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  • Greg Nance avatar

    Priority One Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Oct 9, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,987 views

    God has a top priority plan for you! He invites you to hear, receive, stand in and be saved by a power that only heaven can offer.

    (Begin by blowing up a balloon and holding up a straight pin) What will happen if I take this pin and puncture this balloon? Watch. (Pop the balloon). Now this pin only makes a tiny hole, but that’s all it takes to explode a perfectly good balloon. In the events of history there is one tiny ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "The Cure For The Blood Disease Called Sin”

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Aug 16, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,369 views

    There are many remedys for various diseases but only One for the sin disease.

    ROM. 5:12 “THE CURE FOR THE BLOOD DISEASE CALLED SIN” Everybody has a terminal blood disease; and if the person doesn’t receive the only cure for that disease that there is he or she will surely die. Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The World Is Saved By Its Good Looks

    Contributed by Rob Guenther on Jun 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,351 views

    Even though we once looked hideous to God in our sin, when we look to God and to Christ in faith, we look perfect and holy. Now we look for opportunities to hold up Jesus to be clearly seen by others.

    The World is Saved by Its Good Looks Sermon based on Isaiah 45:22 Sunday, June 24, 2007 – Pentecost 4C (Evangelism 4) A church member canvassing the neighborhood came to one door and asked the attractive woman who answered if she was saved. “Yup,” the woman answered, “I sure am.” “Well, how do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Scott Malone avatar

    A Mother's Gift

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 10,929 views

    Hannah’s preparation of Samuel for a life of ministry was accomplished in just a few short years. See the qualities of motherhood that allowed her to impact young Samuel.

    "A Mother’s Gift" 1 Samuel 1 A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: "My full name has six letters. The first one is M. I pick up things. What am I?" When the test papers were turned in, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Enjoy The Synergistic Blessings Of Being United In Spirit

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 31, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,154 views

    Too often in the western world, we minimalize connections thinking that teaching principles is enough but 90% of the people who come to church do so on the basis of their friendly connections.

    Enjoy the Synergistic Blessings of Being United in Spirit (Phil. 2:1,2) "Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in Spirit, intent on one purpose." (Phil. 2:2) "Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dennis Lawrence avatar

    Understanding And Using Your Shape Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on May 18, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 6,519 views

    Understand your abilities, personality and experiences as you better understand how God has shaped you to serve Him and others.

    Understanding and Using your Shape Purpose Driven Life #31 Montreal/Cornwall March 27, 2004 You have been uniquely designed by God and He has particular ideas of how you are most fully ’you’ and, thereby, how you most fully glorify Him, which you were created to do. All of this is so that you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Marilyn Murphree avatar

    "Taking On A New Identity In Christ"

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Aug 10, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,080 views

    Too many times we allow old labels to stick tightly even after we have come to Christ. How can we get old negative labels off so that we can become what Christ intended for us to be?

    Iliff and Saltillo UM Churches Dr. Marilyn S. Murphree August 14, 2005 Taking on a New Identity in Christ Judges6:11-24 INTRODUCTION: Today’s scripture talks about the most unlikely person in the world to be a leader and deliverer of Israel. Gideon at this point had a painful past that he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Reaching Your Jerusalem Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 10, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,181 views

    God expects His people to make a difference in the world around them.

    REACHING YOUR JERUSALEM Acts 5:12-16 Intro: People have all kinds of expectations about how things should happen in life. Husbands and wives have different expectations of each other. Bosses and workers have different expectations. Kids & parents; Govt. officials and citizens, etc. Something ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ron Hicks avatar

    Lose The Guilt

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on May 19, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,620 views

    Feeling guilty about your sins does absolutely no good unless it motivates you to change your heart!

    LOSE THE GUILT 2 Cor 7:1-11 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 3 I speak not this ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ken Pell avatar

    Developing An Attitude Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Nov 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,296 views

    Four tips that can help you take advantage of the Thanksgiving Season and develop an "Attitude of Gratitude" for the remainder of your life.

    Developing an Attitude of Gratitude Luke 17:11-19 Pre-Sermon Icebreaker: Today is Thanksgiving Sunday. This time next week we’ll all have a new determination.... a determination to lose the 10 pounds we put on in one week! I have a "Top Ten List" of ways you can know you overdid Thanksgiving. ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    Burn The Ships!

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Sep 10, 2007
    based on 26 ratings
     | 27,520 views

    Examine the obstacles that will hinder you from moving forward in obedience to Christ.

    On April 21st, in the year 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez sailed into the harbor of Vera Cruz, Mexico. He brought with him only about 600 men. Over the next two years his vastly outnumbered forces were able to defeat Montezuma and all the warriors of the Aztec empire, making Cortez the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Craig Smee avatar

    There Is A Call And You Have Heard It

    Contributed by Craig Smee on Sep 15, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,856 views

    We have already risen with Christ. Stop living your life like we are confined to this earth.

    Sermon: There is a Call For You! Jesus Christ our All In ALL A bank in Binghamton, New York sent a floral arrangement to a business that had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the florist, and the card sent with the arrangement read, “With our deepest sympathy.” The florist ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Christopher Benfield avatar

    The Blind Man At Bethsaida Series

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Dec 13, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 22,097 views

    As Jesus ministered to the blind man, He led Him to faith in Him. Spiritually the Lord leads us to the place where we realize our need and respond to Him by faith unto salvation.

    The Blind Man at Bethsaida Mark 8: 22-26 Today we find Jesus has returned to Bethsaida, a town near His home-base in Capernaum. He had been there following the feeding of the 5,000, and the stormy night when He walked on the water. During His previous visit, Jesus had healed many who were sick and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Davon Huss avatar

    Surviving The Storms Of Life In Marriage Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 18, 2015
     | 6,127 views

    5 tools that every marriage needs to battle bad things (Material adapted from Les & Leslie Parrott's book, When Bad Things Happen to Good Marriages, chapter title, "How Good Marriages Battle Bad Things")

    HoHum: Talk about the storms this past week. Sayler Park Tornado - April 3, 1974. The only tornado in the April 3-4, 1974 Super Outbreak to occur in 3 states. It touched down near Rising Sun, crossed into Boone County, KY, then over the Ohio River into Sayler Park. In Sayler Park, The first area ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Moses: A Matter Of Timing Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 17, 2014
     | 3,994 views

    Moses was God's man in God's place but his timing was not always on target.

    1. The metaphor of the Olympic Games of Rome is key to the NT writers a. In the Revelation, John (and us) declares that the games of the emperor were not about Domitian but about God and Jesus at work in history b. Think of the ways he could have said to the world that Jesus is his son; until the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ