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  • Kenneth Squires avatar

    How To Know Your Purpose Series

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 3, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 21,014 views

    You can’t understand or comprehend your purpose in life by starting with YOU! It is essential that you start with GOD!

    13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful. I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Spirit, Water, Blood, Life Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 25, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,837 views

    Christianity emptied of sacrifice is left with a Christ without a Cross. The atonment is an essential, key doctrine, a foundation of our faith.

    Sermon Series on First John, “Collecting Evidence of Faith” I John 5:1-12, “Spirit, Water, Blood, Life” Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Throughout this letter John is stressing two essentials--what we believe, and how we behave. When we’re born into ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    The Minister's God-Given Goal – Part 1 Of 3

    Contributed by Paul George on Oct 12, 2006
     | 2,360 views

    To find favor in God’s eyes, it is essential that a minister understand the goal that God has sent before him.

    The Minister’s God-given Goal – Part 1 Matthew 28:16:20 To find favor in God’s eyes, it is essential that a minister understand the goal that God has sent before him. Most ministers have some specific goal that they often refer to as their “vision.” It is what they strive to accomplish. However, ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    What Is His Name? Series

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on May 30, 2005
    based on 38 ratings
     | 19,086 views

    As members of the 21st Century church, it is essential that we understand, the totality and the fullness of God and the Power of His Name.

    Series: The Power of the Name (Philippians 2: 9-10 ~ Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;) Sermon 1: What Is His Name? ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eddie Snipes avatar

    Answering The Call (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Nov 7, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 5,154 views

    This sermon is part 2 and looks at the how complacency weakens our faith and how works are essential for spiritual growth.

    Answering The Call (Part II) Consequences of Complacency 2 Samuel 11: 1 It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Needs Of A New Christian Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Aug 10, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,705 views

    The essential needs of new converts are discussed using this account describing the events that immediately followed the conversion of Saul of Tarsus.

    SERIES: “LESSONS FROM THE EARLY CHURCH” TEXT: ACTS 9:19-31 TITLE: “THE NEEDS OF A NEW CHRISTIAN” INTRODUCTION: A. One criticism of the church-at-large is that when we produce new Christians, we “dunk ‘em and drop ‘em” ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Luke avatar

    Guideline #1: Proclaim The Truth Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Sep 23, 2003
    based on 109 ratings
     | 11,953 views

    In a culture where truth is relative, it’s essential for the church of Christ to remain dedicated to proclaiming the truth of Scripture.

    SERIES: “GOD-GIVEN GUIDELINES FOR GROWING A GREAT CHURCH” (Material taken from Bob Russel’s When God Grows A Church) TEXT: 2 TIMOTHY 4:1-5 (Don’t read yet) TITLE: “PROCLAIM THE TRUTH” (Don’t announce yet) INTRODUCTION: A. In a monologue on 1-7-00, Jay Leno took his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "The Brook Dried Up"

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 2, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 13,957 views

    Water was a basic need, essential for Elijah’s survival. Why would God allow the brook to dry up?

    I Kings 17: 1-7 “The brook dried up” While the long drought we have experienced this summer has been difficult to endure, it actually saved the life of eighteen year old college student Julian McCormick. On the morning of September 1, Julian left his Bowie State University campus to pick up ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    Does Jesus Really Care Who Wins The Game?

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jan 2, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,270 views

    Jesus reveals the four essential plays He is going to use as He competes in the real super bowl of life.

    By tonight, the endless hoopla, the frenzied advertising and, almost incidentally, the football game itself will be over. Super Bowl Sunday will have come and gone for another year. One more observation: The Super Bowl wouldn't be a true sporting event without an endless string of both pre-game ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Exemplifies Charity In Truth Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 2, 2009
     | 3,976 views

    Charity in truth is not something we summon up from ourselves; it is a divine gift essential for true human development

    Monday of 18th Week in Course Caritas in Veritate The occasion for Jesus’ withdrawal to a “lonely place” was the news that John the Baptist, his relative and mentor, had been murdered by Herod. Jesus was no coward, so we should think that this withdrawal was to achieve some time for His humanity ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    I Believe Series

    Contributed by Dave Bootsma on Aug 30, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,908 views

    "I believe" are perhaps the hardest words of the Apostle’s Creed to state. Faith is under attack, but it is absolutely essential.

    During World War II allied armies marched into Germany on their way to Berlin. Retreating German soldiers switched road signs and destroyed landmarks in an effort to confuse their enemy. And, to an extent, it worked, for many a G.I. followed a false marker only to end up in the wrong place. That ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Thomas Cash avatar

    Amos: Preaching A Message No One Wants To Hear Series

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,752 views

    Here is the message no one wants to hear: Believers who live their lives doing whatever they please are essentially pagans.

    Major News from Minor Prophets Amos: Preaching a message no one wants to hear Amos came from the Southern Kingdom of Judah. But his words were aimed at all of Israel, both the Northern and Southern Kingdoms. Some Old Testament prophets spent their entire adult lives in ministry. But Amos did ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Five Key Spiritual Truths For Battling Porn Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 10, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,514 views

    A look at five essential spiritual truths to defeat porn in your life. Lots of Scripture references for further research.

    What Does The Truth Matter? The truth will set you free. - John 8:31-32. - These verses are often quoted in a poetic way – and they are beautiful words. But they also speak to an essential spiritual idea. That idea is that the truth will set you free. It will set you free from sin. - I want ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Craig Nelson avatar

    Can A Person Know Jesus Intimately?

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Sep 6, 2021
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,792 views

    I believe that the essential issue in the church today is the need to grow in intimacy with Jesus, the Creator God of all things.

    God desires to have a personal, intimate, loving, dynamic, and powerful relationship with every person on the planet. WHAT IS INTIMACY? To develop an intimate relationship with Jesus, we need to define what that looks like. Some have said that intimacy means "in-to-me-see" and begins ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Another Message About The Apocalypse

    Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Feb 15, 2022
     | 1,482 views

    A final warning from Jesus about the future in Mark chapter 13. Being ready is essential and vital to life.

    Another Message about the Apocalypse Mark 13:33-37 Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz 33 “Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come. 34 “It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist