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  • Gordon Curley avatar

    Reconciliation?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
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    Jacob Meets Esau. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Genesis chapter 33 verses 1-20. Ill: • The Victorian artist James Whistler; • Showed scant respect for the hierarchy of any profession. • When his poodle fell ill with a throat infection, • The artist immediately sent for the country’s leading ear, nose, ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Roger Thomas avatar

    It's Hard To Go Back Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Aug 16, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,176 views

    An inductive style look at Jacob’s wrestling match with God--a case study in a transformed life.

    It’s Hard to Go Back Genesis 32:22-32 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Sometimes it’s hard to go home. It was for Jacob. Jacob was headed home for the first time in twenty years. Twenty years is a long time. A lot can change. On the other hand, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Crossing Over Series

    Contributed by Darrell Tomasek on Oct 26, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,535 views

    This sermon explores the fact that everything changes in our lives once we come to truly know God.

    Crossing Over Galatians 4: 1-11 1. There comes a time that we, as believers, receive our full inheritance (1-7). A. Under Roman Law a child was not of age until 14. B. At the age of 14 he was of age but did not inherit his full rights until 25. C. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Over Committed! Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 19, 2015
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    Are you too busy? What does God tell us about over commitment in Christian service?

    Last week we began a series of lessons on commitment, with the question: Where is your commitment? We ended that lesson looking at some of Jesus’s words from the sermon on the mount where Jesus tells us what to commit to and what not to commit to, what not to worry about and what to seek ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Over My Dead Body

    Contributed by Jack Warford on Sep 28, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 5,808 views

    “Over my dead body”, was a phase that I heard many times while I was growing up in the fifties and sixties. But today it takes on a greater significance than it has ever held with me before. Today the one using these words is Jesus Himself.

    “Over my dead body”, was a phase that I heard many times while I was growing up in the fifties and sixties. But today it takes on a greater significance than it has ever held with me before. Today the one using these words is Jesus Himself and the one He is talking to is you. The only way any of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Kerry Haynes avatar

    Relationship Over Rules

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Nov 4, 2018
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     | 10,614 views

    In Jesus' interaction with the Teacher of the Law, he teaches us to love God first and foremost, draw from that love to love others around us, and trust our lives to the author of love.

    Mark 12:28-34 Our tax code, at the most conservative count, takes up 2,652 pages. If you add to it the tax law and past cases, you come up with over 74,000 pages! All trying to get us to do the right thing. In Jesus’ day, the scribes and Pharisees and teachers of the Law took the 613 Hebrew ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Bayles avatar

    When God Calls Your Name: Jacob Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 11, 2021
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    How would you respond if God called your name not once, but twice? In the Bible, God calls plenty of people often by name, but I’ve only found seven times where God calls out someone’s name twice in a row. In each instance, what follows is a life-changing encounter with the God of creation.

    When God Calls Your Name… Twice: Jacob Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 7/24/2016 Hearing your name called can evoke different responses depending on the circumstances. On the one hand, maybe you’re just getting off the plane after a long tour of duty, your eyes scanning all ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Billy Ricks avatar

    Choose The End Is Near Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Aug 9, 2015
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    God has his hand firmly on history. Prophecy calls us to choose what we trust in. Do we trust the God of money, such as retirement, investment. Do we trust the God of comfort etc. We are called by the still small voice of God to trust and obey Him.

    Intro: Bob Deffinbaugh tells a funny memory about chapter 11. He opened up an old Bible he had from Bible college and was reading notes in chapter 10 and finally got to 11 and one of his daughters had scribbled all over the pages of chapter 11. He wondered when the Lord returned if all of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Genesis 25:23-34 - Does God Have Favourites? Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 31, 2011
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     | 24,870 views

    Isaac and Rebekah had favourite sons, but what about GOD! Does He have FAVOURITES? In Romans 9:13 (NASB) God says "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED."

    Genesis 25:23-34 - DOES GOD HAVE FAVOURITES? From birth ESAU has thick red hair over his body. Esau means "Hairy". His twin brother JACOB has an unfortunate name too. It means "to defraud, deceive, to displace". His name carries the idea of displacing someone, to replace or unseat someone. As ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Heavens Hero Isaac & Jacob Series

    Contributed by Joe Hayes on Nov 25, 2008
     | 3,574 views

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    Heaven’s Heroes, Isaac & Jacob Isaac and Jacob were both looking for the fulfilment of the promise made to Abraham, they were both close to death yet they continued to act in faith, confident that God would bring to pass His sovereign plan. The accounts of Isaac and Jacob in Genesis are both filled ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    The Exile Is Over Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,958 views

    Christ’s Death removes the Punishment for our sin. His life invites us into the presence of our loving God.

    Romans 5:1-11 February 8, 2009 The exile is over Introduction – Rules and Relationship You are not “saved” by behaving, but by believing You are not given the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit because you behave well, but because you Believer in Jesus. You are Free from the Law! Don’t ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Monty Newton avatar

    Choose Your Own Adventure

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Oct 5, 2015
     | 5,060 views

    Good and godly peop-le are rooted in the Word of God.

    Title: Choose Your Own Adventure Text: Psalm 1 Thesis: Good and godly people are rooted in the Word of God. Introduction “Choose Your Own Adventure” is a series of children’s gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view in which the reader assumes ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jay Patton avatar

    It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

    Contributed by Jay Patton on Aug 25, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,085 views

    A look at a calling of God’s people back to godly ways.

    Introduction: Names illustration Background: Security established, responsibility delegated, daily schedule delegated. Purpose Statement: If you are a child of God then… I. Get Organized for God (vs. 5-60, 66-69) A. Nehemiah performing triage 1. Explaining triage illustration 2. Walls were just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Derek Geldart avatar

    Victory Over The Flesh Series

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Oct 22, 2016
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,071 views

    In the temptation of our Lord Jesus Christ we learn that not matter what the physical or emotional temptation one faces, doing the will of God will always lead to manna from heaven.

    SIN OR GOD? Matthew 4:1-11 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 Ever since creation Satan has been tempting humanity to sin against God. With names such as the Enemy (Matthew 13:39), Evil One (John 17:15), Father of Lies (John 8:44), Lawless One (2 Thessalonians 2:8-10), ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Walter Werling avatar

    Lecciones De Una Familia Muy Conflictiva

    Contributed by Walter Werling on Sep 2, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 25,468 views

    Lecciones que podamos aprender de la familia de Isaac, Rebeca, Esau y Jacob

    I. RESUMEN DE UNA FAMILIA MUY CONFLICTIVA Quisiera describirles a una familia muy conflictiva. La familia consiste en cuatro personas, el padre, la madre y dos hijos. El padre creía en Dios pero no confiaba en él como debía hacerlo. También, aunque el padre la amaba a la madre, no la protegía como ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ