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  • Jim Drake avatar

    Wilderness Witness Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 25, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,723 views

    Today, we’re looking at the ministry of John the Baptist. You may think of his ministry as being a long time ago and happening in a place far away… but the fact is, Jesus has called you to the same kind of ministry today.

    Just a few days after Christmas 2002, a man walked into a Baptist mission hospital in the Middle Eastern country of Yemen. He calmly sat in the waiting room with his pink slip that told security he was a returning patient. He sat patiently and quietly waited there with the other patients. Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Imagining Freedom Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Mar 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,841 views

    In this message, part 3 in series Getting Free, Dave gets people thinking about the possibility of living lives that are free from the control of sin.

    GETTING FREE Sermon Three: Imagining Freedom Wildwind Community Church David K. Flowers March 2, 2008 This series is called Getting Free. But over the last few weeks I have been talking to you mostly not about freedom, but about slavery to sin. Now as I begin today’s message it is not my ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    How To Stay Afloat When Your World’s Being Flooded Series

    Contributed by Tom Bartlett on Dec 29, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,120 views

    A sermon on events leading to the flood, what caused them and what Noah did as he followed God. The principles are transferrable to us.

    OUTLINE How to stay afloat when your world’s being flooded January 29, 2006 - Tom Bartlett Matt 24:37-39 (TLB) "The world will be at ease-- banquets and parties and weddings-- just as it was in Noah’s time before the sudden coming of the flood; people wouldn’t believe what was going to happen ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Zechariah's Eighth Vision: The Four Chariots From God Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jun 14, 2022
     | 3,156 views

    Message explores Zechariah's eighth vision recorded in Zechariah 6:1-8. The vision reveals God's end-time judgment on the ungodly nations. Timeless principles such as God's faithfulness to his people, God's execution of justice in his own timeline, etc.

    Intro In our study of Zechariah, we come to the last of his eight visions. On the night of February 15, 519 BC God gave Zechariah eight visions concerning His plans for Israel.i These are recorded in the first six chapters of the book. Follow with me as we read Zechariah 6:1-8 from the NKJV. “Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Follow Me (1 Of 2)

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Feb 25, 2022
     | 1,620 views

    Paul loved the Philippian people, and he was greatly concerned about them. He told them, "Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample."

    WHY DID PAUL TELL THEM TO FOLLOW HIM? If anyone had examined the life of the apostle Paul, they would have discovered that he was following the Lord Jesus. Paul was giving them a PHYSICAL EXAMPLE or MODEL of what it is to follow Jesus. Someone very wisely said, "Don't follow any leader ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Humility And Unity - Part 1 Of 2 Series

    Contributed by Graham Kettle on Jan 26, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 20,946 views

    Do we want to be more effective in bringing the sinful, the sick, the shackled and the sad to Jesus’ feet? We'll look at the qualities of four men who took their sick friend from a place of sickness, sadness, being shackled and sinful, to Christ's feet.

    HUMILITY AND UNITY BRINGING A SICK WORLD TO CHRIST - Part 1 of 2 Mark 2:1-12 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Pnematology - Study Of The Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Aug 30, 2018
     | 6,625 views

    The message is the first of two messages summarizing the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

    PNEUMATOLOGY “Study of the Holy Spirit” INTRODUCTION At the beginning of the year, I set out to take the first Sunday of each month presenting one of the nine major categories of theology. We have missed a couple Sunday’s but today I want to get back on schedule. So far we have covered ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Discipline Of God Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 21, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,689 views

    Message 2 in our Jonah series focusing on God's discipline of Jonah's refusal to obey the call.

    Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch Jonah Series #2 “God disciplined Jonah” Review Jonah teaches us both about God and ourselves. We learn about the love of God, the sovereignty of God, the forgiveness of God, the persistence of God. God’s name appears 32 times in 4 short chapters. We learn ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Rev. Duraimony Dickson avatar

    The Crossroads

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Oct 9, 2021
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,046 views

    All of us will face in life critical decisions must be made, times when different roads intersect. We need to figure out which way to go and what to do making the right decision when you're at a crossroads.

    The Crossroads Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it. - Jeremiah 6:16 Today I can draw your attention to Jeremiah 6:16. I want to talk to you today about ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sermon - God’s Promises Are Stronger Than Your Problems

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Oct 8, 2025
     | 752 views

    The believer can have this assurance that “they are never alone—God goes before them, walks beside them, and lives within them.” In Deuteronomy 31:8, Moses reaffirms the promise God made to Israel as they were leaving Egyptian captivity, and God's Promises did not fail them.

    Sermon - God’s Promises are Stronger than Your Problems.” Scripture Lesson: Exodus 13:21-22, “By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Overflowing With Joy Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 30, 2025
     | 855 views

    If you want to bring overflowing joy to those who serve you, refresh them, reconcile yourself to them, repent, and remain true to them.

    Donn Moomaw, a football player who became a pastor, was preaching at the Bel Air Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. After the service, a lady came up to him and said, “Oh, Reverend Moomaw, I just have to tell you that every sermon you preach is better than your next.” He thanked her, but when he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Waiting On God

    Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Sep 11, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 17,537 views

    An examination of the importance of and manner in which we are to wait on God in our lives.

    The saying goes: “Timing is everything.” That is so true. You see this to be obvious in the trauma operating room. The surgeon knows that to operate too quickly - before the patient’s vital signs are stabilized - will probably kill them on the table. But, he knows that to wait too long will ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jon Earls avatar

    Walking With God And Holding Hands With The Devil

    Contributed by Jon Earls on May 28, 2004
    based on 192 ratings
     | 65,968 views

    This sermon deals with the danger of compromise and sin.

    Walking w/God & Holding hands w/the Devil Scripture Reading: Genesis 13:10-13 Introduction: You know the old story of how to boil a frog. You don’t put him in a pot of boiling water. You drop him in the boiling water and he’ll jump out before he’s injured. So you put him in a pot of cold water, ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    You Can Know God's Will!

    Contributed by Ruben Rivis on Aug 12, 2002
    based on 138 ratings
     | 16,363 views

    You can discover God’s will for your life when you realize how much God really loves you. Then you will know that your life is not your own. It’s to be used to make God and His love known.

    “You Can Know God’s Will!” The Big Idea: Mother Superior the religious leader in “The Sound of Music”, asked her young Nun – Maria von Trapp, “What is the most important lesson you have learned here?” Maria von Trapp answered, “To find the will of God and to do it!” Like Maria, every ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Ye Did Run Well!

    Contributed by Ivan Casteel on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 28,707 views

    INSTRUCTING THE DAILY LIFE OF BELIEVERS.

    PP0614 DATE YE DID RUN WELL! Gal 5:7. Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (KJV) INTRODUCTION: Much of the first five chapters of this epistle is Paul instructing the Galatians to not turn back toward the law. Some of the traditional Jews had influenced them to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist