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  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Great God's - Great Fish Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Jan 17, 2015
    based on 6 ratings
     | 22,172 views

    In this sermon we look at three points about God: 1. God Shows Jonah His SOVEREIGNTY 2. God Shows Jonah His PERSISTENCE 3. God Shows Jonah His COMPASSION

    Great God's - Great Fish Do you recall that back in the first sermon in the series I mentioned - Jonah is not the hero of the story. God is! At the beginning of the story Jonah is running from God; at the end of the story Jonah is arguing with God. In between Jonah is praying to God and Jonah is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Lead A Soul To Christ Series

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 27, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,432 views

    Part four of a five-part worship series "Guide in Prayer"

    How to Lead a Soul to Christ Part 4 “Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. 19 My brothers and sisters, if ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Wisdom Factor Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Apr 11, 2018
     | 3,709 views

    Sixth in a series on the characteristics of God as our loving Father. This message has to do with the fact that God is there to provide wisdom for life.

    “The Wisdom/Counsel Factor” (The Fatherhood of God Pt 6) Review Dads play a vital role in our development. Many of the talents or traumas we have today stem from our interaction with our fathers. Scripture employs the image of a father as one way to explain God’s relationship to His creation. 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    "Overcoming Discouragement" Series

    Contributed by David Henderson on Aug 6, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,622 views

    Discouragement has terrible timing. Discouragement always shows up unannounced. But we can overcome it AND we must.

    “Overcoming Discouragement” Nehemiah 6: 1-16 A funny thing happened in a town in Maryland …. a woman named Edith, a mother of 8 children was coming home from a neighbor’s house one Saturday afternoon. As she walked into the house she saw 5 of her youngest children huddled together, focused ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    False Teaching Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jan 17, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,086 views

    Wolves have entered the church and Paul writes to correct the errors that they're promoting

    It’s interesting that the two places where Paul spent the most time in his missionary travels, Corinth and Ephesus, appear from his letters to have the most problems. He certainly spends a lot of his time writing to correct the errors that were being introduced by certain people. But then we ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Tame Your Temptation Series

    Contributed by Steve Meenho Kang on Feb 7, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,263 views

    In order to be happy, we must learn to tame our temptaions

    Tame Your Temptation Habits of Happiness Part 2 1 Corinthians 10:13-14 We all want to be happy. I bet there is no single person who intentionally chooses to be unhappy. However, so many people in this world are not happy for one reason or another. In order to be happy, this is what we have to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Deep Implanted Sin

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Apr 25, 2017
     | 2,163 views

    Satan wants to fill you with sin

    Deep Implanted Sin (Eph.:10-13) Illus. The enemy leader is in his command center discussing his battle strategy with those under his command. The enemy is very upset about the latest move by the rebellion forces. They have been attacking in vital areas. Never before in this struggle has the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    There's Trouble Ahead, But Triumph Too!

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 15, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,719 views

    A sermon preached for the 50th anniversary of St. Peter Lutheran Church in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.

    Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Peter Lutheran Church. 50 years. If this congregation was a man, he could expect that half of this life has already passed, and so have the days when he had no love handles or wrinkles. But a congregation is not an individual—it’s more like ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Jesus: The Most High!

    Contributed by Kelly Durant on Nov 28, 2015
     | 3,482 views

    People live with too much stress.Jesus offers a way to deal with it. Man's ways fail.

    Jesus: The Most High! Kelly Durant John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 2. When I first started out evangelizing in the 1970’s, there were a lot of drugs, oriental ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Be A 'barnabite'

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Apr 8, 2014
     | 5,613 views

    Barnabas' name means, "Son of Encouragement". What can we learn about his encouraging ways and how can we put them into practice?

    BE A BARNABITE INTRODUCTION: The devil once advertised his tools for sale at public auction. When the prospective buyers assembled, there was one oddly shaped tool, which was labeled "Not for sale." Asked to explain why this was, the devil answered, "I can spare my other tools, but I cannot spare ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Release From Stubbornness Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 8, 2013
     | 6,186 views

    Three groups can help us understand our resistance to trusting in the Resurrection of Jesus.

    I read a story of a man who was on his way to the airport to catch a plane. He came to an intersection where his wife had told him he needed to turn left to get to the airport. It was a narrow little road and he was on a board road that also would let I see some of nature’s beauty. He decided ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    #wildwaves Series

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 9, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,809 views

    Jude's description of the judgment that awaits false teachers is a warning to us as we prepare for Judgment Day.

    An earthquake followed by a landslide in 1958 generated a wave so tall and so powerful that it snapped trees 524 meters upslope as it bullied its way along Alaska’s Lituya Bay. 524 m is almost as tall as the CN Tower in Toronto! If you want to psyche yourself out before your next cruise or ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Performance Trap

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,585 views

    A sermon on grace and how we distort God's grace in our culture, USA. (Material adapted from David Seamands' book, "Healing Grace" chapter 2 "Barriers to Grace")

    HoHum: A treadmill is one of the most effective tools for burning calories, despite the fact that the person exercising stays in the same place. Similarly, so it is with people who try to work their way to righteousness. We understand that grace is what saved us but believe they must pay God back ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Double Down To Defeat Discouragement

    Contributed by Charles Mims on Sep 22, 2012
     | 4,770 views

    We have the world figured out, the wind is at our back, and something goes wrong that deflates us. It's an age old problem, with an age old solution. We need to double down on God, and defeat that demon of discouragement.

    Doubling Down against Discouragement September 21, 2012 Nehemiah 4:1-23 (Background Passage) Nehemiah 4:10-14 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 10 In Judah, it was said: The strength of the laborer fails, since there is so much rubble. We will never be able to rebuild the wall. 11 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Cameron Bottema avatar

    Who Is Jesus? Deity (Part 2 Of 4) Series

    Contributed by Cameron Bottema on Apr 30, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,496 views

    A short 4 week study of Jesus Christ's Human Nature, Deity, and Incarnation

    I. Introduction: Good morning. We know that today we living under the New Covenant, but there is the same message that God is trying to teach us in both the New and the Old Covenants. Speaking of the new and old, last week we began a series on Christology, the study of Christ, we examined that ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends