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  • Eddie Snipes avatar

    Husbands, Priests And Fathers

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 185 ratings
     | 14,882 views

    The father is the spiritual compass of the family. It is the responsibility of the man to be a Husband, Priest and Father.

    Husbands, Priests and Fathers In honor of Father’s Day I want to take a look at the husband’s role in the family. A family is a symbol of God’s complete design for the church. If the family is dysfunctional, so will the church and the people in the church. The goal of this study is to take a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Where Is God In Your Life

    Contributed by Mark Engler on Apr 21, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 19,137 views

    We all live our lives in bubbles. Our goal should be to have God in the center of our bubble. Where is God in your bubble?

    Mark Engler Leonard Christian Church Leonard Missouri Where is God in your life? INTRO: In camp last summer I taught a class. The class I taught was for the Jr. High week 1, and the class was to be on Practical Christian Living. Practical Christian Living is something that we should have down ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    God's Healing For My Life

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 29, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 8,480 views

    Healing is to be sought within the God given resource of the local church, but will we have the faith to use it.

    God’s Healing for my life by Andrew Chan, Senior Pastor, PBC, Vancouver, BC A man was driving along a rural road one day when he saw a three-legged chicken. He was amused enough to drive along side it for a while, and as he was driving, he noticed the chicken was running at 30 mph. "Pretty fast ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    First Things First

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 114 ratings
     | 35,043 views

    Seek first the Kingdom of God.

    "First Things First" Matthew 6:25-33 In the ancient Arabian folktale, Aladdin, Aladdin is the lazy son of a poor Chinese tailor. After his father's death, he meets a magician who says that he is Aladdin's uncle. The magician convinces Aladdin to go after a beautiful lamp that is hidden in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "Forgive..."

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 110 ratings
     | 7,988 views

    This is the 2nd in a two-part message on our responsibility to forgive based on God’s forgiveness of us. This part focuses on our forgiveness to others.

    January 19, 2003 Matthew 18:28-35 ¡§Forgive¡K¡¨ INTRODUCTION Every now and then, Tammy will surprise me by using a new word that I would not expect her to use. She calls it her ¡§word for the day¡¨, and she¡¦ll find every situation possible to use it as often as she can for that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Cancer Cannot Do

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on May 24, 2004
    based on 103 ratings
     | 50,795 views

    There are things that cancer cannot do to the one who follows Christ.

    What Cancer Cannot Do TCF Sermon March 28, 2004 On Saturday March 13, when our dear sister Nancy Reed was first hospitalized, I was driving to the hospital to visit, and I considered that, if this was, indeed, nearing Nancy’s appointed time to go to be with the Lord, we could not, on the Sunday ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Trickle-Down Spirituality

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Oct 16, 2002
    based on 141 ratings
     | 12,191 views

    Just as trickle-down economics meant take care of the top of the economy and everything else benefits, Matt. 6:33 is trickle down spirituality - seek God first...

    Trickle-Down Spirituality TCF Sermon February 15, 1998 Organization is a hot topic in our world. From Palm Pilots to Daytimers, there are new ways to get organized at work and at home. The issue we face as believers, in organizing our lives, is separating the ”urgent from the important” --- ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Innovation - Being A Christian Innovator.

    Contributed by John Gullick on Sep 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,107 views

    How to be a christian innovator. Using the faith passage from hebrews it discusses how god is an innovator and how through faith we can be as well. (The Swiss pocketknife illustration at the start can be supported with illustrations from a simple web s

    Carl Elener began with a presenting difficulty. The problem was unemployment – He knew that no ordinary method would deal with the problem there was a need for something so creative so different to anything anyone had ever thought of before that would turn the situation around. So he invented the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Scapegoat

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Apr 30, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 23,917 views

    A message to be preached the week before Easter. It works with the type of the scapegoat in Leviticus.

    The Scapegoat Leviticus 16:21-22 KJV And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Understaning Miracles. Part 2a Series

    Contributed by George Barton on Jan 24, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,639 views

    Gives principles concerning understanding miracles with many Biblical references.

    AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES REGARDING THE MIRACULOUS IN THE BIBLE WITH AN ATTEMPT TO CONFIRM THESE PRINCIPLES WITH BIBLICAL SUPPORT MIRACLES PART 2A Principle #3. There were many ages in the Bible when there were no professional Prophets or AMiracle-workers.@ (Judg 6:13 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Engage With The Ordinances Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 8, 2016
     | 10,159 views

    A sermon that looks at what the Bible teaches about baptism and communion.

    Engage with the Ordinances Luke 22:7-23 Rev. Brian Bill October 1-2, 2016 A symbol is something that stands for something else. I’m going to put some well-known symbols up on the screen and I’d like you to shout out what they represent. • 3 Green Arrows Curved to Form a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Completion Of The Way

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jul 18, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,353 views

    When Paul testifies before Festus and Agrippa he not only shares his testimony he shows the flaw being judgmental and the difference between religion and relationship.

    A man was having difficulty communicating with his wife and concluded that she was becoming hard of hearing. So he decided to conduct a test without her knowing about it. One evening he sat in a chair on the far side of the room. Her back was to him and she could not see him. Very quietly he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Thomas H avatar

    Matthew 6:7-15 The Lord’s Prayer Series

    Contributed by Thomas H on Nov 24, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 25,283 views

    Matthew 6:7-15 The Lord’s Prayer

    Matthew 6:7-15 The Lord’s Prayer Manuscript The Lord’s Prayer. It’s one of the best known prayers ever. One of the best known passages of the Bible. Many of you – perhaps most of you - can recite it off by heart. Even if you can’t, you’ve probably heard it or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Scapegoat

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on May 14, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,226 views

    A message using the scapegoat as a type of Jesus Christ.

    Leviticus 16:21-22 KJV And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Are You Expecting A Miracle? Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 21, 2015
     | 10,218 views

    Let's trust God for a miracle!

    Are You Expecting A Miracle? Text: Acts 12:1-19 Introduction 1. Illustration: Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectation. — Andrew Murray 2. Hebrews 11:1 (NLT) Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist