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  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Who Is Willing To Speak Up

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 24, 2003
    based on 88 ratings
     | 38,949 views

    This sermon about a willingness to speak the truth even when it’s not very popular.

    Who Is Willing To Speak Up? GNLCC 7/13/03 Jeremiah 38:1-9 2 Timothy 4:14-18 Have you ever had the experience in which something was going on that was not right, or something was happening that you disagreed with but you just left it alone and walked away? Only to later be bothered by ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "Soup Vs Salvation"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 26, 2003
    based on 56 ratings
     | 11,821 views

    "We walk by faith, not by sight", a spiritual reality acted out in the lives of Jacob and Esau

    “When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents. Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob. And when Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he was famished; and Esau said ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Questions Concerning Worship

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Sep 26, 2003
    based on 85 ratings
     | 5,201 views

    A look at some important issues and hot topics concerning worship in our time.

    TEXT: EPHESIANS 5:19-21 TITLE: “QUESTIONS CONCERNING WORSHIP” (Majority of material taken from Bob Russel’s When God Build A Church) INTRODUCTION: A. I read this little piece not too long ago. I don’t know the author but its message is worth ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Things Sometimes Get Messy!

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 94 ratings
     | 12,089 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

  • D. Greg Ebie avatar

    How To Stay Filled With The Spirit Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 15, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 24,267 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

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    The Blame Game Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 20, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 13,086 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 Man Born Blind Series

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Oct 26, 2003
    based on 60 ratings
     | 15,492 views

    Six timeless truths from this man’s encounter with Jesus.

    John 9:1-41 The Man Born Blind Introduction Today we’re going to wrap up our series of messages dealing with these personal encounters with Christ in the book of John. In the passage were going to study this morning, I want to tell you right up front that there is so much here that we won’t be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fellowship Series

    Contributed by Kent Lenard on Oct 27, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 13,609 views

    This sermon encourages believers to develop the habit of fellowship

    The Habit of Fellowship Gal 6:10, Eph 2:19, Rom 12:4-10, Heb 10:24, Eccl 4:9-10, 12, Matt 18:20, Heb 3:13, Gal 6:1-2 John 17:20-23, 1 Pet 4:10, 1 Cor 12:5, 27, Acts 5:42, Matt 6:11-13, Rom 12:13, Acts 2:47 October 20, 2003 I. I said last week that I was going to be talking about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Battle Against Advent Series

    Contributed by Charles Wall, Jr. on Oct 29, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,577 views

    Not everyone was enthralled about the Promise of Advent that God had made. In fact, there was 1 who was so against it, that he was going to do everything in his power to make sure God did not keep that promise. I am speaking of God’s archenemy, the devi

    Today is the 3rd Sunday of Advent, a time when we remember the coming or the arrival of Christ into this world. And we have been trying to refocus our attention on some of the truths involved in Advent. We began w/ asking whether there was a genuine need for Advent. That is the problem w/ modern ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Can We See

    Contributed by Andre Johnson on May 14, 2002
    based on 71 ratings
     | 15,652 views

    what is it we see when jesus opens our eyes?

    John 9:13-18, 24-25) Gifts of Life Ministries 3-10-02 Fourth Sunday in Lent ?Can We See?? There?s a story of a blind man who was on his deathbed. The man had been born blind but that didn?t stop him from serving the Lord. He was very active in his church, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Welch avatar

    Serving Saints In Need Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 20, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 4,103 views

    An exposition of Rom 12:13 dealing with generosity and hospitality as a demonstration of genuine love.

    “Serving Saints in Need” Romans 12:13 Previously in Romans 12 Renewed thinking always precedes consistent transformed living. Paul shifts from anchors for navigating troubled times to admonitions for ministering to troubled saints. Verse 13 ends this lengthy series of “ing” phrases with a final ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Ehud: Eh Who? Series

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
    based on 143 ratings
     | 47,263 views

    Part 4 of 6 of the series, Who’s That? Stories of little known people of the Bible. The whole book of Judges is filled with men and woman who are not preached about too often. Yet, there stories can be some of the most powerful told. Ehud’s story is a v

    EHUD: "EH – WHO?" Judges 3:12-31 Read at beginning of service: Colossian 2:6-10 (NIV) 6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See to it that no one ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Remembering People (Memorial Day)

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 25, 2002
    based on 734 ratings
     | 59,620 views

    Memorial Day is about remembering people.

    REMEMBERING PEOPLE (Memorial Day) Phil. 2:3-4 INTRO.- ILL.- There’s a story about a city fellow who was visiting relatives on a farm and the farmer gave a whistle and his dog herded the cattle into the corral, then latched the gate with her paw. "Wow, that’s some dog. What’s her name?" The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    The Unmerciful Servant

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on May 26, 2002
    based on 137 ratings
     | 18,825 views

    Those who appreciate the depth of sin that God has forgiven in them will forgive others as well.

    This morning, we continue our journey through the parables of Christ. Parables, as I’ve noted before, are short and simple. They don’t have complex plots, or dozens of characters, like a Russian novel. You don’t need a Ph.D. in theology or Hebrew literature to understand them. And yet, despite ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Never Powerless Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 26, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 8,498 views

    We are powerless to change things only because we give power away and do not know how to reclaim it. We can do so first by affirming that change comes only through Jesus Christ, and then by believing that He partners with us when we pray. To do any less

    We are never powerless. We think we are. We think we cannot change the things that trouble us. But in fact we are never powerless. We just give away our power. We give away our power and do not know how to claim it again. Those who have power over us have it only because we let them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist