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  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Knowing What You Are

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Feb 1, 2015
    based on 9 ratings
     | 34,979 views

    Too many Christians live defeated lives because they believe the lies of the world and Satan. We need to stop believing Satan's lies and realize who we are in Christ.

    Knowing What You Are Romans 6:1-10 In the early 1970s, a social scientist named Philip Zimbardo led a team of scientists from Stanford University in an interesting experiment. The team built a mock prison in the basement of the University’s psychology department. The scientists placed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Endurance In Turbulent Times Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 16, 2018
     | 5,603 views

    Message 37 in our exposition of Romans. This message considers the instruction to endure turbulent times.

    Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Navigating Turbulent Times with endurance -- Romans 12:12 Review Renewed thinking always precedes consistent transformed living. D. Think and live wisely through turbulent times 12:12 Last week we maintained that this world has experienced turbulent ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The Centurion At The Feet Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 11, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 25,114 views

    The story of this Centurion is listed in 3 of the Gospels because God wants us to see what he saw. What did the centurion see that day, and why did he cry out "Surely this was the Son of God"?

    In the days of Jesus the most feared soldiers on the face of the earth were those of the Legions Of Rome. These men were practically invincible. It seemed to no nation of the day could stand against them. And one of the reasons they were so powerful and so feared was because their armies were led ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Treasure In Earthen Vessels

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Apr 21, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 26,382 views

    The Holy Spirit is a treasure inside of us earthen vessels.

    Treasure In Earthen Vessels 2 Cor 4:7-9 & 16 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Anger Management

    Contributed by Gregory Mcmanus on Mar 7, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,665 views

    Do you know the difference between Righteous indignation and anger? This sermon explores the difference using the story of Saul.

    She came over and sat down right next to me… I didn’t even notice her for a few minutes.. Then she started standing up and rubbing her legs, groaning a little then sitting back down. She did this several times and it caught my attention. She was an older woman and obviously in some kind of pain.. ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    The Role Of The Holy Spirit In Evangelism And Discipleship

    Contributed by Tesh Njokanma on Apr 28, 2021
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     | 8,661 views

    The Holy Spirit in us empowers us to communicate a wonderful message of God’s love through our words and through our lives which draw people to God

    Introduction In Matthew 28:19-20, when Jesus was about to ascend to heaven, He gave a twofold task to the disciples and by extension, the church today. The task of evangelism and discipleship. In this world, we have two main categories of people. Believers in Christ Jesus. These are people who ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Hope At Christmas Series

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Dec 6, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,292 views

    This sermon proclaims that the heart of Christmas is God’s promised hope fulfilled in Jesus—the Light who breaks our darkness, conquers sin, and invites us to live in the peace and confidence of His eternal reign.

    The Heart of Christmas: Hope Isaiah 9:2-7; Matthew 1:18-25; Romans 15:4 Christmas is almost here! It truly is a special time of year. Before we open God’s Word together, I’d like to invite you on a short journey into the past—to remember what Christmas has meant to you through the years. Many of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When God Whispers Hope

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 2, 2025
     | 141 views

    Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up. Believers overcome discouragement by facing reality with faith—trusting God’s goodness, and rediscovering hope in Christ.

    The Devil’s Favorite Tool There’s an old story told by preachers long before microphones and livestreams. It goes like this: One day the devil decided to have a garage sale. He laid out all his tools on a table—hatred, envy, jealousy, deceit, lust, pride, and lying. Each one was marked with a ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    The Foolishness Of God - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 18, 2022
     | 1,910 views

    To repair your broken relationship(s), remember what you were before you came to know Christ and realize who you are in Christ.

    The Governor’s Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, 33 miles north of Boston, is the oldest independent boarding school in the United States. Samuel Moody founded the school in 1763, which includes Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, John Quincy Adams, and Booker T. Washington Jr. as part of its ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Measuring Up - A Man After God's Own Heart Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 30, 2005
    based on 164 ratings
     | 54,217 views

    What does it mean to be a man/ woman after God’s own heart? How would we know if we have the qualities that would make God say that about us?

    OPEN: With Super Bowl Sunday just a week away, I thought I’d share one of my favorite football stories: The coach at Auburn University - Shug Jordan - had asked his former Linebacker Mike Kollin if he would help his alma mater do some recruiting. Mike said, “Sure, coach. What kind of player ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Giving As A Group - Part Four Of Four In Series "Firstfruits" Series

    Contributed by Wade Leonard on Dec 4, 2007
     | 3,928 views

    Does God care about how we give as a group? Shouldn’t giving focus on what I give? After all, it’s up to me as to what I decide to give and how to give it, right? But does the Bible ever address “group giving?”

    Intro - John Young moved into an apartment tower in Chicago. The apartments had seen better days. All the colors had faded, the maintenance had been neglected and the mood of the place was downright ugly. It was just a real rough part of town. One of the things John noticed was that hardly ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Summer Of Love, Intro Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 24, 2017
     | 5,689 views

    This message looks at how the addition of love makes everything else in our Christian faith better.

    The Summer of Love Intro The year was 1967, I had just turned seven years old, Canada was celebrating its centennial and two events happened that would mark and define the United States for years to come. The first one took place mostly along the East Coast of the US and was referred to as “The ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Servant Suffers - He Is Forsaken Series

    Contributed by Buffy Cook on Jan 18, 2015
     | 5,418 views

    Sixth in a 12 part series examining THE most important week in all of history: The Passion Week, when Jesus fulfilled Mark 10:45. The Servant Arrives: He Is Forsaken. Our Lord's agony - the context, severity, source, purpose & our response to His agony.

    The Passion Week of Christ: A Study from the Book of Mark Week 6: The Servant Suffers - He Is Forsaken Mark 14:32-42 I. Introduction A. We're continuing in our Passion Week series. We last found Jesus and His disciples in the Upper Room partaking of an Unforgettable Passover meal during ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Injustices Of Life

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on May 18, 2022
     | 3,082 views

    Life can throw many hard things at us. We may even be tempted to let our hope in God fade. We want to scream, “Where is the justice?” As we move along a little further in Joseph's life God would want us to be encouraged that he will always see his children through.

    Today I want to talk about the injustices of life. Have you walked through a season when you couldn't seem to catch a break? Did you ever wonder if good days would ever return? Maybe you lost a job around the same time a loved one died. Or you were going through a painful divorce just as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No Turning Back Series

    Contributed by James Wallace on Feb 22, 2021
     | 6,566 views

    One of the most sobering warnings in all of Scripture is found in Hebrews 6. There is a great, even awful danger of making an irreversible and eternally destructive choice to abandon Christ. This passage stresses why you don't want to go there.

    This past year I faced a bit of a dilemma. My high school class, the class of 1970, was planning to celebrate its 50-year class reunion. I was invited. Would I go? That wasn’t the real dilemma. The real dilemma was that my spiritual father was on the organizing committee—yes, the fellow who ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church