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  • Davon Huss avatar

    The Sermon Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,258 views

    Discussions about parts of a worship service

    Sermon for 10/27/2002 The Sermon Introduction: A. Pavlov’s Dog experiment. Worship becomes that way sometimes. B. People who go to worship services that are liturgical. Don’t ours get that way from time to time? C. (Mat 6:7 NIV) And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Child Dedication - Things We Can Do

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 25, 2001
    based on 129 ratings
     | 17,763 views

    An outline of a message for Child dedication service

    Child Dedication - Things we can do God sees children as important. They are a blessing. Psalm 127:3-5 is clear: Behold, children are a HERITAGE from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a REWARD. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • R. Darrel Davis avatar

    Life Lessons For Living Large In The Kingdom Of God

    Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Nov 7, 2001
    based on 115 ratings
     | 7,807 views

    A message of challenge to service in the Kingdom -(Revival)

    Life Lessons for Living Large in the Kingdom of God 1 Samuel 17 (Reading vv. 32-) Introduction: The story of David and Goliath is probably one of the first Bible stories that most people remember hearing as children. Unfortunately, many people today consider it nothing more than a childhood ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    One Size Fits All

    Contributed by John Beehler on Aug 21, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 12,036 views

    An ecumenical service at the Mill Pond festival

    One Size Fits All Looking back, it’s hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have. I remember as a kid riding in cars with no air bags, no seat belts, and metal dashboards. We rode in the back of pickups. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Peters Commission.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Sep 25, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,856 views

    The prerequisite for service is our love for Jesus.

    Peters commission. John 21:15 -- 22. 09/24/03 The last time we were together, we talked about the great catch of fish. Some of the disciples had been out fishing all night and caught nothing. As they were coming to shore, they saw a man standing on the shore. The man asked if they caught any ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Where Shall We Find Him?

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 23, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,260 views

    A sermon for Christmas Eve Communion service.

    Luke 2: 1 – 20 / Where Shall We Find Him? Intro: Sometimes I get the feeling that we are like folks who decided to throw a party to honor a very special friend. They sent out invitations, decorated the hall, & had the food catered. All the people came together at the designated time, but to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Malcolm Chester avatar

    Offer Yourself

    Contributed by Malcolm Chester on Jan 5, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,828 views

    A sermon preached at a Methodist Covenant Service

    I have a great admiration for the commitment of those people who spend hours and hours, months, years even, trying to develop things, trying to invent new things. Some are more successful than others of course. One man called Arthur Pedrick patented 162 inventions between 1962 and 1977. None of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dr.W.Samuel Legon avatar

    10 Ways To Best Serve Christ

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Feb 27, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,739 views

    Look at our service and judge it.

    10 WAYS TO BEST SERVE CHRIST John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Changing The Future

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Oct 11, 2009
     | 3,970 views

    A gospel presentation originally for a baptismal service.

    Channel 7 recently launched a new series called, ‘Flash Forward’. It’s a science-fiction-action-romance show that wants to satisfy everyone. In the first episode, the whole world passes out for about 2 minutes, but time keeps on ticking away. So helicopters fly into buildings, there are huge ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Three Wrapped Presents Of Jesus

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 19, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,178 views

    Candle Light Service Short Sermonette

    THREE WRAPPED PRESENTS OF JESUS Luke 2:5-7 John 13:1-7 Luke 23:46-53 Tonight as we gather for Christmas Eve, as we prepare to light candles in honor of Jesus’ birth, I would like us to reflect on wrapped presents. Wrapping presents, according to some is an ancient tradition and most of us ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Funeral Edgar Hull

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jan 26, 2013
     | 4,970 views

    Funeral service for a great Christian man.

    Edgar prior to being admitted in the Greenbrier Manor as he would leave the church Edgar would shake my hand and always say, “Yes” and go on home him and Virginia. I do not to this day know what Edgar meant or maybe I do .“Jesus is the Yes - the divine Yes. A great many people ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    4 Things For Easter

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 3, 2013
     | 5,861 views

    I preached this at our Sunrise Service

    HoHum: A. Read Matthew 28:1- 7 B. Her name was Carol. She was the organist at her church. She was a good musician, but she did something no organist should ever do at her church. She overslept on Easter morning and missed the sunrise service. She was so embarrassed. Of course, the minister ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Greatest Enemy Of The "Best" Is Not The "Bad" But The "Good"

    Contributed by Pastor Johnathan Bloch on May 18, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 15,455 views

    prioritizing our values for the service of Christ.

    The greatest enemy of “best” is not “bad”, it’s the “good” Matthew 16:26 – 27 Pastor John Bloch, pastorbloch@hotmail.com Cross Community Church, crosscommunitychurch.net 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Peril Of Inconvenience

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Nov 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,757 views

    Kingdom service calls for great inconvenience.

    Acts 24:24-27 KJV And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. [25] And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    What Does It Mean To Us?

    Contributed by Ronald Courtney on Sep 13, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,908 views

    A sermon for a Lord’s Supper service.

    What Does It Mean To Us? Exodus 12:1-14 “I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.” (President George W. Bush September 14, 2001 Ground Zero) For the last six years we have paused, on a personal level and on a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist