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  • John Wright avatar

    How To Recognize A Hypocrite

    Contributed by John Wright on Jul 6, 2007
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    Describes the marks of a hypocrite with scriptures.

    HOW TO RECOGNIZE A HYPOCRITE …… A Hypocrite …. 1/ Lives for the praise of others, instead of pleasing the Lord Matt 6:2, 5, 16 2/ Puts on a show of righteousness, but their heart isn’t in it Matt 15:7, 23:25, 27 3/ Has a Legalistic view of the Christian life & how others should live it Matt ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Functioning In The Community Of Faith

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jul 8, 2007
     | 3,504 views

    how each of us should operate in the body of Christ, how to contribute to our community, some guidelines set forth by Paul in achieving great things for God in the local church

    Intro: since we have been preaching community for weeks, I had this thought during the city fireworks for the fourth of July celebration, this took a community effort for this night to happen. From the Mayor to councilmen, to chamber of commerce, to the law enforcement, to the community clubs, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    When Worry Overwhelms Us Series

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Jul 9, 2007
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    Worry has become a national obsession in our world today.Unfortunately, believers are not exempt from worry. We try to hide our worry calling it Christian Concern. In reality, worry is the secret sin for believers. Not only is needless worry a sin, it is

    Introduction: (Video Clip – Wounded in Iraq) Worry has become a national obsession in our world today. You do not have to have a loved one overseas in combat to worry. We are a nation of worriers and we worry about everything… Parents worry about their children Adult children worry about their ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Are We There Yet

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Jul 9, 2007
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    A summer themed sermon that used a lot of sources from Sermon Central.

    Are we there yet? 1 Thess 5:23-24 6/17/2007 Intro: There’s a handful of movies that if I’m flipping through the channels and see one of them on, I will stop to watch it…regardless of my wife’s protesting. A lot of them are Chevy Chase movies, Fletch for instance. Another one is any of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Obstacles To Faithfilledness

    Contributed by Tim Hedberg on Jul 9, 2007
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    Faithful or Faithfilled?

    April 15, 2007 John 20:19-31 Obstacles to Faithfilledness Last Sunday in my Easter Sunday message I spoke on Luke’s account of that first resurrection morning. Early in the morning the ladies went to Jesus’ tomb carrying burial spices to anoint a dead Jesus. But when they arrived they didn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Light The Fire

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on May 1, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 11,264 views

    God will breathe life into anyone who is willing to let the fire of the Holy Spirit burn in them.

    Light the Fire TEXT Ezek 37:1-14 The world is looking for God. Tragically and ironically they are looking in the wrong places. Sadly, as the world is looking for God, God’s people are asleep in their pews, asleep in religious traditions, lethargy ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Part 3---Pray And Seek Series

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on May 1, 2007
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    But when we seek the first thing we must seek is God’s kingdom, not our own. We need to stop worrying about tomorrow because today has enough problems of its own. When we are doing God’s work and concentrate on that our problems will go away. When we seek

    What God expects of us Part 3---Pray and seek We have talked for the past 2 weeks about what God wants us to do. We discussed dedication and sacrifice and even humbleness. Today we are going to continue with that thought about what God wants us to do, then next week we will go into what God will ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Part 2---Humility Series

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on May 1, 2007
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     | 3,314 views

    To be humble we must realize beloved that we are dead, we belong to someone else who has purchased us. That we are inter twined with each other and even more our actions will reflect on our own forgiveness from God Himself.

    What God expects of us Part 2---Humility We have talked last week about what God wants us to do. We discussed dedication and sacrifice and now we must move on to more of what God wants of us. First lets review what we have discussed. 2 Chronicles 7:4-7 4Then the king and all the people offered ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Its Time To Refuel

    Contributed by Randall Lavere Ii on May 1, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,583 views

    we all encounter times of a "dry season", heres how to overcome.

    When we speak of the Holy Ghost, we are not talking about an “it”, but a HE. He is a person. The very spirit of God living and dwelling in the midst of his people. Many people will tell you that the Holy Ghost came at the day of Pentecost, and never before that, well that is not exactly the truth. ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Developing A Church That Cares

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on May 2, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,577 views

    building a community of faith

    Intro: ILL. A youth minister was attending a Special Olympics where handicapped children competed with tremendous dedication & enthusiasm. One event was the 220-yard dash, Contestants lined up at the starting line, & at the signal, started running as fast as they could. One boy by the name of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    God's Got Me Right Where He Wants Me

    Contributed by Jimmy Stewart on May 3, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,567 views

    If you feel like you’re in a trial: just know God has you there for a reason!

    God’s got me right where he wants me Jonah Bible tells us the familiar story of the ministry of the Jonah. The son of Amittai of Gath-hepher, he was a prophet of Israel who in 2 Kings 14 predicted the restoration of the ancient boundaries of the kingdom. He exercised his ministry very early in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Armour Of God

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,342 views

    Breaking down each of the pieces of the armour fo God; a sermon I wrote and preached with a gr 11 student

    The Armor of God Youth Service - June 11, 1995 INTRO: I have a hard time with things that I can’t physically sense. I’m a fairly concrete person - I like the tangible things in life - like a thick piece of chocolate cake, or the solid handshake of a friend. And it is because of this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Baker avatar

    How Do We Have Confidence Before God Pt. 2 Series

    Contributed by Mark Baker on May 5, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,435 views

    God’s precious promises will not fall on us automatically. We have to know the will of God before we can even ask for them. We have to ask in line with His will. God’s Word is God’s will...

    -- New Revised Standard Hebrews 10:35 Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward. In the 1st lesson we talked about what confidence was, and the commands that God gave us in His Word in order to walk in confidence before Him. Confidence is another way of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Part 2 Sermon 1 What God Will Do For Us. Series

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on May 5, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,522 views

    But what I want to talk about today is what God said He would do for us, If we do our part, BIG WORD FOR ONLY 2 LETTERS.

    Dedication of the Temple. Part 2 sermon 1 What God will do for us! London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash all over the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Us Isn't Them Series

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on May 7, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,437 views

    Paul describes the transformation that happens when a person moves from a life lived in darkness to a life illuminated by Christ. That transformation happens as we, as Christians, take three determined steps that define the difference between ourselves an

    Us Isn’t Them! Moving From Darkness To Light Ephesians 4:17-32 All you have to do is spend a little bit of time listening to many Christians talk before you observe from their conversations an attitude of “Us isn’t them!” … an attitude that marks the boundaries between Christian territory and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ