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  • David Jenkins avatar

    Ephesus: The Church Of The Lost Love Series

    Contributed by David Jenkins on Oct 21, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,124 views

    the church at ephesus

    Ephesus the church of Love Revelation 2:1-7, “"Write this letter to the angel of the church in Ephesus. This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands: "I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Dangerous Neglect

    Contributed by Jay Robison on Oct 11, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,819 views

    How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? God offers a great salvation, as individuals and churches we can neglect salvation.

    DANGEROUS NEGLECT October 8, 2006 Jay Davis Robison HEBREWS 2:1-4 An unthinkable case of neglect . . 8-4-06 Liz & David Carroll left their home East of Cincinnati For a 3-day family reunion in Grant County KY When they did left 3-year old Marcus Fiesel in a closet at home Marcus foster ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Your Life For Maximum Impact (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Dan Proctor on Apr 2, 2013
     | 6,984 views

    How can you live your life for maximum spiritual impact?

    Living Your Life for Maximum Impact (Part 2) Acts 20:17-35 www.crbible.com/sermons Introduction: 1. How many of you have a DVR on your television? People are acting, or players are running around in a game, and you can simply hit “pause” and everything stops. You can also push ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    What Is Your Calling? (Part 4) Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 10, 2016
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     | 7,348 views

    "There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after." (Adoniram Judson)

    Opening Illustration: Henri Nouwen was also a person whose heart was to serve the Lord. And as a world-renown Catholic educator and teacher he had a great deal of success in encouraging others in their faith. Yet one day, God asked him to leave that and become a house parent in the Le Arche ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Like A Good Neighbor

    Contributed by Jay Robison on Feb 23, 2006
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     | 4,555 views

    The sermon encourages us to be good neighbors:Being there for those at Risk, Beware of how you build community, and Daring to Care about Personal Relationships.

    LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR February 19, 2006 Jay Davis Robison LEVITICUS 19:13-18 Good neighbors a gift guess 1st one I remember was Mr. Kelly Seemed to me to be nicest guy in world We even named him Mr. Greenjeans after neighbor on Capt Kangaroo Were those who when Micki and I first moved into 1st ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Like A Good Neighbor

    Contributed by Jay Robison on Apr 24, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 12,906 views

    The sermon encourages us to be good neighbors:Being there for those at Risk, Beware of how you build community, and Daring to Care about Personal Relationships.

    I have used Sermon Central as well as the Broadman Bible Commentary along with other resources in preparing this message. LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR February 19, 2006 Jay Davis Robison LEVITICUS 19:13-18 Good neighbors a gift guess 1st one I remember was Mr. Kelly Seemed to me to be nicest guy in world ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Living Stone" 1 Peter 2:4-10 Series

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Feb 27, 2015
     | 19,831 views

    Jesus said that a wise man will build upon the "rock" for solid foundation and the foolish man would build upon the "sand" and the foolish man house would not stand. We as "living stones" must build upon "Rock" for our spiritual house to stand.

    Introduction: Peter use the text from Psalm 34:8 as he writes to the Christian "you have tasted that the Lords is gracious" in the previous verse (2:3). Then Peter states that we have tasted the milk of Word as he refers to Jesus Christ. After believers have purged their lives from the unwholesome ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    John - The Prophet Of The Most High

    Contributed by J. Yeargin on Sep 2, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,196 views

    ...the power of the Holy Spirit can be an important part of your celebrating the birth of our Savior.

    I would imagine most of you have been rather busy lately getting ready for Christmas. It is only a week away. Some people are beginning to act like little kids. I can always tell how childish people are by the way they act at Christmas time. That is, some of us “children” become very excited ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    How To Be A Builder Series

    Contributed by Dan Proctor on Jul 18, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 16,160 views

    God’s desire is for us to be builders of people (our family, fellow church members, co-workers, spouse, and kids). How can we do this? Let’s look at the negative example of the Pharisees and turn it into some positive principles.

    How to Be a Builder (not a Bulldozer) Mark 7:1-23 Introduction: 1. At the time of Jesus’ ministry to Israel, the Pharisees and scribes were the religious leaders who knew about the true God, knew the Scriptures, and knew about the prophecies of a coming Christ. 2. They didn’t appear ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Can I Wonder, Doubt, And Ask God Tough Questions? Series

    Contributed by Kevin Humphrey on Mar 12, 2013
    based on 14 ratings
     | 15,389 views

    God is bigger than your doubts or questions. He welcomes your questions and will give you His answer. To work your way from uncertainty to certainty is no sin – if you’re doubt is honest and you’re willing to believe. So, doubt that leads to questions tha

    Joke: A defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. The lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick: "Within one minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this courtroom." He looked ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Do You Care?

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Sep 3, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 13,382 views

    Haman didn’t care what his revenge was going to cost. Ahaseurus didn’t care that his kingdom was in chaos. Do you care about the world around you and how your actions affect it? Jesus does.

    August 10, 2003 Esther 3 “Do you care?” INTRODUCTION So far in the book of Esther, we have been introduced to four of the five main characters. In chapter 1, we met King Xerxes and his wife Queen Vashti. We discovered that the king loved to be in control and when he found that he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus And John The Baptist

    Contributed by Dale Miller on Jan 15, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,996 views

    Jesus answers the question of Johns disciples and responds to the crowd.

    MUB 1-16-05 LUKE 7;18-23 18John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19he sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?" 20When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Confronting The King Series

    Contributed by David Scudder on Dec 13, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,254 views

    Why would a loving God send people to hell? Today we will see the terror of facing God with our sins and then we will discover why the penalty, as horrifying as it is, is a fair and just penalty.

    Purpose: To describe the judgment of sinners. Aim: I want the listener to fear and reverence God’s holiness. INTRODUCTION: Why would a loving God send people to hell? Many people don’t want to believe that hell exists, or that it only exists for those who have committed really bad things (which ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Revelation #3 Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 14, 2016
     | 4,803 views

    Let's talk about 4 questions concerning the millennium (Material adapted from Alger Fitch's book, Revelation, Chapter 3 The Perspective of Advance, pgs. 59-74)

    HoHum: One day a guy died and went to heaven. He was curious about how God lived and said, “God, how much is a millennium to you?” God said, “One second.” “The man said, “God, how much is
$1,000,000,000 to you?” God said, “One penny.” The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    8 Keys To Correctly Handling Life's Storms

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Feb 25, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 21,238 views

    Storms are seasonal and storms can be dangerous; however, if you prepare yourself you can survive the storm. Life like the weather sometimes brings storms into our lives.

    “8 Keys to Correctly Handling Life’s Storms” By Bishop M.L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING:- Over the past few weeks a great deal of the nation has been under a winter storm alert. Cold temperatures have put a freeze on most of the country record lows that have been around some for more ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic