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  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Keys To Spiritual Renewal

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Jan 11, 2010
    based on 25 ratings
     | 23,011 views

    Our country, communities, and even churches are in need of a spiritual renewal like we haven't seen since the 19th Century

    Keys to Spiritual Renewal Revelation 3:14-22 * Our country is in desperate need of a spiritual awakening, but we have a problem. When we consider that the last true, widespread, landscape changing spiritual awakening in this country was in the middle of the 19th century, it is safe to say that no ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    How The Grinch Stole Christmas - Christmas At The Movies Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 78 ratings
     | 27,794 views

    Why did Herod want to kill the Christ child? His motivation has much in common with those today who want to kill Christmas.

    OPEN: (I sat on a stool on stage, reading the following from “How The Grinch Stole Christmas.” I taped my sermon into the pages of the book and used the book as both prop and way to hide my sermon notes). Every Who down in Who-ville liked a Christmas a lot… But the Grinch, who lived just north of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Gift Of Persecution

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,392 views

    Persecution shows us that we are doing what we are supposed to do: be different and make a difference.

    A little over 3 years ago, a group of students at an Alabama high school recited the Lord’s Prayer together in the lunchroom, which prompted a suit by the parents of another student. In response, Judge Ira Dement, on October 29, 1997, termed the action “religiously based ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Ultimate Melting Pot Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 25, 2011
     | 5,291 views

    That crowd gathered around the throne is made up of African saints drumming and dancing, Lutherans singing Bach and Handel, medieval monks chanting plainsong, Latin American Pentecostals with shouts of triumph, messianic Jews dancing the hora, Southern Ba

    There’s been some great stuff in the news over the last couple of weeks... We’ve seen our POW’s coming home and being greeted with almost hysterical adulation... many of our troops are on the way home as well. The bloodbath that many feared didn’t happen, and much though we ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • David Dunn avatar

    We Are Laity

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 23, 2025
     | 524 views

    God calls every believer as His laity, a royal priesthood, chosen to declare His marvelous works in daily life and mission.

    (The People of God) Opening Story – “Secret Service” Christians A man was coming out of church one day. The pastor stood at the door to shake hands and gently pulled him aside. “Brother,” he said, “you need to join the Army of the Lord.” The man smiled, “Pastor, I’m already in the Lord’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Win As Many As Possible

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Jun 29, 2025
     | 521 views

    If we look at the world as the Lord does, we will, like the apostle Paul, see every person as one for whom Christ died, a person whom the Lord loves and desires to be in His family.

    Alba 6-29-2025 WIN AS MANY AS POSSIBLE I Corinthians 9:19-23 One Sunday morning an old cowboy entered a church just before services were to begin. Although the old man and his clothes were spotlessly clean, he wore jeans, a denim shirt and boots that were very worn and ragged. In his hand he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Investing Our Talents Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Mar 25, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,554 views

    Believers are supposed to invest their spiritual gifts, and multiply them by winning other people to faith in Christ. If we fail to labor in the kingdom, then perhaps we don’t know Christ after all, and we will be cast into outer darkness.

    This evening’s sermon is entitled, “Investing Our Talents,” and it’s taken from what is called “The Parable of the Talents.” In reference to this passage, Donald S. Whitney states, “[God] said in Matthew 25:14-30, that we are accountable for all the talents we have received and how we use them for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Following Jesus In Difficult Times Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 10, 2023
     | 3,595 views

    In difficult times genuine followers of Christ abide in Christ, abound in love, and advance with power.

    Greg Laurie tells a story about a woman, who had finished shopping and returned to her car. She found four men inside the car. She dropped her shopping bags, drew a handgun, and screamed, “I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car.” Those men did not wait for a second invitation; ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Scott Kircher avatar

    Leaving A Legacy To Our Neighbor Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on May 30, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,202 views

    This message looks at the life of Barnabas and how we might leave a legacy to our neighbor

    Leave a Legacy for Your Neighbor To Leave a Legacy for Your Neighbors Sacrifice for Others (Acts 4:36-37) Be Slow to Judge Others (Acts 9:26-27;15:36-39) Spiritually Influence Others (Acts 11:22-24) Work for the Success of Others (Acts 11:25-26) Slide 1 Jim -------- Illustration. A couple of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Final Act Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 27, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,005 views

    It seems like a long intermission between the Acts of the Apostles and the final act in God’s great drama of salvation. But we are the actors, not the audience, and we had better start learning our lines.

    An old Spanish proverb says “We count the faults of those who keep us waiting.” Have you ever done that? Sat there at the restaurant or stood there at the theater or paced at the airport and rehearsed all the things you were going to say when the culprit finally showed up? It’s not just the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Judgment On God's Elect Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 8, 2022
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,824 views

    Amos 3:1-15 shows us the significance of four divine calls.

    Introduction Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, wrote a book in 2009 titled, Future Tense: Jews, Judaism, and Israel in the Twenty-First Century. In the book, he noted, “When it was hard to be a Jew, people stayed Jewish. When it was easy to be a Jew, people stopped being ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • PHIL FUTORAN avatar

    What Do You Believe?

    Contributed by Phil Futoran on Apr 6, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,434 views

    Many think that John, upon seeing the grave clothes, believed that Jesus had risen. This sermon challenges that view and, more importantly, what we really believe (live out).

    “Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken away the Lord out of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Roy Fowler avatar

    Knowledge Of Ourselves.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jan 31, 2015
     | 4,492 views

    Understanding yourself as you move to a more understanding of who God is. Freedom without love can cause weaker Christians to fall.

    To understand the Scripture we have to understand what was going on within it. In those days the pagan religions sacrificed to their gods similar to what the Jews did. After the religious ceremony was over they would sell the meat to local food establishments. They would then sell it to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Terry Laughlin avatar

    Open Ears Series

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Mar 8, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,276 views

    I would propose to you that God has open ears and is longing to have His children call Him day or night.

    Title: Open Ears Foundational Keys to Opening the Gates of Heaven Introduction: In a book entitled, The Circle Maker, we read, "The Bible is a promise book and a prayer book. And while reading is reactive, prayer is proactive. Reading is the way you get through the Bible; prayer is the way ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    The Role Of Prayer In Achieving Divine Breakthroughs Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Apr 22, 2025
     | 756 views

    One of the most powerful tools God has given us to access breakthroughs is prayer.

    THE ROLE OF PRAYER IN ACHIEVING DIVINE BREAKTHROUGHS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Text: James 5:16b “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” Supporting Text: Jeremiah 33:3 “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God