May avatar

    2 Natures At War

    Contributed by James May on Feb 8, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
     | 10,979 views

    There is a war that rages between the nature of the flesh and the nature of the Spirit. Which one is winning in your life?

    2 NATURES AT WAR Today, as we sit here in this sanctuary there is a war going on. There is a war that is raging in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Those wars are wars against evil in the earth. That evil is the threat of terrorism that would threaten the very freedoms and peace of not just the USA but ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Three Simple Rules (Part Five) "Do Good" Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Carl Greene on Jul 25, 2008
     | 6,068 views

    Acts 10:38-10:38 Based upon the book "Three Simple Rules" "A Wesley Way of Living" by Rueben P. Job. This is the fifth in the "Three Simple Rules" series, part 2 of "Do Good." We’ve learned it sounds simple, easily understood, but challenging to live out

    Matthew 5: 43-45 Review We continue to explore John Wesley’s “Three Simple Rules” Do no harm, Do Good and Stay in love with God. You know, just when we think we are ready to buy into the idea of not doing harm, of “Do no Harm,” to anyone or anything, we find ourselves facing an even more ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Righteousness – The Fourth Step To Happiness Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 44 ratings
     | 13,197 views

    This is the fourth of the "Be" attitudes.

    Starving For Righteousness – The Fourth Step To Happiness We have been making a journey through a section of the scripture known as the beatitudes. The beatitudes are found in Matthew chapter five. All of them begin with the word “blessed.” Another word for blessed is happy. So as we have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Out Of This World

    Contributed by Donald Hart on May 3, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,826 views

    We are in the world, but we are not to be a part of the world.

    Sermon by Donald R. Hart – Antioch Christian Church, Pittsburg, Missouri – April 29, 2007 (All Scripture quoted is from the NIV unless otherwise noted) OUT OF THIS WORLD Text: John 17:13-19 13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Christian And His Conversion

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 14, 2013
     | 2,986 views

    What is Conversion. The scripture is very clear. Are we?

    The Christian And His Conversion John 3:3-8 There is a tendency in our world today to classify everyone that is not a Buddhist, Muslin, Jew, etc… as a Christian. But Jesus Christ said that only those who had been converted would become Christians and enter into the kingdom of God. If we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who Are We Dealing With? Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on May 23, 2012
     | 4,717 views

    There are going to be times when we run into people who profess Christ, but who are NOT who they claim to be, in fact this passage describes a group of just those sorts of people...

    A Study of the Letter of Jude JUDE v. 3-4 Teaching Lesson 3 May 23, 2012 3Beloved, although I was very eager to write you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4For certain people have crept ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prepared For Spiritual Growth

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Aug 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,942 views

    This sermon helps us evaluate our preparedness and understanding of spiritual growth.

    Introduction: Do you remember, as a child, the anticipation of growing taller? I remember my brother and I would stand beside a doorframe in our home and use a ruler to mark our growth. We would mark a spot above our heads and then measure down to get our height. I do not know that we had any ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Manifesting The Manifold Wisdom Of God

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Apr 3, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,847 views

    When people come to the realization that God's divine plan requires self-sacrifice and service to Christ they rebel, and the true Christian becomes a serious minority.

    Manifold Wisdom of God Illustration Statistics would have you believe that over 80% of Americans are Christians, and historians would have you believe that American colonial patriotic zeal was shared with over 80% of the colonist. Sometime what is shouted the loudest and the longest is assumed to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Widows' List Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 16 ratings
     | 11,000 views

    I break down these widows into two different categories: 1- The over sixty servers 2- The younger idlers

    INTRO.- One of life’s difficulties is losing loved ones. And it seems like men generally die before women, which makes the wife a widow. ILL.- I read this note about Vicki Kennedy, widow of the late Teddy Kennedy who passed away Aug. 25, 2009. (NEWSER) – All agree that Vicki ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Sermon # 13 - Why Have You Done This? Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Oct 1, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 948 views

    When the men on the ship realized that Jonah was the cause for their serious predicament they asked him, ‘Why have you done this?’ May we as children of God not do anything that will dishonor God and be a hindrance to those outside the church.

    We read in Jonah 1:10, Then the men were terrified. They knew that he was running away from the LORD, because he had told them. They asked Jonah, "Why have you done this?" (GW) The prophet Jonah who received the word of God to go to Nineveh, disobeyed God, and undertook a voyage on a ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Charles Jones avatar

    Going After God

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Feb 24, 2018
    based on 2 ratings
     | 32,485 views

    We need God in us, on us and around us...we need His power and manifested presence to be in our lives and our worship.

    GOING AFTER GOD 2 Samuel 6:1-19 David is now secure in his position as King of Israel. The nation had gathered themselves around him and anointed him to be their king. While David was certainly grateful for the peace that existed in Israel in those days; he knew that Israel was still far away ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Liberty Is Not License

    Contributed by David Nolte on Jul 1, 2018
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,034 views

    Contrast Liberty and License and to show the parameters of liberty

    Liberty Is not License Galatians 5:13-26 David P. Nolte An old song by Billy Joel says, quite stubbornly, “I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright. I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home. I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life. Go ahead with your own ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How To Do Good Works?

    Contributed by Barnabas Park on Jul 23, 2025
     | 351 views

    It explores the journey from spiritual death to a life of purpose, empowered by prayer, God's Word, and sacrificial love.

    How to Do Good Works? (Ephesians 2:1-10 ESV) 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eddie Snipes avatar

    Thou Shalt Not Covet / Thou Shalt Not Steal. (Part 7 Of 8) Series

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Feb 15, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 17,707 views

    This study takes a look at the Ten Commandments from a New Testament perspective.

    Thou shalt not covet / Thou shalt not steal. Coveting and stealing are closely related. The majority of the time when someone gives into the temptation to steal, the first step was to covet. The word covet means to have a desire for, long for, lust after or sigh after something that does not belong ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Stark avatar

    A Culture Of Vulgarity

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 24, 2025
     | 446 views

    Christians must turn from embracing the things of this world, deliberately choosing to seek the things that are above.

    “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” [1] Since the fall of our first parents, for as long as mankind has existed, vulgarity has plagued the race. What do I mean when I use the term “vulgar?” The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist