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  • Jim Butcher avatar

    What's The Difference Between Heaven And The New Jerusalem? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 1, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 20,230 views

    This message explores the unique and important place that the New Jerusalem holds in our future as Christians.

    What’s the difference between heaven and the New Jerusalem? THREE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: 1. Are heaven and the New Jerusalem the same thing? - Answer: “No.” - Revelation 21:2 indicates that they are different, since it speaks of the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven. The New ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Witherden avatar

    The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth, So Help Me God

    Contributed by Mark Witherden on Dec 6, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 12,658 views

    Hold on to the truth in an age where truth has become anything you want it to be.

    The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God Isaiah 56:1-2 Isa 56:1 Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who lays hold on ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Hand It Over

    Contributed by John Nadasi on Aug 5, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,588 views

    When our blessings become our curses, it is because we are holding on too tightly.

    Luke 12:32-40 Paonia United Methodist Church August 8, 2004 Life is hard. No, I mean it. Life in and of itself is rough. We get up, We encounter situations we would just as soon avoid, We deal with people we would just as soon pass on by, We struggle just to make ends meet… And, no ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jeremy Farmer avatar

    A Blind 20/20 Visionary

    Contributed by Jeremy Farmer on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 12,956 views

    Why don’t you have vision, and what’s holding you back?

    Intro: They say that there is no one so blind as he who will not see. In this story, we are presented with a man who was absolutely blind. Bartimaeus could see nothing with the physical eyes with which he had been born, yet he could see things one a spiritual level that others were blind to. He saw ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Byron Harvey avatar

    The Measure Of Man Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Oct 29, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,707 views

    This is installment 3 in my series "Anchor Points: Holding On to the Truth in a Post-Modern World."

    <b>Anchor Points The Measure of Man</b> Genesis 1:26-31 February 13, 2000 Anchor Point #3: <b>God created Man in His Own Image</b> Thus far in our study we have traced some of the elements of modern culture which are serving to change the rules of how people perceive reality. We are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    I Met John The Baptist At Yoder's Department Store

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Dec 5, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,429 views

    John gives some advice for this season of Advent: hold a baby, wonder, and look to the stars.

    I Met John the Baptist at Yoder’s Dept. Store Mark 1:1-8 December 4, 2005 Haven’t you ever wondered what it would be like to meet John the Baptist? I’ve always thought that he would be an interesting person to get to know. He walked around the wilderness in camel skin eating bugs and tree bark, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    The Battle In Christ Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 3, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,374 views

    We are engaged in a spiritual battle, and we must hold our ground at all costs.

    The Battle In Christ Text: Eph. 6:10-20 Introduction 1. Illustration: Video clip from the movie "Gettysburg." Scene 28. Key phrase, "We’ve got to hold it!" 2. It is fitting that this text, which may be one of the richest text in all of the New Testament, occurs at the end of Paul’s letter to ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Purity Through Accountability Series

    Contributed by John Raulerson on Dec 13, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,818 views

    Only through holding one another accountable in love can the church remain pure.

    Series: Being the Body REMAINING PURE THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY Matt 5:13-16 In 2001 the natural gas giant Enron collapsed destroying the lives of thousands of families and investors and even causing calamity upon our national economy. The collapse was due to faulty and fraudulent accounting ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brian Bill avatar

    All I Want For Chirstmas Is Hope Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 23, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 14,564 views

    Hold on to the rope of hope when you don’t think you can cope.

    All I Want for Christmas is Hope Luke 2:38 Rev. Brian Bill 12/23/07 Hark, the Herald angels sing, ‘Glory to the newborn king; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled’ [Put hand on Hope’s shoulder and hold up blanket] Yes, God and sinners reconciled. If we were to take a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Willis avatar

    The Three In One

    Contributed by Chris Willis on Sep 12, 2007
     | 2,286 views

    There are certain beliefs that we hold that make us ONE. The doctrine of the Trinity is one such belief.

    ONE The Three In One Ephesians 4:4-6 This morning as we enter into a new season as a church, we’re beginning a new mini-series as we journey through Paul’s letter to the Ephesian church. The Mini-series is called ONE and is based on ONE long sentence (like only the apostle Paul can write) that has ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Live Like You Were Dying

    Contributed by Weston Blankenship on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,445 views

    Sell out to Jesus, Give Him your all. Don’t hold back.

    LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING From the desk of Pastor W.C. Blankenship TEXT: 2 KINGS 20:1-6 1 ¶ In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • David Dykes avatar

    Is There Hope For My Broken Heart? Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Aug 5, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 22,396 views

    The God who holds the future is the God who can heal your broken heart.

    INTRODUCTION This is the first of a five-part series entitled, “Is There Any HOPE for Me?” This message will answer the question, “Is there hope for my broken heart?” The subsequent messages will answer the questions, “Is there hope for me when I’ve messed up? ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gregory Thomas avatar

    Death Watch Him For Me Series

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Oct 23, 2011
     | 5,084 views

    Death does not have the abiliity to hold what God has already spoke to.

    Death Watch Him for Me John 11: 1-15 1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jerry Falwell avatar

    A True Memorial Day

    Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Sep 17, 2009
    based on 98 ratings
     | 51,899 views

    How the Declaration of Independence holds solid biblical truths and how they affect our nation.

    HOW TO MAKE THIS A TRUE MEMORIAL DAY BY DR. JERRY FALWELL A. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1. I am going to begin by reading from the Declaration of Independence because it has some solid biblical truth I want you to hear. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Perryman avatar

    Discovering Your Dream – Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 11, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,470 views

    We are going to look at what is holding you back from your dreams (purpose).

    INTRO: When he was eighty-eight years old, the late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once found himself on a train. When the conductor came by, Justice Holmes couldn’t find his ticket, and he seemed terribly upset. He searched all of his pockets and fumbled through his wallet without ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God