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  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    Some Mysterious Answers

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Mar 10, 2018
     | 9,376 views

    Sometimes an expected answer is not the best one.

    Some Mysterious Answers John 12:20-41 Have you even asked a question and gotten an entirely off-the-wall answer? You expect a simple answer and get something which doesn’t seem to answer the question you asked? This seems to be the case today. Jesus gets asked questions, and the answers He gives ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    First Kings

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Sep 1, 2015
     | 3,705 views

    GOD IS A COVENANT GOD AND EXPECTS OBEDIENCE.

    1 KINGS OBSERVATION: ORIGINALLY, 1 KINGS AND 2 KINGS WAS ONE LONG BOOK. LATER IN HISTORY, THE TWO WERE SEPARATED MAKING TWO BOOKS. JEWISH TRADITION NAMES JEREMIAH AS THE PRIMARY AUTHOR, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO WROTE THE TWO. THE WRITINGS APPEAR IN SOLOMON’S REIGN. LATER IN HISTORY ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Power Encounters Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 3, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,656 views

    A response is expected when Jesus is encountered.

    Power Encounters Mark 1:21-28 Rev. Brian Bill October 3-4, 2015 A recent article in the New York Times entitled, “Googling for God,” begins this way: “It has been a bad decade for God, at least so far.” Google searches for churches are down 15 percent over the last five ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    An Attitude Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Nov 24, 2014
     | 5,480 views

    God expects us to thank Him.

    An Attitude of Gratitude November 23, 2014 Community Thanksgiving Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: God expects us to thank Him. Focus Passage: Luke 17:11-19 Supplemental Passage: A Psalm for Thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    The Epiphany Of The Lord

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 2, 2023
     | 1,678 views

    We have to expect to have epiphanies.

    I saw a comic strip that said, “The Three Wise Accountants” and one of them said to Mary and Joseph just before Jesus was to be born in the manger, “If you can hold off a week, you can deduct the child on your Year One Taxes.” We hear Isaiah 60:1 in our First Reading; “Your light has come,” ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Obeth Jebakumar avatar

    God Hates Laziness. Let’s Be Deligent. Series

    Contributed by Obeth Jebakumar on Apr 25, 2023
     | 3,326 views

    GOD expects us TO WORK HARD

    GOD hates LAZINESS. Let’s BE DELIGENT. # WHO is a Diligent person? A DILIGENT person is … Someone who is responsible and works hard and carefully... Someone who performs with intense concentration and focus… Someone who takes his/her work seriously and who does it well and rapidly… # GOD ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • David Owens avatar

    Truth Or Consequences Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Feb 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,971 views

    This sermon deals with the reality of false teachers and how to safeguard ourselves from them.

    A. How many of you remember the game show called “Truth or Consequences? 1. Truth or Consequences was an American quiz show, originally hosted on radio by Ralph Edwards from 1940 to 1957, and later on television by Edwards himself, and later by Bob Barker. (This picture shows Edwards and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bob Faulkner avatar

    Hebrews And John And Universalism Series

    Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Nov 3, 2015
     | 5,194 views

    Final in a series of messages about the pernicious doctrine that gives false comfort to millions.

    HEBREWS and UNIVERSALISM 24. Unbelievers: No way to escape judgment I must of course make the typical comment that we do not know for sure who wrote the book of Hebrews. The earliest recipients knew, and the church has traditionally accepted the book as in some way apostolic and in every way ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Michael Huddlestun avatar

    Serving God 110%

    Contributed by Michael Huddlestun on Jun 20, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 8,351 views

    This sermon shows us what is expected of us as believers.

    Serving God 110% Mark 10:17-31 Michael A. Huddlestun Introduction: In life, there are a lot of things that if they are only done part way, then your results will not be satisfying. Such as cooking a steak, doing homework in school, shaving your face, or watching a movie. These are only a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jesus On Trial

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Mar 25, 2021
     | 2,783 views

    Jesus stepped into a maelstrom and was brought before a court that was losing some of its power and was uncertain about its future given Rome’s growing power and the increasing fear and rising tension amongst the Jewish people.

    I love the Gospel of Mark … well, I love all the gospels … but Mark reminds me of Joe Friday from the 1950s TV series “Dragnet.” Some of us older folks remember Sargent Friday’s famous signature line: “Just the facts.” Mark’s gospel is terse and to the point. He gives us “just the facts” and ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Ten Commandments: No Other Gods Series

    Contributed by Vic Folkert on Jan 8, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,073 views

    Gods are whatever people worship, trust and serve. WHY does God care? Other gods hurt us. HOW: Practical ways to worship, trust and serve God.

    NO OTHER GODS—Exodus 20:3, Isaiah 44:6-24 Read Exodus 20:1-3. The first commandment seems like an easy one. I doubt that any of you is a secret worshipper of Baal or Zeus. You don’t kneel before a Buddha in your garden, or have a shrine to Hindu gods in your bedroom. How then is this commandment ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Johnny A. Palmer Jr. avatar

    The Wicked Wicked. Series

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Jul 3, 2014
     | 8,959 views

    We live in a very wicked world which will soon be united under the Wicked One, who will foolishly oppose God and thus meet his doom, along with all who follow him.

    Intro: 1.The word “wicked” is used 5 times in Psalm 10, it means “Morally wrong, bad, wicked, guilty, oppressor, apostate. It is an objective fact rather than a subjective phenomenon, point to the attitudes and intentions of people. Raw-shaw connotes turbulence, restlessness, what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Doug Fannon avatar

    The Ways Of The Rebellious Series

    Contributed by Doug Fannon on Feb 14, 2018
     | 5,958 views

    How do we recognize the false teachers that have crept into the Church (Jude 4)? by there actions and their ways.

    Let me start by saying that I like things that feel good… • Warm fudge brownies • Driving fast • Telling someone off when they deserve it • Sleeping in late • Lots of Coffee Let me also say that not everything that feels good is good for me. Warm fudge brownies are wonderful … but too much of it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim White avatar

    Choose You This Day Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 11, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,123 views

    The legacy of Choice has not been a great one for mankind. However, Jesus changes our opportunity to choose life by His wonderful gift.

    Choose This Day… Ephesians 5:6-14 “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth…” God built on the earth a garden, named Eden. In the garden He placed the first man and woman. Also in the garden, He place a tree… The tree was the tree of Knowledge of Good ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Higgins avatar

    Pride Goes Before A Fall

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Aug 15, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 19,984 views

    The Edomites believed some things about their nation that God found to be false.

    Obadiah 3-9 Pride Goes Before A Fall Introduction Before we look at our text in Obadiah, I want us to consider some of what the Proverbs have to say about pride. Proverbs 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Proverbs 15:25 The Lord will destroy the house of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist