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  • Rick Boyne avatar

    Truth Tellers

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 28, 2012
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    Everyone needs someone who is going to tell us the truth, no matter the consequences.

    Truth Tellers August 26, 2012 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Everyone needs someone who is going to tell us the truth, no matter the consequences. Focus Passage: 2 Samuel 14:1-20 Supplemental Passage: Truthful lips will be established forever, But ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Nothing To See Here Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Sep 5, 2012
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    What would cause someone to visit a church and leave saying "Nothing to see here." thus planning never to return?

    Sunday, Sept 16th is National Back to Church Sunday. On this Sunday I would encourage you to make an effort to invite someone to attend with you. Last week we discovered why people do not go to church. We found some rather startling statistics. I would like to remind you of these facts once ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    A Truly Great Man Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 14, 2012
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    If you want to be a truly great man, be an honest man, be a humble man; but most of all, be heaven's man.

    In one of the more memorable Peanuts cartoons, Linus and Lucy are discussing an appropriate way to show appreciation for Charlie Brown, their baseball manager. Linus says, “I’ve been thinking. Charlie brown has really been a dedicated baseball manager. He’s devoted his whole ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    I Love This Church

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 29, 2009
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    Uses Toby Keith’s song, "I Love this Bar" and the "Cheer’s" Theme song, to compare to the church and the need everyone has to belong.

    “I Love This – Church!” February 1, 2009 “How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Friend Of The Shut Out Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 20, 2009
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    We are not shut out: Jesus includes us by giving us knowledge, by giving us a place in His mission, and by paying the price to see that we are included in the Kingdom.

    A number of years ago I saw a very provocative poster. It was a depiction of the doors of Washington. Nothing more than a series of doors, arranged in rows on the poster, probably twenty or twenty-five, all photographs of various doors in this city. Some of them were beautifully simple doorways ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Disconnected From God

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 25, 2009
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    Have you ever felt disconnected from God? How do we connect with Him?

    Text: Psalm 51:10 March 30th, 2008 Disconnected Have you ever felt disconnected from God? Have you ever wondered if He was really there? Have you felt lost, alone and wondered if God was really listening? Why is it that if God desires a relationship with us so badly that it can seem so hard to ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Can He Really Do That? Series

    Contributed by Carl Willis on Jun 9, 2008
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     | 3,114 views

    Jesus acknowledges the faith of friends and forgives the sin of the paralytic. The scribes question His authority, so He validates His authority with healing. To what lengths are you willing to go to bring others to Jesus? How is your religious l

    Can He Really Do That? Mark 2:1-12 Mark 2:1-2 (HCSB) When He entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that He was at home. So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them. Why He Returned * Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Balancing Relationships

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    Balance is “the ability to decide an outcome by throwing one’s influence/support to one side or the other.”

    I desire balance, yet it escapes me again today. What of it – where did it go? It is defined as “a state of equilibrium; equal distribution of weight.” Balance is “the ability to decide an outcome by throwing one’s influence/support to one side or the other.” In life, the rest that we call balance ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We All Need Somebody To Lean On

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Nov 26, 2010
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    Our need for one another in the church is mutual.

    November 28, 2010 Morning Worship Text: Philippians 1:3-11 Subject: Mentoring Title: We All Need Somebody to Lean On In keeping with the celebration of Thanksgiving, and in conjunction with the message from last Sunday morning about mentoring new believers and developing spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Visit To Mongu

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Dec 3, 2009
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    How long has it been since you had a real good visit with God? Have you taken the time to greet one another properly and have you bothered to invite your friends to travel with you?

    A Visit to Mongu 1 Thessalonians 5:11-28 While in Africa I met many beautiful Christians and one such man was Pastor Kenneth I want to talk to you this morning about the importance of a visit and how our Heavenly Father demonstrates how we ought to go about visiting. From the very start of His ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Glenn Newton avatar

    Have You Experienced The Resurrection?

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on Apr 16, 2011
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     | 3,728 views

    Jesus is so much more than a friend, a miracle worker.....He is the resurrection and the Life...

    Text: John 11:1-45 v. 5 “Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.” I’m thinking that Jesus had a lot of friends back in his day, I mean he had healed lots of people, complete strangers all over Judea and the surrounding area. Jesus, in just a couple of years time had ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Dag Heward-Mills avatar

    Leadership - Why You Much Interact With The Great And Small Series

    Contributed by Dag Heward-Mills on Jan 5, 2011
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    A good leader will interact with two main groups of people: the great (humanly speaking) and the small (humanly speaking). Find out why you need both skills to survive as a leader.

    A good leader will interact with two main groups of people: the great (humanly speaking) and the small (humanly speaking). The great people are the nobles, the rich, the influential and powerful people of society. There are not many of such people in the church. For ye see your calling, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Heavenly Cpr

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 28, 2010
     | 4,094 views

    1986, with an Assistant reading the part of Philemon. An imaginary set of letters between Paul and Philemon, emphasizing that a new relationship with Christ changes every human relationship, and calls for forgiveness and mutual support.

    Among all the weighty theological treatises the apostle Paul wrote to the churches he had established, among all the complex sentences and profound thoughts and ponderous pronouncements, there is one little gem from the hand of the great apostle that is quite different. The little letter to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Pierce avatar

    Comfortable Or Conformable Series

    Contributed by Mark Pierce on May 25, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,312 views

    Should our Christian faith be comfortable or conformable? What are the conformable paradoxes?

    Comfortable or Conformable – 03.29.09 READ – John 12:20-32 Introduction – The Christian life is filled with uncomfortable paradoxes. Today I’d like to consider the fact that our lives as Christ followers are not necessarily to be comfortable, but to be conformable. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Friends Reaching Friends

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 29, 2016
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     | 8,187 views

    From Luke 10 let's talk about presence, peace and hospitality (Material adapted from M. Scott Boren's book, Missional Small Groups, Chapter 8, pg. 131- 162)

    HoHum: Recruits in the army are told, “Always dig your foxholes big enough for two.” More effort to do so, but it could save a life. Making room for more people in our lives is good and missional. WBTU: Missional- Missionaries to other countries have two different approaches. 1) ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ