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  • Jim Drake avatar

    Quest For Purpose Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Apr 10, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,970 views

    Christians today have both a negative and a positive role in society. The negative role is to restrain evil. The positive role is to spread the Gospel and do good works.

    1. The first purpose God has for the church today is preservation 2. The second purpose God has for the church today is propagation MATTHEW 5:13-16 I’ve got a book at home called Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Grave. Some of the names might not ring a bell. Names like Julius Wellhausen, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pilgrims Should Make Progress

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Oct 8, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,448 views

    The Rubik’s Cube of the Bible presents principles of spiritual progress.

    Hebrews 6:1-8 Shiloh Bible Church Pilgrims Should Make Progress Introduction The Rubik’s Cube. [Play with the Cube.] Have you ever tried to solve the Rubik’s Cube? It’s a challenge! The Cube was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian man named Erno Rubik. The object of the game is to arrange the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    To Know His Power Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Oct 4, 2013
     | 5,442 views

    When we start to grasp His power that He uses for us and in us, that should get the heart pumping!

    INTRODUCTION • How many of you woke up with excitement and anticipation concerning the prospect of coming together with your brothers and sisters in Christ to worship? (I AM TAKING NAMES ) • Does the thought of waking up each day knowing you get to serve the Lord excite you? Or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Death Of Truth Series

    Contributed by Kyle Gray on Mar 1, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,053 views

    There are only 2 options. You accept that TRUTH is the Word of God and Jesus Christ or you believe truth is ever changing with culture and society. Which do you believe?

    The Death of Truth Merriam-Webster definition of Truth is where we need to begin. You won’t find many word definitions that are this opposite between the dictionary and the Bible. TRUTH – (noun) ((PERSON, place, THING or IDEA)) So, from whichever one you use to define TRUTH, will ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Old Man Is Dead. So Quit Trying To Wake Him Up!

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Jun 29, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 16,188 views

    Trying to train the old nature is as fruitless as going to a cemetery and trying to get its inhabitants to sing the national anthem!

    THE OLD MAN IS DEAD. SO QUIT TRYING TO WAKE HIM UP! Trying to train the old nature is as fruitless as going to a cemetery and trying to get its inhabitants to sing the national anthem! The Church is running around trying to wake up the old man, trying to train him to do well! The Old man is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    New Age Movement Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Jul 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,111 views

    The New Age movement is huge pull on the world today, but it is nothing new at all. This is a study of its misleadings and contradiction to the Bible.

    New Age Movement The Serpent’s Old Lie in an Updated Package Intro Among the myriad of new religions and cults today, nothing is more far-reaching or hard to define than the New Age Movement (NAM). Russell Chandler, a former writer for the Los Angeles Times, observed that “New Age is not a sect ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas News: The Angels Series

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 8, 2014
     | 3,079 views

    We need to be seized once more by heavenly realities – just as Zechariah was. We need to experience something like a shock to our smug certainties that whittle God down to a manageable size and leave us underwhelmed by the mysteries of eternity.

    Angels have fallen on hard times these days. Hardly anyone thinks about them anymore…except at Christmas, of course. But even at that, people don’t much believe in them. Although…I knew a woman – a member of this church at one time: She told me that she had actually seen an ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Nothing But Jesus Crucified

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Feb 1, 2020
     | 4,922 views

    the preaching of Christ's Cross should be at the center of our message.

    Nothing But Jesus Crucified I Corinthians 2:1-16 In the Appalachians where I live, many of the ministers and churches have an aversion to book learning, especially when it comes to the Bible. And I really cannot blame them as I have seen many an aspiring minister ruined by seminary. “Preach the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    God's Amazing Grace

    Contributed by Bo Brown on Apr 3, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 7,270 views

    MY FRIEND GOD’S GRACE IS FOR ALL AND BY GOD’S GRACE WE ARE LEAD.

    GOD’S AMAZING GRACE TITUS 2:11-14 INTRO: A STORY WAS TOLD ABOUT A JUDGE, THAT IN HIS COURT ONE DAY CAME A LADY WHO WAS CHARGED WITH SHOP LIFTING A LOAF OF BREAD. SHE EXPLAINED TO THE JUDGE THAT HER DAUGHTER HAD BEEN HURT AND UNABLE TO WORK, SO THEREFORE THERE WAS NO FOOD IN THE HOUSE FOR HER TWO ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Fellowship Of Light Series

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jun 30, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,558 views

    The meaning of "God is light" and implications of "walk in the light."

    The Fellowship of Light I John 1:5-7 INTRO.: My grandmother had a canary. She loved to hear it sing. She would talk to it and care for it very carefully and then would sit by the window and listen to it sing. However, the bird didn’t know when to shut up. It would stay awake and sing all night. She ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Open Our Eyes

    Contributed by John Mccurry on Nov 2, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 14,078 views

    The importance of seeing what God wants us to see

    OPEN MY EYES THAT I MIGHT SEE Eph 1: 15 – 23 Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, Ac 26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jesse Bennett avatar

    What Do Hindus Believe Series

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Feb 1, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,382 views

    Hinduism is a religion that started in the Indian subcontinent thousands of years ago. There are over 750 million Hindus worldwide, even within the United States. Hinduism emphasizes man’s divinity.

    Hinduism is a religion that started in the Indian subcontinent thousands of years ago. There are over 750 million Hindus worldwide, even within the United States. Hinduism emphasizes man’s divinity. There are no dogmas or strict codes. Like Buddhism, Hinduism is an ever growing and ever changing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sam Greene avatar

    In Liberty We Trust

    Contributed by Sam Greene on Dec 9, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,634 views

    This sermon addresses America’s love affair with our new ’god’ appropriately named Liberty.

    There once was a time when men became intoxicated by drink. In drunken stuper inhibitions fail, anger often rages and all sense of consciousness takes leave. In the process of time other agents became our intoxicants. Things like drug abuse, power, and wealth also lured Americans into love ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tolerance Vs Inculturation Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 8, 2012
     | 2,701 views

    The Church loves sinners but abhors sin; instead of accommodating itself to the world, and tolerating sin, it should adopt a habit of inculturation as a means of spreading the Gospel.

    10 September 2012 Monday of 23rd Sunday in Course Verbum Domini One of the most abused words in the English language is “tolerance.” These days it is often wedded to the word “diversity.” We live in a diverse culture, we are told, and so we are to understand and tolerate ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Sharing The Father's Embrace In Preaching Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 26, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,776 views

    The two sources of the scribe versed in the kingdom of God are Moses and Jesus

    Thursday of 17th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel “Every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” We need to see the revolutionary idea in this short and familiar quotation of Jesus. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic