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  • Alan Perkins avatar

    Building Community - Serve One Another Series

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 1, 2001
    based on 116 ratings
     | 17,990 views

    We build communitiy in the church by bearing one another’s burdens and serving one another.

    “Community.” A sense of belonging, of being connected with people. Knowing that if you don’t show up, someone will notice, knowing that people care if you show up or not. Having things in common – common values, priorities, beliefs. Having people to share things with – joys and sorrows, work and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Creativity And Innovation Series

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 13, 2001
    based on 28 ratings
     | 19,633 views

    Why we celebrate creativity and innovation

    Word association: Think of a creative, innovative organization (pause). Now raise your hand if a church or church organization came to mind. * What adjectives to people usually associate with churches? Why is that? Is that the way it should be? Let me share with you a few of my least favorite ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Big Is Jesus

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Aug 4, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,876 views

    FRESH LOOK AT JESUS, THE SON OF GOD

    HOW BIG IS JESUS VBC August 19. 01 Isaiah 45:22 This is the text verse that a Primitive Methodist layman preached from the day Charles Haddon Spurgeon was saved. Listen as Spurgeon recounts that day the layman preached, It is a text that encourages and exhorts us to look to Christ. I want to do ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Right In Our Church?

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Aug 7, 2001
    based on 234 ratings
     | 7,792 views

    We constantly hear what is wrong with our churches all of the time, but what is right in our churches?

    Sunday Evening August 12, 2001 Bel Aire Baptist Church WHAT IS RIGHT IN OUR CHURCH? Ephesians 5:25-27 Introduction: I have had several comments lately that I have been whipping on the church pretty hard. I have been told that everything being said in the sermons are negative and are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bearing In Mind

    Contributed by Rob Ross on Jan 14, 2001
    based on 109 ratings
     | 4,541 views

    What are some biblical characteristics that our church should emulate?

    Verse: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Topic: Church Probing Question: What is church? Key Word: characteristics Subject: characteristics of church Aim: To encourage the congregation to identify desirable church characteristics. Title: Bearing In Mind Introduction Illustration: (Name Brand ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Homesick For Heaven

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,121 views

    Focus on Heaven motivates you to action, gives understanding, and produces an attitude of thanksgiving.

    Homesick for Heaven Hebrews 11:8-17 INTRODUCTION: Do you remember this old chorus: “This world is not my home, I’m just a passin’ through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. Tthe angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door, and I can’t feel at home in this world ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    2004 - Thats A Wrap!

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Dec 20, 2004
    based on 48 ratings
     | 6,807 views

    A Year End Wind Up with some basic goals for next year.

    19, December 2004 Dakota Community Church 2004 – That’s A Wrap Introduction: Last year around this time I was feeling very positive about the church and our prospects for the New Year. One of the statements I made was that I thought 2004 was going to be our best year ever. In fact the opposite ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    The Nativity Set:: The Shepherds Series

    Contributed by Scott Nichols on Dec 13, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,300 views

    The story of the Shepherds reminds us that to find the heart of Christmas we must look beneath the wrapping paper.

    The last few embers of the fire are dying out. The air hangs heavy with a silence broken only by the occasional bleat of a lamb. Huddled together for warmth, the shepherds are alone with their thoughts. Each one scanning the horizon. Looking. Perhaps casting a longing eye to the distant lights of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Divine Mercy And Our Response

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,686 views

    Divine Mercy Sunday is an opportunity to examine our attitudes and actions in response to Jesus’s Divine Rescue.

    Sunday of Divine Mercy 19 April 2009 On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul established this Sunday as the Feast of Divine Mercy. In the image of Christ shown to St. Faustina in her vision, two rays of divine mercy come from the heart of Christ. In John’s Gospel we proclaim that blood and water ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Why Community?

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jan 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,575 views

    A look at our need for true community in all of its glorious messiness.

    Dakota Community Church January 06, 2008 Why Community? - I We live in a very “individual” focused social order. It’s all about personal rights and freedoms, personal space, and let’s not forget personal relationship with God. This church thing though is about something different altogether; in ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Evidence Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,200 views

    Once we have come to know Christ, the rest of our life should be spent in pursuit of spiritual growth as disciple of Jesus Christ. Let’s look at two of many reasons why this is so.

    Evidence (2 Thessalonians 1:1-5) 1. I received a call from the Kokomo Perspective about my opinion regarding the movie, "The Golden Compass." 2. Although the movie is toned down from the books, the author of the series is an avid atheist with an anti-Christian agenda. 3. Many movies assume an ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Spiritual Nobility Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Dec 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,846 views

    Stephen was in many ways a forerunner to Paul. He boldly confronted the synagogues of foreign Jews in Jerusalem, possibly even entering them to debate their members. Stephen faced fierce opposition, even to the point of physical persecution. It is even

    Spiritual Nobility Acts 6:8-15 Intro This passage marks a transition in the book of Acts. Up to this point, Peter has been the dominating figure, fulfilling his calling by taking the gospel to the people. Another figure of importance looms on the horizon: the apostle Paul, who is introduced at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Revêtez-Vous De Toutes Les Armes De Dieu (2e Partie) Series

    Contributed by Israel Fontaine on Dec 12, 2007
     | 3,970 views

    Dieu a une destinée pour notre vie. Toutefois, si nous voulons en profiter pleinement, il nous faut comprendre deux vérités essentiels concernant les armes que Dieu met à notre disposition.

    « Revêtez-vous de toutes les armes de Dieu » (Ép 6.11) INTRODUCTION Dieu a des PROJETS pour ma vie. Lorsque je suis sortie du secondaire, je n’avais aucune idée de ce dont Dieu s’attendait de moi. Je l’isoler… Il existe réellement un monde spirituel qui veut vous séduire et vous ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Richard White avatar

    I Must What? Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Aug 9, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,841 views

    What we must do to be saved has been the subject of debate, what does Jesus say?

    I Must WHAT??? John 3:1-16 This is part one of a series on the subject of being Born Again. John Chapter 3 introduces a man named Nicodemus and highlights an interview between Jesus and Nicodemus. This is much like a private Bible study where one is actually freed to ask any question of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Prevailing In Truth Series

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,309 views

    This spiritual warfare series handles the topic in a different way: using Paul’s teaching on each piece of the armor from the previous chapters helps us to see the meaning of this war--less about attacking Satan and more about pursuing God! Truth is the f

    “I Will Prevail!” Spiritual Warfare Series Ephesians 6:10-18 “I Will Prevail In Truth” I have found that spiritual warfare is less about naming demons and more about living a life totally drenched in the desire to follow Jesus Christ! A life that is right with God is what threatens the enemy ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist