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  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Faces In The Crowd

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 2, 2003
    based on 239 ratings
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    A look at the various people in the crowd on Palm Sunday

    (I began this message with the triumphal entry scene from Jesus Christ SuperStar 2000) I don’t know how you feel about the Musical Jesus Christ Super Star, but for me that is probably the scene that best depicts what happened on that Palm Sunday so many years ago. The crowd pushing in trying to ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Facing Reality Series

    Contributed by Tim Byrd on Apr 11, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
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    Part 3 in a study through the 199th Psalm

    Facing Reality Part 3 Sermon Series: A Word about the Word Date: February 9, 2002 AM Service Place: Allendale Baptist Text: Psalm 119:17-24 Introduction One of the biggest problems with many today is that they have a hard time dealing with reality. The reality of the fact or truth that God can ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Evans avatar

    Facing The Inside

    Contributed by Tom Evans on Apr 1, 2002
    based on 67 ratings
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    AS WE FACE CHALLENGES AND TEMPTATIONS IN LIFE, WE SHOULD NOT BE SO CONFIDENT AS TO BELIEVE THAT ON OUR OWN STRENGTH WE CAN TACKLE THEM.

    Facing the Inside THERE ARE CERTAIN TOPICS APPROPRIATE FOR MEAL-TIME AND OTHERS THAT AREN’T. THIS PAST WEEK, I TOOK PASTOR PAUL HUNT TO FURR’S FAMILY DINING. THIS GAVE HIM A TASTE OF SOME GOOD TEXAN FOOD: FRIED OKRA, BLACK-EYED PEAS, CORNBREAD AND THE LIKE. FURR’S IS AN ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    The Face Of An Angel Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 11, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
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    This sermon illustrates how we can have peace even in the midst of difficult circumstances when when we let go of everything else and simply seek God.

    The Face of an Angel Acts 6:8-15 April 14, 2002 Intro: A. [Change, 1000 Windows, Robert C. Shannon, Standard Publish Company, Cincinnati, OH, 1997, p. 20] Gaston Bachelard wrote, "If one were to give an account of all the doors one has closed and opened, of all the doors he would like to reopen, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Victor Nazareth avatar

    Facing Impossibilities

    Contributed by Victor Nazareth on Apr 15, 2002
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     | 20,825 views

    There comes a time in the life of every believer when he or she is faced with a seemingly impossible situation. How do we conduct ourselves during these times? Why does God allow them? Can we really prepare for them?

    Introduction: There comes a time in the life of every believer when he or she is faced with a seemingly impossible situation. How do we conduct ourselves during these times? Why does God allow them? Can we really prepare for them? In this story we can learn a lot on how to respond when trouble ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Steven Pace avatar

    Facing Trials Series

    Contributed by Steven Pace on Apr 19, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
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    This is the first in a series that is out of the book of James I hope to add each sermon to the web sight as I write them. Use my experiece as a former foundry worker as to harden metal and then relate it to life and how God strengthens us

    Facing Trials James 1:1-8 Special thanks to Pastor Ted Sutherla and his wonderful sermon God’s Perfecting Process 4 of the illustration came from this talented pastor. Today’s, starts our journey through the book of James. Today we will look and James 1:1-8 facing the trials in life. One thing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faces In The Mirror

    Contributed by Danny Thomas on Oct 9, 2001
    based on 60 ratings
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    A message on our reflection in the mirror of the Word.

    Faces in the Mirror James 1:22-25 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Facing Partiality Series

    Contributed by Tom Jamieson on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,779 views

    “If you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors" (James 2:9). God hates partiality.

    Introduction “Is God biased?” As a Jew, Peter might have thought so. After all, the priests who served Him were Jews, the prophets who proclaimed Him were Jews, and the scholars who described Him were Jews. They were God’s “chosen people” -- the guardians of His Temple and His Law, the recipients ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kenneth Trent avatar

    The Face Of Jesus

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 12, 2003
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    Until that day when we shall see Him "face to face", we can marvel at the scriptural picture of the face of our Lord Jesus recorded in the Word of God.

    THE FACE OF JESUS “Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. But they did not receive Him, because ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeremy Farmer avatar

    Facing Me

    Contributed by Jeremy Farmer on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,179 views

    We need to look at ourselves - inward instead of outward.

    Facing the Inside Matthew 26:20-22 Jeremy Farmer Pomona Assembly of God May 5, 2002 PM Service Matthew 26:20-22 “WHEN THE EVENING HAD COME, HE SAT DOWN WITH THE TWELVE. NOW AS THEY WERE EATING, HE SAID, ‘ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, ONE OF YOU WILL BETRAY ME.’ AND THEY WERE EXCEEDINGLY SORROWFUL, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Paul Decker avatar

    Facing Evil Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 13,451 views

    We must have the courage to confront evil.

    FACING EVIL Exodus 7:1-13 S: Courage Th: Profiles in Courage Pr: WE MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO CONFRONT EVIL. ?: How? KW: Instructions TS: We will find in our study of Exodus 7:1-13 three instructions that will show us how we are to confront evil. The _____ instruction that shows us how to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Dillinger avatar

    Faces In The Crowd

    Contributed by Jim Dillinger on Nov 18, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,967 views

    We know the story of the crucifixion very well. Different look at the story from the faces of people from Jesus’ perspective.

    Faces In The Crowd Matt 27:32-44 We are at an important juncture today. We are starting into the NEW TESTAMENT as we continue our survey of the Bible. I want us to look at a very familiar story found in all four of the gospels, the death of Jesus. However, I want to look at it from an ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rodney Kelley avatar

    Facing The Border

    Contributed by Rodney Kelley on Dec 26, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,492 views

    Jesus is coming again. Unsure where I got illustrations.

    Facing the Border - Gen 5:22-24 - John 14 Intro. Adam sinned, and we see in verse 5, the effects of the sin. Eight times the phrase “and he died” follows the record of a man. But in the midst of it all, a man is named who escaped death, Enoch. He did not taste death because he walked with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Toby Powers avatar

    The Face Of Jesus

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 29, 2005
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,490 views

    Ever wondered what the face of Jesus looks like. The Word of God tells us.

    From the Desk of Pastor Toby Powers Truth Baptist Church Hwy 78 Bremen, GA THE FACE OF JESUS II Corinthians 4:1-6 Intro: Paul writes to the Corinthians while he is under great persecution and stress, yet he says that he has fainted not (v. 1). This is because he has received mercy, and, therefore, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Norris Harris I avatar

    Faces And Reflections

    Contributed by Norris Harris I on May 9, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,655 views

    Our textual script, verses 8-15, sketches the outline of THREE FACES that REFLECT THREE DIFFERING IMAGES. Perhaps if we hush our hearts and focus our lens, we just might perceive our face and reflection mirrored in one of these three sketches drawn by the

    During what has been called the “Sizzling Sixties,” Dinah Ross and the Supremes recorded a cut entitled “Reflections.” That song was about faces and the memories those faces reflected. Looking out her rain-soaked window, she sees reflections of how things used to be. She sees the face of a distant ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist