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  • Robert Webb avatar

    How To Draw Closer To God.

    Contributed by Robert Webb on Mar 12, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,144 views

    renewing your mind

    How easy it is for the devil to get our minds and thoughts off track, thinking about things we should not. This is why our minds need to be saturated and fortified by the Word of God. If what you are thinking about is what is right, you cannot be thinking about what is wrong. Our mind is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    To Magnify God-1

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jun 8, 2025
     | 440 views

    1 of 6. David was a recipient of YHWH-God’s protection(deliverance/rescue), & so David magnified Him. God’s people magnify God. But, When or How do I/you/we truly magnify God? To Magnify God In Your Life, God must be...

    To MAGNIFY GOD—Psalm 34:3(:1-10) [VBS Theme—‘Magnified’—Psalm 34:3] Attention: From 1981-1989 I was an ‘Assistant Coordinator’ working in a particular lab, under one of the researchers at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, outside of Savannah, Georgia on Skidaway Island. Skidaway was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bridge Builder: Breaking The Barriers

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024
     | 965 views

    What BARRIERS you may have to BREAK to build bridges?

    Opening illustration: I heard a story about a guy who applied for a job as an usher at a theater in the mall. As a part of the interview process, the manager asked him, "What would you do in case a fire breaks out?" The young guy answered, "Don’t worry about me. I can get out ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Rest In Jesus

    Contributed by Sylvan Finger on Jun 5, 2024
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     | 517 views

    Why is the Sabbath day celebrated on Sunday? Why are the Pharisees upset with Jesus about working on the Sabbath day? Why are the Pharisees upset with Jesus? Does the law make people well or does grace and mercy make people well?

    Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. When you hear that you ought to keep the Sabbath Day holy, what does it mean to you? I know for many the first response is we ought to go to church. Sunday is the Lord’s Day so let that be a day dedicated to the Lord and go ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Greg Brown avatar

    God’s Design For The Family (Col. 3:18–21) Series

    Contributed by Greg Brown on Jan 19, 2015
     | 19,510 views

    Exposition of Col. 3:18–21

    God’s Design for the Family “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why Do Some Plans Fail?

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 14, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 13,377 views

    The plans of the diligent and thoughtful, of those who steadily ponder the best way, leads to an advantage that results in plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty ends in want." (27 principles)

    Why Some Plans Fail "The plans of the diligent and thoughtful, of those who steadily ponder the best way, leads to an advantage that results in plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty ends in want." (Prov. 21:5) "The prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Living A Life Of Sexual Purity Series

    Contributed by Thomas H on Oct 4, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,809 views

    Sex. It is big in today’s world. As Christians we are constantly pressured to conform to the world’s low sexual standards. But we must resist and in this passage Paul gives us God’s standards for sexual purity.

    Ephesians 5:3-14 Living a life of sexual purity Sometimes when watching the news on TV some footage might be coming up - say a bomb explosion or war scene - and before they show the footage there is an announcement something like this: This footage contains scenes which may offend some viewers. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Women And Christianity Pt. 2

    Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Nov 24, 2013
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     | 6,633 views

    In this concluding article of this title series, I want to focus on the ministries that are prohibited and the ministries that women can and should pursue.

    In my previous article on this topic, I focused on how Christianity elevated the status and opportunities of women. I wrote about how Christian women, in the New Testament, have had (and, thus, still have) opportunities to labor for the Lord’s Church. However, I did mention in passing that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Where I'm Coming From

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 15, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,808 views

    A message I preached to let my new church know what my: approach, attitude and aim would be as I share the word with them.

    “Where I’m Coming From” 1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Extravagant Worship Series

    Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Aug 22, 2022
     | 4,223 views

    This sermon focuses on Mary's pouring of expensive perfume on the feet of Jesus as an act of extravagant worship, and how extravagant worship might be expressed by worshippers today.

    If you have your Bibles with you today, please open up to John 12:1. We have been looking through the book of John and we took a break from the book of John during Christmas and now we are picking it back up as we go from Christmas to Easter. It is very appropriate to pick it up here at chapter ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    How To Study The Bible Like A Pro - Class #7b - Foundational Rules Of Bible Interpretation - Continued Series

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Sep 13, 2022
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,626 views

    Continuation of Class #7a

    A. Eight Rules of Hermeneutics 1. Rule of Context a). The three most important rules of interpretation are context, context, and context! Context is the first and most important principle for accurate interpretation. A word can only mean what the original author meant. A text out of context ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "But..."

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 26, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,825 views

    So many times we say, "I will, but..." This little three letter word has a profound impact on our spiritual lives.

    The word "but", occurring more than 3800 times in the Bible, is used as a conjunction that marks opposition in passing from one thought or topic to another. It is often used to indicate an exception. It is used to mean "excluding the fact that"; "save that"; "were it not that" or "unless". This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James May avatar

    Looking Into The Window

    Contributed by James May on May 23, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,700 views

    Jesus is the Light of the World. He is the open window to eternal life and light and there is no other way. This sermon is told in story format.

    Looking into the Window By Pastor James May There it stood, in the side of the wall; it was just a window. But there was something different about this window that was different from most. Those on the inside could look through it to see the outside world, and those on the outside could look ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    God's Goal

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 8,286 views

    God’s goal is not to make us happy, it’s to make us His, not to get us what we want, but to get us what we need.

    “God’s Goal” John 4:4-29 God’s goal is not to make us happy, it’s to make us His, not to get us what we want, but to get us what we need. Intro: Early in his career, Thomas Edison invented a vote-recording machine for use in legislative chambers. By moving a switch to the right or left, an ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sticks And Stones

    Contributed by Nate Barbour on Feb 2, 2004
    based on 46 ratings
     | 5,034 views

    Learn how to build somebody up with encouraging words through this sermon about the power in your words.

    Sticks and Stones How to Build Somebody Up 8/6/03 I. Introduction When Cheryl Prewitt was four years old, she hung around her father’s small country grocery store. Almost daily, the milkman would come into the store and greet her with the words, “How’s my little Miss America?” At first she ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational