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  • Fenton Ramsey avatar

    The Times We Live In

    Contributed by Fenton Ramsey on Jun 28, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 20,390 views

    This was my first sermon, and it will provide a VERY descriptive, yet sad view of the the times we are presently living in.

    The Times We Live In 1st Timothy 3:16 2nd Timothy 3:1-5 I found it very joyous yet difficult to prepare for this message. As I read these verses my eyes were filled with tears of happiness and tears of sorrow. My heart was filled with joy yet deeply in a state of sadness. The passages that we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ownership And Obedience Series

    Contributed by Rich Cook on Jun 28, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,953 views

    The first in a month-long stewardship series. Financial giving boils down to obedience. Who owns your stuff?

    Stewardship I - Ownership and Obedience Purpose: 1. Read I Kings 17:7-16 2. (This story is an adaptation from an illustration from Leonard Sweet) Let me tell you about a trip Grant and I made to McDonald’s last spring. Dana and Jackson were on a field trip to Hendersonville … and it was ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Headship Factor Series

    Contributed by Keith Crouch on Feb 21, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,159 views

    This is the first of four sermons that present the four basic ingredients that are a must if our churches are to become Great Kingdom churches.

    The Headship Factor Matthew 16:13-18 I. He Must Be the Head Based on His Position (v. 16) A. He is the Son of God B. He Gave His Life For It “..just as Christ also loved the church and gave His life for it.” – Eph. 5:25 C. He will ultimately be our Judge 1. He will judge every soul that has ever ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Break It Up"

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on May 11, 2006
    based on 61 ratings
     | 24,912 views

    God wants to do a new thing in your life, but first you must break up that fallow ground.

    “Break It Up” “Tearing up the fallow ground in your life” by District Elder Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr Hosea 10:12 & Isaiah 43:19 Whenever I begin to tell the story of when I was hit by a car at the age of 12 while riding my bike to school, my wife will either finish the story for me or she will ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    God's Answer For Anxiety

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Feb 5, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 7,319 views

    The biblical answer for Anxiety. Seek first God’s Kingdom. Be anxious for nothing by being prayerful about everything.

    Intro: How many of you woke up today and said to yourself, “Today self I think I will have a hot cup of anxiety, some fried anxiety as well as a piece of toasted anxiety.” Well of course probably none of you! But the reality is that anxiety as we commonly use the term is a part of many Americans ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Kedesh-My Holy Refuge Series

    Contributed by Dwight Jones on Mar 7, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,744 views

    The first in a series on the Cities of refuge. Regardless of the past that is chasing you there is a place where the vilest of sinners can be clean.

    Joshua 20:1-9 The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    On His Majesty's Secret Service

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 27, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,596 views

    Funeral sermon for Ruth Gossage, age 97, one of the first female U.S. Secret Service agents.

    But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. Life is mystery. It is not just that life contains mystery, nor that there are so many unsolved questions. It is that life itself is mystery, secret and hidden, as Paul says. It has often been ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Lewis avatar

    Christ Our Ark Of Safety Series

    Contributed by Wade Lewis on May 31, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,965 views

    This is the first in a series called "Glimpses of Grace", preceeding Christmas that looks at examples of Christ our Redeemer in the Old Testament.

    SERIES: GLIMPSES OF GRACE TITLE I: CHRIST OUR ARK OF SAFETY TEXT: GENESIS 7:23-24 INTRODUCTION: A. MAN HAD GOTTEN WORSE AFTER CAIN KILLED ABEL. B. GOD IN HIS DETERMINED TO DESTROY ALL MEN. 1. THE CREATOR CAN DO AS HE PLEASES WITH THE CREATION. C. NOAH FOUND GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Blood

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Jun 14, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 17,993 views

    The importance of the Blood of Christ. The first instance of blood being shed, and what the sacrifices in the Old Testament mean to us.

    A Sermon For You A Ministry of Huckaby’s Evangelism "The Blood" By-Evangelist Gary Huckaby D.D. (Outline) Text: Hebrews 9: 19-22; For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    How Can I Make A Difference? Series

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 26, 2003
    based on 67 ratings
     | 9,655 views

    Moses had talents, but he needed to be trained first. We need to be patient when it comes to serving God.

    June 28, 2003 Exodus 2:11-22 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Robert Odle avatar

    Freedom, The Grand Proposition (Part One) Series

    Contributed by Robert Odle on Jun 4, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,359 views

    The first part of a two-part look at Paul’s two-fold proposition in Galatians 2:15-21.

    Freedom, The Grand Proposition - Part One (Galatians 2:15-16) Theme: God’s Righteousness is imputed to those who have faith in Jesus Christ. Purpose: What do I want to happen in the hearer when I preach this sermon? A. Increased knowledge. After I preach this sermon, the hearer should be ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Rafe Hollister Sings Series

    Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 4,783 views

    The first of a series of short messages after an unorthodox outreach series incorporating episodes from The Andy Griffith Show

    Mayberry Moments: Rafe Hollister Sings Scripture Reading: 1 Sam. 16:7c If you know it, join me--[whistle theme song] Those characters we just watched-- Andy, Barney, Opie, and the others-- are now a piece of Americana, and they’ve won such a place in our hearts because they’re ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ben Thomas avatar

    Anointed To Overflow - The Need Series

    Contributed by Ben Thomas on Feb 1, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,165 views

    Overflowing of the anointng is needed in our life. This is a three part sermon this is the first one - the depserate need for this great anointing.

    Anointed to overflow John 7:37-38 The desperate need of an anointing in our life. John 7: 37-38 37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ’From his ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Rodney Kelley avatar

    Monument Of Relationship Series

    Contributed by Rodney Kelley on Mar 24, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,848 views

    First sermon of a six part series. I glean illustrations from multiple places. Many are not my own.

    Monuments of Grace - Sermon One - The Monument of Relationship- Gen 28:10-22 Intro. A monument is a stone or a building that is set up to remember a person or an event. On July 3, 1775, he took on what was thought to be an impossible task. He became the commander of an army of rag-tag ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Jones avatar

    Demonic Attack 101--Church Conflict Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Sep 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,344 views

    Exposition of Acts 6:1-7, first of two about how the Jerusalem church dealt with internal conflict.

    Text: Acts 6:1-7, Title: Demonic Attacks 101—Church Conflict, Date/Place: NRBC, 9/23/07, AM A. Opening illustration: see illustrations page, Acts 6 ill in ill file B. Background to passage: We left Acts 5 with the church still moving on the mission at hand. Reminder: our mission is ever before us, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist