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  • Todd Pugh avatar

    A Place To Call Home Series

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Feb 6, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,731 views

    2 of 3 dealing with the importance of friendship

    A Place to Belong A Place to Call Home Sunday Sermon / May 15th 2005 Intro: Ways to know your church is unfriendly. 1) The sign out front says – For members only 2) The parking lot has a sign that says – unauthorized vehicles will be towed at owners expense. 3) The church lobby has a sign that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Let's Go Fishing

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on May 16, 2006
    based on 86 ratings
     | 25,319 views

    Fishing is fun but fishing for the souls of men is of eternal value.

    Our Web Site: cbcbedford.com ------------------- LET’S GO FISHING Matt. 4:19 Mat 4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Fishing is a wonderful sport. I always loved eating what I caught but today they have a catch and release program. One of my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kyle Sullivan avatar

    The Light Is On But Nobody Is Home! Series

    Contributed by Kyle Sullivan on Jun 11, 2010
     | 4,145 views

    Are you Spritually Dead?

    This morning I showed you all a clip from the movie "The Matrix". And in that clip you saw a man named Neo who disparately wanted to know what the Matrix is. And in his pursuit for the Truth about the Matrix he found out that he was a slave and in total bondage to a system of control. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The King's Trio Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 5, 2012
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     | 6,132 views

    The first three feasts (Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits) on the Jewish calendar were significant to the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.

    1. Signs Two preachers were on the roadside with a sign that read, "The End is Near - turn around now before it’s too late". A passing driver yelled "leave us alone you religious nuts". Then the preachers heard a loud splash. One preacher said to the other, "Do you think we should have just ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Burial: Death’s Demise Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,466 views

    In Romans 6:1–5, Paul shows three results that should be evident in a believers life because of the death of Christ. We see: 1) The Antagonist (v.1), 2) The Answer (v.2), and 3) The Argument explaining and defending that Answer (vv.3–5).

    Today we remember the sacrificial death of Christ. Yet, for Christians, there is a new reality that goes beyond mere remembrance. In Romans 6:1–5, Paul shows three results that should be evident in a believers life because of the death of Christ. We see: 1) The Antagonist (v.1), 2) The Answer ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Soil Of Your Heart

    Contributed by Jay Bunting on Jul 9, 2011
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     | 7,110 views

    Do we live our lives open to God? We need to allow the seed of God's word to penetrate into fertile soil of our heart.

    4th Pentecost 11 The soil of your heart. Matthew 13:1-13:23 In the 19th Century and into the first part of the 20th (before radar was invented) ships avoided each other by looking out for beacons or lights on other ships. And they communicated with each other by flashing messages to each other by ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Joe Hayes avatar

    A Warning About Dry Bones

    Contributed by Joe Hayes on Feb 15, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,071 views

    A Warning is a good thing as it send us back on the right road. You can also listen at www.preaching.co.nr

    I want to bring a message today from a passage of scripture that someone in the fellowship woke with and was overwhelmingly convicted to send to me. It was Eze 37:1-14, the vision of the “Valley of Dry Bones.” Background & Revelation for Israel This vision came during the time of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Mary Series

    Contributed by Mac Hammond on Sep 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,550 views

    A key to successful waiting can be found in the Christmas story.

    A. This is the third installment of our ongoing series entitled “Graceful Waiting.” In this installment, we will study the third key to scriptural waiting, which is finding someone who will support you spiritually while you’re waiting on the Lord. B. The third key to successful waiting can be ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Expand Your Destiny

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Sep 20, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 17,413 views

    There are so many Christians today who are discouraged and despondent because they feel they are barren and producing nothing in their lives. They seemingly experience the same cycles of failures and struggles. Prophetically, this is the time to star

    Expand Your Destiny Sing a new song Isaiah 54:1 - "Sing, O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, You who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman," says the LORD. ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Clearly Seeing The Will Of God Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Oct 16, 2012
     | 5,537 views

    HE TEXT BEFORE US TODAY DEALS WITH THE RECOUNTING OF THE ACTIVITIES OF PETER WHILE HE WAS IN THE HOUSE OF CORNELIUS. WORD OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED HAD MADE IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM, AND HAD CAUSED A STIR AMONG THE MEMBERS. PETER NOW TAK

    CLEARLY SEEING THE WILL OF GOD ACTS 11:1-18 THE APOSTLES AND THE BROTHERS THROUGHOUT JUDEA HEARD THAT THE GENTILES ALSO HAD RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD. 2 SO WHEN PETER WENT UP TO JERUSALEM, THE CIRCUMCISED BELIEVERS CRITICIZED HIM 3 AND SAID, "YOU WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF UNCIRCUMCISED MEN AND ATE WITH ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Forgetting The Past"

    Contributed by Landon Winstead on Dec 31, 2013
     | 12,435 views

    God is not the God of the Past but of the Present and Future. We should not let our past define us.

    “Forgetting the Past” 2 Corinthians 5:17 "So, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new" (NRSV) Welcome to this first Sunday of the New Year! I trust since you are in worship that one of your intentions for this New ...read more

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    Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

  • Dan Proctor avatar

    What Every Christian Needs (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Dan Proctor on Feb 10, 2014
     | 3,763 views

    God has created us in Christ to be a part of a group whereby we can love, share, serve, and give to one another. Why is this so important? Why does the Bible put such a high premium on this thing called fellowship?

    What Every Christian Needs (Part 2) www.crbible.com/sermons Introduction: 1. Today, you may feel very alone. But God never intended for people to go at life alone. God said about Adam, ìIt is not good that man should be aloneÖî Genesis 2:18 2. God has created us in Christ to be a part of a group ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Eric Anthony avatar

    Restore One Another Series

    Contributed by Eric Anthony on Sep 20, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,480 views

    In troubled times when it's so easy to fall away from God's Word, we all need help understanding that 'We ain't all that.'

    THE ONE ANOTHER SERIES—RESTORE ONE ANOTHER GALATIANS 6:1-5 I. Introduction 1. In this series, this perhaps the most intriguing of the one anothers. 2. “Restore”- means to mend something that is broken (example: Mending broken bones; Mending a fisherman’s net). 3. To ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Good & Best In The Kingdom Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 12, 2013
     | 5,331 views

    In Prioritizing the Word of God, we must be : 1) Devoted to the Best (Luke 10:38-39), without settling for and being: 2) Distracted from the Good (Luke 10:40-42).

    The word “priority” is a commonly used one today. Books and seminars purporting to teach people how get their lives in order by understanding and setting their priorities abound. As people’s lives become more frenetic, frantic, disjointed, and disconnected, they battle to stay ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Martin Ellgar avatar

    Listen To God And Walk On Water

    Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Oct 30, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,895 views

    A perspective on Matthew 14: 22-33. Like Peter, we are so often distracted by the voice and terrors of our own storm in life. At times we feel we are sinking, about to loose everything about us.

    Matthew 14: 22-33 LISTEN TO GOD AND WALK ON WATER Written exams and tests are generally run like a competition. The teacher at school or the lecturer at university or your employer sets the work before you, and you know that at the end of it there will be a small prize or a pat on the back to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran