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  • Monty Newton avatar

    Choose Your Own Adventure

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Oct 5, 2015
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    Good and godly peop-le are rooted in the Word of God.

    Title: Choose Your Own Adventure Text: Psalm 1 Thesis: Good and godly people are rooted in the Word of God. Introduction “Choose Your Own Adventure” is a series of children’s gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view in which the reader assumes ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are You A Water Bailer, Or Storm Stopper?

    Contributed by John Gaston on Jun 26, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,751 views

    Christians & the Church are destined for storms. Storms give us the opportunity to grow and to partner with God for a miracle. We can be water bailers, or storm stoppers! Regardless, we have Jesus as our resource. Lean on Him!

    WATER BAILERS OR STORM STOPPERS? Mark 4:35-41 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: VINNIE’S BEALTED FATHER’S DAY GIFT 1. An old Italian man lived alone outside the city of Chicago. He wanted to dig his tomato garden, but it was too hard of work for him. 2. His only son, Vinnie, who used to help ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Our Church At Its Best Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 6, 2018
     | 9,256 views

    God want us to be the best church we can possibly be. How can we get there? 1. Be saved by the Lord (vs. 1). 2. Be seeking the Lord (vs. 2). 3. Be separated for the Lord (vs. 2-4). 4. Be serving the Lord (vs. 5).

    Our Church at Its Best Acts 13:1-5 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - May 11, 2014 *I've often recalled something I heard Louis Bartet say 30 years ago: "If I searched and searched until I finally found the perfect church, then after I joined it, it wouldn't be perfect anymore." ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Church – The Essential Service Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Nov 22, 2018
     | 8,002 views

    Sometimes Christians treat the church as an emergency service … a place to go when you need spiritual help and security, but to be avoided when all is well. But the church is the only institution which can stand against the gates of Hades. Therefore church is an essential service.

    Message Matthew 16:13-20 Church – The Essential Service What do we do when we have an emergency? When there is fire … we call the Fire Brigade When there is a street fight … we call the Police. When there is a car accident and people are injured … we call the Ambulance. That’s who we think of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Unstoppable - The Unseen War Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Dec 10, 2018
     | 3,612 views

    The fifth message in a series on the book of Acts

    Unstoppable – The Unseen War 10/15/17 Acts 4:32-5:12 If you’re just joining us, we’re in a series in Acts entitled – Unstoppable. From inception, God has intended that His church would be an unstoppable force to carry His good news of God’s love and Jesus sacrifice to the nations. Yet for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    All I Want For Christmas Is Jesus

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Dec 21, 2018
     | 6,347 views

    Jesus should be at the heart of what we want for Christmas.

    All I Want For Christmas Is Jesus Luke 1:26-39 Matthew 1:18-24 December 25th Today is Christmas, and we find ourselves at the end of our series, All I Want For Christmas Is. How many of you have either given or received forgiveness this Christmas season? How many of you have either ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Are You Ready For Christmas? (#2)

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 25, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,042 views

    This is a revised and shorter version of a sermon by the same name that I contributed to Sermon Central several years ago.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK This is a revised and shorter version of a sermon by the same name that I contributed to Sermon Central several years ago. TEXT: Matthew 1:18-25 A. A question we'll undoubtedly ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "Even So, Come, Lord Jesus.”

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 31, 2022
     | 5,227 views

    In this message, we would like to take these three verses and look at the prayer John prayed that we seldom pray.

    John prayed for the return of the Lord! Illus: When we think of the return of the Lord Jesus, we can not help thinking of the game children often play. This game is “Hide and Seek.” The children choose a place to be a “base” and then one child closes his eyes and counts to one hundred. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Forget About The Mud Pies. Think Of The Holiday At The Sea

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 3, 2022
     | 1,376 views

    John's vision of heaven makes us look forward to the resurrection, serving God day and night in His temple.

    5.8.22 Revelation 7:13–17 13 One of the elders spoke to me and said, “These people dressed in white robes, who are they and where did they come from?” And I answered him, “Sir, you know.” 14 And he said to me: These are the ones who are coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Bitter Or Better

    Contributed by Dean Meadows on May 17, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,225 views

    This is a 2 part sermon that deals with our attitude when thing don't go as planed.

    Bitter or Better How many of you have had someone that has done something to you at one time or another and you now don’t like them? Have you ever had a situation where you feel like you were treated unfair and you became bitter about it? Passed over for a promotion. You have a couple of ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Nehemiah Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on May 20, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,890 views

    The book of Nehemiah opens in the Persian city of Susa in the year 444 BC. Later that year, Nehemiah traveled to Israel, leading the third of three returns by the Jewish people following their seventy years of exile in Babylon.

    Nehemiah Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. He was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia. Born: 473 BC, Babylon Nationality: Israeli Parents: Hachaliah Most scholars believe ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Loyal?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jun 8, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,065 views

    We have all kinds of loyalties. But there is one loyalty that should stand in a class by itself. It is a loyalty that can permeate & add even more meaning to all other loyalties. This is loyalty to Jesus.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: Matthew 26:31-35 Much of what we do in life is influenced by our loyalties. Oftentimes our loyalties ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Awake, Not Woke Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Jun 22, 2022
     | 4,830 views

    In the Bible, God and Jesus are repeatedly identified with light.

    7 Therefore do not become partners with them; 8 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), 10 and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Spirit-Led Walk In Jesus Alone Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Jun 30, 2022
     | 1,617 views

    Last week, we talked about being awakened and living in the light. This week we continue with that thought as we move through walking as children in the light and becoming unstuck

    Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org Tony Evans spoke of being on an elevator in a high-rise building. He said he’d never been particularly comfortable on such elevators. He worried that something would go wrong and he would get stuck in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    God Encounters Will Change Our Relationships, Both Vertical (With God) And Horizontal (With Others) Series

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Jul 3, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,592 views

    In the Part 6 of this series Dr. Madana Kumar looks into the changes that will happen in our relationships when we encounter God. Our broken relationships will be restored when we encounter God and understand the true nature of forgiveness and Grace.

    Encounter with God Series Part 6 Change in Relationships For an Audio/ Video version of this message, please visit https://youtu.be/0C03d_AQF1k Good morning. This is the sixth part of the series on Encounters with God. We started off this series by realizing that one of the great reasons to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational