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  • TROY SHIFFLETT avatar

    Just A Crumb

    Contributed by Troy Shifflett on Jul 9, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,920 views

    WHEN GOD SEEMS TO IGNORE YOU!

    JUST A CRUMB! MATTHEW 15.23 If tonight in a literal sense, Jesus was passing by, what word or words do you feel could be said to get His attention? If this morning brother Kenny said tonight the Lord Himself would be bodily present in this service. I am not a talking about an evangelist. Nor a ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Confessing Jesus

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 11, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,827 views

    One of the most basic confessions in the life of a Christian is the confession about Jesus. 3 confessions in the NT teach us what it means in our lives to confess Jesus.

    CONFESSING JESUS MATTHEW 16:13-16 JOHN 1:47-49 JOHN 20:26-28 INTRODUCTION...Innocent Prisoner, Today in the Word, December 4, 1992 There is the old story of a king who was once touring a prison. The prisoners fell on their knees before him to proclaim their innocence—except for one man, who ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Blessed By Design

    Contributed by Hoggan Tevis on Jul 16, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,077 views

    The christians are blessed, because that’s God’s plan.

    Sermon Title: Blessed by Design Psalms 1:1-3 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Made You Give Up The Ghost

    Contributed by Juan Lane on Jul 27, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,898 views

    We need to know that the last thing that we should give up should be our ghost.

    What Made You Give Up The Ghost? Scripture Reference: Mark 15:35-37 (KJV) Mark 15: 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Look For The Greatest Treasure

    Contributed by William Baeta on Aug 11, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,131 views

    “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value he went away and sold everything he had and bought it” Matthew 13:45-46.

    Theme: Look for the greatest treasure Text: 1 Kings 3:5-12; Rom. 8:28-30; Matt. 13:44-52 Jesus often taught using parables. A parable is simply a story about familiar and material things that is used to reveal eternal and spiritual truths. Jesus Christ, the best teacher the world has ever known, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "The Boomerang Generation”

    Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Aug 19, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,067 views

    The Texas Cooperative Extension recently published a study titled “Dynamics in Middle Adulthood: Caring for Grandchildren, Adult Children, and Aging Parents.” The article stated that members of the “Baby Boomer” generation may find themselves with respon

    “The Boomerang Generation” The Texas Cooperative Extension recently published a study titled “Dynamics in Middle Adulthood: Caring for Grandchildren, Adult Children, and Aging Parents.” The article stated that members of the “Baby Boomer” generation may find themselves with responsibilities for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "A Big Responsibility"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 20, 2005
    based on 47 ratings
     | 6,100 views

    We are the confessors of Christ who are called to witness to the world.

    Matthew 16:13-20 1 Peter 2:4-10 “A BIG Responsibility” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org You’ve heard the jokes, someone dies and they meet Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates. In these jokes, Peter is the one who decides ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Reorganize

    Contributed by Juan Lane on Aug 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,534 views

    Some of us think we need more or less but we simply need to reorganize what we already have.

    Reorganize Sermon Scripture: Judges 7:2-7 (KJV) Judges 7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Sermon For The Beginning Of Lent

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Aug 25, 2005
    based on 159 ratings
     | 30,253 views

    A sermon for the beginning of Lent, written for a small congregation in an English country chapel

    The shortest sermon ever recorded, which you won’t be getting this morning, consisted of the preacher going into the pulpit and quoting Romans 6:23, “The wages of sin is death”, and adding “there has been no change in the rate of pay. Amen”. It’s not very fashionable these days to talk about sin ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Deception, Our Greatest Enemy

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 1, 2005
    based on 66 ratings
     | 17,194 views

    Don’t base your conclusions and actions on what you are being fed through worldly media, but on the truth of God’s Word

    DECEPTION, OUR GREATEST ENEMY Rev 20:3 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Rev 20:7-8 7 And when the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Are You Enduring? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stacey on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 9,722 views

    #5 in the series from Tony Evan’s book, Dry Bones Dancing.

    ARE YOU ENDURING? PSALM 42 & Isaiah 40:27-31 You’ve heard the words and have probably even said them yourself: “God will never give us more than we can bear.” But have you ever sensed that this statement just wasn’t true? -Now, it is true in a certain way. I Corinthians ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Moving On Out

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,046 views

    The imperative of relational evangelism is before us.

    Moving On Out Cornwall/Montreal February 26, 2005 “In his book Mortal Lessons, Richard Selzer, M.D., writes: “I stand by the bed where a young woman lies, her face postoperative, her mouth twisted in palsy, clownish. A tiny twig of the facial nerve, the one to the muscles of her mouth, has been ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bob Marcaurelle avatar

    The Holy Spirit- God Touching You And Me

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Nov 19, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 9,536 views

    The Holy Spitit is the encounter or touch we have from God the Father and God the Son.

    The Christian Faith (The Holy Spirit) Week 1 1. The Spirit’s Divine Personality Jn. 14:17-18 Copyright 2005 by Bob Marcaurelle GOD TOUCHING YOU AND ME “The wind blows where it want to; and you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. It is just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gregory Neal avatar

    An Easter People

    Contributed by Gregory Neal on Mar 14, 2005
    based on 109 ratings
     | 14,973 views

    An Easter Sunday Sermon from 1991, based upon John 20:1-18.

    What is there to say on this on this Easter Day? There is an ancient liturgy of the Church, a saying from our grandparents in the faith, so to speak. The worship leader, looking out on the people gathered for worship, would proclaim: "The Lord is Risen!" And the people respond: "He is risen ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Keith Foskey avatar

    The Practical Application Of Doctrine¡¨ Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Mar 28, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,062 views

    A scholar once said: "Matthew through John gives us the Gospel (good news) of Jesus Christ¨ The Acts of the Apostles give us the Gospel of the Holy Spirit¨ But it is in Romans that we are given the Gospel of God¡¨

    INTRODUCTION: What we have been learning so far in this series is mainly on the subject of church doctrine (A highly oversimplified look at the last few weeks would be this) „X The Doctrine of Sin is that we are all guilty of sin, all in need of a Savior „X The Doctrine of Righteousness is that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational