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  • K. Edward Skidmore avatar

    What Is The Goal Of A Disciple? Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 24, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 16,124 views

    The GOAL: make disciples who will make disciples What it will take: The Dedication of a Soldier; the Discipline of an Athlete; the Diligence of a Farmer

    Discipleship Series # 6 (#5 unavailable) What is the Goal of a Disciple? II Timothy 2:1-6 SCRIPTURE READING: II Timothy 2:1-6 INTRODUCTION: David Glass was the CEO of the Wal-Mart from 1988 – 2000. Back in 1962, he heard that a guy named Sam Walton was about to hold the grand opening for ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Christmas Confrontation, Pt. 1

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Dec 3, 2005
    based on 23 ratings
     | 3,145 views

    Karl Marx said, "If I can steal their history I can steal their country." It is about time that Christians stop this theft and stand up for Christmas again!

    Fought/ fight = agony. Literally – “I have agonized over a worthwhile struggle”. At the end of Paul’s life, he declared that as for his faith, it was strong because he fought to keep it that way! While in the Middle East, I saw the prison cell in Cesarea, which held Paul before Herod Agrippa ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Christian Freedom?

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jan 29, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,400 views

    The word freedom normall does not mean free...What about Christian freedom?

    What is Christian freedom? Romans 6:15-18 As Americans we claim to live in a “free country. We hear about freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion. We claim to believe that we are free to do whatever we want as long as we don’t break any laws, pay our taxes and don’t hurt ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Getting Rid Of Bad Breath

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 27, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,928 views

    Continuing to look at 7 areas to give God control (7UP to God) to follow Jesus holistically, we turn to the social area: our relationships.

    7UP: Getting Rid of Bad Breath Philippians 4:2-3 October 26. 2008 A little girl received a watch and some perfume for her birthday. She was so proud of them because they made her feel so grown up. All throughout the day, she pestered everyone to look at her watch or ask them if they wanted to know ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Are You Prepared?

    Contributed by C Vincent on Aug 18, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,944 views

    Are we prepared for Jesus to return to the Church, and to take us home?

    "Are You Prepared?" Luke 3:1-10 John 1:6 onwards the baptism of Jesus Mark 1:1-11 A time of preparation Prepare the way The way for what? · John made ready "a people prepared for the Lord" BY AROUSING THEIR ATTENTION Charles Spurgen said, ‘Now that is the meaning of what John said, "The ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Emotionally Unhealthy Spirituality Series

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 6, 2009
     | 5,644 views

    We begin this series on emotionally healthy spirituality by examining what UNhealthy emotional spirituality looks like in relation to being a new creation in Christ.

    Back To School Emotionally UNhealthy Spirituality 2 Corinthians 5:17 September 27, 2009 This new series is entitled, “Back to School.” It is back to school because of the time of year but also because we are going to examine emotionally healthy spirituality. We are going to look at the connection ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    He Arose From The Dead To Fulfil The Scriptures

    Contributed by William Baeta on Apr 25, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,401 views

    “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. And He was buried and He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” 1 Cor. 15:3-4.

    Theme: He arose from the dead to fulfil the Scriptures Text: 1 Cor. 15:3-4 The Scriptures contain God’s authoritative words and are therefore also known as the “Word of God”. Jesus relied on them totally and used them to overcome temptations and point to the truth. He often referred to them with ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Naked Man And A Bunch Of Crazy Pigs

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on May 12, 2005
    based on 51 ratings
     | 7,079 views

    Which is more disturbing -- holiness and righteousness, or immorality?

    Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured. Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left. When I was in high school, there was a local legend about the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Christian Life

    Contributed by David Rogers on Dec 31, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 9,123 views

    This is a sermon about what a christians life should look like and how we should instead of making all these worldly resolutions at New year instead make a resolution to live our life for God.

    A CHRISTIAN LIFE COL. 3:12-25 I hope that everyone here this morning had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year. I am sure that we all got a lot of presents and we probably made quite a few New Years resolutions. This year as I was thinking about the direction I wanted my life to go I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Shrinking God's Holiness

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Apr 16, 2004
    based on 57 ratings
     | 3,673 views

    When we shrink God’s holiness we have no standard to live by

    How we have made God a shrinking reality DON’T BE AFRAID! Have you ever wondered which hurts the most? Saying something and wishing you hadn’t? or Saying nothing and wishing you had? I guess the most important things are the hardest things to say. Don’t be afraid to tell someone you love them. If ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Enjoy Inner Restoration, Healing And Transformation

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 14, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 8,603 views

    In the 1987 AFC Championship football game between Cleveland and Denver, Ernest Bynar fumbled the ball just as he got ready to score a touchdown. That mistake cost the Cleveland Browns the championship, a trip to the Super Bowl and is what most people rem

    Enjoy Inner Restoration, Healing and Transformation (Romans 12:2) Illustration: In the 1987 AFC Championship football game between Cleveland and Denver, Ernest Bynar fumbled the ball just as he got ready to score a touchdown. That mistake cost the Cleveland Browns the championship, a trip to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Merwin Rylaarsdam avatar

    Narnia: Always Winter, Never Christmas Series

    Contributed by Merwin Rylaarsdam on Jan 4, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,224 views

    A world without Christ is a world that is "always winter and never Christmas."

    Sermon – “Always Winter, Never Christmas” Scripture – Isaiah 40 There is a strange phenomenon that is happening in the world today. Two unlikely groups of people have gotten together and are excitedly talking about the same thing! It’s strange that Hollywood and the Evangelical church are ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Gifts Are For Giving

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on May 12, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,604 views

    Actions we can take to be faithful to God’s design for using spiritual gifts.

    …no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Tim Hedberg avatar

    Blessed Assurance

    Contributed by Tim Hedberg on Mar 27, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,038 views

    God promises Himself and gives his people assuranceds that are meant to be a blessing to Noah and his descendants.

    Blessed Assurance Genesis 9:8-17 March 5, 2006 I don’t remember what it was that he did, but I didn’t like it. Luke blew it. I had told him to stop over and over again and when he didn’t, I let him know that he was in trouble. I said some things and took a toy. A little bit later, God began to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Principle Of Evangelism Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 13, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,859 views

    If we are going to be effective in evangelism, we must know the soil we are planting the Word into.

    INTRODUCTION SLIDE #1 The way we build God’s church is by reaching people. There is no other way to build the church other than to reach people. We cannot evangelize cats, dogs or any other object other than people. What is the best approach to use with people? Will we reach all people with ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ