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  • Steve Pilon avatar

    Which Do Have, Christ Or Religion?

    Contributed by Steve Pilon on Apr 27, 2001
    based on 65 ratings
     | 3,493 views

    There is a difference between Christianity and religion and the difference is important to God.

    Title: Which do you have? Christ or religion? 483 years ago an event took place in Europe that would forever change the face of the Christian church. This event began when a German monk by the name of Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg and as a result of that action ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Who Is Really Number One

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 27, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 10,363 views

    This sermon was written during African American History month and deals with the need to see ourselves as Christians before being anything else.

    Who’s Really Number One 2/27/2000 Joshua 5:13-15 John 17:6-18 Why do we celebrate African American History? Because it reveals the workings of God in a group of people whom God has loved and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Unlimited Grace

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 29, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 21,694 views

    God’s grace toward us is unlimited.

    Unlimited Grace Today we continue our series of messages on the topic of "grace". At root, the question we’re examining is "how can we know God?" How do we bridge the chasm between ourselves and our Creator? Given the fact of our sin and our guilt; and the fact of God’s perfect justice and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    There's No Place Like Home Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on May 3, 2001
    based on 87 ratings
     | 16,594 views

    Jesus calms our troubled hearts when he tells us the end of the story. He is coming again to take us home.

    Comforting a Troubled Heart. John 14:1-4 When I was a little boy I remember having nightmares. There were two things that used to scare me to death. One was witches and the other was skeletons. Ooo! I hated those things! It all started when I saw the Wizard of Oz. It was Sunday evening and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Four Dimensional Love Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 229 ratings
     | 36,043 views

    God is crazy about you

    Introduction A group of four-through eight-year-olds were asked: “What does love mean?” Their answers vary from the amusing to the profound. Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other. Love is when you go out to eat and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Schoolyard Violence (Opening The Circle)

    Contributed by David Swinney on May 11, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,716 views

    The only Biblical, Christian response to the violence of our society is to let the love of Jesus be the rule for the way that we treat others.

    Schoolyard Violence (Opening the Circle) Matthew 5: 21-26; 38-48 Sunday Morning, March 11, 2001 Introduction: The Bus Ride Home The boy was already a little worried when he walked up the stairs to of the school bus. He was running late that afternoon, and the front seats, the ones near the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Playing Defense In The Game Of Love Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 5,542 views

    If God loves us so much, why don’t we always live in that love?

    Introduction I’ve taken several long road trips in the last year. I’ve discovered that the best way for me to maintain my alertness and my sanity is to listen to audio books. I’ve become a fan of Tom Bodett, the guy who does the Motel 6 ads, whose most famous line was “We’ll leave the light on for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Life's Dimensions

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 15, 2001
    based on 208 ratings
     | 8,743 views

    An attempt to answer the question posed by James in 4:14, "What is your life?"

    Life’s Dimensions James 4:13-17 13 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Surprising Appearance Series

    Contributed by Lynell Friesen on May 24, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 5,932 views

    Isaiah predicts the arrival of the Servant of Yahweh as a surprise. What does that mean to us?

    A friend told me about being in a boat hunting Canadian Geese in the dead of winter on a freezing lake. Bone cold the three of them in a 16-foot aluminum boat hold out for a few more minutes of light and the last chance at a goose. Sure enough their patience is rewarded. Overhead they hear a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Sacrificial Act

    Contributed by Lynell Friesen on May 24, 2001
    based on 60 ratings
     | 4,505 views

    We have life because the grave could not contain it’s prey. Paul told us that Christ conquered even the last enemy - death.

    On Good Friday we spoke on Isaiah 53: 4-6 discussing the Universal Depravity of man and the Universal Sufficiency of Christ. Sometimes Christians find that concept hard to grasp. Dr. Barnhouse used this illustration to portray this simple truth to his congregation and I would like to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Worship In Spirit And Truth

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 12,296 views

    The scripture shows the importance of conforming to God’s image to worship instead of demanding that God conform to our worship.

    Worship in Spirit and Truth 2 Samuel 6: 1 Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the Name, the LORD of Hosts, who dwells ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Are We To Relate To God? Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Nov 14, 2001
    based on 48 ratings
     | 12,013 views

    A look at the first four commandments concerning how man is to relate to God.

    Ten Commandments - Part 2 “HOW ARE WE TO RELATE TO GOD?” Exodus 20:1-11 By the time of Jesus the Ten Commandments had been expanded into a list of 618 rules of conduct. It was an impossible burden of confusing and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Do I Know There Will Be Saints In Heaven?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 17, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
     | 10,435 views

    Saints Triumphant sermon - based on the answer to the Sadducees challenge whether there was a resurrection or not.

    November 18, 2001 Luke 20:27-38 27 Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. 28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Imitating God Without Insulting Him (Part 4) Series

    Contributed by Marcus Naugler on Nov 23, 2001
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,119 views

    God desires to see His children become like Him in the way they make decisions, the way they speak to each other, the way they act when no one is around, and the way they share His Word.

    Imitating God Without Insulting Him (Part 4, The Call) Illustration of last night’s water heater fiasco and no towels. Okay, so it’s about 8:00 and I’m working on some homework, getting gall the things down that I needed for today, checking everything twice. Checking my sermon notes, thinking, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "Hope" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 26, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 23,647 views

    Part 3 in a 4 part Christmas series

    (Read text) In the past two weeks, as we’ve entered the Christmas season, we’ve talked about the announcement of the angels to the amazed shepherds near Bethlehem. It was a message of good news, which was to be of a great joy for all people, and, according to the angels’ song, was to herald ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox