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  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Good Advice, 2023.

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jan 2, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,206 views

    Here’s some good solid advice for making the New Year better. 1- This new year - Be careful. 2- This new year - Be thoughtful. 3- This new year - Be thankful.

    Good Advice, 2023. Ephesians 5:15-20 A BetterWorld For the New Year: There was an article a few years ago in which a man gave his idea of a perfect world. He said, "In a perfect world you would feel as good at 60 as you did at 17. And you would be as ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Spencer Homan avatar

    How Many Licks Does It Take? (Wisdom)

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 11, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,082 views

    This is a sermon focusing on how many licks it will take before we will wise up.

    Colassians 1:9-12 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Funeral Service For Church Member

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 26, 2005
    based on 244 ratings
     | 63,819 views

    This is the service for one of our members who went to be with our Savior last night. I hope that the joy of knowing her comes through in the words of this service.

    We gather here today, not to celebrate death, but to celebrate life; eternal life. Suzie’s temporary life on earth is now over, but her permanent life in Heaven with her Savior, Jesus Christ, has just begun. If we could picture her entrance to Heaven, we would see all the saints that ever went on ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • David Dunn avatar

    The Enemy’s Final Defeat Series

    Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 6, 2025
     | 173 views

    God overturns every evil plot; favor follows surrender, and the cross turns Satan’s gallows into unstoppable victory for God’s people.

    Esther isn’t just a story; she’s a sign. She’s the picture of a bride standing tall in a collapsing world. We’re not in the first of the last days. We’re in the last of the last days! Can somebody say Amen! Before that trumpet sounds, there’s gonna be a stirring in God’s people like this world ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Team Of The Shrewd

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Apr 1, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,007 views

    People of this world are shrewd in their secular dealings, and Christians can likewise be shrewd in their spiritual development, not at the expense of virtue but in pursuit of it.

    Yesterday morning, I went outside to cut the grass. I put on my jeans and a ratty old aloha shirt. I put on my yard work shoes, my hat and sunglasses, and my big yellow ear muffs. I climbed up on the tractor, pulled out of the garage. BOY, it was a beautiful day. I ride down to the end of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Real Change Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 3, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,143 views

    If we were doomed to live the same life over and over again for eternity, would we choose the life we are living now? If not, then how can we make real change? We do it when we submit to God’s discipline. Then with Christ’s help, admit and quit our sin.

    William Alexander, in his book The $64 Tomato, asks the question, “If you were doomed to live the same life over and over again for eternity, would you choose the life you are living now?” It’s a thought-provoking question, but not so much as the implied follow-up question: “If the answer is no, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    A Sermon For All Saints Sunday

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Nov 1, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,196 views

    This sermon focuses on the need for us to remain fiathful to the message of the saints, in light of our desire to be contemporary in worship

    All Saints Sunday November 4, 2007 “Series C” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, we give you thanks for all your saints throughout the ages, both great and small – all who have revealed your word in ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Spencer Homan avatar

    Surprised By Joy (Life's Outlook)

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,778 views

    This is a sermon about having the right perspective.

    Text (Philippians 4:4-7 TNIV) Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Bradley Boydston avatar

    "Christmas: Unfulfilled Expectations?" Series

    Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Dec 24, 2001
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,802 views

    Christmas Eve parable/sermon about a Bethlehem seamstress.

     “She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the village inn.” Luke 2:7 When it came to clothe Rachel was a way better than average weaver; and everyone in town knew it. She was the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Success God's Way Series

    Contributed by Rich Dunbar on Apr 28, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,705 views

    This sermon looks at three dramatic changes in Saul and how those around him responded.

    Success God’s Way: Acts 9:20-25: 2-6-05 am service Saul’s conversion brought about a drastic change in his life. Three things that Changed about Saul… 1. His Message Old Saul: Breathed threats and murder New Saul: Preached Jesus is the Son of God 2. His Mission Old Saul: Tried to destroy “the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Lee avatar

    How To Respond To God Luke 2:26 - 38 Series

    Contributed by James Lee on Dec 3, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,825 views

    Adapted from a sermon by Brian Atwood. God cannot nor will He use proud people to do His work. Proud people get in the way because if you aren’t yielded to God, you begin to think you can handle things on your own.

    Last week we saw an angel come to Zechariah with a message that the prayers, he and his wife Elizabeth were praying had been heard and that they were going to have a son. Let’s pick up the story in the first chapter of Luke’s account of the greatest story ever told. READ Have you ever ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Larry Semore avatar

    The Spirit Of Expectancy - Part 3 - Caleb Series

    Contributed by Larry Semore on Jun 15, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 13,317 views

    This is the third and final sermon in the series and the most powerful. It was lengthy and had to be broken into two parts to get it properly preached, especially as it motivated me to follow several "rabit trails" and really impacted people's lives.

    The Spirit of Expectancy - Part 3 - Caleb's Expectation The Spirit of Expectancy Caleb’s Expectation Part 3 of a Series (Note: parts of this sermon were adopted from Sermon Central Contributor David Dykes from his sermon "Caleb: How to Thrive at Age 85!") TEXT: Joshua 14:6-12 New ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Don Emmitte avatar

    The Stewardship Of Time

    Contributed by Don Emmitte on May 5, 2014
     | 9,269 views

    If you knew you were going to die today, would that cause you to change your use of time today? Most of us would have to say, "Yes, it would."

    The Stewardship of Time Romans 13:11-14 Sermon by Don Emmitte, Grace Restoration Ministries If you knew you were going to die today, would that cause you to change your use of time today? Most of us would have to say, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lanny Smith avatar

    Which King? Series

    Contributed by Lanny Smith on Mar 3, 2021
     | 2,460 views

    Bob Dylan famously wrote, "But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed you're gonna have to serve somebody." As disciples of Jesus, we must choose daily who gets to be king in our life. Which king do you follow?

    * Squeeze to the last drop: The manager at the local pub had what he considered to be the world’s strongest man working as his bouncer. In fact, the bouncer was so tough, the manager actually used the man to make money on the side with a little bet he had contrived over the years. The manager was ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Caleb - An Old Hero With A Bold Dream Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 15, 2006
    based on 65 ratings
     | 31,140 views

    There were two obstacles to the dream home Caleb claimed. One was the giants that already lived there... and the other was his age. What was it that allowed him to overcome the obstacles and claim God’s promise?

    OPEN: (A poem by Edgar A. Guest) "Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But he with a chuckle replied "maybe it couldn’t", but he would be one who wouldn’t say so till he tried. So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin on his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ