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  • Billy Kryger avatar

    Why Are We Still Here?

    Contributed by Billy Kryger on Aug 7, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 12,414 views

    This is a message I preached for our Church’s 56th Anniversary but you can adapt it to your situation.

    INTRODUCTION: Today we celebrate 56 years as a Church. 56 years of preaching the Gospel of the Lord, Jesus Christ. 56 years of standing on the fundamentals of the faith. 56 years of holding to the Baptist distinctives. Nearly 56 years on this same corner and in this same building, although ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    He Did It For Us

    Contributed by Claud Owens on Aug 11, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,234 views

    The passion of Jesus and how it relates to Holy Communion

    John 19: 1 - 20 HE DID IT FOR US The story of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus is a story of hypocrisy and raging hatred. It is also the story of the power and majesty of Jesus. The Jewish religious authorities wanted to get permanently rid of Jesus because He was causing problems for them ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Are You Aquainted With God?

    Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Aug 11, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,936 views

    How we must be aquainted with the Father in Heaven!!!

    ARE YOU ACQUAINTED WITH GOD?? Ephesians 3: 14-19 Tonight Spiritually speaking, there are two kinds of Families here on Earth... The Family of God and the family of satan. And Every person no matter what their backgrounds are....belong to one of these families...AMEN... Tonight Which Family do ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Hope For The Hurting!

    Contributed by Ruben Rivis on Aug 18, 2005
    based on 166 ratings
     | 15,507 views

    In the Gospels, Jesus encourages us to go on the highways and byways, to go in the valleys and reach to the needs of the people. The world doesn’t need a social Gospel, which is only social, and no Gospel at all. What the world needs is ordinary men like

    Hope for the Hurting! We live in a world full of turmoil, where terrorism, earthquakes, devastations and many other terrible things are gripping our world. There is fear, there is doubt and there is lawlessness. Yet in spite of all these: God needs men or women who are willing to go the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Ouch!

    Contributed by N B on Aug 22, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,634 views

    What should be my stance as a Christian when life hurts?

    OUCH! That hurts! Romans 8:28-39 Faith that can’t be tested can’t be trusted. William Seck “If Joseph had not been Egypt’s prisoner, he would have never been Egypt’s Governor. The iron chains about his feet ushered in the golden chains about his neck.” Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors o ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    There's Nothing Like A Satisfied Customer Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 23, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,275 views

    A sermon on how to make the church a more enjoyable atmosphere. (Taken from D. Michael Lindsay’s book Friendship: Creating a Culture of Connectivity In Your Church)

    Sermon for 8/21/2005 There’s Nothing Like a Satisfied Customer Introduction: John Drea, a professor of business at Western Illinois University, wrote in an article, A base of satisfied customers is vital for any healthy organization. Just as a physician takes your temperature as an indicator of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Kind Of Faith Do You Have? Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 29, 2005
    based on 49 ratings
     | 17,833 views

    Fifth in a series on James. Seeks to answer the question, "What does real faith look like?"

    A Study of the Book of James Sermon # 5 “What Kind of Faith Do You Have?” James 2:14-26 In 1991 James Patterson and Peter Kim took on the task of surveying America and tabulating the results. The results were given in their book entitled ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Do You Spell Success?

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Sep 4, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,076 views

    Success in ministry is not necessarily found in fancy programming and big budgets, but in moving out from worship into service.

    How Do You Spell “Success? Mark 9:2-9 September 4, 2005 I remember having coffee some years ago, with a friend who had recently retired from active ministry. He told me that he had worked hard and had been appointed to successively larger and larger churches. “But,” he said, “the one thing I ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    Holding The Course During Life's Hurricanes Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Sep 12, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,213 views

    What we put into life we get back.

    Holding the Course During Life’s Hurricanes Gal. 6:7-9Sept. 4, 2005 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: Many of us have been glued to the television with images from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. A Carnage, destruction of Hurricane Katrina is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    A Great Family - [godly Heritage] Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Sep 15, 2005
    based on 443 ratings
     | 37,951 views

    A Godly Heritage is so important. And a great family is a SAVED family, a SERVING family, and a SANCTIFIED family. Link included to formatted text version, handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

    A Great Family Acts 18:1-3, 18-19, 24-26 It takes more than great programs to build a great church…we have a great program going on here, but it’s not enough. It takes more than hard workers and sacrificial servants to build a great church…we have that and last week it saved the church over $20k ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Embracing Your Purpose

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 7, 2006
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,127 views

    Palm Sunday - Jesus embraced his purpose, remaining focused on the goal. So can we succeed if we remained focused on him!

    17-year-old Vivian Ip of Inglewood Cliffs, New Jersey offers a heart cry that resonates in the lives of all too many youth. It is an indictment of her American search for purpose and meaning. There are pages of looking, searching, whys, and survival language. She cries in her loneliness and ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Greg Allen avatar

    True Communion

    Contributed by Greg Allen on Apr 16, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 15,333 views

    I honestly don’t know if Jesus is glorified through crackers and grape juice. And I wonder what he must think when we come together, go through our little religious ritual and leave with the same me-first mentality that we came in with.

    Today I want to look at the different viewpoints of the last supper from the 4 gospels. Traditionally only 3 of the gospels are credited with recognizing the last supper, Matthew, Mark and Luke. Let’s look at those: Matthew 26:20-30 20When it was evening, Jesus sat down at the table with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    Jesus Died For You: True Or False? Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Apr 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,913 views

    Part 3 of the series, The Truth About Jesus Christ.

    Jesus in the news: • The Da Vinci Code • The so-called gospel of Judas THE APOSTLES’ CREED (third-fourth centuries A.D.) I believe in God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary; ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Davon Huss avatar

    Interruptions!

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 25, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 16,329 views

    A sermon based on the woman with the issue of blood and Jairus’ daughter from Mark 5. The theme is interruptions! (Seedthoughts taken from Joe McKeever in his article "An Interruption: Opportunity or obstacle?")

    Sermon for 4/23/2006 Mark 5:21-43 Interruptions! Introduction: A. I have been studying feverishly on a sermon and it just isn’t coming together. Finally, the Lord helps me and shows me how it can come together. I am ready to record the thoughts when the phone rings. I pick up the phone and talk ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Robbie Bankens avatar

    The Awesome Potential Of Nothing

    Contributed by Robbie Bankens on Apr 27, 2006
    based on 38 ratings
     | 8,396 views

    In the beginning, outside of God, there was nothing and from that, God made everything and still today He takes the nothing of our lives and makes something out of it.

    I was speaking with someone several weeks ago and I was sharing with them the burden and the direction that the Lord has led Renee’ and I in. I told them that we were taking this leap of faith. That we’re going to Hattiesburg and we’re gonna plant a church, under the direction of the Holy Spirit ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational