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  • Ken Sowers avatar

    Joseph

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Sep 1, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,699 views

    Story of Joseph continues

    Jacob leaves (witness protection program) stays with Uncle Laban Laban a match for sneakiness Jacob spies Rachel - they become kissing cousins I’ll work for 7 years as a dowry - after 7 years wedding feast and surprise - Leah Rachel given a week later but now he owes 7 more years labor Rachel ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The High Priestly Prayer Of Jesus

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 13, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 4,913 views

    John records Jesus’ prayer in the Garden. Will we be the answer to his prayer?

    John 17 The Prayer of Jesus John 17, Mark 14, Luke 22 and Matthew 26 all record Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Although Matthew, Mark and Luke are not as elaborate as John, in each account we see the same opening address. In each account we see Jesus call on the Father, but he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Blockading Your Heart, Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Richard Laraviere on Sep 21, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,323 views

    The necessity of guarding our hearts

    Blockading your heart Part 2 Text: "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov. 4:23) Opening: 1. We learned last week as The US blockaded Cuba to protect the nation, we must have spiritual blockades around our hearts to keep the evil out. 2. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Women In Worship ( I Corithians 11:1-16) Series

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Sep 23, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,818 views

    WOMEN IN WORSHIP 1 Corinthians 11:1-16

    WOMEN IN WORSHIP 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 Introduction A. These women had found Christian freedom. 1. They seemed to think they had no obligation to observe any of the customs of their land. 2. They evidently knew the teachings of Paul that we find in Galatians 3:26-28. 3. These women ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Stabbing Of My Savior

    Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on Apr 3, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,624 views

    This sermon reminds of of the evil of man and the love of our Savior.

    Introduction: At Calvary we learn much about both: the evilness of man and the love of God. Let us look closely at Calvary this morning and see the horrors of Calvary. Our Lord hung between two thieves. It was a custom that the bodies must be removed before sun-down. In order to speed up the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Calling The Sheep To Return Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 14, 2010
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     | 2,370 views

    It is a priority for us to call those who have left the Church to return to fellowship and the sacraments.

    Monday of 20th Week in Course August 16, 2010 You Shall Be My Witnesses The people of the Old Covenant were twice exiled from Judea. To this first group, stuck in Babylon, the priest Ezekiel was sent as a prophet. A mime prophet. He acted out in his life the reality of exile, suffering, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Not As The Pharisees Convert Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 20, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,350 views

    We must be converted daily to the following of Christ, and be sensitive to the signs others demonstrate that they are ready to hear the message and be healed by Christ.

    Monday of 21st Week in Course August 23, 2010 Today’s Gospel verses betray the Hebrew original of Matthew–one after another, Hebrew words come tumbling from Jesus’s lips: oi, as in oi vay–woe in English, peroushim, the separate ones we call Pharisees, ben Hinnom, which is ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Baby In A Manger

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 18, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,373 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Merry CHRISTmas, Happy Birthday JESUS! II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Pupils with their parents III. OBJECTIVES: To prove JESUS is the reason for this season. IV. TEXT: Luke 2:12 This is how you will know him: You will find a bab

    I. EXORDIUM: Merry CHRISTmas, Happy Birthday JESUS! II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Pupils with their parents III. OBJECTIVES: To prove JESUS is the reason for this season. IV. TEXT: Luke 2:12 This is how you will know him: You will find a baby wrapped in pieces of cloth and lying in a feeding box." ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Fulfill Your Ministry Series

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Jan 2, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,398 views

    FOCAL POINT: BRING YOUR MINISTRY TO FULL CAPACITY

    FULFILL YOUR MINISTRY 2 TIMOTHY 4: 1-5 KEY VERSE: 2 TIMOTHY 4: 5 FOCAL POINT: BRING YOUR MINISTRY TO FULL CAPACITY INTRODUCTION: READ 2 TIMOTHY 4: 1-5 PAUL CONTINUES TO EXHORT AND ENCOURAGE HIS PROTÉGÉ, TIMOTHY. ENCOURAGEMENT OF OTHERS IS NECESSARY FOR FULFILLMENT OF MINISTRY. PAUL ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Good Soil

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jan 3, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,161 views

    Preaching outline on the Parable of the Good Soil, with intro & application.

    Good Soil Full text: Mark 4:1-20 Main foci: Mark 4:3-9, 15-20 Preaching Outline, by Sterling C. Franklin Introduction – Some people are more fertile than others...in receiving the Word. In Mark 4:1-20, Jesus presents four different types of soils, or audiences to the Word of God, with only ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Blessed Are The Persecuted Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Nov 19, 2011
     | 4,171 views

    The key to being blessed while being persecuted is to remain faithful

    Blessed are the Persecuted, theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven It seems like an oxymoron, happiness for the persecuted, joy for the hunted? The word Blessed means “Oh How Happy.” The word translated “persecuted” means, hunted, afflicted, harassed, by hunters, or an enemy or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Pure And Unadulterated

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 21, 2011
     | 3,039 views

    It doesn't matter how active you are in ministry if you are teaching a distorted Gospel.

    Some of you may remember my telling of an incident that took place in our Presbytery last fall. A woman pastor from the Netherlands was received into membership in our Presbytery even though she does not believe that Jesus is God, or in the atonement - that is, that the death of Jesus on the cross ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Deacons

    Contributed by Scott Delashaw on Mar 31, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,736 views

    4 points to be considered by the calling Church and the considered Candidate

    Deacons I. Their Call * Initiated to fix a problem within the Church * Should be out of necessity, not just because * The desire and grace to serve (not rule) comes from the Lord The call itself comes from the Church * The Church should remember this….trust them, respect them, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Atonement Denounced As "Too Individualistic"

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Apr 5, 2010
     | 1,731 views

    The Atonement Denounced As "Too Individualistic"

    In an interesting article posted a Christianity Today, Mark Dever examines growing opposition within the Evangelical community to the substitionary atonement, meaning the death of Christ upon the cross for the fulfillment of our sins. Thinking they know more than God now, a number of theologians ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Patterns In Messianic Prophecy

    Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 2, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,330 views

    Outline covering parallel events before the Lord’s first coming and second coming

    “Patterns in Messianic Prophecy” I. The Past Pattern of Events Prior to the First Coming of the Lord to Redeem His Saints (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) 1. The Destruction of Jerusalem/Temple-586 B.C. 2. The Dispersion of the Jews-586 B.C. 3. The Jews Return to the Promised ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible