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  • Troy Borst avatar

    The Fullness Of Christ

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 15, 2005
    based on 23 ratings
     | 14,281 views

    How are we, as Christians, to deal with the physical, emotional, and spiritual drains in our lives? How are we, as people of God, to deal with these issues? Paul tells the Colossians and he tells us that Jesus can fill us in the midst of all the drains

    THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST COLOSSIANS 2:9-15 INTRODUCTION... sermoncentral.com/print_friendly_illustration.asp?illustration_id=6249 A little boy who lived far out in the country in the late 1800s had reached the age of twelve and had never in all his life seen a circus. You can imagine his excitement, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • William Norman avatar

    Where Is God When Disaster Strikes? Series

    Contributed by William Norman on Nov 4, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 8,214 views

    God is worthy of your toughest questions.

    On July 28 this year, I included in the prayers one item of thanksgiving and one of intercession. The thanksgiving was related to what the media were calling “The Miracle at Quecreek.” You may recall nine miners were rescued after being trapped for three days 75 metres underground in a water-filled ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Do You Smell Like?

    Contributed by Dean Meadows on Nov 5, 2002
    based on 95 ratings
     | 16,208 views

    This sermon deals with the bad fragrance of the lack of commitment in the church.

    What Do You Smell Like 10/27/02 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 There are good smells like fresh bread out of the oven or the smell of a little baby or a new car. Those are good smells. Then you have bad smells like sulfur or spoiled milk or other things that I’m not privileged to speak about. Walk in ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Hell's Best Kept Secret

    Contributed by Michael Dephillips on Feb 8, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 8,002 views

    A message based on the ministry of Ray Comfort

    "Hell’s best kept secret" Romans 3:10-23 Want each of you to know that we live in a dangerous moment in time and that at any minute under circumstances beyond our control, we may find ourselves in eternity. In Luke 16:19-31 Jesus taught us that after death there is no means available to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Frazier avatar

    Fruit Of The Spirit - Love - Part 1

    Contributed by Jason Frazier on Nov 9, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 4,556 views

    Break-down of the 3 Greek words for love & uses great illustration with apples.

    TEXT: Galatians 5:16-25 “Fruit of the Spirit” – Part 1: Love Many people what have grown up in church have heard about the “fruit of the Spirit.” In Sunday School, many children associate these with actual fruits: bananas, pears, grapes, & apples, because it puts it in a context they can ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mark Berry avatar

    Who Did It?

    Contributed by Mark Berry on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 16,623 views

    This sermon deals with marriage issues. In counseling couples I have found that they use the blame game. This sermon deals with some of those issues that cause strife in marrage and how to deal with it.

    “All Right…Who Did It?” 1 Cor. 7:2-5 But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. [3] The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. [4] The wife’s body does not belong to her alone ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Jeff Hughes avatar

    Sin

    Contributed by Jeff Hughes on Mar 14, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,764 views

    Sinful man vs. sinless God

    Sin 1st John 1:5-7 Jeff Hughes I. Introduction a. By way of introduction, let’s briefly go over what we studied last time. b. First, we looked at an introduction to the epistle; we learned that the apostle John wrote it about 85 to 90 AD in Ephesus, as he was the pastor of the church there. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Few Things To Remember

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Dec 17, 2001
    based on 35 ratings
     | 6,040 views

    An encouragement to keep serving the Lord and reaching people where they are at

    A Few Things to Remember Can’t believe here we are Dec. 16, 2001, celebrating the Christmas season. Feel like in a dream. I think PBC has a great chance to do well here in Vancouver. Kinda like this story: "How many customers did you serve today?" the manager asked. "One." "Only one." "How ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Overcome Provocation As Isaac Did

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 10,871 views

    How to Overcome Provocation as Isaac Did (Godliness is profitable for all things, even an antidote to over-reacting to provocations)

    How to Overcome Provocation as Isaac Did - Gen 26:1-35 Intro - How should we respond we were are bullied? As children we all encountered a bully and learned that it is better to avoid a fight and to overcome opposition with kindness, wisdom and friendliness. Illustration:On a wall near the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Epiphany A

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 69 ratings
     | 17,968 views

    The Wise Men break into our little world and show us how awesome God’s breaking into our world truly is. We have sanitized the story and need to hear it once again as for the first time.

    Epiphany A Matthew 2:1-12 6January 2002 Each Christmas in our home Barbara Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever comes out and quietly makes its way around. It is the story of a church, which is faced, with the drudgery of putting on the Christmas pageant for yet another year. The woman ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Church Of The Hot Waffle

    Contributed by John Roy on Jan 15, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,716 views

    The church is to be the welcoming place for struggling sinners and stained saints.

    The Church of the Hot Waffle Matthew 11:19 & Mark 2:15-17 The Waffle House is to restaurants what little league baseball is to the Major leagues. The Waffle House serves food and that is where it’s comparison with other restaurants stop. It features, waffles, of course, Bert’s Chili, Omelets, and ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Ronald Fair avatar

    Living Letters Of Jesus Christ

    Contributed by Ronald Fair on May 30, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 21,531 views

    Christians are meant to be living letters of Jesus Christ, bearing a message of good tidings of great joy unto all the world.

    Living Letters of Jesus Christ Text II Corinthians 3:2-3 “Ye are our Epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men, manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Have A Family Plan? Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 28, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,640 views

    We need to work on building better families.

    What is marriage and the family? What am I doing to promote a better family? What effort am I investing to build my family? Is my family life just aimlessly drifting? We plan our meals more than we plan family times? You can’t build a very good building without blueprints? Is the family any ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Don Schultz avatar

    Jesus Christ - The Perfect Leader

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 12,867 views

    It’s hard to find a good spiritual leader. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, is just the leader you’re looking for.

    JESUS CHRIST – THE PERFECT LEADER (John 10:1-10) Recently in the news, we’ve seen a lot of examples of bad spiritual leadership. The Roman Catholic Church, for example, is struggling with a major problem that all of us know about. Last week, Pope John Paul summoned the highest ranking ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Charles Wilkerson avatar

    Fellowship: It Ain't About Potlucks

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,035 views

    The nature of Fellowship and why we mess it up so badly

    An interview with Tia and Tamara Mowry, the stars of WB’s Sister, Sister yielded a very mature comment from these then 19 years old. One of them said (they’re exact twins); “A lot of girls expect this prince to come into their life on a white horse and make everything wonderful. What the Lord told ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed