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  • Jim Drake avatar

    Test 3: Works Test Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Oct 23, 2007
    based on 54 ratings
     | 7,655 views

    We don’t work for our faith—true Christians work as a result of our faith. The right kind of works are always a sure test to prove the genuineness of faith. James continues with the third test of faith—the works test.

    1. Works that show compassion for God’s creation (14-17) 2. Works that show trust in God’s Word (18-19) 3. Works that show hope in God’s promises (20-24) 4. Works that show service to God’s people (25-26) JAMES 2:26 Men, I want you to try this when you get home. Go into your wife’s favorite ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Test 8: Integrity Test Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 34 ratings
     | 18,924 views

    God demands that His children be people of integrity. People who are honest and reliable. This is the next-to-last test of faith that James gives us--the integrity test.

    1. The importance of individual integrity 2. The implication of individual integrity 3. The intentionality of individual integrity 4. The incentive of individual integrity This Wednesday night, American TV is hitting a new low. It’s almost hard to say that with all the trash that’s on TV these ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Test 1: The Bible Test Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Oct 1, 2007
    based on 70 ratings
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    The first test of faith we must pass is the Bible test. In order for our faith to be real, we must receive God’s holy, inspired, infallible Word the right way and respond to it the right way.

    1. How should you receive the Word of God? With meekness (19-21) a. Receive with meekness by listening b. Receive with meekness by humbling ourselves c. Receive with meekness by implanting 2. How should you respond to the Word of God? With action (22-27) a. Respond with action by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Big Test

    Contributed by Eric Amundson on Mar 29, 2001
    based on 22 ratings
     | 3,786 views

    Character revelation on our battlefields

    Joshua Chamberlain was a young scholar, a professor of rhetoric at elite Bowdoin College in the middle of the eighteen hundreds. As one who succeeded in academic circles so well, I’m sure he had faced many exams. He must have done pretty well. He was a brilliant young man. But in 1863, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Integrity Tested By The Sword Series

    Contributed by Rev Michael Wilhite on Mar 4, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,139 views

    An exposition of Daniel 2:1-23 regarding how Daniel faced the trial of death.

    INTEGRITY TESTED BY THE SWORD Series: Against the Grain Limestone Baptist Church, Bedford, IN Rev. Michael Wilhite February 17, 2008 at 10:30am Daniel 2:1-23 OPENING THOUGHTS · Times of crisis will come upon us in this life. Many of you know about this quite well. This past year has brought ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    God's Part And Ours

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007
     | 2,801 views

    partnering with God in evangelism

    God’s Part and Ours Becoming a Hospital – pt. 3 October 5/6, 2002 Intro: How long does it take to “convert”? And whose job is it to do the “converting”? I want to take a look at those questions this morning as we continue to take a look at what it means for us to become a hospital, meaning a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Putting God To The Test

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 121 ratings
     | 21,119 views

    This sermon seriously deals with actually putting your faith into practice at God insistence or encouragement.

    Scripture: Malachi 3:1 – 10 Title: “Putting God To The Test” Introduction: There are some very interesting verses of Scripture located at different places in the Bible. In Malachi in the Scripture we have just read in verse 10, “Prove Me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Ed Wood avatar

    Our Standing With God

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 1, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,809 views

    An evangelistic message.

    OUR STANDING WITH GOD Ephesians 1:3-10 INTRO: A few years ago, when my younger brother was graduating from college, we were talking about the different honors you can graduate with (Magna Cum Laude, Suma Cum Laude, Cum Laude). He said that when he walked across the stage the President of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Sharing Our Church & Faith With Others"

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 5, 2002
    based on 101 ratings
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    Practical ways we can witness for Christ

    Sharing our church and our faith with others Scripture Reading: Psalm 126 Most of us want to let others know about our church, and we’d even like to be able to tell people about our faith in Christ…yet we’re hesitant, reluctant. We’re afraid of how they might react, afraid we might do a poor ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Glenn Newton avatar

    Genuine Faith Will Be Tested

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jun 18, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
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    God has given you the ability to put your Faith in Him, and when you do so, He freely pours out his Mercy and his Forgiveness, and by His Divine power, you are RE-BORN, spiritually you become new, unblemished.

    Genuine Faith Always Gets Tested 1 Pet. 1:3-12 Sept. 25, 1999 I am really excited about getting this sign put up, and I’m excited about being a church that proclaims Hope through Jesus Christ. I thought about the people that will drive by our sign, some everyday on their way to work, some ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Scott Kircher avatar

    Testing The Reality Of Our Salvation Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Sep 1, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,756 views

    Who is this warning passage to and how can I test my own salvation?

    Testing the Reality of our Salvation Hebrews 6:4-20 Slide Intro Have you ever met anyone that said one thing, and yet their actions spoke something different than what they said? Perhaps you have had someone tell you they love you, but their actions do not speak love to you. They say they love ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Testing Times

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    This sermon was preached to students at a Loughborough C.U. How will we stand in your own testing times? Lets learn from Shadrach,Meshach and Abednego as they are men to emulate.

    Daniel Chapter 3. 17-30. Testing Times. This section of the book, Daniel the writer is nowhere to be found the starring roles are taken by three of his close friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah 1:6 who are now called Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego . These were testing times for these young ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Nathan Johnson avatar

    When Your Faith Is Tested

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Nov 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,497 views

    The testing of our faith is a priceless gift from God to make us stronger, deeper and more valuable to Him.

    When Your Faith Is Tested Griffith Baptist Church – 11/23/08 A.M. Service Text: Hebrews 11:17-19 (Genesis 22:1-18) Key verse: Hebrews 11:17 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Premise: The testing of our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Do You Live When The Heat Is Turned Up?

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Jun 18, 2021
     | 4,939 views

    A message inspired by Bishop Tim Hill on how to live in times when our faith is challenged.

    Note: message inspired by Bishop Tim Hill How do you live when the heat is turned up? Daniel 3 Daniel 3:1-30 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. (90ft high x 9ft wide) He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Unshakable Faith

    Contributed by Randy Bataanon on Nov 9, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 15,976 views

    Lazarus is a symbol of disappointment to many of us. We can relate to Martha and Mary as they say “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. There is Lazarus in everyone’s life. Inside of us is a silent question, when I’m in pain where are you God?

    UNSHAKABLE FAITH John 11:1-44 It is a common knowledge that there is nothing in this world that can be considered as permanent. Even the world that we are living is being shaken by numerous Earthquake every day. This proves that everything in this world can be shaken. But there is verse in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational