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  • Steve Malone avatar

    Standing Firm In The Lord (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 6, 2022
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     | 3,801 views

    In this message we begin (this is part one) unpacking Philippians 4:1 (and some of the verses around it) which teach us us how to stand firm in the Lord.

    Standing Firm In The Lord #PowerfulPassages ALRIGHT MGCC… How are you all doing? Are you feeling good? (1-7 scale) And are ready to lean into the living and active, able to equip us fully for any good work, sharper than a double edged sword, Word of God? OKAY – let’s do this… It’s 65 AD, and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Caught In The Act

    Contributed by Stephen Schwartz on Dec 14, 2001
    based on 31 ratings
     | 9,912 views

    Why would Jesus dismiss the adulteress in John knowing full well of her sin?

    Caught in the Act” John 8:1-11 1Jesus went across to Mount Olives, 2but He was soon back in the temple again. He sat down and taught them. Jesus is sitting in the middle of a small crowd, which is gathering at the synagogue one morning. They had come to hear Jesus speak to them concerning the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Just A Smart Answer?

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 6, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,121 views

    Render to Caesar ...

    Luke 20:20-26 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor. 21So the spies questioned him: "Teacher, we know that you ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Choices

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,785 views

    Choose between thanksgiving and ingratitude, obedience and rebellion, worship and disrespect, serving self and serving others.

    Choices Isa. 1:18-20 INTRO.: The prophet Isaiah wrote about 700 years before the birth of Jesus, yet he is extremely contemporary. You might think he wrote just yesterday the way he describes things in Judah: All over the world, political conditions were unstable and violent. Power was gained by ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Let's Make A Deal

    Contributed by John Beehler on May 23, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
     | 4,826 views

    An open door is not always open. We have choices to make in life as to which doors of opportunity we will pass through.

    Let’s Make a Deal Another of those "What is this world coming to" weeks. For example.......... I wonder if Paul or Silas ever asked that question? Perhaps. That familiar story of the conversion of the Philippian jailer begins with Paul and Silas curing the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jesse Bennett avatar

    Obamanation Series

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on May 16, 2009
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,022 views

    Our leaders in congress our president our judges have not judged correctly they have called what is evil good and what is good evil.

    Obamanation: 1st 100 days of shame Jeremiah 1:16-19 2:7-19 Jeremiah the weeping prophet was charged by God to deliver his message to the people of Israel and like us, they had forsaken the Lord and had followed after other gods. Gods of gold, silver and stone gods that could not save ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Yoked To Jesus Christ Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005
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     | 5,522 views

    How can we begin to taste the close relationship we will have with God in heaven now?

    Yoked to Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:4-11) 1. One woman relates this story: Early one morning, my husband, who works in a funeral home, woke me, complaining of severe abdominal pains. We rushed to the emergency room, where tests were performed to determine the source of the pain. My husband ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • David Dunn avatar

    Believe Me: I Doubt It

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 10, 2025
     | 136 views

    Belief and doubt often coexist in the same faithful heart. This sermon shows how God speaks through Scripture, meets us in our questions, and calls us to walk by faith with open Bibles and tender hearts.

    Introduction – When Doubt Knocks A young man knelt before his beloved, ring in hand. “Sweetheart, I love you so much. I want you to marry me. I don’t have a car like Johnny Green. I don’t own a yacht like Johnny Green. I don’t have a house as big as Johnny Green’s. I don’t have the money of ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    In Pursuit Of Perfection

    Contributed by Perry Anderson on Mar 12, 2019
     | 6,724 views

    Are you content in your salvation? One thing we should never be as born-again believers is content in our relationship with Christ. We should always have the desire to grow closer and never stop in our pursuit for perfection in Christ.

    The sermon can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKYUToVFWPs How saved are you? (Video: Oversaved) Philippians 3:10-14 10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, 11 so that one way or another ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Whose Wife Is She?

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Nov 1, 2019
     | 5,084 views

    when dealing with trick questions, one needs to attack the basis of the question rather than trying to answer the question.

    Whose Wife is She? Luke 20:27-38 There is more to a question than the question itself. Sometimes they aren’t really looking for an answer. The classic question of this sort is “When did you stop beating your wife?” One immediately sees the trap in this question. No matter how one answers the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jerry Cosper avatar

    A Steadfast Faith Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Oct 4, 2021
     | 4,036 views

    Throughout life, we will face some critical decisions just as Daniel's three friends did. If we choose to deny the Lord, we may escape the threats and the suffering for a brief time, but the day of us leaving this world will eventually come.

    Last time we saw how Nebuchadnezzar had become emperor over a vast empire and was wondering how he could bring all the people together. He remembered his dream from years before and decided to construct a gold statue. Then he ordered the people as they hear the orchestra play, they were to bow ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Disciplining Children Biblically PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,041 views

    To explore the importance, benefits, and principles of biblical discipline in guiding children on the path of righteousness.

    Good morning, brothers and sisters, it's wonderful to be here with you today. We're going to be diving into an important and practical topic that touches each and every one of our lives - the discipline of our children. Now, when we talk about discipline, we're not referring to punishment or ...read more

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  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Stage 3: Sowing Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Nov 1, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,326 views

    The fourth message in the "God’s Plan for Sharing" series. Sowning the seed is important.

    GPS Stage 3: Sowing Galatians 6:7-10 * As a youngster I well remember moving into our new house in Purvis, MS. We had a fairly large backyard as ‘in-town’ back yards go. Every spring my dad would take about 30%-40% of the backyard, break it up with a hand driven plow, row it off, and plant a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Derek Geldart avatar

    Becoming All Things To Win Some

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Oct 23, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 14,089 views

    To reach our postmodern culture we need to be like Paul and give up our freedom to live safely inside of our own culture and become all things to all people so that we might win some to Christ.

    Becoming all Things to Win Some 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 Freedom is a privilege that comes with great responsibility. In Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible (Colossians 1:16). Humanity was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Lowe avatar

    Lesson: Ivd1 - Having Died With Christ To The World Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Oct 14, 2019
     | 2,849 views

    The principle, "Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle" describes the whole negative character of legalism.

    12/22/18 Tom Lowe Lesson: IVD1 - Having Died With Christ To The World (Colossians 2:20-22) Scripture: Colossians 2:20-22 (NIV) 20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21 “Do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist