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  • Chip Monck avatar

    Future Faith Versus Past Failures Series

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Feb 22, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,857 views

    The fourth in a series exploring victory and freedom in the Christian walk. The message wrestles with the burden of past failures in our life.

    (Extensive inspiration for this message, and this series taken from Francis Frangipane’s "This Day We Fight".) Here we go. 2 minute drill. A high speed recap of where we left off two. Okay. . .Joshua is hanging out, looks up, and sees standing before him a being with a sword drawn, ready for ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Settling For Less Than The Best,: A Spirit Of Compromise Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 2, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,322 views

    Often God’s children settle for less than their best. This spirit of compromise is very dangerous. Pharaoh offer Moses 3 chances to compromise.

    SETTLING FOR LESS THAN THE BEST... THE GRADUAL SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com This is a two part lesson. I. TO CONTINUALLY WASH OFF PIGS IS A WASTE OF YOUR EFFORT AND THEN YOU JUST ANNOY THE PIG. THERE ARE MANY PIGS IN THE PIG PEN THAT ARE NOT REALLY PIGS. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Replace A Critcal Attitude With An Attitude Of Love Series

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Mar 4, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,345 views

    Our attides are very valuable in dertiming our outlook, in this the 3rd pf a 3 part series we discover the most "excellent way" to fix one’s attitude, the idea for thies series comes from James MacDonald’s Book, Lord, Change my attitude

    Introduction: One of the things Kathy and I like to on Friday evenings is catch a movie. For us, it is a way to relax and unwind. I want you to know Kathy and I have different taste when it comes to movies – I like action and comedies – she on the other hand likes stories and dramas – Movies with ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    All For One And One For All

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Mar 7, 2007
     | 6,437 views

    We Christians are on the same side. We serve the same God. We fight the same enemy. Yet, we can’t always get along because of what Charles Swindoll calls the "Me Mentality".

    ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL (Gleaned from writings by Charles Swindoll) A. Philippians 2:1-11 (READ) B. One lesson that should be SCREAMING out at us from Paul’s description of the church as being the “BODY OF CHRIST,” is that WE are to be UNITED--WE are in this TOGETHER! 1. Not too many years ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Bronze Snake

    Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Mar 9, 2007
    based on 31 ratings
     | 20,793 views

    A message of both warning and encouragement from one of the most fascinating incidents in the Bible.

    The Bronze Snake God sometimes chooses to show His Glory through some very strange people, you only have to look around at ourselves to figure that one out. When you consider the type of nations that God could have chosen to be His people, you wonder why He chose the nation of Israel initially. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Parenting Like An Eagle Series

    Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Mar 9, 2007
    based on 97 ratings
     | 25,143 views

    There are some spiritual lessons we can learn about parenting while observing one of God’s creations - The Eagle.

    This text—Moses writes it toward the end/conclusion/close of his career as the lead role player in the deliverance of God’s people. The children of Israel have come to approach and advance to the end of their 40 year journey/sojourn/voyage and they are about to enter into the promise land. Moses ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Made The Wise Men Wise?

    Contributed by Andy Flowers on Jan 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,599 views

    Christmas Sermon

    Text- Matthew 2:1-12 Title- What Made The Wise Men Wise? Matthew 2:1-12 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Shepherds?

    Contributed by Ben Peak on Jan 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 22,479 views

    Why did God choose to let shepherds be the first to hear the news of the Messiah?

    Over the past few weeks we have been taking a new look at some of the figures of the Christmas story. We’ve taken some time to study the stories within the story. We’ve looked at the story of Mary, the teenaged girl that God chose to be the mother of His Son. Last week we discussed the story of ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Test 6: Pride Test, Part 3 Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Jan 5, 2008
    based on 34 ratings
     | 11,461 views

    This is the final part of James’ sixth test of faith—the pride test. This third part of the pride test deals with our pocketbooks--greedy pride.

    1. The first example of greedy pride is hoarding treasures 2. The second example of greedy pride is defrauding measures 3. The third example of greedy pride is indulging pleasures A story is told about a rich man who was in the hospital on his deathbed. The doctors had only given him a short time ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Starting Over

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 6, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,603 views

    The New Year is a time for starting over and Paul’s story gives us some guidelines

    Wow 2008, the first Sunday of a brand new year. How many people stayed up to welcome the New Year in? And with a new year come commitments to change our lives to make things better or at least different. I don’t know what your resolutions might be but here are some reflections from off the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Discipling The Disciples

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 11, 2008
    based on 78 ratings
     | 18,116 views

    And there are many things we can do to disciple the disciples. 1- Number the disciples 2- Strengthen the disciples 3- Charge the disciples

    INTRO.- A disciple is a follower. And we’re all disciples of someone or of something. ILL.- On April 25, 1994, the news section of Christianity Today, reported that some fans of Elvis Presley were actually revering the king of rock and roll as a god. Not surprising, is it? Pockets of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steve Greene avatar

    Holiness: A Culture Or A Lifestyle?

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 26 ratings
     | 12,697 views

    This message looks at eight characteristics we often find in holiness culture and then contrasts them with the characteristics of an authentic holy life.

    Holiness: A Culture or a Lifestyle? Christianity has an image problem in America today. Many, who are outside the church, are convinced that lifestyle does not line up with beliefs for the average churchgoer. As a result, Christians have acquired a hypocritical image. The perception of those ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    This Thorny Thicket Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,703 views

    For Martin Luther King Day. The words we offer fall into the thorny thicket of anxiety, despair, and distraction. Like King with his dream, we the church can give hands and feet to help those so captured.

    Our back yard is a thorny thicket. Other people have manicured lawns, with friendly plants laid out in neat rows. But our back yard is a tangled thorny thicket. Along one fence there are blackberries, growing in long canes that have to be tied up lest they wander into the next county. They ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Healthy Body Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 10, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,236 views

    The first sermon in this series looks at what it means to be a body.

    A Healthy Body So, how do you feel about your body? Strange question isn’t it? Most of us would rather not think about our bodies and if we do we probably don’t think very complementary things. It’s too fat or too skinny, too short or too tall. Bumpy, lumpy or just plain ugly ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Seasons Of Life (Part 2 - The Middle Years) Series

    Contributed by W F on Jan 10, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 16,815 views

    What are some of the tests we face in the middle years of life and how ought we navigate them to the glory of God?

    INTRODUCTION Our growth (physically, intellectually, spiritually etc), up to the age of about 25 can be likened to drinking from a fire hydrant. We get twelve years of formal education, maybe some tertiary study or an apprenticeship, and then there’s all the life experiences we get outside that. ...read more

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