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  • Robert Bravo avatar

    What Is A Christian

    Contributed by Robert Bravo on Jun 24, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,651 views

    With times and opinions changing as fast as they are today, i feel this would be a good time to remind ourselves what the biblical discription of a christian is. We will do this by examining the lifestyle and beliefs of the people first called Christians

    What is a Christian? Acts 11:19-26 (NIV) 19 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews. 20 Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Why Would A Free Man Go Back Into Bondage?

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jul 9, 2016
     | 7,683 views

    "To tamper with the gospel is to trouble the church... Indeed the church's greatest troublemakers (now as then) are not those outside who oppose, ridicule and persecute it, but those inside who try to change the gospel... Conversely, the only way to....

    Why Would A Free Man Go back into Bondage? Pt.4 Galatians 1:1-10NASB In the 1980s Hollywood created what became a authentic, film genre in which a bulked-up, heavily armed one-man fighting machine broke into prison camp's and rescued hostages, POWs, or kidnapped victims. Names like Sylvester ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Rick Crandall avatar

    The Greatest Invitation We Will Ever Receive Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 2, 2023
     | 3,875 views

    What should we do with God's great invitation? 1. Appreciate God's preparation (vs. 1-4). 2. Avoid rejecting God's invitation (vs. 2-7). 3. Invite more people to come (vs. 8-10). 4. Accept God's invitation (vs. 10-14).

    The Greatest Invitation We Will Ever Receive The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 22:1-14 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared January 2, 2023) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to Matthew 22. Today we will study another of the Lord's parables. By this time, Jesus was less than a week away from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    Connecting With God Through Prayer Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on May 23, 2024
     | 977 views

    Connecting with God through Prayer Series: Connecting with God Brad Bailey – May 12, 2024

    Connecting with God through Prayer Series: Connecting with God Brad Bailey – May 12, 2024 Intro Today we are concluding our series “Connecting with God”... in which we have engaged identifying our location... that is...the position we are in...including being finite beings...who have tried to hide ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Wisdom For Children And Those Who Love Them Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 1, 2024
     | 1,099 views

    1. Children: Give honor to your godly parents (vs. 1-3). 2. Parents: Help your children live godly lives (vs. 4).

    God's Wisdom for Children and Those Who Love Them Ephesians 6:1-4 Sermon by Rick Crandall Series: The Book of Ephesians (Prepared July 1, 2024) BACKGROUND: *The Apostle Paul was a prisoner in Rome when he wrote this letter to the Christians in Ephesus. Bible scholars generally agree that it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eyriche Cortez avatar

    Do Something

    Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,952 views

    To trust is to obey.

    Let us imagine that you are the president of a company. You need to travel abroad and stay there for an extended time. Before leaving, you instructed your employees, “I want you to take care of business. I will e-mail you regularly on what you should do from now until I return from this business ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    The Last Days

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Jul 24, 2020
    based on 3 ratings
     | 39,218 views

    Only someone who is completely out of touch with reality would dispute the fact that we are living in the last days. The question is... What is the church going to look like in the last days? What can we expect to see through the church?

    The Holy Spirit witnesses to us concerning the last days, and he tells us what to expect. He tells us the attitude and the spirit that will prevail in the hearts of the wicked. (2 Timothy 3:1-5 ) KJV “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. [2] For men shall be ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Being A Single Christian In A Sexualized Culture: The Modern Ethic Vs. The Christian Ethic

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on May 3, 2021
     | 1,421 views

    As if being a follower of Christ wasn't hard enough, imagine being a single Christian! That is the predicament for many in the world, and in the United States today. Including myself. I'm single and I have no children.

    Single Christians... can we get some love? As if being a follower of Christ wasn't hard enough, imagine being a single Christian! That is the predicament for many in the world, and in the United States today. Including myself. I'm single and I have no children. I follow Christ. And as ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Who Is Worthy? Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 26, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,580 views

    The Throne and The Lamb, part 6 Revelation 5:1-14 Universal Challenge (vs. 1-2) Universal Inadequacy (vs. 3-4)

    The Throne and The Lamb, part 6 Who is Worthy? Revelation 5:1-14 November 16, 2014 We are in the middle of our series, “The Throne & The Lamb,” based on Revelation, chapters four and five. We finished chapter four last week and are starting five today. In chapter four we saw the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Crandall avatar

    God Wants To Give Eternal Life To You! Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 6, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,288 views

    We must know that: 1. Eternal life is our biggest need (vs. 1-3). 2. Eternal life comes by being born again (vs. 3-6). 3. Eternal life comes from God's best gift to us (vs. 13-16). 4. Eternal life comes by believing in Jesus Christ (vs. 16-18).

    God Wants to Give Eternal Life to You! The Gospel of John John 3:1-18 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - November 15, 2015 (Revised July 2, 2019) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John Chapter 3. Lord willing, over the next few weeks we will take a close look at this beloved ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charlie Roberts avatar

    Love Jesus? Feed His Sheep!

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Mar 26, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,007 views

    Jesus wanted Peter to realize the ability to do what He was asking was already there, it already had arrived. Everything the disciples needed to complete the task before them, had already been bought, paid for and provided for, at the cross.

    “Love Jesus?” Feed His Sheep! John 21:15-17 NKJ. 15. So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” 16. He said to him again a second ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Charlie Roberts avatar

    A Hope, That Doesn’t Disappoint

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 11,264 views

    You don’t have to do anything to deserve God’s favor, and that’s one of the hardest things to learn about Gods goodness and Favor. The fact that you don’t have to do anything, just boggles a lot of peoples minds.

    A Hope that does not disappoint Romans 5:5 NKJ 5Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. But “hope” in the Bible is a confident and positive expectation of good. God wants you to have a confident expectation ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Theresa Ratliff avatar

    Unexpected Jesus

    Contributed by Theresa Ratliff on Mar 25, 2013
     | 4,458 views

    Do our expectations of who Jesus should be keep us from seeing who he really is?

    Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something about this story that has always bothered me. How on earth could Mary Magdeline, who has been one of Jesus’s closest friends, look right at him and doesn’t recognize him? Isn’t that like…the president of the George ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Tim White avatar

    Bread Of Vision Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 15, 2013
     | 5,834 views

    Two followers of Jesus had an encounter on their walk home that changed their lives and opened their eyes.

    Our Church members have had a lot of interest in the Walk to Emmaus lately, and for a good reason. I have never known anyone who went on a Walk that wasn’t tremendously blessed. If you are not saved when you go on the Walk, there is a very good chance you will be saved before you come home. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charlie Roberts avatar

    The Awesome "Power Of Prayer"

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Aug 28, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 13,888 views

    Believe in Jesus, receive what God sent His Son to deliver and trust in His ability to bring about what He has promised! Its like the old hymn; Only believe, only believe; All things are possible, only believe;

    The Awesome "WMD" Power of Prayer Acts 12:5 NASB 5 So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God. Ill. There is a legend of a small town in which there were no liquor stores or nightclubs. Eventually, however, a nightclub was built right on ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational