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  • Dr. Rod Mattoon avatar

    The Hollowness Of Heartless Devotion

    Contributed by Dr. Rod Mattoon on Apr 5, 2014
    based on 6 ratings
     | 34,813 views

    This message deals with the issue of insincere devotion and love for the Lord. It addresses the issue of why believers drift far away from the Lord sometimes. It is one of the messages in the book Treasures from Isaiah, Volume 1 written by Dr.Mattoon

    The Hollowness of Heartless Devotion Isaiah 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Let me ask you a question. How ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    How To Hold On When You Feel Like Giving Up

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 4, 2001
    based on 436 ratings
     | 101,232 views

    How do we keep holding on when we feel like giving up? How do we find the strength to persevere, to go on?

    Ever feel like giving up? Ever feel like quitting? Ever feel like your situation is so hopeless that the only thing you can possibly do is leave? Just walk away, head out the door and never come back? In extreme circumstances, people can feel so much emotional pain that they take their own lives. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Williams avatar

    The Well, The Women, And The Wait Series

    Contributed by Brian Williams on Feb 18, 2025
     | 587 views

    We all have unsettled issues in our hearts. Some want to put a lot of time and distance between these unresolved issues, even a change of scenery, which may be necessary to get some clarity. I believe God wants us to identify these issues and work through them.

    The Well, the Women, and the Wait Genesis 29:1-30 16 Feb 2025 Last week, Scott spoke from Genesis 28 where Jacob was running from his brother Esau who was planning to kill him because he took the family blessing and inheritance that he was expecting to get. Jacob was on the run as a fugitive, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    What Would Santa Claus Say About Christmas?

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Dec 2, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,361 views

    If Santa were here today, what might he say baout the way we celebrate Christmas?

    What Would Santa Say About Christmas? Based on a sermon by Kevin Higgins Nov. 27, 2005 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: A Santa, to many of us, is the jolly old St. Nick of the holiday season. 1 Little is known of St. Nicholas for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Vic Folkert avatar

    Daniel 2: When Life Seems Out Of Control Series

    Contributed by Vic Folkert on Sep 3, 2020
     | 5,488 views

    God is in control, even when the world seems chaotic. Daniel handles a situation beyond his control with WISDOM and FAITH.

    WHEN LIFE SEEMS OUT OF CONTROL—Daniel 2 Does it sometimes seem like your life is out of control? Coronavirus. The national debt. Politics. Natural disasters. As a parent committed to your kids, you try to protect them and control their environment, but you can’t control all the people and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Timothy Smith avatar

    What Would God Say About.. Eternal Security Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Mar 2, 2005
    based on 47 ratings
     | 7,277 views

    2nd in 5 lessons prepared and delivered at InSight - Discovery Christian Church’s Believer’s Service.

    INSIGHT - February 27, 2005 “WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT... ETERNAL SECURITY" INTRODUCTION: We are continuing in our series on “What does God say about...” Tonight we are going to address an issue that is not so much a “hot” topic but a confusing one. One of the things we want to do here at ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Charlie Roberts avatar

    How Many Did You Say, Was Coming To Dinner?

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Nov 20, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,835 views

    If we are Christians and were not thankful, what kind of a message does that send to all those who don’t know the Lord? We should be the happiest people on earth, we have been given so much and been asked to give so little in return.

    How Many Did You Say,  Was Coming For Dinner? This coming Thursday, since 1621, will mark the 390th time, Thanksgiving has been celebrated in this great country. Tables will be spread with all the favorite recipes of families handed down, for generations all over the land, Even though were ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "saying 'yes' To God"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 20, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,178 views

    A sermon for Christmas Day.

    “Saying ‘Yes’ to God” Luke 1:26-38 I am indebted to Mike Slaughter's Book: "Down to Earth" for directing me through this sermon. Mary was a teenager when the angel Gabriel visited her, and more than likely, she was doing what most teenage girls in the first century would have been ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Timothy Smith avatar

    What Would God Say About.. Church Leadership Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,317 views

    5th in 5 lessons prepared and delivered at InSight - Discovery Christian Church’s Believer’s Service.

    INSIGHT SERVICE “What would God say about... Church Leadership 1 TIMOTHY 3:1-8,TITUS 1:5-9 INTRODUCTION: At first you see only a basketball bouncing, then the shoes of an anonymous player.. Then all of a sudden you recognize who the shoes belong to, it’s Charles Barkley, professional ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Clint Shrum avatar

    So You Say You Want More Of God

    Contributed by Clint Shrum on Dec 30, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,576 views

    How to have a closer walk with the Lord

    SO YOU SAY YOU WANT MORE OF GOD Luke 9: 23-25 Intro: In our text we see Jesus giving the disciples and invitation and instructions on what was necessary to follow Him even after He was gone. He had just foretold his future and He wanted to prepare them for the time when He would not be here. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chris Talton avatar

    What Do I Say When I Pray

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 2,809 views

    Jesus gave His disciples and us a model prayer to help us figure out how you talk to the God of the universe.

    September 2, 2001 Mat. 6:9-13 “What do I say when I pray? INTRODUCTION I am not a talker by nature. Some people just bubble over with things to say. They find it easy to start up conversations, and before you know it, they have established a new friendship. That’s not me. I struggle to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jimmy Haile avatar

    Seven Sayings From The Cross-Number 2. (Hix)

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Feb 26, 2012
     | 6,005 views

    My situation is not my destination

    A person said today on TV, taking about someone who had committed a terrible crime. Said, “Hell will burn hotter for them!” I understand what she meant when she said that, that the punishment would fit the crime, but the truth is Hell is going to be hot for anybody that winds up there…Nobody is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ralph juthman avatar

    3 Words Men Hate To Say But Long To Hear Series

    Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Jun 15, 2013
     | 15,354 views

    A fathers Day message

    Extreme Home Makeover HPC Edition Three Words Men Hate To Say But Long To Hear 1 Corinthians 13; Eph.5:24 INTRODUCTION Fathers Day, is a holiday which generates mixed opinions. The top three holidays in North America are Christmas and Valentines, but the number one day for cards, florists, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 30, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 62 views

    God meets us in our hidden, ordinary places, calls us by His name, and transforms our weakness into strength through His presence and grace.

    Some days feel like threshing wheat in a winepress—hidden, cramped, and far from ideal. You’re just trying to get by, head down, doing what needs to be done, praying the storm will pass. Maybe that’s you this week. Bills piled high. Criticism louder than courage. A heart that’s willing but worn. ...read more

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    Harden Not Your Hearts Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 10, 2015
     | 3,682 views

    Not to share one's wealth with the poor is stealing from them.

    Thursday in the First Week in Course 2015 Joy of the Gospel The two NT readings we have heard today are linked by a single notion expressed in the words “moved with pity.” Jesus looked on this poor leper and, in the Greek, became splagchnistheis. This is something we have all ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic