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  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Love Hopes All Things: Hope Floats Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 16, 2025
     | 544 views

    We need hope to keep from drowning in life, hope floats.

    INTRODUCTION OPENING SLIDE - Today we continue on our journey together to learn how to love better. - We are working on loving better so we can learn to love other Christians better as well as those in our community. HOPE FLOATS SLIDE - One thing I know is that if you have been paying attention to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How The Grinch Stole Christmas - Christmas At The Movies Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 78 ratings
     | 27,770 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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    Alive Again!

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 18, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,604 views

    We must join Christ in his resurrection if we are to claim we believe in the resurrection event. A message for Easter Sunday

    Easter Sunday March 30, 1997 ALIVE AGAIN! INTRODUCTION This past week, America has been shocked and puzzled by the mass suicide of 39 people near San Diego, CA. The group, as you well know, was called Heaven’s Gate and its members, led by the charismatic Marshall Applewhite, believed that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I Know My Redeemer Lives Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 30, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 11,308 views

    Beyond all of the cultural reasons to come to Easter worship, we come to know that our lives are anchored. But it’s hard to know. Job points the way by affirming a redeemer despite the lack of evidence. Today we know a living redeemer, life changer.

     I If I were to ask you why you’ve come here today, how would you answer? Tell the truth, now; you’re in church. What do you expect and why are you here today? I’d guess that a number of us would give out what Mayor Williams calls the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Stewart Jr. avatar

    Putting On The Big Chill Series

    Contributed by James Stewart Jr. on Jul 27, 2003
    based on 115 ratings
     | 13,305 views

    This is the fourth message in the series on the Seven Deadly Sins. (Lust)

    Intro: Today’s message is dealing with the area of Lust. This is the fourth message in the series on the Seven Deadly Sins of the heart. How many of you like to fish? I like to Bass and Saltwater fish. When you go fishing; depending on what type of fishing you are going to do; there are many ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Bloom Where You Are Planted Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 27, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 18,563 views

    Parables of Eternal Life, Part 1 of 9

    BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED (LUKE 8:4-15) Motivational writer Dennis Kimbro says that some people are like wheels - they don't work unless they are pushed. Some people are like trailers - they have to be pulled. Some people are like kites - always up in the air, and if you don't keep a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    3 Ways To Treat Mom

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 248 ratings
     | 27,230 views

    Mothers, both biological and spiritual, are to be shown love.

    Three Ways To Treat Your Mom 1 Timothy 5:1-2 May 11, 2003 Chester’s FBC, Chester, IL Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: 1 Here are some examples of some mothers and what they could have SAID: (PUT UP PICTURE’S OF MONA, HUMPTY, COLUMBUS, MICHELANGELO/CHAPEL CEILING, NAPOLEON, WHALE FOR ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Power Failure

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Aug 21, 2003
    based on 58 ratings
     | 11,105 views

    When this power failure hit the North East, Midwest, and Canada it was catastrophic. When we have power failure in our Christian lives; it can also be catastrophic

    August 17, 2003 Title: Power Failure Text: Mark 9:14-29, Mark 6:45-51, Matthew 14:23-33 Introduction From the Ocala Star Banner: The largest power blackout in U.S. history rolled across a vast swath of the northern United States as well as southern Canada on Thursday, driving millions of ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    #3danger: Waiting And Rusting Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 5, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 5,648 views

    The Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz would rust when he would get damp or be inactive. So do Christians. Spiritual rust can be very dangerous.

    THE DANGER OF WAITING: --- SPIRITUAL RUST! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com This is part #3 on Waiting on the Lord. 1. Waiting and Patience -- the dirty words? ; 2. Habakkuk’s Waiting Room; 3. Danger of waiting and spiritual rust; 4. The five levels of waiting; 5. Waiting with ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Rua Follower

    Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Mar 17, 2003
    based on 68 ratings
     | 3,339 views

    What is it that Jesus would have me do? The answer is in Mark 8:31-38.

    Unless noted otherwise, all scripture is quoted from the New Living Translation of the Bible. - - - - - - - - - - - Are you a follower? I’ve pretty much given up on asking people if they are Christians. I mean, I don’t want to give the word up – Christian is a very good word to describe who we ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Brad Lewis avatar

    The Touch

    Contributed by Brad Lewis on Jan 25, 2003
    based on 78 ratings
     | 26,373 views

    A retelling of the interaction between Jesus and a Leper

    NOTE: This sermon was originally told as a story not preached. I was a bit apprehensive about presenting a sermon strictly as a story (I’d never tried this before) but the response I got was amazing. One thing I tried to do was make the story come alive for the congregation, perhaps as it was ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Walk On The Wild Side

    Contributed by Norbert Garcia on Mar 2, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,551 views

    As Peter stepped boldly from the boat to walk on water, so we can step Boldly in our walk with Jesus

    Scripture: Matthew 14: 21 - 30 A Walk on the Wild Side It had been a long hot day. Not much ground had been covered as far as distance was concerned, but much had been accomplished. Every step of the way there had been people to talk too or move out of the way. The Men were tired of running ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • Allen Hern avatar

    "Confusion And Conflict Regarding Christ” Series

    Contributed by Allen Hern on Mar 5, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 7,212 views

    It is impossible to be completely neutral about Jesus Christ. Multitudes of people try to be neutral toward him.They would claim that he was a good man, that he did many wonderful things, but that was long ago and far away...

     200410. ser “Confusion and Conflict Regarding Christ” CLBC February 22, 2004 a.m. Subject: Christ: Theme Division over Christ Passage: John 7: 1 - 52 (Read 7: 25 - 31) It is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dan Steadman avatar

    A Father's Responsibility

    Contributed by Dan Steadman on Mar 10, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
     | 8,609 views

    Results of both good and bad fathering

    Romans 8:28 A FATHER’S RESPONSIBILITY 15/06/03 1 Timothy 5:8 I read recently of a Christian couple whose two beautiful teenage daughters, ages 19 and 15, were drowned during an outing. What a horrible tragedy. But the father wrote, "Although it has been the most ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Produce Or Perish Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Oct 14, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,440 views

    Parables of Christian Living, Pt. 4

    PRODUCE OR PERISH (LUKE 13:6-9) The fig is highly valued not only by the Jews but also her neighbors (Ps 105:33). The Israelites were promised fig trees in the Promised Land (Deut 8:8). In Palestine and other warm climates the fig yields two crops annually, one in June and one in August. Figs can ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible