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  • Rick Burdette avatar

    Why Hasn't Hollywood Gotten The Message? Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Apr 17, 2012
     | 4,097 views

    WHY HASN'T HOLLYWOOD GOTTEN THE MESSAGE? Phil. 1:27 (p 830) May 29, 2011 INTRODUCTION: "Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ". Every Saturday of my childhood my Aunt Mae and I took a bus to dow

    WHY HASN'T HOLLYWOOD GOTTEN THE MESSAGE? Phil. 1:27 (p 830) May 29, 2011 INTRODUCTION: "Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ". Every Saturday of my childhood my Aunt Mae and I took a bus to downtown Lexington. Our destination was "The Strand" or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Scared Straight #1: Supernatural Stories Of Scripture Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 26, 2020
     | 3,517 views

    It's incredible how many events are recorded in scripture. However, this often represents a hurdle for people who have only recently picked up a bible. They read unfathomable stories of power and provision. It can almost seem like a set of childhood fairy tales.

    Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at the supernatural. It's incredible how many events are recorded in scripture. However, this often represents a hurdle for people who have only recently picked up a bible. They read unfathomable stories of power and provision. It can almost seem like ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Praise Is What I Do PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 24, 2025
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     | 126 views

    Gratitude and praise, even in ordinary or difficult moments, enrich life and draw us closer to God, making worship a daily, heartfelt practice.

    Some mornings the world wakes humming. A sparrow announces the sun before it peeks over the rooftops. Coffee warms your hands while the quiet of the house rests on your shoulders like a soft shawl. On other mornings, the forecast in your heart feels gray. Bills, doctor visits, deadlines. The melody ...read more

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    Why The Holy Spirit Does Not Give Into Our Whims, But Helps To Bring Out God's Best In Us And Teaches Us To Love What Is Difficult

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 139 ratings
     | 8,887 views

    Why The Holy Spirit Does Not Give Into Our Whims, but Helps to Bring Out God’s Best in Us and Teaches Us to Love What is Difficult Rom. 8:26-28

    Why The Holy Spirit Does Not Give Into Our Whims, but Helps to Bring Out God’s Best in Us and Teaches Us to Love What is Difficult - Rom. 8:26-28 Illustration:People need people. Laurie was about three when one night she requested my aid in getting undressed. I was downstairs and she was upstairs, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Threading Camels Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Mar 12, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 7,807 views

    The call to follow Jesus takes priority over every other obligation in life, and when we have a lot, it is difficult to respond to that call.

    I was raised by a single mom from the time I was three years old until I was about nine years old. Back then we lived in a small trailer in Los Angeles. My mom was on welfare. I remember at one time having a teenage runaway living with us, and he would baby-sit me at night while my mom worked. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Joy - Psalm 126 Series

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 8,309 views

    How do we sustain joy in the midst of difficult circumstances? By reflecting on God’s blessings and promises.

    Right now in Texas, a woman named Andrea Yates is on trial for the crime of murdering her five children, ages 7, 5, 3, 2, and six months. According to news reports, she confessed to police that she led them one at a time into the bathroom of their family’s home and drowned them in the bathtub. When ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Perilous Times Series

    Contributed by Ray Pritchard on Sep 5, 2003
    based on 450 ratings
     | 129,073 views

    Here are three very practical survival strategies for the perilous, difficult, dangerous days in which we live.

    Perilous Times II Timothy 3 You’ve probably heard the old joke about the fellow who was told, “Cheer up. Things could be worse.” So he said, “I did as I was told. I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse.” That in a nutshell is the message of II Timothy. The Apostle Paul, writing from a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Story Of Moses And The Stool Pigeon

    Contributed by Edward Boyce on Jan 25, 2002
    based on 131 ratings
     | 13,525 views

    Change in the congregations of America is difficult and is often resisted. This sermon looks at Moses as a model for transformation and change in a church.

    The Story of Moses and the Stool Pigeon Exodus 13:17-18 Deuteronomy 8:1-16 In 1914 a very sad thing happened when Martha died. Martha was the last of passenger pigeons. One hundred years earlier the passenger pigeons covered the landscape. It was not uncommon for flocks of over one hundred ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Five Roadblocks On Hell's Superhighway

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Aug 17, 2004
    based on 131 ratings
     | 9,837 views

    The longer you travel and the farther you go on this road the more difficult it will be for you to find an “exit ramp”.

    FIVE ROADBLOCKS ON HELL’S SUPERHIGHWAY "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    In Times Like These

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 295 ratings
     | 31,515 views

    In difficult times we must: 1- Count the blessings 2- Consider the source 3- Continue the life

    INTRO.- ILL.- 22 year-old pop singer Britney Spears got married again for the second time in nine months. The first marriage lasted only about 55 hours. Someone calculated that if she kept up this pace by the time she is 50 she will be married some 39 times. SHE GOT MARRIED AGAIN. I say, so ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Out Of Weakness Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on May 18, 2004
    based on 46 ratings
     | 6,738 views

    It can be so difficult to handle our personal weaknesses, but know that God is using them for His glory.

    Out of Weakness Purpose Driven Life #35 Cornwall/Montreal May 8, 2004 When children come to Jesus they come knowing they are not particularly strong. This is to their advantage, and this is what Jesus knew when He brought them forward to bless them. Matt.19.13-15- Jesus saw something that others ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    I Love You Lord

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 22, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,257 views

    A sermon on how we can be thankful during difficult times based on Psalm 18:1-3.

    Sermon for 11/21/2004 Psalm 18:1-3 Introduction: If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of one hundred people; here’s the way the world would look: There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, and 8 Africans. 50 would suffer from malnutrition and one ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Grace Of Sufficiency Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Aug 30, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 12,724 views

    We must learn to lean on God even when things are difficult and we do not like them...

    The illustrations in this sermon were found here on Sermoncentral.com. 2 Cor 12:7b-12 (NASB) 7b for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Lord Offers Sight For The Seekers Of 2005

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 30, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 9,005 views

    Isaiah uses the rock of Abraham as a source of comfort and hope to the Israelites and us who face difficult times.

    December 31, 2004 Isaiah 51:1-6 1 "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; 2 look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was but one, and I ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Sight And Vision

    Contributed by Martin Odom on Dec 25, 2006
    based on 35 ratings
     | 31,447 views

    Vision is the key to accessing the invisible spiritual supplies that God provides to sustain us through difficult times.

    Sight and Vision 2 King 6:12-17 Not long ago my wife made me go to the doctor. The married men know what I am talking about when I say that she made me go to the doctor. I was just going for a check up, but you know that there are some parts of that check up that I find particularly unpleasant. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist