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Why God Is Concerned About The People We Don’t Care About

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 12, 2014

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A look at the source of God's empathy for the people we don't care about as well as some guidance on how we can become more like God in this area.

LOOKING AT PEOPLE WE DON'T LIKE: I can roll my eyes at them. - Most of us find it pretty easy to roll our eyes at people we don’t care for. - We dismiss them. We find them not worth our time. - Some of these people are those we struggle with personally. - Others are simply part of a ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:10-11

Denomination: Baptist

Material Blessings For Spiritual Blessings

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Apr 25, 2013

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I. EXORDIUM: Will you bring your money in exchange of your salvation? YES II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that material blessings are not enough to equal GOD's spiritual blessings in our lives. IV. TEXT: Roma

I. EXORDIUM: Will you bring your money in exchange of your salvation? YES II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that material blessings are not enough to equal GOD's spiritual blessings in our lives. IV. TEXT: Romans 15:27 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) They ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Committed To Following Jesus

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Jun 30, 2013

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Above all, being a Christian requires us to make discipleship our highest priority.

I must confess that not too many billboards catch my attention enough to want to read them. However, one finally did capture it and greatly warmed my heart. It was a recruiting poster for the Marine Corps. On the plaqured, it simply said, “We don’t take applications, only ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:51-62

Denomination: Free Methodist

Five Key Spiritual Truths For Battling Porn Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 10, 2018

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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

Scripture: John 8:31-32

Denomination: Baptist

Predisposed To Sin And Opposed To Accountability

Contributed by Travis L. Billings on Sep 8, 2019

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God has made it abundantly clear to mankind that we are responsible for our own sins and will have to give account to Him for our actions. We need to stop blaming others for what we do.

Ezekiel 18 PREDISPOSED TO SIN AND OPPOSED TO ACCOUNTABILITY That pretty much sums up what the focus on today’s message is. But, so no one feels cheated out of a sermon from The Word of God, I will go ahead and preach. Predisposed is defined as something or someone making someone else liable or ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12

Denomination: Charismatic

(A Bridge That Leans Over Troubled Water)

Contributed by Derrick White Sr on Nov 30, 2017

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AND THESE PEOPLE AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA WAS IN SOME SITUATIONS THAT THEY DID`NT WON`T TO BE IN AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD WE ALL FIND OURSELVES IN SOME SITUATIONS THAT WE DON`T WANT TO BE IN

JOHN 5:7-9 THE IMPOTENT MAN ANSWERED HIM SIR` I HAVE NO MAN ,WHEN THE WATER IS TROUBLED TO PUT ME INTO THE POOL; BUT WHILE I`M COMING ,ANOTHER STEPPETH DOWN BEFORE ME 8. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM ,RISE,TAKE UP THY BED AND WALK 9.AND IMMEDIATLEY THE MAN WAS MADE WHOLE,TOOK UP HIS BED AND WALKEDAND ...read more

Scripture: John 5:7-9

Denomination: Baptist

Christmas Candle Light Service

Contributed by Rev. Timothy Porter on Dec 20, 2020

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Glory To God In The Highest

Christmas Candlelight Service Rev. Timothy and Abby Porter The Bridge Church Upstate Luke 2:1-20 Welcome/Prayer: Pastor Fellowship Time Offering Scripture Reader Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV) 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Receiving And Rejecting The Light

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Dec 17, 2021

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John tells us in the prologue of his Gospel that the Light of Jesus Christ shines in the darkness that represents the sins of humanity. Some turn to the Light and others reject it, missing out on the blessings of salvation and eternal life.

In the prologue to his Gospel, John presents the Lord Jesus Christ as "the Light" that shines in darkness, and that it was John the Baptist who bore witness of His Light. The Light of Christ is offered to everyone, yet not all wanted the Light of Christ to shine upon them, and they ...read more

Scripture: John 1:9-13, John 3:19-20, John 7:40-43, Acts 4:12, Acts 16:30-31, Romans 10:9-10 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

David And God's Righeousnes Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Apr 10, 2024

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David is in agreement with Paul about the righteousness of God.

4:5 “But to him who does not work but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.” Nothing you can do. Remember Jesus’ parable of the vineyard? A guy comes in at six in the morning and is promised a day’s wage. A guy who comes in at three in the afternoon ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:5-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Will Any God Do In Our Life?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Sep 1, 2023

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We are not to put anything between ourselves and God, but many do either intentionally or unintentionally.

All believers have sinned, but we have an advocate with the Heavenly Father to ask for forgiveness. In verses 16-17: Theologians may contrast in their musings regarding what this transgression is, and regardless of whether the demise it causes is physical or spiritual. Paul composed that a few ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:16-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Truth Of God

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Sep 7, 2023

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God's Word is truth in a world of contradictions and falsehood. We must, as followers of Jesus Christ, stay firm in what Scripture teaches and demands of us, regardless of what the world, the flesh, and the devil say and do.

The Lord Jesus taught that the end times would be characterized by deceit, hatred of God, lies, malevolence, lack of love, and an intense persecution of believers. False teachers would plague the church (Matthew 24:11-12), and many who claim to be "Christians" will fall away from the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5, Romans 1:16-17, 1 Peter 2:22, John 14:6, Acts 4:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:8 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

The Lamb Breaks The Seals (Revelation 6:1-8)

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Feb 14, 2024

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The time for judgment upon the earth and its inhabitants has arrived. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, takes the scroll from the hand of God and breaks the seals of God's wrath, each one progressively worse than the other.

The dramatic moment has arrived as the seals that bind the book of God are about to be opened, one by one. What is written upon the scroll leaps off the page and acts out the events of the future for the apostle John and the heavenly host. They are not reading the scroll but instead are ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 11:4, Matthew 25:32, John 5:22, Acts 17:31, 2 Timothy 4:1, Revelation 6:1-8 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

What Is A Rational Sinner? Series

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 13, 2022

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This passage of Scripture discusses God’s anger at sin. Mankind's fall is imagined as a descending movement.

This passage of Scripture discusses God’s anger at sin. It depicts why God legitimately censures humankind and some of what he has done with regards to it. Mankind's fall is imagined as a descending movement. It begins with dismissing God as the creator, declining to see the significant ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-32

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Lost Soul Series

Contributed by Bob Whitchurch on Jan 13, 2001

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The destiny of the lost soul without Christ

The Lost Soul 1. Appointment of Death-"Once to die" a. Death comes to all ages Romans 5:12-Adamic Sin Ezekiel 18:4 Romans 3:23 2. Appointment of Judgment-"After this" (Expound on life ceases all functions cease) a. No second chances-Luke 12:16-20 b. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27-28

Denomination: Baptist

Hiding In Or Or You Helping"

Contributed by Kevin Keeling on Mar 20, 2004

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Judges 6:1-24

Hiding in or or you helping" Judges 6:1-24 I. Call of Gideon (vv.1-13) A. The circumstances B. Gideon’s doubts II. Commission of Gideon (vv. 14,15) A. "Go in this thy strength" B. God’s presence makes us mighty. C. Weakness not an excuse, but rather qualification. III. Companionship for Gideon ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

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