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  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Let's Get This Party Started"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 2, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,605 views

    A sermon about reaching out to the world in the name of Christ.

    Matthew 8:1-4 “Let’s Get This Party Started” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN eastridgeumc.org “Who’s in charge here?” The policeman suddenly appeared in the doorway, and everyone stood still. It had ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    "For The Sake Of Christ"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 23, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,797 views

    A sermon about reaching out to others in the name of Christ.

    Luke 16:19-31 “For the Sake of Christ” We have all seen him. He lies on a pile of newspapers outside a shop doorway, covered with a rough blanket. Perhaps he has a dog with him for safety. People walk past him or even step over him. Maybe he occasionally rattles a few coins ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Prayer Changes Things Series

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Mar 4, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 26,915 views

    You can’t crowd the Holy Ghost into a tiny little corner in your life and expect that you’re gonna get all the things that God has in store for you.

    by Bishop Charles C Jones D.D. Text: Acts 4:31 When you try to do something without praying, what happens??? But have you ever noticed the difference of what happens when we pray first??? Before prayer it seems that we can do little but after we have prayed it seems as if we can do ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    What Has This Concern Of Yours To Do With Me? Series

    Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Nov 14, 2017
     | 6,825 views

    Jesus is here to care about our smallest concerns. Jesus always keeps the priority of eternal over temporary. Jesus does what He does, when He does it and how He does it, so that the Father will be glorified and so that we are compelled to trust Him.

    May 14 What Has This Concern of Yours to do with Me? John 2:1-12 Jesus is here to care about our smallest concerns. Jesus always keeps the priority of eternal over temporary. Jesus does what He does, when He does it and how He does it, so that the Father will be glorified and so that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    10 Ways To Kill A Church

    Contributed by Tommy Jackson on Aug 26, 2014
     | 10,689 views

    Ever wondered how churches die? This message gives practical steps on how to kill a church.

    10 Ways to Kill a Church Open/Welcome – We had a great start last week. So alive and exciting. It made me think about the opposite. How do you kill a church? I want to give you 10 Ways to Kill a Church! Two Scriptures: Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Philippians And Stress 1: Making The Best Of Stress Series

    Contributed by Vic Folkert on Mar 26, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,947 views

    Make stress a learning experience. Make stress a growing experience. Make stress a fruitful experience. Introduction to the book of Philippians and the series

    PHILIPPIANS AND STRESS: MAKING THE BEST OF IT--Philippians 1:1-11 ***We are beginning today a series on stress. Before we begin, I want to give you a stress test, developed by the American Institute of Stress. On the screen, we are going to project a picture of two dolphins jumping out of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Freedom In Christ

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Jul 20, 2021
     | 2,796 views

    In Luke 4:18 Jesus proclaims freedom. This message evaluates how true freedom comes from overcoming temptation.

    True Freedom is in Christ – Overcoming Temptation Theme: To show how true freedom comes from overcoming the temptation of Satan Text: Luke 3, 4 Introduction Luke 4:14) Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Safe In The Arms Of God

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Dec 16, 2021
     | 10,983 views

    God’s children are secure. They are secure because of the hills we look to; the help we look for; and the eyes we look with. God himself is our hill of protection, God himself is the help we look for and the eyes of faith are the eyes with look with.

    Sermon: Safe in the Arms of God Ps 121:1 “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Freed To Be A Slave! Series

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on Sep 28, 2025
     | 354 views

    Based on Romans 6:20-23 - Encourages hearers to consider what it means to be freed from sin to become a slave to God.

    “FREED TO BE A SLAVE” Romans 6:20-23 FBCF – 9/28/25 Jon Daniels INTRO – When is last time you used an oxymoron? Def: “a figure of speech in which two contradictory words are put side by side to form a phrase.” Some words just don’t seem to go together: - Jumbo shrimp - Organized chaos - Clearly ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Life In The New Community”

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Feb 12, 2025
     | 632 views

    The Beatitudes are written to the "new Christian community" Both the economiclly poor disciples and rich Pharisees disciples must now "live rightly" in the same community of faith. Different emphasis than in Matthew.

    In Jesus Holy Name February 16, 2025 Luke 6:20,24 “Life in the New Community” If we are to understand these beatitudes in the Gospel of Luke there are some “first things first” we should know. 1) Luke is probably writing between 58 AD & 64 AD when the Apostle Paul is in prison in ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Denial, Coping Skills! Cock-A-Doodle-Doo

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 13, 2024
     | 699 views

    We seldom want to evaluate how easy it is to deny and palliate our words and behavior. WHAT DO YOU SEE?

    COPING SKILLS: COCK—A—DOODLE—DO! DELUSIONAL! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) **DELUSION: mistaken, a false teaching despite evidence, believing what is not true. CAN I GET AWAY WITH THIS.? THERE ARE SEVERAL DEEP THOUGHTS THAT ARE HARD TO CATCH THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Return For Revival

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 13, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,764 views

    The invitation was to live in the ways of God. It was an invitation to come back to the ways that the people knew were right. When Hosea uses the words “let us”, he speaks in clear terms here to communicate that those who needed to return to the LORD were not alone.

    OPENING ILLUSTRATION: Play the video “RESTORED.” Israel had wondered far away from its place of origin. As if a child lost in a store, she is drawn away by delights of the eye, sensual insights and an overwhelming urgency to seek her own way. She awakens; finding herself tossed into the gutter of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Mad At God

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Oct 11, 2023
     | 1,515 views

    Look how patient God is with Jonah's sulking. He's that patient with you, too.

    Have you ever been mad at God? I have. I became a Christian in my 30’s, which is a little unusual. Quite a number of people recommit in their middle years, as they start looking around and wondering what it’s all about, but they were usually raised at least nominally Christian, while I was ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "The Puzzle Of The Be Attitudes”

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Feb 9, 2022
     | 3,367 views

    “The Beatitudes are not teachings on ‘how’ to be blessed. They are not instructions to do anything. Jesus is not telling anyone they would be better off being ‘financially’ poor. (Dallas Willard) Is Luke 6 about Jesus fulfilling His Mission statement? Luke 4

    In Jesus Holy Name February 13, 2022 Luke 6:17 “The Puzzle of the Be Attitudes” Philip Yancy in his book “The Jesus I Never Knew” wrote the following when he read the 1st Beatitude in Luke 6. “I became so convicted about my addiction to material things that I gave away to a friend my ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Jesus Is The Reason For The Season (December 2001)

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Oct 20, 2022
     | 3,075 views

    Christmas is more than just a holiday to celebrate the break we get from work or school. Christmas is a time to celebrate; a time to proclaim; a time to demonstrate.

    JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON Text: Luke 2:4-7 People have always searched for the meaning of life in order to fill some void that they feel. Some try to fill that void with material things. Others try to fill that void by trying to gain power so as to prove their ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist