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  • Allan Quak avatar

    Out Of Bounds, But Not Out Of Grace

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 81 ratings
     | 20,899 views

    When Jesus meets the Syrophoenician woman He seems to act totally out of character. However there is a reason why He acts in this way … and it is a reason which gives us all hope.

    Mark 7:24-30 People of God in the Lord Jesus Christ, On many occasions in the Scriptures the actions of Jesus make perfect sense – but our text doesn’t seem to fit into that category does it. The way Jesus acts in this passage seems to be so out of character, doesn’t it.. In fact this is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Abraham Earns An A+ Series

    Contributed by Larry Sarver on May 1, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 8,104 views

    An Expository Message On How God Test Our Faith And Commitment To Him. Genesis Series #45

    Genesis Series #45 April 28, 2002 Title: Abraham Earns An “A+” Email: pastorsarver@yahoo.com Website: www.newlifeinchrist.info Welcome to New life in Christ. Today we continue with message #45 in our verse-by-verse study of the book of Genesis. Read Genesis 22:1-19 There will be times in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Word Has Eternal Consequences

    Contributed by Christopher Raiford on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 6,140 views

    Power of God’s Word

    Dear Fellow Redeemed: How many of you have ever been told something that you found hard to believe? Perhaps it was so difficult to believe that no matter what the proof offered to support it, or no matter how credible the person telling you the information, you simply refused to accept it. I am ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Building Blocks For Flexible Persistence

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,973 views

    Discover the building blocks for accomplishing God-size goals.

    About two weeks ago, Eugene asked a salient question at the end of the church business meeting. He asked something like, "What kind of person am I becoming through this church?" His question was not just introspective. He is serving on the Church Strategy Task Team, which will research how to ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Trouble At Christmas

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
     | 3,681 views

    Christmas is not always picture perfect. In fact not even the first one was, but God can make it better.

    Trouble at Christmas Luke 2:1-20 December 2003 December 2007 This is a fictional Christmas correspondence between Martha Stewart and Erma Bombeck to remind us that Christmas isn’t always picture perfect. Hi Erma, This perfectly delightful note is being sent on paper I made myself to tell ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Joseph's Example: Believe And Obey

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Dec 18, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,613 views

    Christmas sermon on the example that Joseph gave to us. He was a quiet, righteous man who played an important part in the nativity story. He believed and obeyed. His faith resulted in an act of submission to God and an act of mercy and compassion to Ma

    Joseph’s Example: Believe and Obey Pastor Scott Jensen Matthew 1:18-25 Introduction When asked about obeying God, a preacher once said, “Brethren, whatever the good God tells me to do in this blessed Book, that I am going to do. If I see in it that I must jump through a stone wall, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Amazing Grace Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jan 25, 2011
     | 6,143 views

    After 4 weeks talking about anger, we will dive into what forgiveness means.

    Amazing Grace January 31, 2010 Eight people entered a glass enclosed biosphere in September 1991, in Tucson, Arizona. Four men and 4 women volunteered for a 2 year experiment of isolation. All were scientists and had undergone intense psychological evaluations. Yet, within months, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Faith? Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 10, 2009
    based on 15 ratings
     | 12,581 views

    Knowing Christ is where true faith begins. From there we grow through the essentials of discipleship: Bible study, prayer, preaching, worship and Christian friendship and fellowship.

    What is faith? A Sunday-School teacher asked her class one day, “What is faith?” the class sat there quietly - which was a surprise in itself, so the teacher asked again, “can anyone tell me what is faith?” You could see the little minds working and one boy stuck up his hand. The teacher said, ‘Ok ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Hurting Person's Guide To Recovery: Test All Spirits!

    Contributed by Doug Koehler on May 8, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,315 views

    This is a story about an individuals great trials and what God says to her, to us, to restore us and give us hope.

    1 John 4: 1-11 (12-21) Remember: Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. One day Sara Jones woke up and felt completely lost. For weeks she was heading down a path full of sorrow, loneliness and ultimate insecurity but, up until this day she was able to hold onto some sort of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Year In Review

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Apr 20, 2017
     | 10,932 views

    AS THE YEAR COMES TO A CLOSE WE OFTEN TAKE TIME TO REFLECT ON IT. LET US NOT FORGET TO USE OUR REFLECTIONS AS STEPPING STONES INTO THE FUTURE.

    THE YEAR IN REVIEW THE YEAR 2014 IS RAPIDLY DRAWING TO A CLOSE. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I FOUND THIS YEAR TO GO BY EXTREMELY FAST. I THINK I NOTICE THE YEARS PASSING QUICKER AS I GROW OLDER. MANY GROUPS AND PEOPLE USE THIS TIME TO LOOK AT THE YEAR IN REVIEW, AND ALSO TO ANTICIPATE WHAT 2015 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Persistence Pays Off

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Mar 20, 2015
     | 8,645 views

    Have you prayed, and prayed, and there still seems to be no answer? Does it seem as if God is asleep, and absent from your cry? Don't give up, don't lose heart, don't quit now, but just keep praying until the answer comes.

    A group of male seminary students were gathered in the chapel one day. The dean of the seminary was challenging the students in the area of prayer. He instructed them to be careful what they asked God for. He said, "Men, don't ask God for a big church, because of the stress, problems and worries ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Redeemed From Rebellion

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Jul 2, 2017
     | 6,957 views

    As Hosea redeemed his wife, Gomer, from the slave market, he revealed the unwavering love of God for Israel. This was also a beautiful picture of what Christ would do for humanity as He offered Himself the atoning sacrifice for sin.

    Redeemed from Rebellion Hosea 3: 1-3 Last week we were introduced to the prophet Hosea, and the difficult situations brought upon the family due to the infidelity of his wife, Gomer. God planned to use this most difficult situation to teach Israel a lesson about their sin, and His unwavering love. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who Do You Trust? Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jun 10, 2016
     | 18,155 views

    When it comes to dealing with the battles of life, who or what do you place your trust?

    INTRODUCTION • VIDEO CLIP • SLIDE #1 • Today I will begin a three-part series simply entitled LIFE. This series will tackle three issues, who do you trust, building your life without blueprints, and we will conclude with a message that will offer a blueprint for ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    An Unusual Amen

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Nov 17, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,870 views

    In life you will face Unexpected Attacks, be helped by Unseen Advocates, you will realize Unforeseen Additions, and will need to verbalize Unusual Amen's.

    An Unusual Amen PPT 1 Title This will be a different text than you probably have ever heard for a Thanksgiving message. Text: Acts 5:17-42 (Note to Pastor's on sermon central. I read the whole passage, but for posting online I am only showing the last 3 verses.) ... Ac 5:40 And they took his ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Courage Under Fire

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Feb 23, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,265 views

    Whether we are believers, or not-yet-believers we all face a life which is full of adversity, difficulty and struggle. In this sermon we explore two questions. 1) What sort of people will we be, when we face adversity, difficulty and struggles? 2) Can w

    About ten years ago a movie came out called “Courage Under Fire”. The plot of the movie was to demonstrate that people will respond differently when they find themselves in adverse and difficult situations. In the movie these people had some sameness about them:- · they all had military ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist