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  • Paul Barreca avatar

    What Lies Beneath A Lie Series

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on May 19, 2012
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    Today we will talk about lying. Our goal is to go beyond the obvious instruction that we should not lie. Our goal is to learn what our lies teach us about the condition of our hearts.

    Sermon Notes May 20, 2012 FBCam “What Lies Beneath a Lie?” Genesis 20:1-18 One of the many pieces of advice we received before our wedding was to save the top tier of your wedding cake and eat and eat it on your first anniversary. We had a tiny little freezer. For one full year, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Lives Of Worship

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on May 22, 2012
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    We should understand that God works in every area of our lives; and most of all He wants us to honor Him and give Him priority to Him in everything we do.

    Lives of Worship Scripture Text: Various Texts; Genesis 12; Exodus 3 Introduction: God used Biblical Characters’ “relationships, circumstances, experiences, and life lessons as a means for preparing them for greater things; which they achieved through worship (Whaley, Called to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Grace In The Ups And Downs Of Life Series

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on May 26, 2012
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    Throughout our lives, we encounter both triumphs and tragedies. Victories and struggles. In all of them, God’s grace is constant, as we will see through the child God gives Sarah, the comfort God gives Abraham, the water God gives Hagar, and the Salvatio

    Events can change IN A MOMENT. Our emotions can go from the top of the world to the bottom of the barrel in flash of time. The year was 1986. By now, the launch of the Space Shuttle was news but not like it was during the first few launches. This launch was different because for the first time ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Goes Into Pitching Your Tent Towards Sodom? Series

    Contributed by John Crisp on May 28, 2012
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    Lott's slow slide towards Sodom

    Gen 13:5-13 1)We become discontent with the brethren (Verses 7-9) -there was strife, while the man of God wanted Unity. -He was not satisfied with being second to Abraham. -He had a choice to make: follow the man of God and God or Go his own way. -Even if there is strife in the camp, follow God and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Three Of The Toughest Challenges Of Our Walk Of Faith

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jun 5, 2012
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    Three tough things God asks of us just as much as He did of Abram.

    Three Of The Toughest Challenges Of Our Walk Of Faith: - What we’re going to see here is that Abram’s physical journey is a picture of our spiritual journey. - Most of us will not have to move physically to be obedient to Christ (though some will), but we all have to move spiritually to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Great I Will Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jun 21, 2012
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    In order to activate the promises of God we have to respond to His challenge.

    The Great I Will Text: Gen. 12:1-9 Introduction 1. We are going to begin a study of the life of Abraham. 2. Who was Abraham? a. Abraham was a native of Chaldea, and descendant in the ninth generation from Shem, the son of Noah. His father’s name was Terah, and he was born in Ur, 2161 B.C. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The God Who Uses My Mistakes Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jun 27, 2012
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    It's all right to make mistakes as long as we learn from them.

    The God Who Uses My Mistakes Text: Gen. 12:10-20 Introduction 1. Illustration: John Maxwell in his book Failing Forward, said, "The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception and response to failure...What does matter is that your life can change if you're ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Value Of A Man

    Contributed by Betty Johnson on Jun 28, 2012
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    The value of a man from God's perspective. Preached on Father's Day.

    The Value of a Man Genesis 18:19 Albert Einstein said, “The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.” Today, I want to talk to you about the value of a man. That includes Father’s of course. And I’m going to refer to the value ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Pt. 1 Abraham's Intersession Series

    Contributed by Steven Dobyns on Sep 19, 2013
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    A seven week series on how people from the bible engaged God in prayer. feel free to use any or all of this...

    Learning to Pray Pt. 1 Abraham’s Intersession Intro: I think it is awesome how God has made us all different. He has given us all some things that we are good at… In my home, all four of us have things that we are good at: Amy is good at organizing and managing our home, without her ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    History Series

    Contributed by Peter Baumgartle on Sep 24, 2013
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    What were the Israelites Chosen for? What are we chosen for? This sermon reveals the heart of God drawing people to himself through his people

    HISTORY I have 30 minutes to tell you the HISTORY of the World. - 30 Minutes to reveal to you the Will of God - 30 minutes to tell you what YOUR purpose in life is Here we go! 1. In the beginning God created the world. And it was Good! Notice: He started with the Universe - not just the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Being A Blessing

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 29, 2013
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    Our call to go in this new direction was not unlike the call of Abraham in our Scripture today. God said, “Go!” Go where? “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing...

    Being a Blessing Genesis 12:1-3 When I arrived here more than six years ago as Pastor, I met with the congregation in small groups, and asked 3 simple questions: “What do you like about the church? What do you want to keep the same? What do you want to change?” Out of those ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Call Of Abraham

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 10, 2013
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    Staking a claim in the land of Canaan.

    THE CALL OF ABRAHAM. Genesis 12:1-9. Our history begins in Ur of the Chaldees, in what is now Southern Iraq, a predominantly pagan city of about 250,000 people, with a central temple to the moon god Sin. Here Abram’s father Terah was thought to have been a craftsman within the moon cult. At a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Lord Our Shield

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 10, 2013
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    Abraham chose to believe God rather than his own doubts and fears.

    THE LORD OUR SHIELD. Genesis 15:1-6. After the battle of the kings, Abram no doubt would have had a rush of emotion. First of all, perhaps, elation: look what God has enabled me to do with a small household army (Genesis 14:14-16). Secondly, a sudden realisation: I’ve just picked a fight with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Certainty Of The Promise

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 11, 2013
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    God’s delays are not denials. God will not fail to fulfil that which He has promised.

    THE CERTAINTY OF THE PROMISE. Genesis 15:7-21. The priest-king Melchisedec knew God Most High, maker of heaven and earth (Genesis 14:18-19). This same God had led Abram out of his father’s house, and now identified Himself as “the LORD” - the One who was, and is, and continues to be (Genesis ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jehovah-Jireh

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Oct 12, 2013
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    God as our Provider.

    JEHOVAH-JIREH: The Lord Will Provide Scripture: Genesis 15:5-18; 22:7-14; Hebrews 11:17-19 Introduction: The title of my message this morning “JEHOVAH-JIREH: The Lord Will Provide”. This will be the first of several messages focusing on the names of God. There are twenty-one ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational