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  • Chuck Gohn avatar

    Practice Hospitality

    Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Aug 13, 2014
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    This sermon focuses on the importance of practicing the discipline of hospitality and welcoming strangers.

    It’s movie trivia time. This movie is old but some of you are old, so you should know the answer. In 1974, does anybody remember the movie Young Frankenstein? That movie is 40 years old. It is a comedy about Dr. Frankenstein and his monster starring Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, and Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Power Point Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 3, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,173 views

    To be all that God has called us to be, we must proclaim Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.

    Fern Hansen’s mother was taking her turn cleaning the church, when she heard some boys outside throwing snowballs too close to the building. Rapping on the window pane, she shook her head, causing the white scarf she was wearing to swing from side to side. Alarmed, one boy asked the other ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • David Owens avatar

    When There's A Problem, Address It! Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Sep 15, 2014
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     | 9,356 views

    This is the last sermon of the series and covers Nehemiah 13. There are at least 4 major problems that Nehemiah had to address after he came back to Jerusalem for a second time.

    Introduction: A. Let’s start with this cartoon. 1. This mother stands at the door of her son’s room, and the room is a mess – toys and clothes are scattered everywhere. a. Have any of you mothers and dads come upon a scene like this? b. It’s an everyday experience for you, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Loving Like Jesus Loves Me Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Oct 2, 2014
     | 13,601 views

    God wants us to love others like Jesus loves us.

    Title: Loving Like Jesus Loves Me Text: Various Truth: God wants us to love others like Jesus loves us. Aim: To have the church practice accepting, valuing, forgiving, and believing in someone. Life Question: What are the four ways Jesus loves you? INTRODUCTION A Christian man was at a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Dykes avatar

    The Healing Touch Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2014
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     | 19,472 views

    You may think you're too sick, too vile, too sinful, too far gone for Jesus to help; that you'll clean up your act first, and then come to Jesus. It’s a good thing that the leper didn’t wait until he was clean to beg Jesus for a touch.

    INTRODUCTION For the past six weeks we counted down the last 94 hours of the life of Jesus before the discovery of the empty tomb on Easter morning. In this message I’m going to resume my verse- by-verse study of the Gospel According to Mark. This series is entitled, “The reMARKable ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do You Have A Holy Ambition? Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,612 views

    Is your ladder of success leaning against the wrong wall?

    INTRODUCTION In the last message we examined the powerful admonition to maintain sexual purity even though we live in an X-rated culture. The next message from 1 Thessalonians will be from the familiar section predicting the second coming of Christ. But nestled between those two tall mountains of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Like A Thief In The Night Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2014
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     | 30,478 views

    We should all be living as if Jesus was crucified yesterday; raised from the dead this morning, and is coming back this afternoon. Are you ready?

    INTRODUCTION One night a thief broke into a house he thought was deserted. As he walked through the darkened house with a flashlight he heard a voice from the kitchen that said, “Jesus is watching you.” He stopped and said, “Who’s there?” There was no answer so he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Asleep In The Light? Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2014
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     | 17,223 views

    When you’re spiritually asleep it means you’re unaware of what God is doing right now in the world.

    INTRODUCTION One of the first church jokes I remember hearing is about the deacon who always went to sleep when his pastor started preaching. One Sunday, the pastor decided to play a trick on him. He started preaching, and sure enough, the drowsy deacon was soon sound asleep. The pastor said ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Better Eightfold Path, Part 2 Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2014
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     | 8,725 views

    Are you on fire for Jesus, or has the fire gone out? Some people are so afraid of spiritual wildfire that they settle for no fire.

    INTRODUCTION Those who practice the religion of Buddhism learn there is an eightfold path that should take a person to place where they no longer experience suffering. There’s still suffering in the world, they are just no longer attached to it. Their idea of Nirvana is arriving at a state ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Gomer In Me

    Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Feb 17, 2014
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    Hosea's love for a promiscuous wife becomes the clearest example of God's love for wayward people.

    It has been said that when God saved us God took His greatest risk. Because the truth is the investment that came along with God bringing us into relationship with Himself is something that can not be fully comprehended and it is often something that is devalued and underappreciated. God is a God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Get The Hell Out

    Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Feb 19, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 36,427 views

    Jesus Christ specializes in bringing order out of chaos when demonic activity seeks to prevail in His house

    Against the backdrop of this story is a very familiar scene where Jesus has taken the inner circle of His disciples up to the mountain in what has now been termed by theological scholars ‘The Mount of Transfiguration’; because in a real sense Jesus is transfigured before their very ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why God Allows Suffering, Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Greg Laurie on Feb 21, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,656 views

    To be a holy person means that you will have trials, hardship, and suffering in life.

    “Have a nice day!” That’s a classic Americanism and statement one hears a lot in my home state of California. Usually, people do not mean it when they say it. After you complete a purchase, you hear, “Thank you, and have a nice day. Buh-bye.” Or even worse, when you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Our Sovereign Lord Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 13, 2014
     | 4,989 views

    In Colossians 1:15–19, Paul reveals our Lord’s true identity by viewing Him in relation to three things: 1) The Father (Colossians 1:15), 2) The Universe (Colossians 1:16-17), and 3) The Church (Colossians 1:18-19).

    If there are two things that have a tremendous bearing on our future experiences, they are assumptions and expectation. We tend to make assumptions about people and expect certain actions accordingly. As the Jews experienced Christ's ride into Jerusalem that first Palm Sunday, they assumed He was ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Stephen Sheane avatar

    Jesus And Tolerance Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Aug 7, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,829 views

    What tolerance means, and also what it does not mean

    JESUS AND TOLERANCE Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at a hospital in Los Angeles that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with other extreme physical handicaps. Of course, Rogers had everybody laughing, even ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    A Child Of God Is Never Outnumbered

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Aug 29, 2018
     | 5,585 views

    A study in the book of 2 Samuel 5: 1 – 25

    2 Samuel 5: 1 – 25 A child of God is never outnumbered 5 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your flesh. 2 Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the LORD said to ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel