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  • Greg Nance avatar

    God In The Flesh Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Aug 26, 2009
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     | 5,262 views

    (I took Rodney Buchanan’s sermon and reworked it for this message). God, the Word, became flesh. Do we of flesh become the Word?

    Reading of text and prayer. Intro: Elder Rhee’s work of writing the entire New Testament on a 4x6 foot scroll in such a way that the words actually form a beautiful image of Christ and 27 angels surrounding him. (I have a print of Rhee’s image of Christ using every word from the gospel of Mark ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What A Contrast

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Sep 5, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,774 views

    A sermon for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18

    14th Sunday after Pentecost [Pr. 18] September 6, 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, in the person of Jesus the Christ, you came among us to reveal your redeeming grace, and that in Christ, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    To The Uptight: Son Of Man Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,700 views

    Jesus challenged Nicodemus and us because He challenges our pride and status, or because we think that all we have done is now useless. The human Jesus shows us how to live without being uptight.

    Two men standing in a garden to talk; so much alike and yet so different. Two men, with much on their minds, with eternal issues at stake, and yet with very human concerns too. Two men, very different and yet brothers, much the same. Two men standing in a garden to take one another’s measure. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Rom.13:1-5 The Death Penalty

    Contributed by William D. Brown on May 9, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,446 views

    According to the Gallup's annual Crime Survey, it found that 65% of Americans continue to support the use of the death penalty for persons convicted of murder, while 31% oppose it -- continuing a trend that has shown little change over the last six y

    Rom.13:1-5 THE DEATH PENALTY 5-11-13 Today I want to talk for a few minutes about the death penalty and let me say that every one listening to this broadcast has their personal views and opinion about the death penalty. According ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Not Ok, That's Ok

    Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Apr 7, 2013
     | 3,609 views

    We are not perfect. We aren't OK. We have failings and weakness. We all make mistakes. So we are not OK. Yet Jesus went to the cross knowing what we would do right and do wrong. Knowing the good, bad and ugly of it all; He went all the way for all of us

    Quotes: “Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” -Anne Frank “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ― Oscar ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    ¿soy MÁs Que¿soy MÁs Que Polvo Formado Por Accidente? Polvo Formado Por Accidente?

    Contributed by Byron Perrine on Apr 22, 2020
     | 1,227 views

    Este discurso atestigua la verdad de que cada uno de nosotros tiene un alma inmortal, habla de la importancia de reconocer que tenemos un alma inmortal y pregunta cómo sería la vida si la humanidad no tuviera alma.

    Génesis 1: 26-27 nos dice que somos creados a imagen de Dios. Con esto queremos decir que somos creados con un alma a través de la que Dios se comunica con nosotros. El lamentable estado de pecado en el que ha caído la humanidad amenaza con desafiar ese hecho. De hecho, el alma ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Divine Nature Of Jesus Christ

    Contributed by Pastor Duncan Shabane on May 18, 2020
     | 2,434 views

    Jesus reflects the one who gave Him God the Father God’s gift of His Son reflects knowledge of our needs the gift of Jesus is of a nature and quality that will hold its value as time goes on

    ** Jesus reflects the one who gave Him __God the Father ** God’s gift of His Son reflects knowledge of our needs ** the gift of Jesus is of a nature and quality that will hold its value as time goes on ** Jesus was God in the flesh ** How would know that Jesus was God? __John 10:30-38 __Matthew ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    What Are We?

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 25, 2020
     | 2,469 views

    Who are we? What are we? Why do we exist?

    Who are we? What are we? Why do we exist? The Greek word for a human being is ?????p?? (anthropos) and so this study of humanity deals with the topic of biblical anthropology. Who are we? First of all, we are the children of Adam. Adam was named for his origin, because his name refers to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christ's Appearance Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 18, 2020
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,663 views

    In this lesson, we learn about Christ's appearance for his first and second advents.

    Scripture Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent in 2020. “Advent” (from the Latin adventus) means “coming,” and it refers to the season immediately before Christmas. The “first advent” looks back to Christ’s first coming. The “second advent” looks forward to Christ’s second coming. We live ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Who Is This Guy? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 9, 2021
     | 2,072 views

    When something new and striking happens, we immediately focus on it. When someone appears unexpectedly and begins to do unusual things, he or she garners our attention. Jesus Christ is such a person.

    Monday of the First Week in Course 2021 About a half-century ago a hit movie was in the theaters called “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” Robert Redford and Paul Newman played outlaws that were constantly eluding law enforcement. But after one train holdup a different posse began chasing them, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    It Came From Within! Series

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Feb 10, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,416 views

    Jesus teaches that the things that defile a person are the things that come from the heart. This sermon offers four habits to be cultivated as means of grace to allow the Spirit room to root out the sin that lurks within our hearts.

    It Came From Within Introduction Growing up spending many days at my grandfather's home we watched television a lot. While I was a child of the 80s, we also watched old films. There were those that put my young mind in suspense with titles like The Creature From the Black Lagoon and It Came ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Transfiguration Of Jesus

    Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 12, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,768 views

    The transfiguration of Jesus is important because it shows Christ is outside the realm of time, It reveals His divine nature, shows that the moment of salvation has come, and that Jesus is the looked-for Messiah of the Jews.

    THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS Mk. 9:2-10 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Magician Humor 1. A magician introduced an act in which he would disappear. He said to the audience, “On the count of three, I will disappear!” And he started counting in Spanish, “Uno… Dos…POOF!” And the magician was gone without a ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    "worry (Part 2): What Does Jesus Teach In Matthew 6:24-34?" Series

    Contributed by Benjamin Utomo on Aug 18, 2021
     | 3,722 views

    This sermon discusses how to overcome destructive/negative/unnecessary worries based on Matthew 6:25-34.

    There was a story about a man who came face to face with the Angel of Death: The Angel was walking toward a city one morning, and a man asked, "What are you going to do?" "I'm going to take 100 people," the Angel replied. "That's horrible!" the man said. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bob Marcaurelle avatar

    Five Ways God Speaks To Us (John 1:1-18) Series

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Aug 19, 2021
     | 3,880 views

    We have no idea "who" or even "what" God is. We cannot get to Him but He comes to us through creation; conscience; chosen people and their Bible; Christ and Conversion. Until we are converted we know ABOUT God but we don't know God personally.

    GOD’S BEST WORD TO US John 1:1-18 Bob Marcaurelle bmarcaurelle@charter.net (Writing in the AD 90’s to counteract the teachings that Jesus could not be both God and man. John shows us how God reveals Himself to us through creation, conscience, contacts with individuals and the chosen people and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr John Singarayar SVD avatar

    Sed Imitadores De Cristo Durante Covid-19

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Oct 26, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,875 views

    Siendo hijos de la luz, nos convertimos en la presencia de nuestro Salvador Humano y expresamos la Humanidad en acción como Cristo Jesús a todas las personas, en todo momento y en todas las estaciones de nuestras vidas durante el COVID-19 y más allá.

    Sed imitadores de Cristo durante COVID-19 Lucas 13: 10-17 , Hechos 7: 47-50, Efesios 4:32, Hebreos 13: 8, Mateo 28:20, Efesios 5: 1-8. Reflexión Queridos hermanos y hermanas, “ Jesús estaba enseñando en una sinagoga en sábado . Y había una mujer que durante ...read more

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