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  • David Smith avatar

    Was That Hosea I Saw At Sexpo?! (A Sermon On The Book Of The Prophet Hosea)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 19, 2007
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    It’s very graphic - the book of Hosea - and full of passion. For what is at stake, Hosea believes, is not simply a nation that is breaking a few commandments, but rather an ...

    "Plead with your mother, plead - for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband - that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts; lest I strip her naked and make her as in the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and make her like a parched ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    The Power Of Encouragement

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 19 ratings
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    There are eight ways the Bible suggests we can encourage one another.

    The Power of Encouragement 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Sermon Objective: There are eight ways the Bible suggests we can encourage one another. Intro: We have all watched infants who were on the verge of taking their first unassisted steps. For several days or weeks they stand alone confidently for ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Come On In, The Water's Fine

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Oct 15, 2007
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    This is the first in a series of stewardship sermons aimed at priming the pump; getting people to think of stewardship as more than money, but a whole way of life.

    Come On In, The Water’s Fine Revelation 22:1-6 October 14, 2007 This morning, we are beginning a journey. It is an annual journey; this year it will culminate on November 18 with our Consecration/Thanksgiving Sunday. I am obviously talking about the annual stewardship emphasis. Notice that I ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Going Away From God - Part 2

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 1, 2007
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    People are not living close to God anymore.

    JOHN 6:60-69 “GOING AWAY FROM GOD – PART 2” A) Imagine the stir when Jesus announced to the crowd, “Unless you eat My flesh and drink My blood you will not possess eternal life!” * Now, the day before, on the other side of the lake, Jesus had taken a boy’s lunch and fed 5000 men, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "So, Your Preacher Is A Woman?"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Nov 2, 2007
    based on 41 ratings
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    The purpose of this sermon is to provoke the hearers to deeper thoughts regarding their Biblical understanding of Women Preachers.

    28 October 2007 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Ord Military Chapel Seaside CA BIG IDEA: The Gift of the Holy Spirit was poured upon believers without differentiation of age, gender, or being rich or poor. REFERENCES: Isaiah 55:8 (KJV) For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Christ-Shaped Judgment

    Contributed by Michael Russell on Jan 12, 2009
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     | 2,575 views

    An unpacking of the command to ’judge those within the church’ in 1 Corinthians 5

    1 Corinthians 5 ’Christ-shaped judgment’ It is always hard to speak on judgment. No one likes to hear about it. We like to hear about love. But love’s not the only topic in the Scriptures. We’ve got to hear all that God is saying in the bible, and so we’ve got to hear about judgment. And here ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Because Of Him

    Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Mar 6, 2002
    based on 450 ratings
     | 61,097 views

    Post Easter Seeker message..Answers Now What?

    Because Of HIM (Revelation 1:5-7) (Salvation, Will) (Topical) Intro: Judas is dead. Pilate wishes he was. The Cross has been taken down… The empty tomb is. Still empty. Now what? What has this last 4 weeks accompolished. As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Naked And Not Ashamed Series

    Contributed by Rob Morton on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 107 ratings
     | 29,618 views

    Building trust within a marriage. God wants us to be uninhibited, transparent within marriage.

    Becoming One Flesh Part 2, Naked and not ashamed: trust. Genesis 2:20-25. May 27 The book of Genesis records for us the original marriage, Adam and Eve’s, and it describes for us what marriage was intended to be by God. God placed these two together in the Garden of Eden and gave them to each ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Nothing But Jesus And The Cross

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 29, 2003
    based on 49 ratings
     | 8,086 views

    Woe to us if we allow anything to come between us and the Gospel!

    Mark 7:1-23 "Nothing but Jesus and the Cross" As the Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law watch the healing miracles of Jesus take place, they decide that they have to criticize Jesus openly in order to stop Him. Will their criticism be about the healing itself? No. Surrounded as they are ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Tale Of Two Churches Part I Series

    Contributed by David Thrower on Feb 11, 2005
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     | 4,930 views

    There is a coming conflict that will boil down to two religions - one right and one wrong. Which will you be part of?

    Much has been written about the socio-political situation at the time of the end, but we need to study more what will take place in the religious realm at those times. Common sense tells us that the closing hours of the age are about a conflict - Satan is seeking to usurp God’s place so that he ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Anne Robertson avatar

    The Resurrection Of The Body Series

    Contributed by Anne Robertson on Sep 4, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,469 views

    The last phrase of the Creed: "The resurrection of the body and the life everlasting"

    THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY John 20:1-9, 19-31; 1 Cor. 15:33-49 If you have been with us for the past few months, you know that this morning we arrive at the end of a long discussion of the Apostle’s Creed. Line by line we have examined the teachings of the Christian faith and here, on Easter ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Selfcontrol Series

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 46 ratings
     | 6,865 views

    This is the final sermon in the Series on "The Fruit of the Spirit" from Galatians 5:22-23."

    THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS SELFCONTROL—GALATIANS 5:22-26; LUKE 9:23-27 The date as I can best recall was Saturday, June 4, 1977. It was about mid afternoon, and Liz and I were returning from Annual Conference at McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois, to Marissa, to begin our fifth year in my ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Pew Potatoe Syndrome

    Contributed by Brad Lewis on Oct 22, 2002
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    A couch-potato is defined as “a person disinclined to activity or exertion” A pew potato is a Christian who comes to church but is disinclined to Christian activity

    INTRODUCTION Every year the folks at Merriam-Webster pour over thousands of publications of all sorts in search of new words or new definitions of old words. And every year they find and include many such words in the latest editions of their dictionaries. In 1982 a new word was added to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Rev.# 9- Sardis- 1517-1790 A.d. ~ The Reformation Church Series

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Jun 9, 2009
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     | 7,391 views

    The period that we’re going to study today is one of the turning points in history, many things would come about in these years. The time known as the Reformation was on its way.—the church in Sardis, the 5th church, this time period was from

    REV. # 9~3:1-6 SARDIS- 1517-1790 A.D. ~ the reformation church 6-13-09 Today well continue in our study of this great book of Prophecy, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ”. Let me give you this information as a way of background to Sardis. It became the capital of the ancient Lydian ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Land Of The Free Series

    Contributed by Russ Adams on Jul 8, 2015
     | 6,902 views

    In America we have freedom of choice, speech and religion

    July 5, 2015 Independence Day 2015 Land of the Free Galatians 5:1-6 Opening words: This is the history of Independence Day. In June of 1776, a Virginian by the name of Richard Henry Lee proposed an American independence from England. The idea kept gaining support until the Second Continental ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist