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  • Cedric Portis avatar

    Warning This World Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

    Contributed by Cedric Portis on Jan 22, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
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    We tend to get so tied up in the hustle and bustle of our daily lives that we can become idolatrous without even realizing it. Make God’s will a priority in your life to aviod the traps of this world.

    Warning!! this world can be hazardous to your health John I 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. John I 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Is Heaven An Actual Place Series

    Contributed by Erik Estep on Oct 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,643 views

    Today in our passage of Scripture we’re going to see Jesus addressing the issue of heaven w/His disciples. And what we’re going to discover are some reasons we can have confidence that heaven is an actual place. We’re going to discover some reasons why

    “Is Heaven An Actual Place?” John 14: 1-4 January 10, 2010 Intro: Lee Strobel had an interview in his 1994 book “What Would Jesus Say?” w/Donald Trump. This interview took place in 1989 when Trump was on top of his game. One writer asked Trump what else there was left ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Are We To Have Hope For The Resurrection Meeting?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 19, 2023
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    We are to remember the hope of the resurrection and have a watchfulness for the Lord.

    Prophetic truth has a utilitarian reason. It is to condemn the hearts of sinners. It is to empower Christians to holiness, and to provide hope and solace to Christians in the hour of death. This letter was composed to address a portion of the worries tormenting the Thessalonian Christians. These ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Sterling Franklin avatar

    Let's Tell The World About Our Messiah! Series

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Oct 20, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,965 views

    Jesus encounters the Samaritan woman in John 4, who has a John 3 experience. Are we telling those around us about our Messiah, despite cultural boundaries or personal prejudices?

    Main Text: John 4:7-26, also 27-29, 39-42 --- Brief Outline I. The Real Encounter (4:7-26) -----A. The Samaritan Woman's Impressions of Jesus ----------1. First Impression: I don't really understand who You are… (11) ----------2. You are a Prophet! (19) ----------3. You are the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Worlds Matter: They Lift Up Or Knock Down!

    Contributed by Kelly Durant on Nov 9, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,607 views

    Words are real things! They have the ability to lift up, or to knock down, to inspire, to encourage, or to discourage!

    Words Matter! Captain Kelly Durant Scientists have studied how many words we speak a day. They have determined that men speak about 10,000 per day and women speak about 20,000. The problem is when men get home from work they usually have ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Why Did The World First Hate Jesus?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Aug 17, 2025
     | 205 views

    Sin is what drives people away from God or it is what has kept them from knowing the Lord.

    Why Did the World First Hate Jesus? John 15:18 Sin is what drives people away from God or it is what has kept them from knowing the Lord. Christians will get a lot of contempt and hatred from the world. As Christians, we need to love and support one another. Do we permit little issues to impede ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Peace And Hope And Is Everything Really Under Control? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 8, 2021
     | 2,064 views

    Peace is a sham without justice, mercy and love.

    Sixth Sunday of Easter Jesus says “peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.” That is His gift of love to us. The Gospel message suggests that I ask you: “how many of you love Jesus?” Please raise your hands. [wait for show of hands] Good, because in the end that means “how many of you ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • John Lowe avatar

    Lesson 2: Thanksgiving For Their Faith, Hope, And Love Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Apr 21, 2018
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     | 7,303 views

    Paul’s thanksgiving becomes unconventional because of his insertion of “God”: he is giving a genuine thanks to the one true God, not making a casual reference to whatever the gods were in Thessalonica, at the time.

    4/8/18 Tom Lowe Lesson 2: THANKSGIVING FOR THEIR FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE (1Th 1:2-4) Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4 (NIV) 2 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Preparing Our Hearts For The Advent Season PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 10, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 947 views

    This sermon explores living in the light of Isaiah's prophecy, preparing for God's presence, and allowing His transformative power to work in us.

    Welcome, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, to this gathering of hearts and souls. We are here, not by accident, but by divine appointment. We convene in this sacred space, bound by our shared faith, our love for our Savior, and our hunger for His Word. We are a tapestry of God's grace, each ...read more

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    Keeping The Dream Alive

    Contributed by Tony Searles on Jul 7, 2001
    based on 230 ratings
     | 29,687 views

    Hope for continuing on in the faith, and in what God has planned for your life!

    Keeping The Dream Alive! “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 Calvin Coolidge once said… Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • R. Darrel Davis avatar

    Three Sure Things In A World Filled With Maybes

    Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Jun 16, 2001
    based on 124 ratings
     | 8,304 views

    In a world filled with uncertainties, there are three things we can be sure of - A salvation Sermon

    Three Sure Things in A World Filled with Maybes Hebrews 9:27-28 Illustration: A bank in Binghamton, New York, had some flowers sent to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flower shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, "With our deepest ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Failure Is Not Final Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 23, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 14,036 views

    God has significant plans for his people. We must respond to him in an appropriate manner -- with our whole hearts!

    1. ILLUSTRATION: ON DESTINY There was a frog that absolutely knew his destiny was to turn in to a handsome young prince. But for confirmation, he decided to visit a fortuneteller. The fortuneteller brought the frog in and gazed into her crystal ball. She said, “Oh, I see something. You are ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    One Thing That Inhabitants Of This World Must Do

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Mar 14, 2016
     | 2,268 views

    To show that GOD wanted to save all people giving them the chance and opportunity to know the LORD JESUS by hearing the gospel and accepting the LORD JESUS into their hearts as LORD and SAVIOR.

    I. EXORDIUM: What is that one thing that people must do? Accept the LORD JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR. Romans 10:9-10 (Amplified Bible) Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Rick Crandall avatar

    If God Gives Us Another Day In This World... Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 2, 2019
     | 15,276 views

    What should we do? 1. Be grateful to God (vs. 1-2; 10). 2. Have servant hearts (vs. 3). 3. Strongly trust in our Savior (vs. 3-5). 4. Give the glory to God (vs. 5-6). 5. Be a blessing to other people (vs. 7-9).

    If God Gives Us Another Day in this World... The Book of Acts - Part 91 Acts 28:1-10 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - July 19, 2015 BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to Acts 28, as we focus on what to do, if God gives us another day in this world. In this last chapter of Acts, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ewen Huffman avatar

    Climate Change- The End Of The World? A Christian Perspective Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on May 22, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,358 views

    Is there such a thing as climate change? If so- does it mean the end of the world is soon? What should Christians think and do about these huge subjects?

    "Climate change- the end of the world? A Christian response" Lk 21:5-32. WBC 22/05/05pm Again- apologies. I am ill prepared for this! Not an expert. Ran out of time this week. - always think "why did I decide to cover this?!" - I’m not going to be able to do this justice. Certainly not on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist