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  • David Richardson avatar

    Hollow And Empty

    Contributed by David Richardson on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,629 views

    If we are living our lives to ourselves, we will be the grinch, or Ebenezer Scrooge. Our insides will be so messed up that we’ll soon be living a life of fear and paranoia, feeling that everyone is out to get us.

    Title: Hollow and Empty Scripture: Romans 14:7 For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Guideline #9: Give Generously Of God's Resources Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Nov 12, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 8,293 views

    A healthy church is a giving church. God is the owner. We are just the stewards.

    SERIES: “GOD-GIVEN GUIDELINES FOR GROWING A GREAT CHURCH” TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 9:1-15 TITLE: Guideline #9: “GIVE GENEROUSLY OF GOD’S RESOURCES” (Bulk of material from Bob Russel’s When God Builds A Church and a sermon on this text also by him) INTRODUCTION: A. Ten Reasons Why I Never ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    We Were There - The Crowd Around Jesus Series

    Contributed by Ken Gehrels on Apr 9, 2001
    based on 68 ratings
     | 8,602 views

    Palm Sunday - a consideration of some of the faces around this event and where our place in it all may be.

    We Were There - The Crowd Around Jesus Bible Reading: Luke 19: 28-48 PREPARED BY KEN GEHRELS PASTOR CALVIN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH NEPEAN, ONTARIO What an active, colourful, almost hectic, back and forth scene ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Temptation Management-101—2 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on May 8, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,295 views

    Part 2 of a 4 part sermon dealing with the importance of managing temptation effectively so that it will not become sin, thus freeing God to work in our lives.

    Temptation Management 101-II—Luke 4:1-13 We must learn to control/manage life’s temptations. Control our falling into the temptations—Sexual/Drug/Alcohol/Food/ Social-Relationships/ Financial, etc....— so they do not become sin, hindering God’s work in us. Jesus was able manage temptation so ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Church God Will Bless

    Contributed by Tom Dooley on May 11, 2001
    based on 306 ratings
     | 19,119 views

    This message focuses on following the model of the early church in order to be a church God will bless.

    The Church God Will Bless By Tom Dooley www.preachingtheword.com Acts 2:41-47 Several years ago in the movie Hoosiers, Gene Hackman played the part of Norman Dale, a former college coach with a tainted past who was hired to coach a rural high-school basketball team from Hickory, Indiana. Coach ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Church Conflict Resolution Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Nov 27, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,597 views

    When God brought the Gentiles in it was a major hurdle for some of the Jewish Christians. How did they deal with the divisive fall out? How can we practice what God taught them?

    We really need to review where we’ve been to appreciate where we are in Acts 15. Here it is in a nutshell. Just before he ascended back to heaven, Jesus commissioned the apostles to wait in Jerusalem for power from God to accomplish the witnessing work of bringing the gospel to the whole world. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Pitfalls Along The Way

    Contributed by James Groce on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 49 ratings
     | 4,053 views

    When one yields to the high calling of God we become very vulnerable to heartbreaks and distortions. To pastor is a demanding role, almost like a mother and child.

    A HEART TO HEART TALK WITH PASTORS Hebrews 12:12-15 Key verse to keep in heart: Psalms 119:165; Great peace have they which love Thy law; AND NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM (meaning that NOTHING in the Word will ever be offensive to those that love the Word). Hebrews 12:12 Wherefore lift up the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Peter And The Passion Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 13, 2004
    based on 121 ratings
     | 16,689 views

    The Sanhedrin was up in arms because Peter was making them guilty of "Jesus Blood." It’s not like they could accuse Peter of anti-semiticism... but were they guilty?

    OPEN: In Reader’s Digest, a young woman told of being employed as a dental receptionist. She said: I was on duty when an extremely nervous patient came for root canal surgery. He was brought into the examining room and made comfortable in the reclining dental chair. The dentist then injected a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Choices

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Apr 30, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 9,664 views

    We often do not realize how vitally important these choice are and how they impact our lives. The choices we make will determine our character, our influence, our commitment and relationship to Christ, and ultimately our destiny.

    CHOICES Job 34:2-4 Hear my words, wise men; and give ear to me, you who have knowledge; For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food. Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good. Introduction: There is a story about a man named Fred who inherited $10 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    The Downward Trail Of Leadership

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 12, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 3,906 views

    We look at an 11 step process where leadership can accidentally fall prey.

    DOWNWARD TRAIL OF LEADERSHIP? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Psalms 119:165 Great peace have they which love Thy law; AND NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM. Hebrews 12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which HANG DOWN, and the feeble knees; 13. And make straight paths for your feet, lest ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    True Disciples Part One

    Contributed by Larry Sarver on Jun 14, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,408 views

    An Expository Sermon From Luke 6:43-49 On The Two Attributes That Identify True Disciples

    True Disciples Pastor Larry Sarver New Life in Christ 1633 SW 34th St. Palm City, FL 34990 561-283-9426 pastorsarver@yahoo.com www.palmcitynewlife.org Illustration: In 1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren, had a wedding to attend. Since John had his pilot’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Paul Etterling avatar

    The Influence Of The Father

    Contributed by Paul Etterling on Jun 18, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 15,272 views

    A word of encouragement to men to be the Father and Grandfather that molds a childs life by pu=ouring wisdom into the child.

    Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Terry Bailey avatar

    Please Leave A Message, No One Is Available To Receive Your Call Series

    Contributed by Terry Bailey on Jun 22, 2001
    based on 326 ratings
     | 30,565 views

    While the benefits of the "Greatest Story Ever Told" belongs exclusively to Christians, we must not keep them to ourselves! We, like Jonah, must deliever the message of Truth and Repentance from our heavenly Father.

    The Passage: Jonah 1:1-3 1:1The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2"Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." 3But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Neal Gray avatar

    Diligently Working Together

    Contributed by Neal Gray on Aug 26, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,908 views

    Don’t lose heart. I know that sorrows come. But don’t be weary in well-doing. Share. Do Good. You will reap God’s good promises in due time. God says it is true! And I believe Him and His promises. Do you?

    "Diligently Working Together" Author: Dr. Neal Gray Passage: Galatians 6:6-10 Purpose: Don’t lose heart. I know that sorrows come. But don’t be weary in well-doing. Share. Do Good. You will reap God’s good promises in due time. God says it is true! And I believe Him and His promises. Do ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Overcomers – Not Victims! Series

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Oct 7, 2006
    based on 17 ratings
     | 10,685 views

    Evil is never overcome by more evil nor by playing into the power and victim games that others would use to entrap us. Evil is only overcome by goodness that lets our abusers know we will remain in control of how we choose to respond

    OVERCOMERS – NOT VICTIMS! Matthew 5:38-48 1. What has been your gut reaction to the recent spate of school shootings we have suffered in Wisconsin, Colorado, and now most recently in the small Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania where 5 little girls where brutally shot to death? • How ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist