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  • Tim White avatar

    State Of The Church, Year End Review And Vision (2013)

    Contributed by Tim White on Jan 8, 2013
     | 11,816 views

    Year in review for First Baptist, Eula, as well as vision and challenges.

    We are not the perfect Church. However, this past year, we have shown that we are a Church that is moving to improvement. Php 3:8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Happy New Year Of Renewal – Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 23, 2013
     | 3,405 views

    To magnify our great Lord for His attribute of renewing things!!!

    HAPPY NEW YEAR OF RENEWAL – PART 2 Continuing with series on “God of renewal”, now in the concluding part of the series, let’s focus on these subjects… GLOBAL God can not only renew an ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    I Have Decided To Follow Jesus (150 Years)

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008
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     | 3,116 views

    This sermon celebreated 150 years of history with a call to follow our own history and "decide to follow Jesus."

    Acts 16:23-34 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Why Are We Offended? - Sermon For Proper 15 - Year A

    Contributed by Ian Bullock on Aug 13, 2020
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     | 5,540 views

    Looking at why the Pharisees were offended, and how the woman who was likened to a dog wasn't. Then thinking about why we are offended by the things of the world.

    In the name of the Father, Son and Holy spirit. Amen. Over the past few weeks we have spoken about the positive aspects of being sown and planting seed within life, and as I read this week’s Gospel, I wanted to just think about one other aspect, one which perhaps we don’t often like to consider, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Solemnity Of Mary, January 1, 2021: New Years

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 29, 2020
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     | 2,334 views

    All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.

    1.Flannery O’Connor noted that “All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful, “she wrote in 1958. (Adding, “Priests resist it as well as others.”) She means that grace intervenes in the sufferings of the ordinary -- ignorant, complacent people whose ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    This Might Be Your Day-- New Year's

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 1, 2021
     | 3,180 views

    This is a combination continuation of Christmas and New Year's message. Looking at the lives of David and Simeon, we see how God works through common life events to fulfill his promises in our lives. We have to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit.

    This Just Might Be Your Day January 3, 2021 1 Samuel 17:12-22 Luke 2:21-40 If you are believer, there are going to be situations in which you pray for something to happen, and you will have an assurance that God has said yes, or you may hear God tell you that God is going to do something ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Being A Servant To All - Proper 20 - Year B

    Contributed by Ian Bullock on Sep 16, 2021
     | 2,376 views

    A look at what being a servant to all means to us as Christians, and looking at how we turn teaching into action. A call to action, post COVID

    In the name of the Living God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Over the past few weeks, we have been looking at a number of scriptures from Marks Gospel and the letter of James. These scriptures have set a number of challenges for us to consider, and all of these challenges have centred on two ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Rediscovering The Awe And Wonder - Proper 22 - Year B

    Contributed by Ian Bullock on Sep 21, 2021
     | 2,354 views

    How do we rekindle our childlike faith of wonder and awe. Dare we be bold and love others and work to be the church that God wants.

    In the name of the father, son and Holy Spirit. Amen. The Gospel today is certainly a fiery one, how do you preach on a subject such as divorce, where there are so many issues about what can bring about a divorce in present day society. However, as I sat contemplating the words of the Gospel, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Third Sunday Of Lent Year B- Cleansing The Temple

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Mar 5, 2021
     | 3,291 views

    Jesus is doing disruptive even violent actions here, shocking me out of my consumerist mentality. No wonder my Savior hangs on a Cross.

    Whipping us into shape? “He made a whip out of cords.” John 2:15 Jesus made a whip. Making something with your hands can be therapeutic. Making a whip shows his anger did not impair his judgement. Writing an angry letter is a good way of bringing our feelings out so that we can see them. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    How To Have A Happy New Year (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 23, 2014
     | 5,077 views

    Be humble in your attitude if you want to be happy: be humble in your attitude towards self, sin, others and God.

    Some time ago (1988), Robert Fulghum published his best-selling book, Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Recently, somebody suggested another book title: Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Noah. For example… • Don't miss the boat. • Plan ahead. It wasn't ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    How To Have A Happy New Year (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 31, 2014
     | 4,192 views

    If you want a happy new year, demonstrate humility in mercy, purity, making peace, and in accepting persecution. Be humble if you want to be happy.

    Orla Shup, of Albion, Pennsylvania, was babysitting her pastor’s 3-year-old daughter, playing their favorite game together, Go Fish. One evening, after winning several rounds, the little girl kept bragging about how good she was. Jokingly, Orla Shup said to her, “I'm going to have to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Time...happy New Year Ecclesiastes 3:1

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jan 2, 2015
     | 7,935 views

    Where has the time gone? There is a time for everything but, that never seem to bother me when I was young. But as I get older I consider almost everything in time. It’s time to take my medicine, it’s time to go to the doctor, it’s time for this or time for that.

    Time? Another Happy New Year. Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Life Of Abraham, Part 8: Thirteen Years Later Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Feb 11, 2014
     | 5,184 views

    It had been thirteen years since the birth of Ishmael. God makes a sudden appearance with a startling announcement. We will also be introduced to a new covenant of circumcision which is a conditional covenant unlike that of Genesis 15

    The Life of Abraham, Part 8: Thirteen Years Later Genesis 17:1-27 Introduction In the last lesson, it finally looked from Abram’s point of view that God had satisfied Abram’s long awaited promise of a son named Ishmael. At the age of eighty-six, Abram was a dad in his own right. Hagar had acted ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Lessons In The New Year From Lepers - Part 1 Series

    Contributed by William Wyne on Mar 7, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 20,571 views

    Learning from the trials and testings of others to be strong and courageous.

    The story of the Four Lepers is a story that we as believers personally might learn from, but we as a church should allow this story to teach us congregationally as well as we move in this New Year. It’s one of my favorite Old Testament stories that I have on other occasions used as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lessons In The New Year From Lepers - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by William Wyne on Mar 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,924 views

    Learning from the trials and testings of others to be strong and courageous.

    Life is a total of our choices. There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist and live with them and in them, or to take the responsibility to change them. And it’s only when you exercise your right to choose, can you exercise the right to change. You may think ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist