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  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Life Is Not A One Way Trip To Nowhere"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 30, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,148 views

    Life in Christ is what brings meaning.

    Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23 “Life Is Not a One Way Trip to Nowhere” by: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org In the 1997 blockbuster movie, As Good As It Gets Jack Nicholson plays the dysfunctional, acid-tongued, romance novelist Melvin ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Beth Garrod-Logsdon avatar

    What's Written On Your Heart?

    Contributed by Beth Garrod-Logsdon on Oct 23, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 12,117 views

    29th Sunday, Ordinary Time Year C More important than GOd’s words on monuments, t-shirts or bumper stickers is God’s word embodied in our thougths, words and actions.

    What’s Written on Your Heart? Jeremiah 31:23-34; Luke 18:1-8; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 The date was August 28, 2003, and the following is a portion of the article that appeared originally in the New York Times and then in other papers around the country. The author – reporting from Montgomery, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Counting The Cost Of Worship

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Jan 6, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,915 views

    Worship should be the most natural aspect of a Christian’s life.

    Title: Counting The Cost Of Worship Text: John 12:1-8 Introduction James Michener, writing in his book, The Source, tells the story of a man named Urbaal, who was a farmer living about 2200 B.C. He worshiped two gods, one a god of death, the other a goddess of fertility. One day, the temple ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Compassion To Heal Series

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,489 views

    When Jesus saw the leper, the blind, the paralyzed, and the deaf, He entered into their sufferings; had compassion on them and healed them.

    GOD¡¦S COMPASSION TO HEAL 1. God’s Compassion - DEFINITION ------------------------------------- The most common verb used in the Greek New Testament to refer to God¡¦s compassion is splanchnizomai. This verb is used twelve times. Once it is used of the Samaritan¡¦s compassion for the wounded ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Knowing God Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,868 views

    How can we know an invisible God by experience?

    Knowing God Part II John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. Romans 8:14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Scott Chambers avatar

    Loneliness And Brokenness: The Devastating Effects Of Sin Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Aug 14, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 9,103 views

    This is a message in a series on the Book of Lamentations.

    Imagine if you will that you are one of the survivors of the Civil War left in the south. By the time of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, the South lay in ruin. Cities, farms, and homes have been burned and ravaged by cannon fire. Railroads and bridges have been destroyed. The economical, social and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Do's And Don'ts Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 50 ratings
     | 9,836 views

    II Thess #2: DON’T become easily unsettled or alarmed; Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way Do stand firm and hold on

    Do’s and Don’ts II Thessalonians 2 SCRIPTURE READING: II Thessalonians 2:1-8 INTRODUCTION: Have you noticed that the Second Coming is a big topic in pop-culture lately? Several years back, a Gallup Poll recorded that 62% of Americans believe Jesus Christ will return to earth someday. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Loosing Sight Of The Goal?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 5, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,752 views

    How easy is it to loose sight of the goal? I set up a portable basketball goal in the sanctuary to illustrate my point. Mary and Joseph lost Jesus in the midst of doing their religious duties? Stay focused on the goal.

    LOOSING SIGHT OF THE GOAL? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com As I start to preach, I have some men carry a portable basket ball goal into the front of the sanctuary and set it up. We discuss who are we going to trust to take a shot and make a basket and not harm our pretty lights? I ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Marilyn Murphree avatar

    Making Hay While The Sun Shines

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Apr 4, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,835 views

    This is a good message for the end of the summer in that it speaks of accomplishment and productivity over a period of time. Was it a wasted summer or an unproductive life up to this point?

    April, 2007 “Making Hay While the Sun Shines” John 9:1-12 “...we must do the work of him who sent me” (v. 4). INTRODUCTION: You have probably all heard the term “making hay while the sun shines.” What does that mean? Does it just mean going out and working in a field? Verse 4 says, “as long ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Value Of Persistent Faith

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 14, 2007
     | 8,069 views

    Message about the please of a Canaanite woman for her daughter’s healing.

    The Value of Persistent Faith Matthew 15:21-28 January 14, 2007 When Noble was just a little baby, he faced a life-threatening illness (details); we’ve also had other children who, when we went to the hospital, had rather slim outlooks. And all Debra and I could do was cry and cry out to ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Who Is This Holy Spirit? Series

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 14, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 8,389 views

    Second in a series of teachings on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. The Helper that Jesus said was to our "advantage" that He leave so that the Holy Spirit might come.

    The following was written in “Christian Life” magazine: “In many Christian circles the Holy Spirit is either neglected, forgotten, or misunderstood. The One given to unite the body of Christ is the center of controversy. So often Christian work is so rigidly programmed that it seems we need no ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Don Berry-Graham avatar

    The Betrayal Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Dec 28, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 14,445 views

    We come to Jesus to be fixed and when his method of fixing us does not meet ours we revert to our personal adgenda in betrayal of Jesus just as Judas did.

    The Betrayal of Jesus John 13:21-32 & Matthew 22:14-16 Introduction video from sermon video’s called who is Jesus. if we were to have stopped Judas on the way to betray Jesus and asked him the question who was Jesus how would he have answered? JUDAS WAS ATTRACTED TO THE POWER OF JESUS ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    God Uses The Ordinary

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Mar 3, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,084 views

    Learn how God will use ordinary people in His service.

    It is amazing how ordinary people sometimes rise above the masses to accomplish great things. • Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin yet rose to become one of our greatest presidents. • Michael Jordan was cut from his middle school basketball ball team because he was an ordinary player. • Dolly ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chad Garrison avatar

    Celebrating The Lord's Table Series

    Contributed by Chad Garrison on Mar 30, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,917 views

    God has called us to be constantly fanning the spiritual flames inside us, and it is up to us to train ourselves to make the Spiritual Disciplines part of our routine, or lifestyle.

    Spiritual Disciplines: Celebrating the Lord’s Table There is a story told of a little church that had an unusual ritual every Sunday morning. When they sang the Gloria Patri they stood, turned to the right facing a blank white wall and sang. Every Sunday without fail they did this. A newcomer to ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Heads Or Tails

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,436 views

    The old argument between Paul and James, faith or works, is really two sides of the same coin. Both are needed for a church’s life to be whole. Preached on a Sunday when members were asked to sign up for various ministries.

    The funny thing about arguments is that two people can use all the same information and can come out on exactly the opposite ends of the argument. Two different people, just because they are different personalities, can read the same data, hear all the same pros and cons, examine all the same ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist