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  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Confronted By Truth

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 26, 2000
    based on 491 ratings
     | 28,392 views

    The woman at the well is confronted by the truth which Jesus presents her.

    Charles Swindoll, in his book Growing Deep in the Christian Life, tells the true story of a man who bought fried chicken dinners for himself and his girlfriend to enjoy on a picnic one afternoon. He was in for a surprise because the person behind the counter mistakenly gave him the wrong paper ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Inescapable Love

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 27, 2000
    based on 627 ratings
     | 44,931 views

    Lessons from the life of Hosea. God’s love is beyond reason, inescapable and tough.

    As I thought about the messed-up life of Hosea this week, I logged onto the Jerry Springer web site to check out the kind of topics he had been wallowing in lately. Some of the program titles read like this one on August 28: “Surprise, I’m Cheating.” The caption describes the show this way: ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Year Hope Died

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 118 ratings
     | 6,816 views

    When hope dies we need a fresh vision of God, a transformation of the heart and a mission to the world.

    Most of us who were old enough to understand at the time can remember where we were on November 22, 1963. President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade was on its way to a luncheon in downtown Dallas. The president and his wife were sitting in the back of an open convertible, and Governor and Mrs. John ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Christmas Is Over ... Now What?

    Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 3, 2001
    based on 120 ratings
     | 23,257 views

    When the SIGNS are no longer VISIBLE, does that mean that the SIGNIFICANCE of Christmas is no longer VALUABLE?

    CHRISTMAS IS OVER...NOW WHAT? Luke 2:1-20 I have a bit of post-Christmas humor to share with you. It’s called "The Month After Christmas." ‘Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house, nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I’d nibbled, the fudge I did taste, all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Joseph’s Christmas Story

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 20,965 views

    There are 4 parts to the story, & in each of these parts you will see how much Joseph loved Mary.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2013) If you were going to make a list of the great loving couples of history, who would be on your list? Romeo & Juliet? Anthony & Cleopatra? Mary & Joseph would probably not be on your list, for when ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Christian Survivors; Living Godly In A Godless World Series

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 184 ratings
     | 7,693 views

    Christian Survivors; Living Godly in a Godless World -- How to have faith when the pressure to give up is intense.

    Christian Survivor – Part One Living a Godly Life in a Godless World (How to have faith when the pressure to give up is intense) James 1.1-8 January 7, 2001 1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2My brethren, count it ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Lot: The Man Who Compromised Series

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
    based on 187 ratings
     | 45,490 views

    Part 1 of 6 of the series, Who’s That? Stories of little known people of the Bible. Lot, the nephew of Abraham had a lot(!) of things going right for him in his life. But he ended up losing a lot(!) because of the compromises he made...

    LOT: THE MAN WHO COMPROMISED Gen. 11-14; Genesis 19; 2 Peter 2:7-8 Read at beginning of service: 2 Peter 2:1-10 (NIV) 1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    "Chosen" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 22, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 13,129 views

    One of the spiritual blessings referred to in verse 3 is this: chosen in Him, before the foundation of the world! (#2 in the "Every Spiritual Blessing" series)

    Last week we began our study in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, and we saw that God has blessed us with ‘every spiritual blessing’ in the Heavenly places, in Christ. I mentioned at that time, that in the following verses Paul goes on to name some of those spiritual blessings, and even listed a ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Tearing Down The Walls Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 91 ratings
     | 15,552 views

    Christ came, tore down the walls, and united people in Himself.

    Tearing Down the Walls - Eph. 2:11-18 Steve Simala Grant, Aug. 26, 2001 Intro: (don’t read, but read/explain relevant parts – point of desire for removal of walls) Robert Frost. 1875– 64. Mending Wall SOMETHING there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Forgive Us Our Debts Series

    Contributed by Dwight Davis on Jun 1, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 12,562 views

    Many will fail to enter the gates of heaven because they are shackled to this world by chains of unforgiven sins--not necessarily theirs..

    “ Forgive Us Our Debts” Picture if you will; a man sitting all alone in a darkened prison cell. His elbows propped on his knees and his head resting in his hands. The man’s name is Charles Preston, and he has been on death row for the last seven years of his life for his part in ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Our Weapons For Battle Series

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 6,255 views

    Recognizing spiritual conflict in our daily physical world requires spiritual weaponry - We have what it takes to take on the devil with God on our side and the weapons He supplies.

    Understanding Spiritual Battle: Our weapons for battle Text: Eph. 6:14-20 Big Idea: We have what it takes to take on the devil with God on our side and the weapons He supplies Our culture is much like the man who asked his wife what she’d like for her birthday. "I’d love to be six again," she ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Steve Salmon avatar

    Glimpses Of Grace

    Contributed by Steve Salmon on Jun 19, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 3,492 views

    A Christian attempt to understand the tragedies of 9/11.

    Glimpses of Grace II Corinthians 12:7-10 & I Samuel 4-6 Baltimore Area Men’s Rally March 3, 2002 I live in Staten Island–which is a Borough of New York City, but I live in a unique part of NYC, probably unlike any other part of the world. It is called Travis. People ask me what is Travis ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Keith Linkous avatar

    When You Think You're Going Under

    Contributed by Keith Linkous on Jun 22, 2002
    based on 416 ratings
     | 39,824 views

    Don’t despair, Christ is there. And He desires to lift you up when you think you’re going under.

    We have all had that “sinking feeling,” haven’t we? We’ve all had our share of storms. There are various types of storms in life. 1. Situational storms. This is when circumstances seem to plot against you and everything seems to go wrong. Murphy’s law is in full force. Everything seems to go ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dwight Davis avatar

    "Step Into The Light"

    Contributed by Dwight Davis on Jun 22, 2002
    based on 57 ratings
     | 12,192 views

    Darkness is above all else; deceptive. The call of Christ if for us to step out of this darkness and into the light of His glory and grace.

    “Step into the Light” I remember when I was very young, probably three or four years old. I had a re-occurring problem, and this problem always surfaced at night... It happened like this; we kids would all be down in the den watching television and mama would be somewhere in ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Memorial Stones

    Contributed by Tony Searles on Jun 22, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 10,935 views

    A lesson from the Israelites crossing the Jordan River, and its relation to us in our lives for giving our lives fully to God, trusting for miracles, and trusting for Salvation.

    ?Memorial Stones? Stand & Read: Joshua 4:20-24 ?And those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. [21] And he said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ’What are these stones?’ [22] then you shall inform your ...read more

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    Denomination: Other