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  • Victor Yap avatar

    Such A Time As This Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 25, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,722 views

    Esther, Pt. 5

    SUCH A TIME AS THIS (ESTHER 5) In 2006, America’s Public Broadcasting Company aired a documentary on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Who was this man who had inspired Martin Luther King, Jr., Desmond Tutu and millions of Christians around the world? The calendars of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Galatians 3:10-14, Cursed By Law Or Blessed By Faith Series

    Contributed by Eldron Gill on May 26, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,425 views

    Galatians 3:10-14, Cursed by law or blessed by faith

    Cursed By Law Or Blessed By Faith ? Galatians 3:10-14 Intro. * A misunderstanding of the OT law is not unique to the Pharisees of Jesus’ day. * They knew the OT law and even memorized it but they misunderstood the purpose of that law. * Today, there are millions of people who really have no idea ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Name Abuse Series

    Contributed by Tim Shepard on May 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,198 views

    This is the third in my series on the Ten Commandments and tells how we are not to misuse God’ name for our own ends.

    NAME ABUSE This series began in a search for answers to a very common misconception when it comes to whether or not a person is going to heaven. There is this belief in our society that in order for a person to be accepted by God, in order for God to hear a person’s prayers, and in order to ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Servant Leaders

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,181 views

    Apostles, Pt. 14

    SERVANT LEADERS (LUKE 22:24-27) A friend told me an interesting but sad conflict in their church. Several years ago an elderly man was counting the church offering by himself, which is not a wise thing to do under any circumstance. When the church changed its policy to protect everyone involved, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    "When The Chips Are Down"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Feb 8, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,744 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to encourage the hearers to affirm to others that the Lord gives RENEWED STRENGTH to believers who WAIT on Him.

    8 February 2009 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Fortress Chapel F.O.B. Sykes Tall-afar, Iraq BIG IDEA: Believers sometimes feel like God doesn’t care, and He has forgotten and neglected them. But God gives RENEWED STRENGTH to believers who WAIT on Him. REFERENCES: Fifth Sunday after ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Fact Of Inspiration Series

    Contributed by Rusty Tardo on Mar 27, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,273 views

    There are an abundance of scriptures both in the New and Old Testaments unmistakably declaring the divine inspiration of the writers

    BIBLIOLOGY #4 The Doctrine of Scripture The Fact of Inspiration Dr. Russell K. Tardo IV. THE FACT OF INSPIRATION A. Old Testament Evidence: Evidence that the Old Testament Scriptures are inspired can be found in numerous Bible passages. The prophets, who were the Old Testament writers, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Arrival Of Easter Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Apr 3, 2009
    based on 48 ratings
     | 20,742 views

    This sermon gives several arrival points on the first Easter Sunday.

    The Arrival Of Easter I want to begin this morning by stating a historical fact: Christ is RISEN – Christ is risen indeed! Because Christ has risen – because of this historical fact – we as Christians – throughout the world join together – on this day – and every Sunday to worship a Risen ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    It Wasn't Your Idea Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 11, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,864 views

    A study of chapter 6 verses 1 through 12

    Ecclesiastes 6: 1 – 12 It Wasn’t Your Idea 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    The Peril And Blessing Of Glorifying God

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jan 22, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,499 views

    Glorifying and giving thanks keeps us safe.

    Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified (doxadzo honored, praised worship) him not as God, neither were thankful; (appreciate, favor) but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkenedzo 1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Our Country Desperately Needs Revival

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Nov 8, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,574 views

    What we need here in our Land today is a Heaven-sent Revival! Not something drummed up by Man, or some sort of program-generated revival, our nation is in dire need of a Revival straight from the throne-room of God.

    OUR COUNTRY DESPERATELY NEEDS REVIVAL 4-19-08 What we need here in our Land today is a Heaven-sent Revival! Not something drummed up by Man, or some sort of program-generated revival, our nation is in dire need of a Revival straight from the throne-room of God. What ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    All You Need Is Love Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 18, 2008
     | 3,244 views

    "Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, ’You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet’; and any other commandment, are summed

    I’ve decided to speak this morning on one of the most unnerving and threatening pieces of Scripture I’ve ever come across - threatening and unnerving at least for professional clerics like myself (people who get paid to teach the Bible). The passage is from Paul’s letter to the church at Rome, ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Accepting The Truth

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Apr 14, 2020
     | 7,788 views

    David responds, "I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing."

    ACCEPTING THE TRUTH Malachi 1:1-14 Text v.10-14 In an age that has grown lax, and consciences that have become dry, Malachi here rings out a warning, unchanged by peoples criticism or sarcasm. The people of his time were not irreligious i.e they were not (indifferent or hostile to religion, or ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    From Death To Life Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 28, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 13,013 views

    There's a repetitive theme in Scripture: heroes and heroines of the Bible seemingly all go through the process of being given a vision by God, followed by the death of that vision, and ultimately the rebirth of that vision. How did that pattern apply to Jesus and how does it apply to us?

    OPEN: (We showed the image of a fallen tree (https://imgur.com/iP32qff) I saw this picture on the internet about a month ago and it took me a while to realize what I was looking at. Obviously the tree has been uprooted and it’s lying on the ground with its dead limbs extending along the ground. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Long Live The King

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Apr 2, 2016
    based on 8 ratings
     | 13,529 views

    A sermon examining the fact that Jesus is not only Savior, but King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

    Long Live The King Philippians 2:5-11 On January 20th 1936, King George V of England died... he was succeeded by his son who then became King Edward VIII.When King George died the people proclaimed "The king is dead; long live the king!" They chanted this because, though one king had died, another ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Plugging Into The Power Of God

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Feb 24, 2018
    based on 2 ratings
     | 38,092 views

    We need to plug into the Power of Prayer, the Power of Passion and the Power of Proclamation. Doing that will allow us to shake our world for Jesus!

    PLUGGING INTO THE POWER OF GOD Acts 4:31-33 As Peter and John passed through the Gate Beautiful on their way to the Temple, they saw a man who sat there daily to beg alms. Peter told the man, "Look on us." The beggar looked up, expecting to receive some coins. Peter said, ". . . Silver and gold ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal