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  • Tim Diack avatar

    Four Life Changing Words Series

    Contributed by Tim Diack on Aug 22, 2012
     | 6,574 views

    Sin is easy to see in someone else's life but it's often hard to see it in our own. Simon the Pharisee thinks he's righteous in God's eyes when what he really needs to see is the reality of his own sin that he might discover what the woman weeping at Jes

    Four Life Changing Words - Luke 7:36-50 - July 15, 2012 Series: Forgiven For Forever - #1 (Baptism Service) I very much appreciate that passage we just heard from the book of 2 Chronicles. Those words are a call to humbleness and holiness, to righteousness and revival. The occasion was the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Would We Be Better Off Without Hell

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Aug 31, 2012
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     | 4,574 views

    This sermon deals with the consequences and possiblities of eliminating Hell as a means to make the gospel less offensive to some.

    Would We Be Better Of Without Hell August 26, 2012 Calvary Ecclesiastes 11:7-10 Matthew 10:24-39 Revelation 20:11-15 If God gave you choice of eliminating one of the 10 commandments for yourself which one of the ten would you eliminate in the bottom 6 which deals with our behavior ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Response Of Saving Faith-4 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 31, 2012
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     | 3,356 views

    4 of ? The Hebrews writer recounted the very practical responses which faith had wrought in their forebears/ancestors. Saving faith yields practical responses to life. Saving faith meets life’s challenge with...

    A RESPONSE Of SAVING FAITH-IV—Hebrews 11:3-40 Attention: Faith’s response to life’s challenges. Prisoner Alert 07/06/2012: Asia Bibi, a 37-year-old Pakistani woman from the village of Ittanwali, was arrested by police on Friday, June 19, 2009. Asia (also called Asia Noreen) is the wife of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    Study On Revelation 1 Series

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Sep 3, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,855 views

    A very easy-to-understand teaching on Revelation 1.

    A little 5-year old girl was "helping" her mother fix dinner one evening when the mother asked her to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomatoes. The little girl said she was afraid to go in there because it was dark. The mother told her it was okay, as nothing was going to hurt her because ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Sure Promises Of Heaven

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 16, 2012
     | 8,372 views

    1. God promises us a home (vs. 1-2 & 7-23). 2. God promises us Himself (vs. 3). 3. God promises us happiness (vs. 4). 4. God promises us hope (vs. 5-6).

    The Sure Promises of Heaven Revelation 21:1-23 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Sept. 16, 2012 *People are looking for a sure thing. I googled “sure thing” Friday and got over 9 million hits. -- But what’s a sure thing? -The election isn’t sure, -- even ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Out Of Business Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Sep 20, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,137 views

    A study of the Gospel of Matthew 8: 28-34

    Matthew 8: 28-34 Out Of Business 28 When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way. 29 And suddenly they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    The Test Of Our Worship Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Sep 22, 2012
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     | 6,885 views

    When we think of worship, many of us often think of music. Music and singing are one expression of worship, but what really is worship? What does it look like and what where does it come from? How can I determine if my worship is pleasing to God or if

    A Test of our Worship? Romans 12:1 Slide Good Morning. If I asked the question of you, “Did you enjoy worshiping this morning?” what would you think I was talking about? Would you be thinking of the musical worship time? Would anyone be thinking of the time during which we took up ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How We Pray Is Important

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Sep 23, 2012
     | 3,573 views

    I pray we will fail in our pursuit of happiness and that as our focus transforms from the selfish to the holy we will become more and more in tune with His Spirit, with His mission to reach and serve the world around us for His Son.

    For the last two weeks we’ve been talking about prayer. The first week we discussed Daniel and how he showed us through his story that prayer matters. We discovered that prayer matters because it helps us to rely on God’s mercy. Because it helps us to confess sin and ask for mercy ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Was Jesus Baptized? Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Apr 5, 2012
     | 7,358 views

    A study of the Gospel of Matthew 3: 1 – 17

    Matthew 3: 1 – 17 Why Was Jesus Baptized? In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Prayers Of All Kinds Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 20, 2012
     | 4,665 views

    Paul’s instructions on prayer and worship. (Powerpoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info) Listen to audio of this sermon at: www.gcurley.info

    SERMON OUTLINE: (1). The Context: Prayer (v 1-3). (2). The Motive: Salvation (verses 1-7). (3). The Mind-set: Submission (verses 9-15). SERMON BODY: Ill: • A story from Readers Digest: • On the way to my parents’ house for dinner one evening, • I glanced over at my fifteen year old daughter and ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Living In This Present World

    Contributed by Martin Holland on May 24, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,569 views

    Everyday it gets more difficult to live a godly life in this present world. Paul instructs Titus as he lived in a similar society for a while.

    Why? Understanding Life Events (II) 2 Kings 5 6-7 -09 Intro Isa 55:8-9 ¡§¡¥For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,¡¦ says the LORD. ¡¥For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.¡¦¡¨ Last Sunday ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    What Jesus Said About Fear Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,536 views

    15 times int he Gospels Jesus tells folks to not be afraid, what does that say to us today?

    What Jesus Said About Fear So, what are you afraid of? What it is that sends Goosebumps up and down your spine, brings your heart to your throat and makes you want to throw up just thinking about it? Snakes, heights, spiders, enclosed spaces? Back in the day one of my favourite shows was ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Cameron Bottema avatar

    Filled With The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Cameron Bottema on May 28, 2012
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     | 12,183 views

    A Biblical understanding of being filled with the Holy Spirit, as observed from the Text of Scripture.

    FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT Acts 2:1-21 Text: Acts 2:4a “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” Being filled with the Holy Spirit, or being full of the Holy Spirit, or being baptized by or in the Holy Spirit are phrases that mean different things to different people in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends

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    The Answer Is Prayer

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 5, 2012
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     | 8,850 views

    James shows us that in any situation we face the answer is prayer.

    THE ANSWER IS PRAYER James 5:13-20 1) Are you in trouble? Pray (vs. 13a). We have the tendency to try to fix our problems without prayer. There have been multiple times where I was faced with a problem and spent too much time trying to fix it with repeated attempts using my superior ingenuity and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Under Pressure

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,998 views

    Psalm 69 - Messianic Psalm (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Sermon Outline: Deliverance: “Save Me” (vs 1-18) Vindication: “Judge my enemies” (vs 19-29) Praise: “Be Glorified” (vs 30-36) Jesus: "The Messiah" Sermon Text: • Next to Psalm 22 and Psalm 110; • This is the most frequently quoted Psalm in the New ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren