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  • Gary Regazzoli avatar

    Christmas - Glad Tiding Of Great Joy

    Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Dec 22, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,330 views

    Here’s the question. What is the deeper reason for celebrating Christmas? What is the reason for the season? Do we need it?

    Time of the year – Family, food and fun, but it is also a time to think about the deeper questions of life – but also to ask the question, “is there a purpose to it all?” • Here’s the question. What is the deeper reason for celebrating Christmas? What is the reason for the season? Do we need it? ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Go! And Believe The God For Whom Nothing Is Impossible - Luke 1:37 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 17, 2025
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     | 445 views

    "For nothing is impossible with God." This is a promise so short a child can memorise it, yet so powerful it can reshape a life, a family, a church, and an entire future.

    Go! And Believe the God for Whom Nothing Is Impossible - Luke 1:37 INTRODUCTION – A GOD WHO BREAKS IMPOSSIBILITY Church, there is a sentence in Scripture so short a child can memorise it, yet so powerful it can reshape a life, a family, a church, and an entire future. It is a sentence spoken in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Who Is Speaking To You?

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Aug 24, 2025
     | 220 views

    This sermon exposes the vanity of human boasting and the futility of satanic pronouncements when God has not commanded them. It reminds believers that God’s Word alone stands supreme above all voices.

    WHO IS SPEAKING TO YOU? By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Lamentations 3:37 Supporting Texts: Proverbs 21:30; Exodus 5:2; Isaiah 36:18-21; Daniel 3:15; 1 Samuel 17:8-11; Acts 12:21-23; 2 Chronicles 32:7-8 Key Verse:  Lamentations 3:37 (KJV): “Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Special! Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 17, 2020
     | 4,162 views

    If we are so special, how special God must be!

    Special! (Psalm 8) 1. Some people are truly special: Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A 95-year-old California man known to neighbors as "Bicycle Bob" was treated to a celebration after he logged his 100,000th mile of cycling… he took up cycling when he retired in the 1990s and has been logging ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Get Along Children Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Nov 7, 2007
    based on 38 ratings
     | 7,113 views

    People of God make up a family, and families sometimes ’feud’. Jesus lays out some helpful rules for restoration - 1. Personal Effort 2. Plural Effort 3. Public Effort - Link inc. to formatted text, audio, and PowerPoint.

    Get Along Children Matthew 18:15-35 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/GetAlong.html The beginning of this chapter tells us how to enter the family of God...by humbling ourselves as little children before the Lord. The rest of the chapter tells us how to get along with all the other children in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Was In The Cup?

    Contributed by C Matthews on Aug 15, 2001
    based on 614 ratings
     | 38,172 views

    What did Jesus really see in the cup of his Father’s will while praying at Gethsemane?

    What Was In The Cup? Several years ago I had an uncle that was in the hospital preparing for open heart surgery. I went into his hospital room early on the morning of surgery and we talked a little about the surgery and I asked him if he was scared. He responded quickly with, "No!" He told me ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Believe In Pontius Pilate Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 13, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 8,880 views

    1. Jesus Christ humbled himself. 2. Jesus Christ surrendered himself. 3. Jesus Christ gave himself to save us.

    The Apostle’s Creed, which we are studying, is a creed of contrasts. Listen to the stark opposites to which we profess faith: “I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary.” From that great pronouncement of Christ’s uniqueness, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    "Thirst"

    Contributed by Fred Mueller on Apr 2, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,130 views

    A sermon focusing on the theme of thirst - of Israel in the wilderness during the Exodus and of the woman at the well and of Jesus on the Cross.

    “Thirst” From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Bill Sullivan avatar

    Christmas Theology

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jan 10, 2011
     | 5,804 views

    The amazing theology of Christmas includes paradoxes like the Incarnation, and this theology is worth our prayerful pondering at Christmas and always

    Christmas Theology TCF Sermon December 12, 2010 Luke 2:8-19 (NIV) 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Makes You Alive? Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 16, 2011
     | 7,298 views

    Week two of our health check series, we are looking at the marks of being dead or alive.

    Good, you’re sitting down, I have some bad news for you, some of you are dead. Now it’s not as bad as it sounds, it might be reversible, if we catch it in time. The title and theme of our services from now until the middle of February is “Health Check” and our focus will ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Rodney Johnson Sr., avatar

    The Mystery Of The Incarnation

    Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on Feb 26, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,904 views

    This sermon reminds us of the immeasurable love and greatness of our God. It is the ultimate picture of human sin and the unconditional love of God.

    Introduction: Nothing rivals the incarnation in relation to its grandeur and awesomeness. By the incarnation, we mean God coming in the flesh to rescue us. The following chapters/verses gives us clear pictures of this awe-inspiring act of God; Heb. 10:5-7, Jhn. 1:14 and i Tim. 3:16. The words of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Pell avatar

    Children's Sermon: God's Love

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 9, 2009
    based on 25 ratings
     | 41,540 views

    God’s love is capable of embracing everyone without rations or exclusions

    Children’s Sermon: God’s Love Ephesians 3:17b-19 Sermon Objective: To show God’s love is capable of embracing everyone without rations or exclusions. Sermon props: Glass that is half full of water and some marbles. Good morning everyone! It is so good to see you today! I just love meeting with ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Michael Luke avatar

    The Search For Meaning Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,531 views

    Life and its importance and meaning beyond this life.

    SERIES: “BE SATISFIED” “THE SEARCH FOR MEANING” ECCLESIASTES 1:1-18 A certain man had traveled quite a distance to attend the funeral of a relative. The man was utterly exhausted from his drive. During the visitation time, he dozed off in one of the chairs. Several attempts were made to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Sherm Nichols avatar

    Choose Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Feb 3, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 18,021 views

    God has given us a precious treasure in our ability to choose to love Him

    The dean of a university was at a faculty meeting when a professor from the antiquities department handed him an old brass lamp they had just acquired. The dean rubbed a smudge from it, and as he did, a genie appeared. “I’m the genie from the lamp,” he said, “and I’m here on a special assignment, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ronald Harbaugh avatar

    The Chruch Needs To Worship Jesus

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Jul 2, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,540 views

    A sermon for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 9, series B.

    5th Sunday after Pentecost [Pr. 9] July 5, 2009 “Series B” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, you have come among us in the person of your Son, Jesus the Christ, your living Word, incarnate in human flesh. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran