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  • Thomas Bartlett avatar

    Ordinary Events That Changed The World Series

    Contributed by Thomas Bartlett on Dec 2, 2024
     | 678 views

    A Christmas message focused on the Innkeeper. When we examine the Christmas story and its many events, we see that they generally begin with insignificant, ordinary activities. Yet God does extraordinary things through these events.

    OUTLINE From Ordinary to Extraordinary - Part 1 Ordinary events that changed the world Dr. Tom Bartlett December 1, 2024 Luke 2:4-7 (NIV) 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Parable Of Influence Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Dec 4, 2024
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    Jesus tells us to focus on the humility and meekness of our faith and its influence on others. Tiny things can have great endings.

    The Influence of the Kingdom November 10, 2024 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Luke 13:18-21 We have been away from the parables for a few weeks as we looked at the issues of spiritual blindness. We only have a few more parables to go in our study. This week I want to invite you ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Tools Of Restoration Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 4, 2024
     | 930 views

    To restore a sinning believer, grab the tools of restoration: pain; punishment; pardon; and partnership.

    The Tools of Restoration (2 Corinthians 2:5-11) Author and Canadian Theologian, Randall Rauser, tells the story of a boy, whose parents had promised him a beautiful car to drive when he turned 16. He dreamed about it all his life, planning to park it in the family’s barn where it could stay warm ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Smell Good Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 13, 2024
     | 848 views

    When you feel defeated, trust Christ to use your feeble efforts and faltering speech to make an eternal difference in people’s lives.

    A marathon, for most runners, seems long, but it is always 26.2 miles. Always. Except for the Lakeshore Marathon held in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend 20 years ago (2005). That day the 529 runners who finished actually ran 27.2 miles, one mile more than they were supposed to. Only, nobody told ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Thank You, God For Dad, Mum, Grand And Great-Grand Pas And Mas

    Contributed by Revd Dr Ruwan Palapathwala on Dec 14, 2024
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    Thanking God for our God-fearing fathers, mothers, and grand- and great-grandparents, who, living and departed, instilled in us the faith.

    In Western Christianity, this day (July 26th) is celebrated as the “feast of grandparents.” This feast began with the earliest church traditions, which marked the maternal grandparents of Jesus, Joachim, and Anne. A little bit later, in about the third and fourth centuries, the universal church ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    A Look At Joseph, Husband Of Mary Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 18, 2024
     | 1,155 views

    Joseph, the husband-to-be of Mary of Nazareth, was looking forward to his wedding day! But he received some news that almost made him change his mind. After a word from the Lord, he followed the Lord's instructions.

    (Based on a sermon preached December 15, 2024 at New Hope Baptist Church, Fulton, MO. This is not an exact transcription.) Introduction: Two Sundays ago we looked at Zacharias and Elisabeth as two important people in the first Christmas story. Last week we studied the message of the angel Gabriel ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Tale Of Two Different Babies (Isaiah 7) Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jan 5, 2025
     | 570 views

    The nation of Judah was in trouble. Ahaz, king at the time, received a pair of messages from the LORD. One of these messages had two significant meanings!

    A Tale of Two Different Babies (Isaiah 7) (Full disclosure: some of this material comes from a message preached by Dr. Tim Faber at a church near Eldon, MO around 2014. He gave me permission to use material from that message. Some of this message is also based on a sermon preached Sunday evening, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Time To Engage: "Prioritize To Jesus"

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jan 12, 2025
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     | 1,236 views

    Making Jesus our priority means that we’re putting Him first on our list. If our priority is Jesus, where we prioritize our lives to Him, then everything else falls into place. And to make Jesus our priority, we need to look to Jesus’s life and see what He prioritized.

    Time to Engage: The Journey to Discipleship “Prioritize To Jesus” Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AowWVNs98m0 Last week we began our new series entitled “Time of Engage” as we continue our vision that we’ve been called to undertake. And we looked at the overflowing ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    2025 King Day Celebration Sermon: "we Can Complete The Mission No Matter What!"

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Jan 20, 2025
     | 812 views

    In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we reflect on his vision for justice, freedom, and equality, we must ask ourselves: can we complete the mission

    2025 King Day Celebration Sermon: "We Can Complete the Mission No Matter What!" Theme: Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence 365 Greetings, brothers and sisters in the spirit of justice, peace, and freedom, Greetings to My NAACP Branch ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Road To Rest

    Contributed by Terry Hovey on Feb 19, 2025
     | 596 views

    Jesus calls us to come and rest in Him. That word "Come" is a call to all who are weary and heavy-laden to come to Him. It's a compound word that means "here" and "come"--so, Jesus is giving His call to "Come here", to "Come here to Me!"

    The Road to Rest Matthew 11:25-30 John Bunyan's classic analogy of the Christian life, Pilgrim's Progress follows the journey of the main character named Christian as he travels from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City, which describes the spiritual journey of a Christian towards ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Joel Gilbert avatar

    Who Is Jesus To You? Series

    Contributed by Joel Gilbert on Feb 24, 2025
     | 842 views

    We all face judgments from other people. Jesus faced that too. As He began his earthly ministry, Jesus experienced two completely different responses from two different towns. How will you respond?

    People make judgments about us all of the time. It’s not so much that they are judgmental, but that they get to meet us or get to know us based on certain associations. I know, by virtue of the fact that I’m a pastor, when I introduce myself to people, they make an immediate judgment. If they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Hard Reset – In God I Trust

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Feb 27, 2025
     | 891 views

    Sometimes we get to the place, spiritually, where all we can do is stop, get back to basics, and start again.

    The Hard Reset – In God I Trust A typical computer can process billions of bits of data per second, with the exact amount depending on the processor's clock speed and architecture, but a modern high-end CPU can handle processing billions of instructions per second. A modern cell phone is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Jonathan Spurlock avatar

    The False Prophet Balaam: When Opportunity Knocked, He Answered Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Feb 28, 2025
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     | 618 views

    The king of Moab had a problem: Israel was near his territory. He called on Balaam to come and curse Israel. This king gave Balaam what might be considered the opportunity of a lifetime. How did Balaam respond?

    (Edited from and based on a message preached Sunday evening, 2-16-25 at New Hope Baptist Church of Fulton, MO; this is not an exact transcription.) Introduction: The story of Balaam is, or at least used to be, one of the saddest in the entire Bible. It seems he knew the One True God and could ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    From His Hands And Feet Series

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 4, 2025
     | 451 views

    This is a sermon series for the six Sundays of Lent. I am using a wooden "Tau" cross on the platform and some examples of the instruments of torture the Romans used - large spike, scourge/cat of 9 tails, spear, and crown of thorns. There is a teaching sheet below the sermon.

    Series: Jesus’ Blood for Me “From His Hands and Feet” Exodus 12:21-28 Pastor John Bright Exodus 12 “21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 And you shall take a bunch of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    God’s Chosen Fast

    Contributed by John Gaston on Mar 5, 2025
     | 848 views

    We look at 4 wrong motivations for Fasting, HOW we're to Fast, 7 Types of Fasts, 7 Purposes of Fasting, and 5 correct Motivations for Fasting. We also do a thumbnail sketch of Isaiah 58, where God does a critique of Israel's fasting practices.

    GOD’S CHOSEN FAST Isa. 58:5 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Modern People Know So Much 1. Did you hear the story about the lady who was talking to her friend and brought up the Bible. Her friend said, “Oh don’t start trying to tell to me about the Bible; my parents had me read it every day. I’m ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God