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  • Michael Stark avatar

    How Big Is Your Gospel?

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 22, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,259 views

    Is your gospel big enough to permit you to work together, maintaining the unity of the Faith? Or is your gospel so small that you must prevail in every dispute?

    “I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.” [1],[2] We do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Survival Of An Active Gospel Ministry

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 9, 2012
     | 4,540 views

    John the Baptist decisively/positively identified the Christ. But what must/does active Gospel ministry survive/endure? Active Gospel Ministry must survive/endure...

    SURVIVAL Of An ACTIVE GOSPEL MINISTRY—Luke 3:15-22 Attention: A Scout Master was teaching his Boy Scouts about survival in the desert. "What are the three most important things you should bring with you in case you get lost in the desert?" he asked. Several hands went up, & many important ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    What To Do When You Are Placed In A Position Of Contention 

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 37 ratings
     | 4,259 views

    Occasionally we all find ourselves in a position where we face a prickly difference of opinions with our peers. When Peter returned from visiting the house of the Gentile Cornelius, his Jewish friends cried out in anger, "You went to the uncircumcised men

    Illustration:No great advance has been made in science, politics or religion without controversy. Lyman Beecher 1. Occasionally we all find ourselves in a position where we face a prickly difference of opinions with our peers. When Peter returned from visiting the house of the Gentile ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Sherm Nichols avatar

    Simeon’s Prayer – Content With Jesus Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,369 views

    Looking at Simeon's prayer to understand the ability to let go of this life comes from first embracing Jesus. We need to learn to accept that having Jesus is "enough."

    Luke 2:25-33 Intro: I’ve read several different versions of monkey traps that are used in different parts of the world – in India, in Africa – a coconut is taken and cleaned out, then, a hole just large enough to let a monkey get his hand inside is cut into it. Some kind of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeffrey Sims avatar

    Why Cant We Be Content With What We Have

    Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Sep 29, 2013
     | 2,950 views

    How money and stuff can get a hold and keep us from having a satisfying life in Christ

    How do we find contentment? Well the text talks to us this morning about how great contentment is, it tells us it is of great worth, it is of a great value when it’s paired with godliness. Now I think in order for us to be content we need to look at what makes us discontented. So just in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Gerry Cheney avatar

    “prayer And The Transformed Life!” Series

    Contributed by Gerry Cheney on Dec 29, 2015
     | 6,830 views

    Prayer is essential to our own personal transformation. For change to happen, we need three components: 1) confession and repentance 2) contentment 3) giving and receiving forgiveness

    Introduction: One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Rom 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: in other words, through the gospel one becomes exposed to the power of God that can radically change their lives! The word ...read more

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    Denomination: Vineyard

  • Lanny Smith avatar

    Core 52 Week 23 - The Cross Before Me Series

    Contributed by Lanny Smith on Jun 7, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,264 views

    Jesus turns our cultural ideas of "the good life" upside down by affirming a radical shift in our thinking and actions away from our own agenda and living for Him will bring us true happiness and contentment.

    You can listen to the audio of the sermon at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697261/4078034 Intro: • Yale course on happiness. Taken by over 2 million people. • Professor Laurie Santos - demand is a “bit surreal but understandable given that people are looking for evidenced-based ways of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Alison Bucklin avatar

    Who Do You Trust? Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 26, 2022
     | 1,209 views

    If you want someone else's life rather than your own, you are accusing God of injustice, and failing to see the work he has prepared for you and equipped you for.

    During my senior year at seminary, we had something called “racial reconciliation day.” It involved, among other things, attending a rally at the college that the seminary was attached to, wearing a ribbon or a tag or label - I don’t remember exactly what - to announce to the world one’s repentance ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ken Pell avatar

    Jesus The Better Way: He Provides Better Possessions Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 12, 2013
     | 5,378 views

    This sermon is designed to challenge materialistic values and remind Christ’s followers that we have “better and lasting possessions.”

    JESUS THE BETTER WAY: JESUS PROVIDES BETTER POSSESSIONS HEBREWS 10:32-39 Do you have your cell phones with you this morning? I have a text question for you. The phone number and question are on the screen and I will refer to your answers later in the sermon. Here’s the question: ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Patrick O'Loughlin avatar

    The Believer's Greatest Need

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Nov 2, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,190 views

    What is the believer’s greatest need and how does God meet it?

    Title: The believer’s greatest need Text: Philippians 4:10-20 Philippians 4:19 has got to be one of the most encouraging verses found in the Bible. “19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” Any verse where God promises to meet all our needs is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ken Henson avatar

    The Love Of Money 1 Timothy 6:3-19 Series

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 22, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,514 views

    We live in a world that promises if you get a good job in a good company and make good money and get a good house and a good car you’ll be happy. The Bible teaches if you have a good relationship with God you have none of those things and be truly happy.

    A Carjacking that was foiled in a Northern Virginia Shopping Mall. It seems as if an elderly grandmother had been given a gun by her son in which to protect herself. On day after she did her shopping she returned to the car where she found four white males seated inside. She dropped her shopping ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Timm Meyer avatar

    "is The Lord Among Us Or Not?:

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Sep 22, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,461 views

    We really complain too much, too often. The Lord freely provides enough, always.

    “IS THE LORD AMONG US OR NOT?” (Outline) August 14, 2022 – Pentecost 10 – EXODUS 17:1-7 INTRO: Doubts come from the devil. Satan wants people to doubt God’s promises. None are exempt from doubting. Peter was so excited to see Jesus he jumped out of the boat and walked on water. Yes! Walked ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • John Kapteyn avatar

    Why People Reject The Gospel

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,132 views

    Christ's became man to present the good news to the world. One aspect of this was to affirm who He was and why He came. We too are to be Christ's presence and affirm what we believe.

    Introductory Considerations 1. This is the 4th message in a series. Peter says "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." 1Pet 2:2,9. We "declare the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Paul Apple avatar

    God's Call Promotes The Gospel

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,012 views

    -- 7 Essentials of God's Call for the Apostle Paul and for Your Life 1.

    -- 7 Essentials of God's Call for the Apostle Paul and for Your Life 1. Owned by the Master -- General -- "a bond-servant of Christ Jesus" security that comes from knowing we belong to Christ; leads to dedicated service 2. Plugged into Gifted Ministry -- Specific -- "called as an apostle" 3. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Owen Bourgaize avatar

    An Eager Unashamed Debtor For The Gospel

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 6,669 views

    Paul tells the believers at Rome why he is so eager to visit them; because he is a debtor to and is not ashamed of the Gospel.

    I think that most people want to visit the capital city of their homeland. I remember when my parents took the family to London when we were in our teens. To visit the capital was quite an occasion, especially nearly 50 years ago when travelling wasn’t so easy as it is now. It was quite something ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist