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  • Joe Harding avatar

    Advent Through The Eyes Of A Prophet Pt. Ii

    Contributed by Joe Harding on Dec 7, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,974 views

    WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR OUR LORD WILL RETURN TO THIS EARTH SOME SWEET DAY!

    ADVENT THROUGH THE EYES OF A PROPHET PT. II: PREPARE THE WAY ISAIAH 40:1-11 2ND SUNDAY IN ADVENT DECEMBER 7, 2003 INTRODUCTION: Twas’ the night Jesus came Twas’ the night Jesus came and all through the house, not a person was praying, not one in the house. The Bible was left on the shelf without ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thirst Quencher Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 19, 2002
    based on 67 ratings
     | 12,364 views

    Life can be bitter, but God has a healing for our waters of life as well

    OPENING: There once was an oyster whose story I tell, Who found that sand had got under his shell; Just one little grain, but it gave him much pain, For oysters have feelings although they’re so plain. Now, did he berate the working of Fate Which had led him to such a deplorable state? Did ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Thanks For The Things You Have Done

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 158 ratings
     | 5,767 views

    An exploration of what we all have that we can be thankful for, inspite of our life situation.

    Thanks For The Things You Have Done Ephesians 1:3-14 A father and his son were seated at the dining room table, while the mother was finishing the final preparations on the family’s dinner. While the father and son were seated, the father asked the son if he would say the prayer for the meal. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Is Church Really That Big Of A Deal? Series

    Contributed by Jason Zahn on Sep 5, 2001
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,248 views

    God makes a big deal out of church by offering his blessings through a local congregation.

    Reader’s Digest records an interesting conversation between three frustrated pastors. Three pastors got together for coffee one day and found all their churches had bat infestation problems. “I got so mad,” said one, “I took a shotgun and fired at them. It made holes in the ceiling, but did ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Certainly -- At A Distance

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 18, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,966 views

    For Good Friday: sometimes we no longer see things because we are too close to them. The disciples saw the cross "at a distance", but the centurion saw it through his callousness, cynicism, and skepticism, and affirmed, "Certainly".

    Sometimes when you are too close to something you cannot see it. Or at least you cannot recognize what it is. You can be so close that you do not know what you are looking at. You need somebody else to give you a fresh perspective. My wife and I buy grocery items when they are on ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Should We Read The Bible?

    Contributed by Jeffery Karnes on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 33,837 views

    Tells reason why we should read the Bible, and some of the excuses that Christians come up with for not reading it.

    Why should we read the Bible? 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Have you heard about the couple that sent their son off to college at Ohio State? When he left they gave him a Bible and told him to read it carefully, because it would be very helpful. Well after a few weeks of school the son wrote home and told ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Change Is On The Way

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 12, 2000
    based on 86 ratings
     | 16,665 views

    Prepare yourself to move into the blessing God is pouring out in our day.

    "Behold, the former things have come to pass, Now I declare new things; Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you." Isaiah 42:9 Last week, we looked at three things the Lord was speaking to the church concerning the present application of this passage. #1 God has already begun the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Inventory Time

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 386 ratings
     | 39,953 views

    To encourage others to take a spiritual inventory of their lives.

    Inventory Time II Corinthians 13:5-9 Before the service began one Sunday morning, a parishioner said to his pastor, “If you see me fall asleep while you’re preaching, don’t take it personally. Its not that your sermon is boring. Its just that I was taking inventory of all my merchandise last ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Why Do Sexual Sins Bring So Steep A Price?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 45 ratings
     | 5,705 views

    Five of the reasons that we need to take sexual sin seriously.

    What Were Their Excuses For Their Sexual Exploits? 1. “You can’t tell me what to do.” - v. 12 - “All things are lawful for me. . .” - This is an abuse of the idea of Christian liberty. They took the genuine freedom that we have in Christ and used it as an avenue to pursue sin. - As Paul points ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Let The Lord Jesus Christ Be In Control

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 28, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 8,994 views

    We know that many are being disqualified because they allow the lusts of the flesh to overcome them instead of being an overcomer. Let us run with temperance the race that is set before us so that we are not disqualified and set aside by the Lord Jesus Ch

    Let the Lord Jesus Christ Be in Control (Rom 15:14) Perhaps one of my favorite songs comes from the pen of Eliza Hewitt who wrote: "More about Jesus would I know. More of His grace to others show. More of His saving fulness see. More of His love who died for me. More about Jesus let me learn. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Wise Or Unwise Series

    Contributed by James Mccullen on May 6, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,662 views

    In this sermon I sought to be led of the Spirit to inspire the desire to have wisdom, and then contras hellish, and heavenly wisdom. Our churches need wise counsel, and the world needs to see the difference heavenly wisdom makes.

    WISE or UNWISE: James 3:13-18 {13} Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. {14} But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. (15} This ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Satan's Best Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on May 31, 2005
    based on 28 ratings
     | 5,213 views

    This is the 6th sermon in the series "Are You Prepared".

    Series: Are You Prepared? (Revelation) [#6] SATAN’S BEST Revelation 3:1-6 Introduction: May I confess something to you that God has revealed to me? In the attempt to see Bel Aire Baptist Church grow in the Lord; I have become angry, frustrated, and dissatisfied. God reminded me of my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Pendleton avatar

    Tending The Fire

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jul 7, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 20,417 views

    This sermon discusses three threats to our personal devotional life.

    Tending the Fire Leviticus 6:8 -13 We have an altar in the human heart, on which burns a fire, kindled by the grace of God. On this altar rests the deepest allegiance of a life given to God. What ever else may be deferred, keep the fire burning. The flame must not go out. There is a passage from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Johnny Creasong avatar

    Wisdom: The Eyes Have It Series

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Nov 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,949 views

    When the circumstances around you look like you should do something you know God has forbidden, who do you trust, the circumstances or the Savior?

    Wisdom: The Eyes Have It Proverbs 1:1-7 His car dealership is filled with exotic cars: Bentleys, Cadillacs, “Beamers”, and “’Vettes. With a rainbow of colors available, David Jones of Worcestershire, England, is one sharp dealer. Recently, he added the Internet to his sales force and eBay is ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Two Ways

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,783 views

    The same crossroads that mankind had to choose from in Paul’s day are still with us today. The world is standing at the crossroads today, Will people choose the path of human justification and self-righteousness or will they take the path of God’s mercy

    The Way of The World/The Way of The Cross Galatians 6:11-18 11Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. 12As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist