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  • Richard Dayringer, ThD avatar

    A Good Man Lost And A Bad Man Saved

    Contributed by Richard Dayringer, Thd on Aug 21, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,644 views

    The attitude of a person’s heart or soul, not his or her outward actions determines one’s destiny.

    A GOOD MAN LOST & A BAD MAN SAVED SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SELF-DECEPTION (TWO PRAYERS) 33 LU. 18:9-14 (Prayer) PROP: The attitude of a person’s heart or soul, not his or her actions determines one’s destiny. INTRO: 1. Notice the make-up of the crowd to whom Jesus spoke. V. 9 makes clear the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Elmer Towns avatar

    Lesson 4: I Am The Good Shepherd

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Sep 1, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,004 views

    “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep”(John 10:11).

    A. INTRODUCTION “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep”(John 10:11). 1. What is a shepherd? One who takes care of the heep. a. It is the owner. “His own sheep” (John 10:4). b. A son of an owner. “Jesse said . . . there remaineth the youngest,he keepeth the sheep” ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dean Morgan avatar

    Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day

    Contributed by Dean Morgan on Sep 6, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,423 views

    Difficult times (horrible days) are often God’s way of making you what He longs for you to be. Don’t pull the plug before the work is done.

    Difficult times (horrible days) are often God’s way of making you what He longs for you to be. Don’t pull the plug before the work is done. In her children’s book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst captures one young man’s really bad day. Alexander starts ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Five Reasons Why Christmas Is Good News Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 30, 2006
    based on 70 ratings
     | 29,223 views

    This is a Christmas Sermon of Joy.

    Five Reasons Why Christmas Is Good News Read Luke 2:1-14 1” And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    What Good Stewards Know About Giving Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Nov 2, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 14,189 views

    In 1 Chronicles 29:1-17, God teaches us eight lessons on giving to his work. These are lessons that we need to learn and apply to ourselves.

    Scripture There is a story told about Ivan the Great who ruled Russia as Czar in the 15th century. He was a warrior, a fighter, and a conqueror of kingdoms. The Soviet Union, as we knew it about twenty years ago, was basically put into place by Ivan the Great. Ivan was so busy doing battle that ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Paul Decker avatar

    The Future Doesn't Look So Good Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Nov 28, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,536 views

    We can be confident about the future.

    STANDING TALL: THE FUTURE DOESN’T LOOK SO GOOD Matthew 6:25-34 S: Courage Th: Fear of the Future Pr: WE CAN BE CONFIDENT ABOUT THE FUTURE. ?: How? How can we do it? KW: Reminders TS: We will find in our study of Matthew 6:25-34 three reminders about worry that will enable us to be confident ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    When Good Things Happen To Bad People Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 10, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 6,121 views

    When unworthy people get good things, prayer helps us discover that we too do have good things, that the issue is not goods but our feelings, and that ultimately God is just and gracious.

    There is, indeed, very little justice in the world. But that’s very old news. We established that last week. Last week we talked about that age-old problem of what you do what bad things happen to good people. We thought about how, when good people get into tough times, it just feels as though ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    The Holy Spirit Gives Us The Gift Of Goodness Series

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jul 15, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,371 views

    A sermon on perceiving what is good and evil, and how that perception enables us to fulfill God’s call to "be good."

    July 18, 2004 Fruit of the SPIRIT is goodness. The fruit of the Spirit is goodness. This single statement of Scripture makes some people cringe today. Why? Because when you talk about the “Spirit”, “good”, and “evil” you are using spiritual terms. When President Bush used the term “axis of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Charles Lane III avatar

    Keep On Doing All The Good You Can

    Contributed by Charles Lane Iii on Jul 17, 2004
    based on 74 ratings
     | 45,382 views

    An encouragement to be faithful and persistent in following the example of Jesus Christ in doing good, doing all the good we can.

    DO ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN Text: Galatians 6:9-10 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. I. WE BECOME WEARY, DISCOURAGED. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Timm Meyer avatar

    I Know That Nothing Good Lives In Me

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Jul 20, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,768 views

    PENTECOST 7(A) - I know that nothing good lives in me because sin is alive and well but sin is also to be defeated.

    Romans 7:15-25a - July 18, 2004 – Pentecost 7 ROMANS 7:15-25a 15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Bo Dunford avatar

    A Good Man Lost, A Bad Man Saved

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 1, 2005
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,683 views

    You can be a good person and still die lost and go to hell. You can be a bad person and die saved and go to heaven.

    LUKE 18:9-14 “A GOOD MAN LOST – A BAD MAN SAVED” A) When Jesus preached and taught among men on earth, He found that there were some men which trusted in themselves that they were righteous! * It was to them that He spoke this parable ... And if He preached in America today, He would need ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Fredric Lozo avatar

    The Good Man Useful In Life And Happy In Death. Series

    Contributed by Fredric Lozo on Jan 4, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,931 views

    This Sermon is #25 from Rev. Andrew Lee’s SERMONS published in 1803 by Isaiah Thomas, Jr. at Lisbon, Connecticut.

    INTRODUCTION: The entire book of Andrew’s Lee’s Sermons is available free at Project Gutenberg as e-Text #15031. SERMON XXV. The Good Man Useful In Life and Happy in Death. Psalm xxxvii.37. "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: For the end of that man is peace." * * Preached at ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mark Wood avatar

    Can't Keep Good News Down

    Contributed by Mark Wood on Mar 14, 2006
    based on 27 ratings
     | 5,507 views

    Dr. Wood shows his audience that in the midst of problems the good news of Jesus Christ cannot be held back. God uses three groups to get the good news out. The unexpected, the unsuspected and the undeflected.

    The council that had convened was prepared to kill the disciples. God had miraculously freed them from the prison and they returned right back to doing what the temple rulers had told them not to do The Good news was too good to keep it to themselves. Verse 33 There were some that were ready to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Luke avatar

    Do You Just Talk A Good Game?

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,563 views

    Following Christ calls for realistic action and not just rhetorical rambling

    (Based on a message by James W. Moore taken from his book Yes, Lord, I Have Sinned But I Have Several Excellent Excuses) TEXT: MATTHEW 23:23-28 TITLE: “DO YOU JUST TALK A GOOD GAME?” INTRODUCTION: A. Friday was Veteran’s Day 1. Recognize veterans ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Larry La Douceur avatar

    Good News, Great Joy For All People

    Contributed by Larry La Douceur on Dec 17, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,465 views

    This sermon should help the listeners to understand the "Good News" and experience the "GREAT JOY" God offers to all people.

    Good News, Great Joy for All People – by Larry La Douceur Introduction Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. I stand in awe of God and the perfection of His ways and thoughts. The story of how the Messiah came into the world and how ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ