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  • William Nieporte avatar

    Funeral For Frank Wise Bell

    Contributed by William Nieporte on May 17, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
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    Frank was a 71 year long member of my church who’s ife story was inspiring and evangelistic.

    In First Timothy 1:5, after instructing his young apprentice Timothy to remain faithful to the Gospel, the Apostle Paul writes these words: “The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” Those of us who gather today to celebrate the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Great Memorials Of The New Testament

    Contributed by Kerry Bauman on May 29, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
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    Just as our society has memorials to remember significant people and events, so does the New Testament offer us memorials to remember significant people and events.

    Great Memorials of the New Testament Text: Matthew 26:6-13 Introduction: Memorial Day, also called Decoration Day, honors U. S. citizens who have died in war. It originally commemorated soldiers killed in the Civil War. Following WWI it was extended to all United States war dead. National ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Unity Community

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 2, 2005
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    Psalm 133 gives a beautiful description of the kind of unity which only comes as a gift from God.

    A Unity Community Psalm 133 SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 133 INTRODUCTION: A few years back I took an introductory class to learn Hebrew. My most impressive accomplishment is that I can now quote Psalm 133:1 in Hebrew. I think the reason I remember it is that we learned it as a song: ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Feeling Left Behind

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jun 9, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
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    Funeral sermon for Regina Thompson

    Feeling Left Behind Romans 8:38-39 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Figuring God

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
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    Despite our best efforts to understand the Doctrine of the Trinity, we can never quite figure God out.

    Figuring God John 16:12-15 May 22, 2005 Let’s play a few games this morning. You’ve seen these little puzzles that are called “brain teasers.” Let’s see if you can figure these puzzles out. A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Experiencing Hope Expressing Hope

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Jun 16, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,573 views

    This text is troubling because it doesn’t seem to connect, but when you dig in it has a beautiful message of praying for the nations.

    Experiencing Hope/Expressing Hope (Mark 11:1-24) Sometimes we have a conception that people who approach life in a lighthearted manner don’t take things seriously enough. We often believe that they don’t care about things, that they have a kind of laize faire approach toward life, that they have ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Pray In Jesus Name Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Jun 23, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
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    Continued series on questions from my congregation

    Sermon Series: “Questioning the Faith” Sermon #10 “Why Pray in Jesus’ Name?” Text: I Timothy 2:5 OPENING JOKE: Father’s Day Jokes – #1 “A second-grader was given the assignment of writing about her personal hero. Her father was flattered that his little girl had chosen him. He pushed his luck ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Foundation?

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 15, 2003
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     | 11,186 views

    What can we do about folks who are shooting arrows at the foundations of our faith?

    What Foundation? Psalm 11:1-7 Pastor Tom Doubt Four Mile Creek Baptist Church June 15, 2003 BACKGROUND: A. An old favorite hymn, How Firm A Foundation, has a 4th verse that goes like this: “The soul that hath leaned on Jesus for repose, I will not, I will not desert to His foes; That soul, through ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    The Purpose Of The Church- Discipleship Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 25, 2003
    based on 108 ratings
     | 30,658 views

    The church is not to stop once we get a person in the door and on the church roll. Our work just begins at that point

    INTRODUCTION • Talk about the goal of a baseball team. Get people across home plate. Don’t push the details of the analogy. • Does a team cheer and quit when it gets a person to 1st base or 3rd base? They will cheer because they expect to bring that person around the bases to score. • At the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "Jesus Gives Us Real Life"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 1, 2003
    based on 69 ratings
     | 15,969 views

    A sermon on finding contentment through The Bread of Life.

    John 6:35, 41-51 “Jesus Gives Us Real Life” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA I heard a comedian recently who said to his audience… “Christians are so poor…” …and the audience responded by asking: “How poor are they?” The comedian ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • C.J. Moffett avatar

    Looking At Adversity

    Contributed by C.j. Moffett on Aug 12, 2003
    based on 98 ratings
     | 9,798 views

    No one in their right mind enjoys pain and hardship, but do they hold a redeptive purpose?

    --Nietzche said, "Whatever doesn’t kill me only makes me stronger." --Illus: Kia Jurgenson was a student at a Christian University. A gifted high school basketball player (she was all state), she received a full-ride scholarship and started as a freshmen on the University team. During those ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson avatar

    Peter's Confession & Ours Series

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Aug 18, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 14,277 views

    A sermon on the implications of Peter’s confession of faith in Jesus and ours.

    Sermon for 11 Pent Yr B, 24/08/2003 Based on Jn 6:56-69 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson One day a few years ago, I went into the local paint store to get some keys for the church cut. The storekeeper told me the following story. A woman came into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Anne Robertson avatar

    Golgotha

    Contributed by Anne Robertson on Aug 18, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,343 views

    The real wonder of Jesus is that he gave up the glory of God to become human.

    GOLGOTHA TEXT: Philippians 2:5-11; John 19:16-22 Today’s location is not really a mountain, per se. It is a hill, across from Jerusalem’s Damascus gate, probably once a stone quarry. At some point someone noticed that the rocks in the side of the hill looked like a skull, and so it was named ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dana Chau avatar

    Prayer: Caring For Others Series

    Contributed by Dana Chau on May 25, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 17,253 views

    Learn why to pray for others, who to pray for when praying for others and what to pray for when praying for others.

    (If you feel this sermon is helpful, you are welcome to visit https://danachau.thinkific.com/ for a free online course.) We return to our message series on prayer. We looked at prayer as communion with God and caring for self. We saw that prayer is not so much getting God to love us or getting ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Rapture. When?

    Contributed by Alan Balatbat on May 26, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,298 views

    How to be prepared for God’s Coming?

    The RaptUre: What Is It? 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, [4] and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist