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  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Advent3c- Gaudete Sunday Series

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Nov 7, 2018
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    ‘Tis the season to nurture a joyful spirit.

    It’s Gaudete Sunday, ‘Tis the season to nurture a joyful spirit. To illustrate, writer Gordon McDonald tells about a Nigerian woman who is a physician at a great teaching hospital in the United States. This distinguished woman came out of the crowd to say something kind about the lecture McDonald ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Philip- A Man With Common Sense Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Sep 13, 2019
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    This is the 5th sermon in the "Getting Acquainted With The 12 Apostles" series.

    Series: Getting Acquainted With The 12 Apostles [#5] PHILIP- A MAN WITH COMMON SENSE John 1:43-46 Introduction: Tonight, we are going to study the Apostle Philip. Philip had spent time around John the Baptist. He was a practical type of person. John 1:43-46 (NIV) 43 The next day Jesus decided ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Metaphors Of Mortification

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 2, 2020
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    Entering into the spirit of what is behind the Law.

    METAPHORS OF MORTIFICATION. Matthew 5:27-42. Sometimes the Sermon on the Mount has been the called the new Law. This is not necessarily helpful. We are not under law, but under grace (cf. Romans 6:14). 1. When Jesus says, “But I say unto you,” He is entering into the spirit of what ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Strong Tower

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Jun 2, 2018
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    The Name of the lord is the strong tower. Not the tower itself that contains the strength and poer. The righteous run into the Nme of the Lord

    A Strong Tower “The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run into it and are safe” Proverbs 18:10 The Name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run into it and are safe.” When we read this verse we seem to focus on the big strong tower that is a fortified place to hide from ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Words

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Feb 25, 2019
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    Words are powerful; we must use them to build each other up.

    Words February 24, 2019 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Words are powerful; we must use them to build each other up. Focus Passage: Matthew 12:34-37 Supplemental Passage: for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Matthew 6:21 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Song Of Fools

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Dec 3, 2015
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    Did you know the person who points out your mistakes gently and explains the repercussions of your sins actually is very concerned of your soul rather than the person who turns a blind eye to your mistakes?

    Nice Man! Ecclesiastes 7:5”It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.” The conundrum today is who is the nice man !!!! As we watch and read of the verbal wars of very highly educated people on print and media and their derogatory and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Messianic Agenda

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 2, 2016
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    The Spirit anointed the speaker "to announce glad tidings: to heal the broken in heart; to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and the recovery of sight to the blind; to send forth the crushed in deliverance; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

    A MESSIANIC AGENDA. Luke 4:14-21. Always a methodical writer (Luke 1:3), Luke has grouped together reports of three manifestations of the Spirit’s work in Jesus’ life. The first is the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus at His baptism, that wonderful moment of Trinitarian confirmation of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Three Men Three Ways Of Life

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Oct 7, 2016
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    If we gain the whole world we have nothing without Jesus.

    THREE MEN THREE WAYS OF LIFE Ever notice people when something happens They look but don’t want to get involved Man in need, almost dead blood every where Struggling for his life ,crying for help. Beat bad cuts burses Luke 10: 30 And Jesus answering said, A ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Memorial Day Eulogy

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Nov 2, 2016
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    We gather here today in solemn respect to decorate the graves of our loved ones. Men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we might know peace in our lifetimes.

    Legion Decoration Day 2016 Eulogy: Pastor Mark Aarssen Ecclesiastes 3:1- 8 New International Version (NIV) A Time for Everything There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Epiphany

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 9, 2017
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    Be open to epiphanies

    Epiphany of the Lord, Sunday January 8, 2017 In literary terms, an epiphany is that moment in the story when a character achieves a realization, awareness or a knowledge of something, after which, events are seen through this prism. 1). One epiphany is in verse 2, the Magi ask the question, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Poverty Is Powerlessness Series

    Contributed by Henry Trocino Jr. on Mar 30, 2017
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    Part 6 of the Sermon Series, "Rich Man Poor Man in Proverbs"

    "The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly" (Prov. 18:23). Proverbs tells about the unfair disadvantages of the poor and the advantages of the rich (Prov. 18:23-19:7). Let us study the plight of the poor first, and then the rich in the following antithetical saying. "The poor use ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Poverty Can Be Caused By Worthless Pursuits Series

    Contributed by Henry Trocino Jr. on May 5, 2017
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    Part 17 of the Sermon Series, "Rich Man Poor Man in Proverbs"

    "Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished" (Prov. 28:19-20). There are two antithetical sayings in the chiasm of Proverbs ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dying Like A Fool

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 4, 2015
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    Dying Like A Fool

    2 Samuel 3:17-39 Dying Like A Fool 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth I. He was Foolish in his Demeanor - not in what he was doing (crowning David) but in the way he was doing it. A. His Pride 10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Jesus And John, The Apostle! Series

    Contributed by Larry Vollink on Feb 6, 2021
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    Learning how Jesus loved His best friend, John, as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved."

    Who is this disciple whom Jesus loved so tenderly? Is he a real person, or a secret person that does not want to identify himself? As Jesus chose him, he was a fisherman, and called the son of Zebedee, and brother to James. He also wrote the gospel of John and the Epistles of I, II, and III, John ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Is Your Dreams Alive

    Contributed by Norman Bernad on Sep 28, 2020
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    We all have dreams. I am not referring to our dreams in a fantasy world while we slept soundly but to those vivid dreams we had when we were younger, at least once upon a time in our colorful life.

    Is your Dreams Alive? 1. Genesis 37.1-11 2. Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 126 We all have dreams. I am not referring to our dreams in a fantasy world while we slept soundly but to those vivid dreams we had when we were younger, at least once upon a time in our colorful life. Everyone must have had a chance ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God