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  • David Asch avatar

    Kingdom Come! Series

    Contributed by David Asch on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 5,742 views

    In this text we see Jesus begin to proclaim God’s good news. He tells us what this good news is, and what we are invited to do about it. Then we see what we can expect from this good news, as well as what not to focus on. It all begins with some bad news,

    Kingdom Come! Mark 1:14-39 INTRO: What’s the best news you have ever heard/could ever hear? Today, God has some really good news for you! PREV: Today we will see Jesus begin to proclaim God’s good news. He’ll tell us what this good news is, and we will see what we are invited to do about this ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Helping The Helpless

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 20, 2004
    based on 32 ratings
     | 10,587 views

    WE SEE IN THIS SERMON, THE DESPEARATE PROBLEM ,THE DEJECTED PARALYTIC , AND THE DIVINE PHYSICAN .

    HELPING THE HELPLESS John 5:1-9 I heard a story about a man who came home drunk with his drinking buddies late one night. He got his wife out of bed and told her to give them some supper. She went into the kitchen and put some covered dishes on the table. When he lifted the covers, the dishes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    The Work Of A Leader In God's Church Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Oct 22, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,367 views

    This is the second of two messages on leadership from my When God Builds A Church Series

    INTRODUCTION „X In about three weeks, the members of the Auburn Christian Church will have the opportunity to make suggestions as to who they would like to see have the opportunity to be elected as Elders and deacons of this church. „X When you think about people you would like to see as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Kent Lenard avatar

    The Freedom Of Christmas

    Contributed by Kent Lenard on Oct 25, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,096 views

    This sermon discusses the freedom that comes with faith.

    The Freedom of Christmas Jude 1:24-25, Rom 3:26, John 19:30, Isa 43:18, Jude 1:20-21, John 8:36 August 15, 2004 I. I know that it is not Christmas time, but maybe it is time that we find the real meaning of Christmas. The real meaning of Christmas is THAT WE ARE FREE. And, after seeing some ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Women In The Church 2

    Contributed by Neil Briggs on Dec 30, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,299 views

    the role of women in the church today

    1 Timothy2:9-15 The Film ‘King Arthur’(Walking on the ice) We saw last week how the role of women has changed over the years, we looked at the role of women today. We looked at the position of women in society in the centuries before and leading up to the coming of Jesus, we saw from scripture ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Keeping Up Appearances

    Contributed by Paul Cull on Jan 3, 2005
    based on 57 ratings
     | 9,961 views

    The danger of the Pharisee tendency today

    Matthew 23 Keeping Up Appearances Introduction We all know Hyacinth Bucket from the television sitcom ‘Keeping up Appearances’. Now although it may not be politically correct to make judgements about people, we all know that we all do it. And we can all make a judgement about the character. For ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Deadly Determination Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 15, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 7,043 views

    The road to Jerusalem was a road to pain and suffering for Jesus and for Paul. What made them stay on the path? What will keep you on the same path to glory?

    In August 2004, Gene Banister, a Christian teacher, reports, “We have been studying with a group of 49 students in Bahrain. This week, 31 of those 49 were baptized. We hope there will be more baptisms soon. We are told we will soon be studying with a large group of students. The church in Bahrain ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Sanctifying Grace Series

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 28, 2005
    based on 57 ratings
     | 27,682 views

    This is a clergy talk I prepared for a Men’s Walk to Emmaus but with slight modification a sermon I preached on Sanctifying Grace from a Wesleyan-Armenian perspective.

    Sanctifying Grace --I Thessalonians 5:22-24 Seth Cook Rees tells of sending his little boy to the store for five items. In a little while, he hurried in, his face aglow with expectancy, and carrying four items instead of five! Rees said he gathered him in his arms and hugged him because of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Prevenient Grace Series

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 14,112 views

    This is a clergy talk I give for Men’s Walks to Emmaus but with slight modification a sermon I preach on Prevenient Grace from a Wesleyan-Armenian perspective.

    Prevenient Grace Jeremiah 1:4-5 “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in.” “I should have called it Something you somehow haven’t to deserve,” [--Robert Frost, “The Death of the Hired Man,” lines 118-121] This conversation between husband Warren and wife ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Clashes Of Power Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 28, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,568 views

    The series of clashes with the Pharisees reveal their blindness - blinded to (1) the true identity of Jesus and (2) the needs of man. Learn therefore that the power of life is in Jesus, and the focus of life ought to be the needs of others.

    The 5 clashes Jesus had with the Pharisees: Mark 2:7 "Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone? - Jesus has authority on earth to forgive sins! Mark 2:17 "Why does he eat with tax collectors and ’sinners’?" - Jesus has come to save ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Four Words To Change Your Life

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 4, 2005
    based on 247 ratings
     | 55,127 views

    "Thy Sins Are Forgiven"...excellent sermon material by Jon Daniels lends itself to a very visual sermon, whether using the free Powerpoint at our website or not.

    4 Words 2 Change U Life Luke 7:36-50 Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website: http://www.gbcdecatur.org/sermons/4Words.html 4 Words 2 Change U Life Luke 7:36-50 Can four words really change your life? Sure they can! Examples: I’m sorry, it’s cancer. Yes, you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Darrell Stetler II avatar

    Easter Gives Us Access To God Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Mar 15, 2005
    based on 76 ratings
     | 11,377 views

    At Easter, we celebrate the life, death and especially the Resurrection of Jesus. This is a series leading up to Easter, through the Triumphal Entry & Passion. *HANDOUT INCLUDED*

    Easter Gives Us Access to God “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split...” (Matthew 27:50-51) And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Terry Cavanaugh avatar

    The Passion

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Mar 25, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,293 views

    A message of the passion for the view point of a roman officer

    The Passion Matthew 27:27-31 Then he (who was Pilate the Roman governor) released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. 27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • John Gullick avatar

    A Fresh Start. Series

    Contributed by John Gullick on Mar 30, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,300 views

    A sermon that uses the passages around Jesus’ Resurrection to explore what we need to make a fresh start/.

    A Fresh Start. Every now and then in life we have to make a fresh start> Sometimes we choose a fresh start. It might be a new financial plan A new fitness regeme A new job A new family member – Sometimes the fresh start chooses us. I might get fired from my job. I might be left a fortune in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    Brought Near By The Blood Of Christ

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Apr 14, 2005
    based on 49 ratings
     | 6,615 views

    The blood of Christ is reconciling blood.

    The Berlin Wall once stood in the city of Berlin, Germany as a symbol of the Cold War—the struggle between Communism and the West. On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood near that wall and made a dramatic plea to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gesturing to the guarded wall of concrete ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist