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  • Gordon Curley avatar

    Talk Is Cheap

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,200 views

    Talk is Cheap (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Colossians chapter 4 verses 2-6: Ill: • There are 800,000 in the English language, • 300,000 are technical terms. • The average person knows 10,000 words and uses 5,000 in everyday speech. • A journalist knows approximately 15,000 and uses around ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Dead Or Alive?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 9, 2012
     | 3,818 views

    Apologetic sermon on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Powerpoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    SERMON OUTLINE: The Empty Tomb – The Facts: • The Gospel writers • The Roman Soldiers • The Senhedrin • The Jewish people The Missing Body - Three options • Fraud (stolen body) • Swoon (resuscitation) • Miracle (resurrection) The ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Journey Of Life

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 9, 2004
    based on 244 ratings
     | 47,511 views

    The journey of life includes: 1- the witnesses 2- the weights 3- the weariness 4- the winner

    INTRO.- ILL.- Two preachers were having lunch at a farm during a certain anniversary celebration. The farmer’s wife had fried several chickens and told her family they could have what was left after everyone had gone home. But it was not to be. Those hungry preachers ate every piece of fried ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Stress Busters

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 10, 2001
    based on 171 ratings
     | 15,560 views

    Life is full of stress which needs to busted or removed from our lives.

    STRESS BUSTERS Matthew 11:28-30 INTRO.- Stress. Who needs it? No one. Who wants it? No one. Who has it? Everyone. ILL.- Joe Krebs is a local TV anchorman in Washington D.C. His three-hour morning newscast requires that he wake up every morning at 2:30 a.m. He found out about the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    God Bless America

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 314 ratings
     | 16,605 views

    God has blessed America. Now it’s our turn.

    GOD BLESS AMERICA I Tim. 2:1-6 INTRO.- Here is some of America’s craziness. ILL.- Someone wrote these interesting words entitled, “Only in America.” 1- Only in America can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. 2- Only in America are there handicap parking places in front of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Do Followers Of Jesus Fail?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 4,293 views

    Why do followers of Jesus fail? (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Mark chapter 9 verse 14-29. Ill: Stephen Pile – Book of Heroic Failures. (1). • The prize for the most useless weapon of all times goes to the Russians. • They invented the “dog mine.” • The plan was to train the dogs to associate food ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Wedding Service Message: Psalm 127

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 13,329 views

    Wedding Service Message: Psalm 127 (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Psalm 127 Ill: • A man went to a psychiatrist with a worry problem. • “Every time I get into bed,” he said, “I’m convinced there is somebody under it”. • “I can help”, said the psychiatrist, • “But it will mean a session a ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    2nd Coming: The Rapture

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,469 views

    2nd Coming: The Rapture (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verses 13-18. Ill: When General Douglas MacArthur was at Army training college, he tells this story: • The first section was studying the time-space relationship; • Later formulated by Einstein as his Theory of Relativity. • The text ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Place Of Prayer

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 61 ratings
     | 11,282 views

    1- Prayer will increase our devotion 2- Prayer will release us from our prisons 3- Prayer will open the door to doing good

    INTRO. - ILL.- One lady said: My AUNT KAREN is the mother of two high-spirited young girls. When I called her one morning, our conversation was constantly interrupted by the din of kids screaming and chasing each other. "Could you hold on for a moment?" my aunt finally asked, putting down the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Portrait Of Love Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jan 30, 2008
    based on 45 ratings
     | 11,314 views

    Biblical view of marriage, and practical actions on part of husband, and on part of wife, to strengthening their marriage.

    Intro> This Thursday is Valentine’s Day (that’s a hint, guys...you might want to be making some plans). <>So today I want us to look at the Biblical instructions, the Biblical model, and gain a Biblical understanding of marriage, how we can succeed in our marriages, and how we can be the husbands ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Importance Of Explaining The Scripture. Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 13, 2021
     | 1,867 views

    (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info) Note: in case you are wondering: a mistake was made and the passage I was given to speak on does not truly match the title of the talk!

    Reading: Acts chapter 26 verses 26-32. SERMON OUTLINE: Meet the Cast: (1). Festus, the Roman Governor. (2). King Agrippa. (3). The Apostle Paul. Meet the Need: (1). “It is the Bible that gives our message its content” (vs 26&27). (2). “It is the Bible that gives our message its ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Call To Commitment

    Contributed by Chris Mason on Aug 22, 2001
    based on 85 ratings
     | 11,317 views

    In the still of the night, on the way to work, in the kitchen making dinner you hear God’s voice calling. It’s calling you to total commitment in your life

    Call to Commitment I don’t know about you, but when someone calls, I have a lot of choices to make. Will I pick up my phone, if I do pick it up, what will I say? How should I respond to the person on the other end? What if it’s a telemarketer? What if it’s my mother, and I just don’t have time ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Withered

    Contributed by Derrick Strickland on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 157 ratings
     | 15,835 views

    Jesus is more than just a healer he is the restorer of the withered things in our life

    “WITHERED” Luke 6:6-12 INTRO: 1.Three of the four gospels make mention of this miracle and all three use the same word to describe this man’s condition - “Withered Hand”. (Ugly word) 2. “Withered” describes: a) That which once held life, but now the life is gone. (Like flower) b) That ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Hearing And Knowing God

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,098 views

    sensitivity

    Intro: one of the questions that many people ask pastors is, “how does God communicate with us, or make Himself known in our lives. Hearing from God, knowing God, is a very important subject to many new believers and those that have served the Lord many years. Tonight, I would like to give the ways ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    'tis The Season To Sigh

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 6, 2004
    based on 293 ratings
     | 7,127 views

    1- The sigh of sadness 2- The sigh of relief

    INTRO.- ‘Tis the season for shopping. ILL.- A lady said, “I was browsing in a souvenir shop when the man next to me struck up a conversation. Just as he was telling me that his wife was getting carried away with her shopping, a brief power shortage caused the lights to flicker overhead. ’That,’ ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ