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  • Ken Mowery avatar

    Empty Celebration

    Contributed by Ken Mowery on Dec 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,960 views

    Easter message celebrating the significance of several empty things.

    Empty Celebration (ILL) Empty Eggs – children given eggs and instructions to put something in the egg to illustrate new life in celebration of Easter and Spring – butterfly –flower – rock – empty We celebrate today the fact that the tomb was/is empty Matthew 28:1-10 1Now after the Sabbath, as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    And We Know

    Contributed by Arlen Payne on Sep 27, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 338 views

    There are certain things that only the born again can know.

    And We Know I John 5:18-20 Intro. In knowing Jesus there are certain things that we KNOW. - Things we don’t have to figure out or work through. - Things that only the born again know. - We KNOW the Son of God is come. 1 John 5:20 - And he has giving us an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Overcoming Difficulties That Disturb Your Peace Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Dec 13, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,552 views

    Enjoying Christ as Prince of Peace in our lives by following the example of Joseph and Mary that first Christmas.

    We’re in the series, "What Christ Came to Give." In the first message of the series we talked about how Christ came to give us HOPE, and last week we saw that Christ came to bring us THE PRESENCE OF GOD. Today we’re going to talk about how Christ came to give us PEACE and we’re going to see ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Your Vision

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 23, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 10,590 views

    THis sermon was preached the first Sunday of 2004 and it challenges people to have a vision for their lives for the coming year.

    What Is Your Vision GNLCC 01/04/04 Numbers 14:25-33 Matthew 24:37-51 Text Matt. 25:14-30 We are at the beginning of a new year that is filled with unlimited possibilities and potential. A year from now, some of us will be far ahead of where we are today, some of us will be in the same ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Make Up Your Mind Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 14, 2014
     | 12,854 views

    One of the greatest truths of Scripture is that we can choose to do things our way and die, or we can choose to do things God's way and live.

    Make Up Your Mind Text: Gal. 4:21-31 Introduction 1. Illustration: I have no idea who said this, but its truth is unmistakable, "Angels are pure spirits, but it was God's intention to raise human beings, who are lower than the angels, to divine status, to union with the Trinity. An ancient ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Christ And Character In Christmas

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Dec 10, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,512 views

    The gift of Christmas has not changed,only the people, this sermon looks into the characters that contributed to the first Christmas

    Christ and Character in Christmas (Luk 2:6) And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. (Luk 2:7) And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    I Am The Bread Of Life Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on May 15, 2012
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     | 14,943 views

    The first in a seven week series on the "I Am" sayings of Jesus from John's gospel account.

    Introduction: I’m not real big on New Year’s resolutions, but at the beginning of this year I set a personal goal to know Jesus better this year. So I’m really excited about the next seven weeks because we’re going to get to know Jesus better through His own words. Near the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Revival

    Contributed by Raymond Perkins on Oct 14, 2002
    based on 274 ratings
     | 86,738 views

    The first of a multi-part series based on Rick Atchley’s series Revive Us Again.

    REVIVE US AGAIN II Chronicles 7:11-14 INTRODUCTION: I love that song "Revive Us Again" Sometimes we ought to start that in the middle of one of my sermons when some of us get kinda drowsy. Speaking of drowsy, there is a story I want to share with you. One particular Sunday a preacher was ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Being The Church That You And God Have Always Wanted

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 17, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,438 views

    The first sermon in a three part series, ‘The Church That You and God Have Always Wanted.’

    (1) Yesterday, mom and I attended a second cousin’s wedding in Lafayette. During the ceremony they took communion but did so without the help of the pastor. As they did so I was reminded of a wedding that I performed here a couple of years ago. The couple asked for communion as part of the ceremony ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    "So What Does It Mean?"

    Contributed by John Quigley on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,925 views

    What does the call of Jesus mean to us today, as opposed to what it meant to the first disciples.

    Matthew tells us that Jesus, walking along the shoreline one day, happens on Peter and Andrew and tells them to; "come follow me, I’ll make you fishers of men." Then a short while later he comes upon John and James his brother, and calls them to follow him. In both instances they do so, they just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Single

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,191 views

    Being a single person isn’t a bad thing.

    LIVING SINGLE 1st Corinthians 7:1-2, 8-9, 25-40. INTRODUCTION: Many of you in our congregation are single. And perhaps you have been made to feel like you’re a second-class citizen for being single. As if being single is something to be ashamed of. Well, I’d like to try to dispel those erroneous ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Path That Leads To Nowhere

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Feb 21, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,551 views

    Three things that will help us reach our destination

    “The Path that Leads to Nowhere” February 24, 2013 Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a few find ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Hope Amid Hopelessness

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 17, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,115 views

    God is good, and all things work together for good.

    HOPE AMID HOPELESSNESS. Lamentations 3:19-26. It is all too easy to forget that these words of hope and encouragement have been drawn out of the midst of the Book of Lamentations. Jeremiah penned these among the ashes of Jerusalem, a city once known as ‘the joy of the whole earth’ (Psalm ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Heart Series

    Contributed by Troy Richards on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,296 views

    The first part of a winter retreat on giving your whole self to God. Workbook and Powerpoint available.

    GIVING IT YOUR ALL HEART [JESUS FREAKS PAGE 288] -it’s a simple story, a little girl, only 5, but what were on her and her Dad’s hearts? Telling people about Jesus. -that little girl at five, her whole life should have been about having fun, playing with dolls, being loved by her family, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Getting Ready For Christmas Series

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 26, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 9,214 views

    God did a great deal to get everything ready for the first Christmas and the arrival of His Son

    Getting Ready for Christmas Matthew 1:1-17 November 25, 2007 Morning Service Introduction Here we are one month away from Christmas Day. The stores are already filled with people searching for gifts. The streets are filled with impatient drivers. The weekends will be filled with anxiety over doing ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God