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  • Thomas Bowen avatar

    On The Move

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Sep 4, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,950 views

    Allowing Christ to tearing down he walls between church and unchurched.

    On the move Folks we “royal we” have since Easter been hearing about the importance of vision. A vision that is based on scripture and ultimately looks outside the walls of the physical church. Most recently we have been considering who is our neighbor..or more precisely how to be a neighbor to ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    The Church (A Family) Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Oct 19, 2001
    based on 179 ratings
     | 9,909 views

    This is the 7th sermon in the "Discipleship" series. Once we are born again, we become a part of God’s family.

    Sunday Evening October 21, 2001 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: Discipleship #7 THE CHURCH: A FAMILY Ephesians 2:19-22 Introduction: 1. This morning we looked at the church as a body and that we must be unified and work together. 2. This evening, let’s look at the church as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    The Source Of Peace

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 6, 2001
    based on 306 ratings
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    Wouldn’t it be great to be able to sit down someday & say, "I don’t have anything to worry about today. Everything in my life is in order"? That would be great, wouldn’t it? But it doesn’t happen very often.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX A. The subject this morning is peace. And in this world today, that subject is a major concern, isn’t it? ILL. Now I don’t mean to be harsh, but I have little respect for some of the ideas & values proclaimed by ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Doug Johnston avatar

    Fighting For Peace Series

    Contributed by Doug Johnston on May 13, 2001
    based on 31 ratings
     | 3,386 views

    God’s work for us in Christ can give us the tools to fight against despair that may set in from dealing with people, circumstance, or our own selves.

    Our feelings make us go crazy! We need to compensate for things that can drive us nuts! Complex challenges can limit any of us Our views affect the ways we view life; safe with God or building lives without God. We must depend on God’s love for us. 1. God chooses to love us as He finds us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Stover avatar

    The Great Peace Mission Series

    Contributed by Michael Stover on Apr 17, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 3,582 views

    We were alienated from God, but He undertook the Great Peace Mission.

    I. Remember Your Past Relationship. (vs. 11-12) A. Christless "without Christ." B. Stateless "from the commonwealth of Israel" (outside the community of God’s people according to the covenant rights). C. Friendless "from the covenant of promise." D. Hopeless "enjoying no hope.” E. Godless ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Another Wall Has Come Down"

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 398 ratings
     | 42,457 views

    In Communion we celebrate the removal of the "wall of separation"

    Communion Message: “Another Wall Has Come Down”, Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts When I was a child growing up in Germany, my parents took me to Berlin. We drove through all sectors of the city. But then a year later, there was troubling news in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Kent Lenard avatar

    We're All Just Dirt

    Contributed by Kent Lenard on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 7,848 views

    Unity in the Body

    I. Paul starts the next section that he writes with the word" therefore" that means that he is referring to what he has already written. A. He’s going back to the first verses in a chapter two, where he says that we were dead in transgressions and sins, and he says that all of us once lived in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    It's A Wonderful Life Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 27, 2004
    based on 66 ratings
     | 25,544 views

    What would it have been like if Jesus had never been born?

    (Showed Clip of “Clarence” trying to convince George Bailey he’d really had a wonderful life. Used scene where they were drying their clothes out after George “saved” Clarence from drowning) OPEN: A Sunday school teacher once asked her class of children: “What is Christmas a time for?” Many of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Fellowship

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 11, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,069 views

    Fellowship as a purpose of the church

    Intro: This morning, we want to talk about the purpose of the church. We’ve been talking about this the last few weeks. When we think about the church, we remember that God set up the church. He gave a Great Commandment: to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and strength. He also ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Who Are Our Strangers? Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 13, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,212 views

    Many things conspire to keep people separate, even in the church. Only God can connect us, and it is the cross that binds us. Are we living out that reality, or have we let separations disconnect us?

    When he says it, it feels both enraging and endearing. When he pronounces it, it sounds like irritation, but it also sounds like invitation. It is both attracting and detracting, both including and excluding. I am referring to those moments in the old TV show, when Felix Unger, the neat freak half ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jose Gomez Sr. avatar

    We Are Family! Series

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Jul 26, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,151 views

    Part three of Pastor Gomez? sermon on "The purpose driven life

    "You were formed for God?s family". "And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; for through Him we both have our access in (one Spirit to the Father). So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but (you are fellow citizens with the saints), (and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Stephen Elmer avatar

    United With Christ As The Household Of God! Series

    Contributed by Stephen Elmer on Jul 31, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 8,601 views

    Christians Are United With Christ As The Household Of God!

    “United We Stand!” United With Christ As The Household Of God! Ephesians 2:19-22 Introduction: 1. Exploring The Doctrine Of A Christian’s Union With Christ! - It Is A Great Blessing For Christians! (1 Corinthians 1:30 - “But of him are ye in Christ Jesus!”) - It Is A Great Mystery For ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    A Community Of Promise Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,822 views

    Change within the unchanging ‘story’ of God’s promise and purpose

    Introduction: Change within the unchanging ‘story’ of God’s promise and purpose. This past week our ministry staff has been at the Vineyard’s national Pastor’s Conference… a time of reaffirming much of what I feel and see as we go forward as a church into the 21st century here on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brian William avatar

    Christ Breaks Down The Dividing Walls

    Contributed by Brian William on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 44 ratings
     | 12,369 views

    So many people today live "without hope and without God" (Eph. 2:12), yet we build up walls that divide us from sharing the gospel with them. Christ tears down these walls and builds up the true church in its place.

    [I started the sermon at the altar rail that goes across the entire width of the front of the sanctuary.] Imagine, for a moment, that when you walked into church this morning that you received a big surprise. Imagine that in the past week, a wall had been erected, right about where the altar rail ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jack Russell avatar

    The Church Vs. The Church

    Contributed by Jack Russell on Feb 7, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,424 views

    Man’s view of the church is often very different from the one Jesus demonstrated and Paul described.

    I can stand anywhere in my back yard and see my church. It sits rather majestically at the apex of our little town. Its stained glass windows chronicle its founders. Inside, a huge chandelier hovers over our pew. I don’t know who appointed us to sit in that particular pew, but it must have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed