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  • Craig Condon avatar

    How To Live Like Christ

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Jun 8, 2015
     | 4,680 views

    God calls us to have a servant's heart. He wants us to glorify him and not ourselves. God places us where he wants us to serve, and we must give our all in everything he asks us to do. God wants our obedience and our best effort.

    It is February 15, 1921. In the operating room of the Kane Summit Hospital, Dr. Evan O'Neil Kane is performing an appendectomy, but this is no ordinary appendectomy. First, it marked the first use of local anaesthesia in major surgery. Dr. Kane believed local anaesthetic was much safer than ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Responsibility Of The Resurrection Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 24, 2014
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     | 7,151 views

    For Easter Sunday on Matthew 28 (Adapted from Bob Russell at: http://bobrussellsermons.org/sermon-mp3s/by-series/the-passover-plot/the-responsibility-of-the-resurrection)

    HoHum: A Sunday School teacher had just finished telling her third graders about how Jesus was crucified and placed in a tomb with a great stone sealing the opening. Then, wanting to share the excitement of the resurrection, she asked: "And what do you think were Jesus’ first words when He ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Paul’s Prescription For Christian Love And Unity

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Dec 5, 2015
     | 7,857 views

    When we focus our attention on Jesus’ humble sacrifice, we see human pride and sin. It’s only when we depend on God that we receive salvation. God calls us to humility each and every day.

    Have you ever faced opposition while on your Christian walk of faith? If so, you’re not alone. Opposition to the Christian way of doing things has existed since Christianity began. In the passage from Philippians 2:1-13, Paul is trying to deal with a rift that has occurred within the church ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Fast Food

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014
     | 8,540 views

    Passover as the predecessor for Holy Communion

    When we sit down in front of the television it doesn’t take long before we see start seeing the commercials and hear Burger King telling us to “Have it Your Way.” Or, perhaps it is Wendy’s saying, “It’s way better than fast food.” Then Dairy Queen proclaims ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Gospel Of His Great Mercy

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 27, 2015
     | 5,411 views

    We have reason to celebrate when because of the blessings we can receive from the great mercy of God!

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • What brings joy to your life right now? I am not simply talking about having a smile on your face, or being happy baseball season is upon us, but what brings joy to your life. • Sometimes life can be frustrating, draining, and difficult; nonetheless, in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Is Hateful Among Men?

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Mar 8, 2015
     | 2,396 views

    To show that fool's thoughts are always sin, and the scoffer/scorners are hateful to mankind.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you a fool? No, fools are unbelievers. Psalms 14:1 (Amplified Bible) 14:1 To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David. THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds; there is none that does good or right. II. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Power Of The Secret Closet

    Contributed by John Gaston on Apr 13, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,042 views

    What is the “Secret Closet?” It's the Habit of shutting yourself in God, Seeking God, calling on Him, and Intimacy with God. Prayer is transfiguring, refreshing, and can alter the future.

    THE POWER OF THE SECRET CLOSET Mt. 6:5-6 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Some things really changed between the former generations and the kids of the last generation. 2. At a grandma was keeping/ babysitting her grandson Dirk. Dirk followed her into the bedroom as she puts up things away in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    God Is Alive And Well Or..."My Testimony Of A Bad Day..."

    Contributed by Greg Moller on Feb 6, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,535 views

    Faith and spiritual warfare

    Sermon God is alive and well OR...."....My testimony of a bad day..." by Greg Moller --2/5/2015 Im a pastor of a small start up church. Our services and Bible Studies are held at a members home. As we are just starting out, we don't have much money. Due to having to feed my four kids, wife, ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Beginning In The Beginning

    Contributed by Bill Stonebraker on Mar 5, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,001 views

    Unpacking the Creation Story

    In the beginning, God created the heavens & the earth. Quickly, God faced a class action suit: no Environmental Impact Statement. Officials eventually granted God a temporary permit. But a “cease & desist” order stopped creation of Earth. So God went on with creation of the heavens. God ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Divisions In The Church Series

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Jan 3, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,578 views

    First sermon of the series "One Body...many Members" on 1 Corinthians Chapter 1. This Sermon focus on what causes divisions in the Church. The preference of preaching style can cause lack of power in the Church

    Divisions in the Church Today we start studying the book of 1st Corinthians. Corinth’s importance in the ancient world was considerable. It was the densely populated capital of the Roman province of Achaia (a prefecture within contemporary Greece bears the name still), a busy commercial ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Money Lovers

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on May 17, 2013
     | 4,197 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you GOD lover or money lover? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that our love for GOD should be more than anything or anyone in this world IV. TEXT: Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 (Amplified Bible) He

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you GOD lover or money lover? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that our love for GOD should be more than anything or anyone in this world IV. TEXT: Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 (Amplified Bible) He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Confronting The Demands Of The 21st Century

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on May 28, 2013
     | 3,289 views

    Our text describes a better way to live, and move, and have our being. Eph. 5:15-17 directs specifically how saints are to behave in the 21st century.

    CONFRONTING THE DEMANDS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Text: Ephesians 5:15-17, "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Gluttony And Temperance Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 13, 2012
     | 8,634 views

    We can live in moderation or overindulge...which isn't about the stomache, but a matter of the heart.

    Here are two headlines found on the front cover of a Family Circle magazine: “Ten Ways to Curb Your Cravings,” followed by “Irresistible Chocolate Desserts”…definitely mixed messages! A foreign visitor described America as a land where people are as big as houses, ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Robert Joseph avatar

    Superstition, Luck, And Halloween

    Contributed by Robert Joseph on Oct 25, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 16,954 views

    A warning against mixing the beliefs of the pagan world--like luck and superstition--along with our precious Christian beliefs. Superstition is idolatry!

    A pastor was in line at McDonald’s when the woman ahead of him became very upset. “Quick,” she told the clerk in an upset voice, “Add something to my order.” Usually, when someone wants another sandwich or extra order of fries, they are much calmer about it. So, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Blessed Are The Spiritual Zeros

    Contributed by David Taylor on Oct 7, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,512 views

    Blessed are those who are poor in spirit.

    Sermon on Mount Blessed are the spiritual Zeros May 9, 2004 Today I start working through our series on the on the Beatitudes. I.e. Dan and Deanne’s bareness. It is at the outset of the Sermon on the Mount that we learn that we do not have the spiritual resources to put any of the Sermons ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational