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  • Jake Kircher avatar

    The Social Test Series

    Contributed by Jake Kircher on Oct 21, 2007
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     | 3,520 views

    How do you know if you are a Christian? Well, John lays out three tests and one of them confronts our social lives. We are called to love our neighbor as ourselves...and we have a great teacher.

    We’re going to continue in our conversation this week looking at 1 John and more specifically, answering the question, “How do you know if you are a Christian?” Two week ago we started looking at how John answers this question and commented that in his letter, John puts out three tests or guides ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    They Turned It Right Side Up - Troublemakers - World Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Aug 25, 2005
    based on 144 ratings
     | 15,715 views

    Christians are accused of turning this world upside down...but it’s the other way around. Those who think the world would be better off without us will one day get their wish! Link included to Formatted Text version and some great visuals in PowerPoint.

    They Turned it Right Side Up! Acts 17:1-6 A man was shoveling snow in his driveway when 2 boys came along w/ shovels and said, “Hey Mister, can we shovel your driveway…only $2!?” He said, “can’t you see I’m doing that?” “Yes sir, that’s why we asked…we get most of our business from people who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let Jesus Find You

    Contributed by Susan Blader on Dec 22, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,283 views

    Jesus not only eats with sinners, He runs down the road and drags them in for the meal; they need only accept that they have been found.

    Let Jesus Find You A Sermon on Luke 15 You may have heard of Thomas Kinkade. He is often called the “Painter of Light.” You’ll recognize his paintings by their quaint cottages, horse drawn carriages, or cobblestone bridges, but above all, their fantastic use of color and light. And if you ...read more

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    Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

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    I Am The Way The Truth The Life Series

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Apr 18, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,767 views

    If it had not been for the divine plan of grace we could not have ascended to God Neither could God in justice come down to us.

    Shell Point Baptist Church 15 April 2012 John 14:6 "I Am the Way and the Truth and the Life" Introduction When Adam was perfect in the garden of Eden, God walked with him in the cool of the day. • God/man held/most intimate/affectionate/bond with one another. • Man was a happy ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Far Above PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 22, 2025
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     | 78 views

    Christ unites us into a new family, breaking down barriers and calling us to live as peacemakers who embody his grace and belonging.

    Friends, if your heart feels a little frayed at the edges today, you’re in good company. The week has been loud. Headlines tug at our attention, to-do lists steal our sleep, and relationships can feel like tightropes over troubled waters. Still, underneath the noise, our souls whisper a simple ...read more

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    "Vision Of The Glorified Christ"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 22, 2009
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    John, who had known Jesus well, falls down as dead at the sight of his glorified Lord. This should cause us awe and wonder.

    “I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Hebrew Word Study: Shaleg Snow Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Feb 6, 2022
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    This last week on Wed and Thursday morning we got in Owosso about 9 inches of snow. I could barely escape my driveway, Chelsey could not escape her driveway at all. The roads were crazy. Everything was shut down.

    This last week on Wed and Thursday morning we got in Owosso about 9 inches of snow. I could barely escape my driveway, Chelsey could not escape her driveway at all. The roads were crazy. Everything was shut down. A state of emergency was declared by mayor Eveleth. It was wild. I was locked inside ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Be Still And Know PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 19, 2025
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     | 108 views

    The sermon invites us to slow down, release control, and find peace by trusting God’s presence and sovereignty amid life’s noise and anxiety.

    Friends, some weeks feel like living in a wind tunnel. The headlines howl. The phone hums. The calendar crowds. Even our prayers can sound like hurried headlines—fast, faint, fragmented. And yet, in the middle of the noise, God offers a chair in a quiet corner, a deep breath for a weary chest, a ...read more

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    Fruitful Life On The Vine Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 5, 2020
    based on 7 ratings
     | 16,102 views

    Jesus said "I am the vine, you are the branches. Apart from me you can do nothing?" But that doesn't make any sense... or does it?

    OPEN: About a 35-minute drive SW of London is a tourist attraction that was once a royal palace. It’s called Hampton Court. It was built over 500 years ago and was a favorite residence of Henry VIII. A couple hundred years later, during George III's reign (the King who had problems with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Book Of Lamentations – Part 25 – Mercilessly Hunted Down And Silenced In A Pit; Waters Of Judgment Flowed Over The Heads - Chapter 3:52-54 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 22, 2025
     | 179 views

    What is it to be hunted down and thrown into a pit of silence, and then to be sealed there by a stone? These survivors from the Babylonian holocaust describe their feelings. The waters of judgement surged over their heads. Jesus has identified with His people by passing that way Himself.

    THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS – PART 25 – MERCILESSLY HUNTED DOWN AND SILENCED IN A PIT; WATERS OF JUDGMENT FLOWED OVER THE HEADS - CHAPTER 3:52-54 The laments of the people and of Jeremiah continue through the next three verses, then move into more positive territory as prayer sets the focus. I hope ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Interpreting Acts Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on May 23, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,290 views

    Sermon lays foundation for a study of Acts by addressing three key hermeneutical issues. (1) Unity of Acts and Luke’s Gospel (2) Theological value of Luke’s writings (3) Context of Luke’s writings, particularly Acts.

    Interpreting Acts Series: Book of Acts #1 Acts 1:1-2[1] 10-2-05 Intro Today we begin a study of the Book of Acts. It is perhaps the most exciting book in the Bible. It is a book of action. In Acts the world is being turned upside down and right side up by the gospel of Jesus Christ preached ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    How Bad Do You Want It!

    Contributed by Quinton Williamson on Feb 18, 2005
    based on 48 ratings
     | 18,463 views

    To let the people know that you need to want to the promises of God bad enough, that you will be broken down just to be blessed.

    We find that Jacob has a problem he is between a rock and hard place. Because his uncle Laban is behind him and his brother whom he tricked is about to approach him. And he does not know what to do. You see he is on his way to meet Esau for the first time in some twenty years after he stole ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    He Came To Seek And To Save

    Contributed by Tim Gresham on Jan 19, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,541 views

    A textual sermon breaking down the purpose of why Christ came. Simple, 4-point outline with cross-references and illustrations.

    He Came to Seek and to Save by Pastor Tim Gresham Text: Luke 19:10 I. His Incarnation is Selfless “For the Son of Man has come….” Incarnation (Lat. in and caro, stem carn, meaning “flesh”). In the context of Christian theology, the act whereby the eternal Son of God, the Second Person of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "What I Should Have Said Was..."

    Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,872 views

    I am sure that all the way down from the mountain, Peter must have kept uttering this sermon to himself!

    Title: "What I should have said was..." Introduction: Have you had an awakening? When Jesus took with him his inter-circle of disciples to the top of the mountain, he desired that they should see him glorified. As Jesus was in prayer, Peter, James, and John fell asleep. The Church needs an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When You Feel Like Quitting

    Contributed by William Mouser on Feb 26, 2006
    based on 27 ratings
     | 8,709 views

    Jesus’ transfiguration is recorded in the gospels to embolden the disciples and their converts down the ages, as they face discouragement on the way to God’s Kingdom.

    Psalm 27, 1 Kings 19:9-18, 2 Peter 1:16-21, Mark 9:2-9 When you feel like quitting On July 4, 1952, a young woman named Florence Chadwick waded into the water off Catalina Island. She was setting out to swim the channel from the island to the California coast. This was no novice undertaking. ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican