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  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    What The Prophet Speaks

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jan 26, 2012
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    Sermon for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, Year B.

    Deuteronomy 18: 15 – 20 / What The Prophet Speaks Intro: In our modern, rational, scientific age many dismiss prophecy as naïve and backwards. Yet, there is something in us that seems to yearn for prophecy. We yearn to hear a voice from beyond ourselves, a voice of promise or hope that touches ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Jesus, The New Temple Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 13, 2010
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    Jesus and the early disciples preached against the Jerusalem Temple because the new Temple is the Body of the Risen Christ, and true worship is centered there.

    November 15, 2010 Albert the Great The Spirit of the Liturgy Today we commemorate St. Albert the Great, known for many years as “the Universal Doctor.” He is best known as the teacher and mentor of St. Thomas Aquinas, but his studies and teaching spanned all of what was known then as ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Let It Shine

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Feb 3, 2011
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    A sermon for the 5th Sunday after Epiphany on providing salt and letting the light of Christ shine.

    Matthew 5: 13 – 16 / Let It Shine Intro: A minister was making a wooden trellis to support a climbing vine. As he was pounding away, he noticed a little boy who was watching him. The youngster didn’t say a word, so the preacher kept on working, thinking the las would leave; but he ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Beware Series

    Contributed by Brian Keith on Sep 26, 2013
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    Building a Faith that is responsive in trying times. Understanding that we are a peculiar people and a generation that inspires Faith over Philosophy.

    Colossians 2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. The passage of scripture we study is a Biblical focus on God’s word in the sense of guardianship. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Does Want Humans To Be One In Mind And Heart Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 13, 2014
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    Faith gives us a heightened respect for nature so that we "discern in it a grammar written by the hand of God." God's Fatherhood makes it possible for us to live together with one heart and one will.

    Thursday of the 11th Week in Course 2014 Lumen Fidei Where did we get the idea that God is our Father? Surely the definitive statement of God’s fatherhood is in this prayer we learned from Jesus, the Son. Still, we didn’t fully know what a father is until Jesus came and established ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Mission And Suffering Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 29, 2014
     | 2,890 views

    We must not marvel that we suffer pain and persecution when we carry the message of Christ to our culture.

    Thursday of the 14th Week in Course Lumen Fidei Pop singers and bands engage in a ritual–they all do. There’s a warmup act, usually a second or third rate band. It’s their Introit and Gloria, except the praise is of the human act to follow. There’s audience ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Birth Of The Saviour

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 11, 2015
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    THE BIRTH OF THE SAVIOUR

    Luke 2:1 - 20 THE BIRTH OF THE SAVIOUR 1. The Illumination That Made Them Fearful (a) God's ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Faith Seeking Understanding

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 1, 2014
     | 2,625 views

    God redeemed the world through suffering, and we can understand, if not fully comprehend, the mystery.

    Thursday after Ash Wednesday 2014 Lumen Fidei On this first day after the solemn beginning of Lent, as we begin our forty-day retreat, the Church gives us some stark words. Deuteronomy tells us that the choice is between life and death, between blessing and curse. Honor and obey God alone, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Zeal Without Knowledge?

    Contributed by Bola Folakemi Praise on Mar 16, 2020
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    Knowledge can be explained as having the facts or having the right information. It can also be explained as skills acquired through experience, practice or education.

    TEXT: PROVERBS 19: 2 “It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor be hasty and miss the way.” (Proverbs 19:2). Knowledge can be explained as having the facts or having the right information. It can also be explained as skills acquired through experience, practice or education. Knowledge is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Voice In The Wilderness

    Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Oct 17, 2019
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    We are Witnesses

    A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS MATT. 3:1-3 1. THE TEXT. THIS TEXT OPENS WITH THE PERSON OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS. a) WHILE ALL OF US ARE NOT CALLED TO PREACH, WE ARE ALL CALLED TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. b) JOHN’S MESSAGE WAS TWOFOLD. ONE, HE WAS ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How God Speaks To Us

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 2, 2020
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    God communicates with His people.

    PSALM 19:1-3 “HOW GOD SPEAKS TO US” A) We are living in a vast communication age. * Computer ... WWW, and E-mail, and even Instant Message. * Well, God has a way of communicating to us also. B) We are told in Rom. 1:20 that God communicates to us visibly. * “For the invisible things of him from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Shed Some Light On Your Account

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 28, 2019
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     | 3,423 views

    This is the 16th sermon in the "Accounting" series from the Book of Ephesians.

    Series: Accounting [#16] SHED SOME LIGHT ON YOUR ACCOUNT Ephesians 5:8-14 Introduction: We have been in our series in Ephesians for 16 weeks today. This series has been focused on the fact that we are spiritually rich through Jesus Christ. Today is a day focused on the celebration of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Purpose Of Prayer Series

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 23, 2017
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    Paul promotes the purposes of prayer as Watchfulness, Thankfulness and Effectiveness.

    42 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Time Is Fulfilled

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 11, 2018
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    Isn’t it true that when humans fail, sin, even commit the most awful injustices, God’s mercy is ever present, ever able to forgive when we repent?

    First Sunday of Lent 2018 We come to Mass on the First Sunday of Lent, full of energy that has not diminished since we crowded the churches on Ash Wednesday. We know that the Word of God on this special Lord’s Day reminds us of the Lord Jesus’s battle with the Enemy of mankind, the one Scripture ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Born To Die

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Dec 23, 2018
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    The Divine Purpose for the Divine Birth of Jesus

    MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL Weekend Message/Devotion December 23, 2018 Born to Die Hebrews 10:5-10 This reading so illuminates and so magnifies the will of God and the mission of His Only Son that it needs to be more fully shared at this time of year. This reading is surely a Christmas message. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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