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  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    God's Plan For Mothers

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 13, 2001
    based on 80 ratings
     | 9,714 views

    1. When it comes to guilt, know that God can use you as a parent in spite of your imperfections. 2. When it comes to fear and worry, know that God is in control. 3. When it comes to stress, rest in the fact that you are doing the will of God.

    She went to a PTO meeting one evening. Her husband and daughter decided that they would do something special for mom, so they cleaned up the kitchen. They put away all the food, wiped all the counters, washed all the pots and put the dishes in the dishwasher — they even remembered to rinse! ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Wheat And The Weeds Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 31, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,467 views

    The Church is an imperfect organism. There are always going to be people within it who are opposed to Christ. OUr task is to teach people how to think Biblically and theologically; to continually be asking ourselves how the ideas we hear fit with God’s re

    It’s interesting that over the past few weeks and months there’s been a huge amount of interest in the economic crisis facing our world, but very little about the moral and ethical state of the world. Yet our state government is about to pass legislation that will allow women to terminate babies ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    The Purpose Of The Law Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Apr 25, 2005
    based on 55 ratings
     | 6,300 views

    What is the purpose of the Law - its like an external supervisor. Grace gives us in internal partner to make us like God - not just obey external rules.

    Why are there speeding tickets? They exist because people drive faster than the posted limit - they are a notice that you’ve broken the law and have displeased the authorities and must pay for it. If no one ever drove too fast there’d be no need for tickets. Or if you always rode in a bus with ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Living At Four Corners

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,386 views

    For Christ the King Sunday and in support of international missions: using a metaphor of a complex intersection, we are to give, teach, heal and share as the four corners of our Christian life.

    May I introduce you to my neighborhood? For two months now I have been burning up the Beltway and 270 coming up to your place two or three times a week. It would seem only fair that you should come down to where I live, if only in your mind’s eye. Let me introduce you to Four Corners. Four ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    From Denial To Deliverance Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,294 views

    In our Scripture today, Jacob lived a life of denial and deception. From the time Jacob was born, he had an internal struggle with his own personal identity.

    From Denial to Deliverance Genesis 32:22-28 Brennan Manning tells a story
in his book, “The Ragamuffin Gospel” of entering a 28-day alcohol treatment program and meeting Max.
Early on in the program,
they had to sit in a circle with a leader
and tell the other ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Abandon Yourself Entirely To God: Examining The Concept Of Surrendering To God's Will Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Feb 24, 2024
     | 636 views

    It’s not enough to simply call Jesus Lord, we really have to abandon ourselves to Him, deny ourselves, deny our old pattern of life, and embrace the new pattern of carrying our cross with Jesus. Otherwise there’s no hope. We have to give it all over!

    Abandon yourself to God. What does it mean exactly? When we become a follower of Jesus, we are renouncing, or throwing off our old ways of life. And we’re choosing a new way of life. A life which is now fundamentally under the command and control of God Almighty. We abandon ourselves to God. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    The Awaken Conscience Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Oct 10, 2011
    based on 44 ratings
     | 23,747 views

    The sin nature that remains within the believer & wants to express itself in his beliefs, thoughts, and actions. There is an internal conflict in the area of sanctification that every believer faces. This inner conflict is intensified for those who seek

    ROMANS 7: 7-14 THE AWAKEN CONSCIENCE A believer is to understand that his identification with Jesus Christ means that he has died to sin (6:2) and then he is to reckon or take hold of (appropriate) that as true (6:11) in his daily life. For there is a force within him will need to be deal ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Getting Real With God Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 16, 2003
    based on 51 ratings
     | 6,360 views

    Jesus showed how to get real, in prayer, with God: He admitted His true feelings; He told God what He really wanted; and He enlisted His imperfect friends as companions for the journey.

    “Yes, God is Real” Don’t you like singing that song? You sing that with relish! So do I! “Yes, God is real, real in my soul.” We believe that. That’s our faith. Or is it? Do we truly believe that God is real? If we believe it, why do we play games with God? Why do we hide ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Getting Real With God Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 16, 2003
     | 3,555 views

    Jesus showed how to get real, in prayer, with God: He admitted His true feelings; He told God what He really wanted; and He enlisted His imperfect friends as companions for the journey.

    “Yes, God is Real” Don’t you like singing that song? You sing that with relish! So do I! “Yes, God is real, real in my soul.” We believe that. That’s our faith. Or is it? Do we truly believe that God is real? If we believe it, why do we play games with God? Why do we hide ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Being Transformed Into Glory Is Not Pleasant, But It Is Necessary.

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Dec 1, 2016
     | 7,112 views

    We agree that we are being transformed into the likeness of Jesus, but this is not easy, nor is it painless. God therefore will use any means to achieve this, even our own families to agitate and root out an imperfection in us.

    This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 15th August 2010; St Oswald’s is a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. The readings for today are: Jeremiah 23:23-29 Psalm 82 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 “Please ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Defining Our Divisions

    Contributed by Robert Harmon on Mar 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,938 views

    Divisions, internal and external, destroy the Body of Christ! Usually these divisions are caused by personal feelings rather than doctrine. What can we do as Christians to stop it?

    INTRODUCTION When I was a teenager, I attended a congregation that was one of the biggest in Lawrenceburg at the time. We had a group of about 85 in our youth group, and I had invited a girl I was talking to at the time for Bible Study. That night, our youth minister was talking about a passage ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    In Your Face ... Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Jan 30, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,003 views

    Christians have the external world, the internal flesh, and the infernal Devil to deal with every day. If you have been a Christian for any length of time, then the Tempter is no stranger to you.

    How do seeds give birth? Seeds. Seeds are baby plants. One of Jesus’ most well-known parables is the parable about the Sower. Jesus describes God as a farmer who liberally sows seeds. He casts seeds where other farmers wouldn’t waste their time and seed … pathways, rocky places, weed patches. ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    A New Kind Of Righteousness Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 30, 2005
    based on 39 ratings
     | 6,845 views

    Jesus’ new kind of righteousness is based on: 1. Internals rather than externals. 2. Transformation rather than avoiding transgressions. 3. A relationship rather than rules.

    Perhaps you have seen it. It is a bumper sticker which displays the slogan: “Christians Aren’t Perfect, Just Forgiven.” It is a catchy phrase, the only problem is that it misrepresents the Christian life. Is that all we are, “just forgiven”? Is there no more to it than that? Do we, in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • George McLaughlin Jr. avatar

    Romans 2:17-29 Series

    Contributed by George Mclaughlin Jr. on Oct 29, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,703 views

    There are several spiritual "games" which we play,legalistically, in an attempt to justify ourselves (look better, even before God). But only an internal, true change, counts before God.

    Outline for CBF AM June 28, 2009 Intro. 2:1-16 -- the error of self-justification by performance comparison with other people. 2:17-29 -- the error of self-justification by other minor externals *** Errors I. Confidence in religious posturing, 17-20 - This includes: A. Religious affiliation, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Be A Bit Sheepiish

    Contributed by Emms International on Dec 12, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,764 views

    This is a sermon based around Matthew 25:31-46 to explain why EMMS International is committed to working with some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world in India, Malawi and Nepal.

    “ BE A BIT SHEEPISH” INTRODUCTION I want to start by saying at the end of what I have to say I want to make a strange and what might sound an unattractive offer. I want to invite you to be a bit sheepish, hopefully that invitation will make a bit more sense if we read and think about ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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