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  • Ray Ellis avatar

    Apostle John The Beloved

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jun 8, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 33,299 views

    The Apostle John’s life is an example of the Christian Life in Spiritual Growth and Maturity. In John’s life we see three levels of maturity.

    Apostle John’s the Beloved -Growth in Spiritual Maturity- Introduction Jesus called 12 men of different personalities, passions and skills to follow Him and become His disciples. We call them Apostles because Jesus commissioned and sent them out as His Missionaries to preach, teach, baptize and ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    The Gold Standard Series

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,891 views

    God doesn’t merely want to meet our expectations, God wants to raise our standards.

    The Gold Standard I want to apologize if what I’m about to share is repetitious. I think my opening illustration was shared with me by our friend and Chairman of Deacons, Robert Johnson, a few months ago, but I’m not positive. Anyway, in 1900, a company called the Detroit Automobile Company ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Paradox Of Wealth Series

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 20, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,525 views

    The paradox of wealth is that no matter what we own; the Lord is the source of it all! First fruits are the Lord’s

    The Paradox of Wealth, 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Introduction In today’s Scripture reading, we pick up on a similar theme. This is only once complete chapter away from the passage we examined last week. Now we pick up on the Apostle Paul instructing the Corinthian Church with regard to generosity and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Bi Vocational Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
     | 5,309 views

    One of our problems in life is that we divide everything into the sacred and secular. We are great at compartmentalizing things: over here is the secular, and over there is the sacred. The reality is that we spend the majority of our hours every day in th

    Bi Vocational Luke 5:1-11 On Sunday afternoon, Tommy Grace and I were hanging out and he said, “Tomorrow’s Monday isn’t it?” Yep, I said. “I hate Mondays.” And I said to Tommy, “I was thinking something entirely different:. I can’t wait to get to work ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Transforming Wall Street

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Nov 4, 2010
     | 2,102 views

    God is just as concerned for Wall Street ... and the "Wall Street" of every community ... as He is for the street that runs in front of the church.

    Imagine a father offering these words of advice to his new college graduate, who is seeking a job: I want you to know it's a jungle out there. College has been a cake-walk. From now on, you'll be in the real world. The language is money. And it talks loudly. The goal is to get as much as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Average Is Not Good Enough

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 28, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,301 views

    Kings of Judah, Pt. 5

    AVERAGE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH (2 CHRONICLES 25:1-28) One day Linus came home with his report card. As he turned on the TV, his sister Lucy scoffed at his grade: “You got a “C” in history? That’s only average.” Linus defended himself: “So what? I’m an average student in an average school in an average ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Unity In The Body Of Christ Series

    Contributed by Andy Flowers on Mar 9, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 40,236 views

    Working together to build the church.

    Text: Nehemiah 3 Title: Unity in the Body of Christ I. Unity behind a common cause II. Unity in the midst of diversity III. Unity with humility IV. Unity achieves excellence When I first scanned over chapter 3 here I thought, great, just a laundry list of names. That’s not too exciting. My ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Unassailable Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Aug 26, 2009
     | 4,559 views

    Exposition of the unassailability of Daniel and his God from Daniel 6

    Text: Daniel 6:1-28, Title: Unassailable, Date/Place: NRBC, 8/31/09, AM A. Opening illustration: define Unassailable: immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress," without flaws or loopholes, secure against attack; impregnable; undeniable, incontestable or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hebrews 11:1–4 Cain & Abel

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Sep 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,693 views

    These both knew about God, they had no problem with wondering whether God was real or not, they both knew what God required concerning sacrifices, which was that the sacrifice of an innocent animal must shed its blood to cover their sins, and yet Cain

    Hebrews 11:1–4 CAIN & ABEL 9–17–11 Every one and every where in the world, all that are alive today and that has ever lived are like one of these two individuals, we are either saved or lost, Christians or not Christians, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Temple

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Feb 21, 2022
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     | 1,681 views

    A sermon on the spiritual discipline of church engagement.

    Spiritual Disciplines – Part 2 (The discipline of church participation) Title: Love God – Love his body (church)... “love the head/love the body” Text: 1 cor 3:10-17 Subject: Why does church engagement matter enormously? Complement: since Christ has ascended – and the Spirit has been given - ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Hands Up!

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 3, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,074 views

    We hear the words “Hands Up” used in two ways.

    1. IT IS USED IN A NEGATIVE WAY For example, when a criminal walks into a bank and says “Hands up,” everyone within the range of his voice knows what he means. The reason the criminal wants everyone to put their “Hands up” is because this signifies that everyone within the sound of his voice has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lies, Lies Sweet Little Lies = Do Not Bear False Testimony Series

    Contributed by John Gullick on Nov 23, 2015
     | 6,562 views

    A sermon that looks at the danger of lies. I used a number of resources from other sermons so want to acknowledge that some of this is "borrowed" thinking.

    There is a pop song called lies lies sweet little lies. Our bible verse this morning would suggest that there is nothing sweet or little about lies. Particularly lies that bear false testimony Ravi Zacharias illustrated the many ways a person can tell the truth when he told the story of two ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Our Fruitful Labor Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Aug 31, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 21,134 views

    Labor Day Sermon. God assures us our labor will not be in vain.

    Our Fruitful Labor 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 Illustration: When we don’t understand something, we can jump to wrong conclusions. An Amish boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Can You Truly Say That Jesus Is The Lord Of Your Life?

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Mar 4, 2014
     | 2,338 views

    Why did Jesus really take Peter, James and John the Mount of Transfiguration? Because there was something that He could only teach in that place and they remember it the rest of their lives.

    This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s in Maybole, and Holy Trinity in Ayr, Scotland on the 2nd March 2014 (Scottish Episcopal Churches in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Summary: Why did Jesus really take Peter, James and John the Mount of Transfiguration? Because there was ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    The Benefits Of The Baptism In The Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on May 19, 2017
     | 13,993 views

    Are you willing to move forward into the power that God desires that you have?

    May 21, 2017 Morning Worship Text: Romans 8:37 Subject: The Anointing of the Holy Spirit Part 3 Title: The Benefits of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit We began this series several weeks ago and I feel it is so important to continue in it as we lead up to the Day of Pentecost. I like to say ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God