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  • Chip Monck avatar

    Who Cares...when I Am Feeling All Alone? Series

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Aug 22, 2007
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     | 6,757 views

    Eighth in a series exploring life crisis, based on the promotional materials provided by Outreach in their "Who Cares" campaign. This message explores the life challenge of loneliness.

    (Extensive inspiration for the sermons in this series derived from the sermon samples in the "Who Cares" promotional series by Outreach Ministries.) (This message opened by showing the video "Never Alone" by Barlow Girl) The song has a good title, "Never Alone." And in it, Barlow Girl echoes the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    New Baby Changed World Christmas Eve.

    Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 14, 2007
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     | 3,451 views

    A sermon that considers how Jesus changed the world. Two illustrations about Wilberforce and bin laden that are in full text to allow the reader to edit their own way. Hope it helps!!!

    Sermon. New baby changed world. Reading Lukes gospel LK 2:4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Choosing Between Two Evils Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 5, 2008
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    Anytime you find yourself choosing between two evils, step back and asses the situation – Is the question before you in reality a moral dilemma, or is it just something you do not want to do? God promises us that He will not place us in such situations.

    A man and woman find themselves standing at the pearly gates. Saint Peter, to his surprise, finds the couple very disappointed to be getting into heaven. You see, they were on their way to get married and instead of arriving at their wedding, they ended up at the entrance of heaven. The bride is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Does Our Walk Say About Us

    Contributed by Fred Smith on May 5, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,065 views

    Considering Christ’s description of the cost of discipleship.

    “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”—Luke 9:62 WHAT DOES OUR WALK SAY ABOUT US? This is a word from Jesus about the importance of commitment. Hand refers to our spiritual motivation. Because of the hand’s ability to seize, control or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Shared Faith

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 14, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,137 views

    A look at the faith shared with Timothy and Eunice

    It wasn’t easy. She loved her husband but it was so difficult to share a life with someone who didn’t share your faith. You would think it would only be an issue on Sundays but it was an issue every day of the week. And children only complicated the matter; her priorities for the kids were ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Dragon Wars Series

    Contributed by T. Michael Crews on Nov 19, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,048 views

    An Exposition of Rev. 12

    The Dragon Wars Rev. 12 I suppose it’s not unusual for monsters to come up in conversation on Halloween night, but you probably didn’t expect to hear about them at church. Nevertheless, that’s just what we’re going to talk about—a monster, more specifically, a dragon. Dragons are mythical ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Calls Men To Be Spiritual Leaders

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jun 20, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,305 views

    The greatest legacy a father can pass on to his family is a spiritual legacy -- A legacy that honors Jesus as Lord and keeps the commandments of the Lord.

    God Calls Men to be Spiritual Leaders Psalm 78:1-8 Thanks to Mother’s Day we have a special day we celebrate the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. The idea of honoring fathers began in Spokane, Washington when Sonora Smart Dodd heard a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Sonora was raised by her ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    The Wounded Friend (4) Series

    Contributed by David Richardson on Jul 26, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,359 views

    Friendship is a deeper relationship than the world can offer, or wants to offer. Yet, that is what Jesus offers us. He offers to become our friend.

    What are Friends for? Chapter Four The Wounded Friend Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. A good bus driver is one that follows the traffic laws, looks ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    The Power Of The Mind

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 19, 2005
    based on 217 ratings
     | 79,654 views

    The power of the mind is far greater than we imagine.

    INTRO. - ILL.- A man had bought a new gadget - unassembled, of course--and after reading and rereading the instructions he couldn’t figure out how it went together. Finally, he sought the help of an old handyman who was working in his backyard. The old fellow picked up the pieces, studied them, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Arriving On Time

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 14, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,316 views

    Time is one of the great philosophical questions of all time – if I may make such a circular statement. Humankind has been in conniption fits since the dawn of time trying to discover its nature. What is time? How does it move? We know how to tell tim

    Note: Although not quoted directly, I am sure that this sermon was greatly influenced by Chuck Swindoll’s work Living on the Ragged Edge. Arriving on Time Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI April 17, 2005 This morning I want to dispel one of the most widespread myths to ever ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Be A Mighty Warrior

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Apr 25, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,692 views

    What is spiritual warfare really about and how as a believer do you defend yourself from attack while not giving ground to Satan?

    How many of you have read Frank Peretti’s books like "This Present Darkness?" Peretti changed the Christian idea of spiritual warfare forever by his descriptions of sliming slithering demons plotting to tempt and attack Christians and keep pre-Christians from giving their lives to Jesus Christ. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    The Character And Supports Of Widows Indeed. Series

    Contributed by Fredric Lozo on Jan 3, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,436 views

    This Sermon is #24 from Rev. Andrew Lee’s SERMONS published in 1803 by Isaiah Thomas, Jr. at Lisbon, Connecticut.

    INTRODUCTION: The entire book Andrew’s Lee’s Sermons is available free at Project Gutenberg as e-Text #15031. SERMON XXIV. The Character and Supports of Widows indeed. 1 Timothy v.5. "Now she that is a Widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Todd Stiles avatar

    Footprints Of Hope Series

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Dec 13, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,414 views

    Discover the meaning of true, biblical hope in this message about the Magi and their journey to see the Christ child.

    “Footprints of Hope” Matthew 2:1-12 Let’s take our Bibles and locate Matthew 2…today we journey in the footprints of the Magi – “we three kings of Orient are” – the three wise men (by the way, none of those actual titles are true. There weren’t technically three and they weren’t kings. But more ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Luke avatar

    The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Aug 3, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,491 views

    An overview of the unseen spiritual world: where angels and demons come from, why their here, and what we need to now about them.

    SERIES: ANGELS and DEMONS (adapted from a series of the same name by James Merritt) “THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY” SELECTED SCRIPTURE OPEN This morning, we start a new sermon series called, Angels and Demons. Over the next four weeks, we’re going to look at what the Bible has to say ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    What If There Is No Bodily Resurrection? Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Mar 25, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,662 views

    In this lesson we learn that it is meaningless to live as a Christian if there is no bodily resurrection for Christians.

    Scripture We continue our study in The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. One of the challenges that Christians face is the issue of bodily resurrection, and particularly as it relates to how Christians live in view of our bodily ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed