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"Listen! God Is Speaking"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jan 17, 2003

based on 84 ratings

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God spoke to Samuel and God is speaking to us...are we listening?

1 Samuel 3:1-20 “Listen! God is Speaking” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Many of us can probably relate to how the people felt in Samuel’s time: “In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.” This was a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-20

Denomination: United Methodist

Forgiveness?

Contributed by Bruce Hindenburg on Sep 9, 2002

based on 50 ratings

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A discussion of the Mysteries of the Church. The biggest mystery is forgiveness.

September 8, 2002 Pentecost 16 “Forgiveness?” Grace, peace, love and forgiveness are yours through Jesus Christ, our living and reigning God. Amen. The Mysteries of the Church. Have you ever heard someone, perhaps another pastor, one of your Sunday School teachers, or maybe me, talk about the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-20, Ezekiel 33:7-9

Denomination: Lutheran

Jesus Offers Us More Than We Imagine

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 14, 2004

based on 17 ratings

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This is a New Years sermon.

The Light shines in the darkness (1:1-5) Turn with me to John 1. Keep your Bibles open because we are going to walk through this passage step by step. Read John 1:1-5. The Word here is Jesus. The first verse parallels Genesis 1 by saying, “In the beginning.” The Word also calls to mind God ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Denomination: Wesleyan

I Brought You Into This World; I'll Take You Out

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 8, 2003

based on 33 ratings

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A sermon for Christmas based on Psalm 22:9-10

Sermon for 12/7/2003 Psalm 22:9-10 I Brought You into This World, I’ll Take You Out Introduction: It is a miracle of God that we are all here; we have lived to this point. When we think about conception, many embryos just pass out of the uterus. 3/4th of all fertilized eggs are lost. When we ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:9-10, John 19:26-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Busy About The Wrong Thing

Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Oct 8, 2001

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Given a man to keep, he had lost the man. And he had lost him because he was too busy to keep him. Evidently the servant considered that an excuse. Had he been idle, then indeed the loss of the man would have been an unpardonable offence.

Busy about the Wrong Thing I Kings 20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The text is part of a little parable, spoken by an unnamed prophet to King Ahab. I Kings 20:39 (KJV) And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 20:39-40

Denomination: Pentecostal

Speaking Truth In A Skeptical Age

Contributed by Roger Thomas on May 26, 2004

based on 14 ratings

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Speaking the truth in love is the needed standard in a post-Christian/post-modern world.

Speaking Truth to a Skeptical World 1 Peter 3:15 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO If there were a patron saint of our age, a hero or symbol for the times, it might well be Pilate. The Roman politician did his best to find a way to not condemn Jesus, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Thinking Biblically About Your Mind Series

Contributed by Charles Lane Iii on Jun 19, 2004

based on 8 ratings

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A lesson based on notes from Chapter 2 (by Richard Mayhue) of Thinking Biblically! ed. by John MacArthur.

THINKING BIBLICALLY ABOUT YOUR MIND Text: Romans 10:1-5 KJV 1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:1-5

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

In The Image Of God

Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004

based on 106 ratings

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We are valuable as humans because we are made in God’s image

In the Image of God Imagine that you are driving your car at a high rate of speed and as you approach a stoplight at a busy downtown intersection you realize that your brakes have totally failed. As you quickly survey the situation you see that, parked on the right is a brand new BMW...parked on ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27

Denomination: Baptist

Sarah Laughed

Contributed by William Hayes on Apr 26, 2006

based on 28 ratings

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A meditation on Biblical themes joined by the word laughter.

I had a terrible thing happen a few weeks ago when I was taking a service in a wee church (that shall remain nameless) in the country. I had got to that stage in the service where I was leading people in the prayers of confession and as I was just about to finish a particularly sombre bit about ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Great Is The Lord Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 19, 2006

based on 30 ratings

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The Lord is grest and worthy of praise. Here are five reasons.

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • I want to flash some names on the screen. I want you to think about why people consider these people to be great. • SLIDE #2 • Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Bill Gates, Thomas Edison, George Washington, Billy Graham. • There are some impressive names on the list, I could ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:13-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Almost Christian

Contributed by Bill Huffhine on Mar 25, 2006

based on 133 ratings

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A contemporary rendering of John Wesley’s famous sermon illuminating the differences between one who is simply wears the Christian lable and one who is truly reborn.

There’s a movie out at the theaters now, and I’m wondering how many of you have seen it. Has anyone seen the movie “Elf” yet? Although I have yet to see it, I heard the basic storyline in a review of the movie and thought to myself that the storyline of the movie sounds remarkably similar to the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:1-39, 1 Timothy 3:1-5

Denomination: Free Methodist

How To Identify A Counterfeit

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 30, 2005

based on 18 ratings

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Today we live in a media saturated world where we find dozens of "medicine men and women" dishing all kinds of partial truths. We all need the Holy Spirit’s discernment to identify counterfeit teachers, leaders and purveyors of ideas that are not 100% tr

How to Identify a Counterfeit (2 Cor. 11:12-18) Today we live in a media saturated world where we find dozens of "medicine men and women" dishing all kinds of partial truths. We all need the Holy Spirit’s discernment to identify counterfeit teachers, leaders and purveyors of ideas that are not ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:12-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Avoiding Spiritual Shipwreck Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Mar 31, 2005

based on 64 ratings

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# 3 in series on 1 Timothy. Five Steps to avoid spiritual shipwreck.

“Living For Christ In A Confused and Confusing World” A Study of Paul’s Letters to Timothy Sermon #3 “Avoiding A Spiritual Shipwreck” 1 Timothy 1:18-20 The closing section of the first chapter of the letter to Timothy concerns those who ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:18-20

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Faith? Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 10, 2009

based on 15 ratings

| 12,544 views

Knowing Christ is where true faith begins. From there we grow through the essentials of discipleship: Bible study, prayer, preaching, worship and Christian friendship and fellowship.

What is faith? A Sunday-School teacher asked her class one day, “What is faith?” the class sat there quietly - which was a surprise in itself, so the teacher asked again, “can anyone tell me what is faith?” You could see the little minds working and one boy stuck up his hand. The teacher said, ‘Ok ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34

Denomination: Pentecostal

Who Is This Man Called Jesus? Series

Contributed by Rich Anderson on Feb 16, 2011

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Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and if we commit ourselves to Him, He will give us eternal life. But also, in addition, by committing ourselves to Him, He will empower us with His Holy Spirit to equip us for this life here on earth.

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth?” asked King Solomon as he dedicated the Temple (1 Kings 8:27). A good question indeed. God’s glory had dwelt in the Tabernacle during the wandering years (Exodus 40:34) and then in the Jerusalem Temple when it was built (1 Kings 8:10-11); ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-20

Denomination: Christian Church

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