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  • Jason Jones avatar

    Finding God's Will Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on May 14, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,705 views

    Exposition of Acts 1:12-26 as it relates to determining the will of God for your life

    Text: Acts 1:12-26, Title: Finding God’s Will, Date/Place: NRBC, 5/20/07, AM A. Opening illustration: Talk about Chris West, and the days that I moved in to my seminary apt with him as a roommate, and finish with the plaque on his bedpost underneath the skull… B. Background to passage: The scene ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    If You Talk The Talk, Do You Walk The Walk

    Contributed by James Lowe on Oct 25, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 45,627 views

    a bible study outline on walking the walk.

    If you talk the talk, do you walk the walk? Bible Study Outline The bible has a lot to say about the way we walk and talk. It is in so many ways how we conduct ourselves as Christians. It is our conversation and our lifestyle. Using the phrase, “Talking the talk” we are in essence saying, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Love Each Other?

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Oct 1, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,558 views

    How do we love as God does? What is real love? How do we love each other? questions we will try to answer.

    John 13:34&35 Love Each other? Did God create everything that exists? Does evil exist? Did God create evil? A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?" A student bravely replied, "Yes ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Fruit Doesn't Grow In The Dark

    Contributed by David Sorn on Nov 5, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,248 views

    We must continually draw close to the Lord of Light because He is the one who produces fruit in our life.

    INTRODUCTION Who’s afraid of the dark? Who’s ever been afraid of the dark? I was. Yep, that’s right. I had a nightlight too. Anybody have a nightlight? I had one of those really cool care bear ones. Wish Bear to be exact. Did you ever stop and think why people have nightlights? I mean, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Famine In America

    Contributed by Ron Theis on Dec 10, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,618 views

    The Proof and Effects of a Spiritual Dearth in America...

    FAMINE IN AMERICA INTRO: Famine… 1. The very word strikes fear… a. Images…horrific…babies…swollen bellies…starvation b. The images play upon our deepest inner fears… c. Not so common today…but it will be. d. I Kings tells us Israel experienced a famine so horrid that the people even ate their own ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Surrendered Saints

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 4, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,909 views

    God not only wants all men to be saved, but to also be surrendered to His will. Salvattion is but half of the equation. Unless the saint beoomes surrendered to the will of God, he cannot grow in grace, or be useful to an all-powerful God.

    Surrendered Saints Text: Rom.12: 1-2 Intro: Stephen F. Olford has said, “What God wants today is new men, rather than new methods; surrendered people, rather than just saved people, for it is possible to be saved yet not surrendered.”(1) One doesn’t have to think about it too long to know that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is True Religion? Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Sep 21, 2013
     | 11,123 views

    What does James mean by pure and undefiled religion?

    A Study of the Letter of James James 1:26-27 September 18, 2013 Read Scripture:James 1:26-27 [show scripture] 26If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself. 27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Heavenly Trio

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Jul 3, 2015
     | 4,646 views

    The Trinity is a mystery, but this does not mean a riddle. Instead, the Trinity is a reality above our human comprehension that we may begin to grasp, but ultimately must know through worship, symbol and faith.

    Most of you have probably heard the legends about St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. One particular legend, which is based on fact, is his understanding of the concept of the Trinity. In his personal confession, he wrote: For there is no other God, nor ever was before, nor shall be ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Looking For Resurrection Hope

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 25, 2011
     | 3,672 views

    Jesus became the living promise that springs-forth renewal and life, and the hope everlasting that we too can we too can live without fear, eternally past the grave, and forever with Christ.

    INTRO Hope is faith in the immutable promise that miracles prevail when the darkness tries to win-out with cries of despair. Hope is a gift from God that helps us yearn, and live a life that believes and moves with the pledge of a better tomorrow. And what’s more, hope springs-forth ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Message From The Angel

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Apr 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,996 views

    The message from the Angel to the women serves as encouragment and help to all believers for all the ages.

    The Message of the Angel Matthew 28:1-10 * (TEXT) Messages fill our days. We can get ‘messaged out!’ Between text messages, email messages, voice mail message, and phone calls to say nothing of the many messages receive in person, snail mail, & ‘body-language messages’ ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Born In A Barn

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011
     | 6,146 views

    A Christmas Eve message for to honor our Lord who was born of very, humble means.

    INTRO Have you ever heard it said to you: “Were you born in a barn?” Or maybe this variation – “You weren’t born in a barn – shut the door!” I tell ya what; I use to hear that said a lot growing up – either referring to that I had left the door ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Our Mighty Father Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 14, 2014
     | 4,717 views

    Isaiah emphasizes the eternal nature of Jesus in calling him Mighty God and Eternal Father.

    1. Depending on Others In 2006, James Kim, his wife Kati, and their two young daughters left San Francisco on November 18 for a combined vacation and work trip. They spent Thanksgiving in Seattle with family and then went to Portland, Oregon to visit with a friend. After the visit in Portland, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Don’t You Love A Good Storm?

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jul 1, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,348 views

    Don’t You Love A Good Storm? 1) It destroys our sense of self-importance. 2) It heightens our sense of God’s providence.

    Lord of the winds! I feel thee nigh, I know thy breath in the burning sky! And I wait, with a thrill in every vein, For the coming of the hurricane! William Cullen Bryant (1854) Do you get as excited about storms as the poet Bryant did? I don’t think little children especially enjoy storms. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Give Me A Sign

    Contributed by David Holwick on Sep 14, 2012
     | 9,449 views

    God can use signs to confirm his message, as he did with Moses, but signs can also become a way of evading God and rejecting his message, as Jesus found out.

    GIVE ME A SIGN Exodus 4:1-5 I. WHEN WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH. A. It got their attention. On July 1, 2003, a visiting evangelist at the First Baptist Church of Forest, Ohio, was conducting an evening revival. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Playing The "Spiritual" Indiana Jones!!!

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jul 19, 2012
     | 4,314 views

    Discovering "hidden treasures" in God’s Word, especially in relation to the Priestly Work of our Saviour with an air of an Explorer like Indiana Jones...

    PLAYING "SPIRITUAL" INDIANA JONES Action: Display of Picture of Indiana Jones in action Yes, Indiana Jones stories are juicy and spicy, for they stoke the fires of inherent sense of discovery in all of us. Add to that breathtaking stunts and adventure, ...read more

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