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  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    Things Sometimes Get Messy!

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 94 ratings
     | 12,186 views

    Life is hard, unfair, and sometimes just plain messy! It requires sacrifice! This is true even of God, who sent His Son as a Sacrifice -- a lamb -- who would pay the price for the injustice, sinful messiness of humanity.

    Isa 53:1-12 1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    How To Stay Filled With The Spirit Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 15, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 24,285 views

    50 DAYS TO PENTECOST - Part 3

    Batteries are a great portable power source. Batteries come in all shapes and sizes and can be used to power just about anything you can imagine. Perhaps the best of all batteries is the rechargeable kind. I have a rechargeable battery on my cell phone and another on my laptop computer, but I ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Blame Game Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 20, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 13,107 views

    This message looks at how we blame others for our sin.

    It started out innocently enough, but then again it usually does. They were the first couple and they had everything they could ever want. They lived in a beautiful garden in fellowship with their creator. We don’t know exactly where the Garden of Eden is or was Although some have tried to guess, ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Party's Over

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 31, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,099 views

    The party’s over, the year 2004. 1- Get spiritual 2- Touch others

    INTRO.- What party? It might have been that New Year’s eve party. It might have been a Christmas party. This is the time of the year for parties. Did you have a party recently? If so, what did you do? Eat food? Play games? Watch TV? Watch some movies? ILL.- Partying and eating go ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Heartily And Orderly

    Contributed by Grady Henley on Dec 31, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,689 views

    Take your ministry seriously. Do it heartily and orderly

    Heartily and Orderly Grady (Doc) Henley 4 Jan. 2002 INTRODUCTION: Prov. 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. Have you ever worked with or attempted to work an employee that was a sluggard by nature? Such a soul will indeed set your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The God Of The Box - "More Than Enough” God Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 2, 2005
    based on 67 ratings
     | 16,790 views

    Pagans doubt God because they try to put Him in a box. But Christians sometimes doubt because they forget that He was in the box to begin with.

    OPEN: (I had brought a large cardboard box on stage that my children had turned into a house) I suppose some of you have wondered what this is. Does anybody know what I have on stage with me? That’s right - it’s a box. But, it’s not just any box. This is a marvelous box. This is the creation of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Danger With Wineskins Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 3, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 9,387 views

    If the New Year is new wine, then what wine skins should we be avoiding?

    FORGET IT JANUARY 2nd 2005 PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14 It’s gone, finished. 2004 is just a memory as we stand on the threshold of 2005. during the first week of a new year it’s not unusual to reminisce about the past and to dream about the future. Were there things that we would change about the past ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Mark (Jesus Suffering Servant) Series

    Contributed by Rick Thiessen on Jan 3, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,333 views

    An overview of the gospel of Mark for seekers, looking at his specific view of Jesus as hard working, suffering Son of God, ransom for the world.

    SE120504 GOSPEL TRUTH 1. Mark WHAT’S “GOSPEL” We’ve all heard this phrase: It’s the GOSPEL truth, man! Which means we think something is absolutely true, there’s total veracity… but that’s not what it meant to the people who coined the term. The Greek word we get it from is actually a compound ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Luke (Defender Of The Oppressed) Series

    Contributed by Rick Thiessen on Jan 3, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,914 views

    a look at Luke’s gospel and his emphasis on Jesus as a lover of outsiders, cultural, gender and moral outsiders, and his healing work

    SE121204 GOSPEL TRUTH 2. Luke INTRO: LUKE UNDER THE GUN The holidays always seem to bring out the obligatory religious articles in news magazines. This week, Time has an article on the birth of Jesus*. The ironic thing about these articles, is that they sell a lot of magazines to Christians…. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Party's Over

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 5, 2005
    based on 196 ratings
     | 11,726 views

    The party’s over in 2004. 1- Get spiritual 2- Touch others

    INTRO.- What party? It might have been that New Year’s eve party. It might have been a Christmas party. This is the time of the year for parties. Did you have a party recently? If so, what did you do? Eat food? Play games? Watch TV? Watch some movies? ILL.- Partying and eating go together. Here ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    #3- Larger Than Life Series

    Contributed by David Mains on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 4,305 views

    Third in a series based on the movie "John" released in 2003. Certain characteristics mark all true heroes. Jesus fits all of those descriptions, and more.

    If you like the book, you’ll love the movie. Or is it the other way around? If you liked the movie, you’ll love the book. The truth is that I loved the book (or books) when I read them for the first time in the 1970s. And I loved the movies (two so far) when they came out. Now I’m looking forward ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Calling All Losers

    Contributed by Antonio Torrence on Sep 12, 2003
    based on 51 ratings
     | 14,002 views

    Discipleship is about our willingness to lose ourselves in God’s will.

    "Calling All Losers" Mark 8:34-38, John 12:23-28 By Rev. A. LaMar Torrence, Pastor of Cross of Life Lutheran Church The great statesman, Winston Churchill, once said, “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” That proverbial statement best captures the meaning of this ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Plenteous Prayer

    Contributed by Stephen Fournier on Sep 13, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,464 views

    Sermon on prayer

    PLENTEOUS PRAYER JER. 33:1-3 Today I want to begin a series of sermons on prayer. Most of the messages will be based on the writings and sermons of Charles Spurgeon that famous 19th century preacher who was known as the prince of preachers. My goal in this series is to get you to pray more. ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Pleading Prayer

    Contributed by Stephen Fournier on Sep 13, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 10,568 views

    Sermon on prayer

    PLEADING PRAYER PSA. 70:5 There was once a missionary went to Venezuela for the first time, struggling with the language. He visited one of the local churches and took a seat in the front row. So as not to make a fool of himself, he decides to pick someone out of the crowd to imitate. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Discouragement

    Contributed by Jeffrey Cox on Sep 15, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 18,000 views

    Sometimes Christians become discouraged, or lose heart, because of any number of reasons. If untreated, this can cause you to just give up and fade back into where you came from: the world.

    . Sometimes Christians become discourages, or lose heart, because of any number of reasons. Some of these are listed below. If untreated, they can cause you to just give up and fade back into where you came from: the world. II. Reasons for being discouraged: A. REASON #1: Bad things are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational