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  • Zak Saenz avatar

    Revelation 2:1-7 Series

    Contributed by Zak Saenz on Jun 3, 2025
     | 565 views

    Revelation 2:1-7

    Revelation 2:1-7 So it begins, Jesus is confronting seven specific churches in these next sections, but have no doubt that this assessment by Jesus of these churches is an assessment of every church in some way even today and we should be holding up what Jesus says about each of these churches in ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Spirits Among Us Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 4, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,041 views

    John provides 1) A Command to test (1 John 4:1a) 2) A Reason to test (1 John 4:1b) and 3) Guidelines on how to test (1 John 4:2-6) the Spirits/False teachers in our midst.

    James Marshall, the first to discover gold in California in 1848, and the “forty-niners” who followed him, used the term eureka, meaning “I have found it”. Other would-be prospectors quickly learned that not everything that appeared to be gold actually was. Riverbeds and ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    How To Say No To Temptations Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Feb 19, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 7,028 views

    Test vs. leading into sin...ah now there’s a question for us

    Little things can and do make a difference. Remember the big power failure back east last year. The New York Times reported, “one sagging electrical line near Cleveland, Ohio, connected with a tree branch at 3:32 p.m. on August 14, 2003, beginning a chain of events which led to the largest ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Have You Been Through The Fire And Flood

    Contributed by Ronnie Thrower on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 24,289 views

    What we learn by going through trials and testings.

    "Have You Been Through The Fire And Flood?" By Pastor Ronnie Thrower Calvary Baptist Church, Zephyrhills, FL Text: Isaiah 43:2 Introduction: No nation has ever passed through such deep and troublous waters as the Jewish people. No other people have walked through such fire of suffering and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Television & Movies: Look Out For That Pothole! Series

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Nov 29, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 8,015 views

    Four tests to apply to what you want to watch.

    Life in the Fast Lane Television & Movies: Look Out For That Pothole! Romans 6:12-20 Woodlawn Baptist Church November 28, 2004 Introduction Tonight as we continue on in our series titled Life in the Fast Lane, remember that each of these messages has dealt with some pressure that society or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dying To Selve

    Contributed by Paul George on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,770 views

    "Test yourself to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves!”

    Because there were individuals in the Corinthian congregation who believed they were Christians and were not Paul wrote in his letter to the church, “Test yourself to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves!” There are a number of ways we can examine ourselves. We can compare ourselves with ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    If I Were A Rich Man Series

    Contributed by Tim Vamosi on Jan 12, 2011
     | 4,189 views

    How A Person Feels About And Handles Wealth Is A Test.

    OPEN: Have any of you seen the play or movie "Fiddler on the Roof" about Tevye, a Jewish man who was married and had 5 daughters. He worked in a small town as a milkman, and often dreamed about what it would be like if he were rich. And he sings a song, "If I were a rich man," in which he sings, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    A Messiah Who Reads The Heart Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jun 24, 2010
     | 4,557 views

    Our words are a litmus test of the condition of our hearts.

    A Messiah Who Reads the Heart Text: Matt. 12:33-37 Introduction 1. Illustration: My wife Tina is an internal auditor for T. Marzetti. When she walks into a plant to do an audit she can tell a lot about that plant by what she sees. If she finds that the financials, employment records, inventory, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Our Commitment To God Series

    Contributed by Aarron Ellerman on Apr 23, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,653 views

    Our cimmitment to God will be tested but it will also be greatly rewarded.

    Series: Joshua Text: Joshua 10:1-15 Title: “Our Commitment To God” I. Our Commitment Will Be Challenged (1-5) • Whenever we make a commitment it doesn’t take long for that to be challenged. o It was the same say with the children of Israel and their covenant with Gibeon. Vs. 1 • Adoni-Zedek – ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lessons In The New Year From Lepers - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by William Wyne on Mar 7, 2012
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     | 15,925 views

    Learning from the trials and testings of others to be strong and courageous.

    Life is a total of our choices. There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist and live with them and in them, or to take the responsibility to change them. And it’s only when you exercise your right to choose, can you exercise the right to change. You may think ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time- Clever Dogs

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 4, 2023
     | 1,152 views

    The woman understood the testing or riddle or allegorical challenge of Jesus.

    Jesus puts Jews and gentiles under the same roof, and the first to get there is the Canaanite woman from our Gospel today. In fact, you could say that the day the gospel went to the dogs was the day it came to us. In Catholic Christianity, the word dog is used positively in mottos, by saints, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jul 25, 2020
     | 4,851 views

    These trials or test, this virus, these riots are taking a toll on us.

    Sermon Title: A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. Scripture Text: John 16:33 As we consider all these trials or test, this virus, and these riots that are taking a toll on us. Let us push God to the forefront of our lives. John 16:33 (NLT) 33 I have told you all this so that you may have ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    "Bearing Testimony In Troubled Times"

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jul 3, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 14,444 views

    God wants to use our tests to provide a testimony.

    It seems like everywhere you look today, there is someone who is predicting that troubled times are ahead. I've heard several who have claimed that our nation today is more divided than it has been since the days before the civil war. I'm not completely persuaded about that, but I do think our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Free Of Sin Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jul 10, 2012
     | 5,221 views

    This is the fourth test that proves if one really believes in God.

    Today we look at the fourth and final test that proves that one really believes in God. That test involves living free of sin. Are you living free of sin or not? If we continue to live in sin it is a pretty good sign that you don’t believe in God the way you should. But if you work at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim White avatar

    A Rooster In The Choir Series

    Contributed by Tim White on May 11, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,805 views

    A rooster in our choir may be preaching the better message.

    There are warning signs are all around us. Sometimes we heed the warnings, sometimes we ignore the warnings. Sometimes the warnings seem a little silly to us, if we are reasonable people. After a woman sued McDonalds because she wasn’t warned her coffee was hot, companies are changing their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist