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  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    It Takes Both Sunshine And Rain To Make A Rainbow

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 8, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,986 views

    Do you know how to break or make a Christian? Let him / her go through the process of suffering.

    Exegetical Idea: Subject: How should believers respond to suffering? Complement: Unsurprised, rejoicing, knowing that they are blessed. Homiletical Idea: Persecution can break or make a Christian. Purpose: As a result of this sermon, my listeners (believers) would be made aware and encouraged ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Great Injustice Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,584 views

    3rd in 5 part Series using the popular TV show, CSI, to investigate the death and subsequent resurrection of Jesus Christ.

    THE GREAT INJUSTICE: Caiaphas’ Conspiracy CSI: Murder of God - Week 4 MATT.26:57-68 INTRODUCTION: (Intro mpeg to CSI:31) It’s amazing that sometimes in our twisted world that what’s right can be unjust - that some things that are legal don’t give justice to others. Perennially perky lawyer, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Corporate Loss

    Contributed by Nathan Eyland on Jan 24, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,205 views

    Psalm 137 and Israel, corporately expressing their grief

    This month we are looking at some of the more emotional parts of the bible, the parts where you can go and maybe relate to the feelings and emotions that we go through. Last week I looked at feeling abandoned and Ps 22. This week I want to look at general hurts and pains and Ps 137. The situation ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Help People Who Are Really Suffering. Series

    Contributed by William Huegel on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,837 views

    I want to talk about what Job’s friends did that was right. They blew it later, but when they first came to Job, they were wonderful.

    How to Help People Who Are Really Suffering. Job 2:11-13 Reverend William A. Huegel First Baptist Church of Wallingford January 29, 2006 Job’s Three Friends 11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dan Cale avatar

    Surviving The Storms Of Life - Basic Survival Skills Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Jan 31, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 14,907 views

    This is part 1 of a 5 part series on dealing with the storms that life has for us. What basic survival skills do we need to get through this storm filled world?

    Surviving the Storms of Life Pt 1 Basic Survival Skills Acts 27 Chippie the parakeet never saw it coming. One second he was peacefully perched in his cage. The next he was sucked in, washed up, and blown over. The problems began when Chippie’s owner decided to clean Chippie’s cage with a vacuum ...read more

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    Full Of Sound And Fury Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Feb 13, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,450 views

    This is part 3 of a 5 part series on surviving the storms of life. Thunderstorms represent the next level of storms in life. Storms that have some danger but are usually short lived. Themes of refuge and strength are discussed.

    Surviving the Storms of Life Full of Sound and Fury Psalm 46 We have been talking over the last two weeks about surviving and even thriving amidst the storms of life. Last week we looked at the April showers of the storm world. Those storms that make life difficult, that increase the stress of ...read more

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    Category 5 Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Feb 13, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,227 views

    This is part 4 of a 5 part series on surviving the storms of life. Category 5 storms are the most severe storms in life. These storms carry with them the potential to end marriages, damage health and test faith. Find out how to survive.

    Surviving the Storms of Life Category 5 Mark 4:35-41 We’ve been talking over the last several weeks about surviving and even thriving amidst the storms of life. As we move through storms of increasing intensity we have dealt with basic survival skills, spring showers, and even thunder storms. ...read more

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    What Pain Teaches You: Lesson 1: When Pain Comes

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 13, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,991 views

    Two kinds of pain. Physical pain. “Her pains came upon her” (I Sam. 4:19). Mental pain. “It was painful to realize the wicked purpose” (Ps. 73:16, ELT).

    1. The most obvious observation, pain hurts! 2. Definition from Webster, (1) “Localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder or disease or injury.” (2) Basic bodily sensation, induced by noxious stimulus, received by naked nerve endings, characterized by physical discomfort and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Pain Teaches You: Lesson 2: The Problems Of Pain

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 20, 2006
    based on 46 ratings
     | 2,870 views

    “If God were good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly happy and if God were almighty He would be able to do what He wished. But the creatures suffer pain; therefore does God lack goodness or power, or both?” -C. S. Lewis

    A. THREE MYTHS ABOUT PAIN 1. God’s children are not supposed to suffer pain. 2. If I hurt, there must be something wrong with me. 3. If I hurt, there must be something wrong with God. B. WHY PAIN? 1. “If God were good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly happy and if God were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Pain Teaches You: Lesson 3: What To Do In Pain

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 20, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 1,655 views

    “Dear brothers, is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy, for when the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. So let it grow, and don’t try to squirm out of your problems. For when your patience is finally in full bloom

    A. GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF PAIN OR SUFFERING 1. God created a perfect man and placed Him in a perfect environment. 2. Pain and suffering are the consequences of living in a fallen world. “To the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mystery And The Master

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on May 19, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,472 views

    What when things don’t work out as we expect... and things don’t make sense? What does the Bible have to say about that?

    Mystery and the master. Dan 3:13-18, heb 11:1-2,6, 13-16, 32-39. WBC 21 May 06am EVER WONDER... ...why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin? why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed? why you don’t ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"? why "abbreviated" is such a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don't Blow It Now! Series

    Contributed by Clarence Moore on May 27, 2006
    based on 31 ratings
     | 12,055 views

    Don’t allow the enemy to cause you to loose focus now! - Your victory is just around the corner.

    2006 Overflow Series: Preaching from the book of Joshua Don’t Blow it now! On last week we witnessed the miraculous deliverance of a former prostitute and her whole family from the destruction of a city called Jericho. When the 6th chapter opens we find ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    God's Tests

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 1, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,069 views

    Why do you think God administers tests in our lives? Tests from God always have a spiritual purpose and a spiritual growth process for us in our faith walk with the Lord.

    “God’s Test!” On the lighter side of life: Three old men were at the doctor’s office for a memory test. The doctors said to the first old man, “What is three times three?” “Two-hundred seventy four,” he replied. The doctor said to the second man, “it’s your turn. What is three times three?” ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Holding Fast In Changing Times Series

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Aug 27, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 41,696 views

    God never changes, therefore we can hold to him.

    Title: The Courage to Fear He was still young when his world came crashing in around him. In his parents’ time, the kingdom had seen its last great ruler. But, in an instant, the king had been killed at the height of his power and greatness. And now, a succession of less than stellar kings had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ron Dunn avatar

    Facing The Giants: Will A Man Serve God For Nothing? Series

    Contributed by Ron Dunn on Aug 28, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 13,051 views

    (Facing the Giants—This sermon would probably lend itself well to the clip where Coach Taylor is talking to the team and says, “It means we’ve got to give Him our best in every area. And if we win, we praise Him; and if we lose, we praise Him. Either way,

    Sherwood Baptist Church has one of the most dynamic media ministries of any church in America. They have produced Facing the Giants, arguably the best feature-length movie ever made by a local church. It’s a God-glorifying, excellently created sports film in the tradition of Hoosiers, Remember ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational