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Tearing Down The Temples Of Hell Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Oct 13, 2005

based on 226 ratings

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Paul had an open door of OPPORTUNITY. There were many OBSTACLES. God helped him to OVERCOME! Link included to Formatted Text version, Handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

Tearing Down the Temples of Hell Acts 19:8-27 Paul stayed in Ephesus for 3 full years…not his normal pattern. There was much work to be done there, and w/ a pop. of 300,000 people, it was the capital of the Roman province of Asia. 1. Paul’s opportunity I Cor. 16:8-9 But I will tarry at ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:8-27, Acts 19:23-41

Denomination: Baptist

Why The Devil Is Going Down

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Oct 30, 2005

based on 15 ratings

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the devil’s defeat and Christ’s victory

Intro: during the season of Halloween television becomes a tribute to the dark side. Every show advertised gives the impression that the devil is so powerful that nothing can stop him. As Christians we know better, we know that in Christ the devil is defeated, his time is almost up, and he is going ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:14-15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Slow Down And Shut Up Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 5, 2005

based on 21 ratings

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24th in series on Joshua. This is about jumping to conclusions about someone else’s faith, and how it’s much safer not to speculate.

Joshua 22:1-34 – Slow Down and Shut Up (NOTE: I draw heavily on Brian McLaren’s A New Kind of Christian for this message. And the reference I make to Pentecostals are towards the Jesus-only variety, not the Trinitarian varieties.) Maybe you have heard the poem called The Cookie Thief, by ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 22:1-34, Joshua 22:11-34

Denomination: Baptist

The Ones The Wolves Pulled Down!

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 6, 2005

based on 70 ratings

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Be strong and don’t lag behind for the wolves are watching and drooling!

The Ones The Wolves Pulled Down! Garth Brooks had a song awhile back called Wolves written by Miss Stephanie Davis. In it he speaks of thinking about the ones the wolves pulled down the morning after he drove heifers to lower ground during a bitter January with ten-foot drifts and wind that had ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:15

Denomination: Baptist

The Way Up Is The Way Down Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 8, 2005

based on 44 ratings

| 11,869 views

Many people want to see changes taking place in their lives. The usual prescription given today is, "Just try harder!" But that doesn’t produce true, genuine, lasting life-transformation. In James 4:6-10 James teaches how God changes a person.

Scripture I once read a Peanuts comic strip where Lucy told Charlie Brown that she would hold the football for him to kick. But when he ran up to kick the ball, she pulled it away. Charlie Brown went flying through the air and fell flat on his back. Well, one day Lucy went up to Charlie Brown and ...read more

Scripture: James 4:6-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Pulling Down Walls Of Discrimination

Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Dec 17, 2005

based on 16 ratings

| 3,817 views

An advent sermon, learning to beat discrimination, learning from the geneology of Jesus

In one of the parishes where I worked, there were two families who were fighting over a property dispute. Both the families were rich and influential. Both tried to get the support of the local church in their favour. So they wrote to the parish council expressing their views and claims. One of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17

Denomination: Catholic

Let The Walls Come Down

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Nov 14, 2003

based on 34 ratings

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Letting the Walls of our life come down so we can let God in and we can reach out.

Last week I stood in the food court of the Seattle Center waiting for my sandwich to be prepared. As I walked by one area, a piece of graffitied stone stood beside me, encased on 4 sides with a wooden framework but the edges of the stone showing and left ragged. I thought it was unusual that they ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 18:1-50, Mark 13:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Way To Go Up Is Down

Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 17, 2003

based on 25 ratings

| 7,022 views

Looking at Jesus being the conquering Lion and the sacrificial Lamb, the way to win is to submit to God’s plans and purposes.

Revelation 5:1-10 – The Way to go Up is Down I’m sure most of you know what an oxymoron is. It’s a figure of speech that seems to contradict itself. There are lists and lists of the things, and here are some of my favorites: Artificial Grass, boneless ribs, big town, harmless lie, communist ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Strolling Down Millennial Lane Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2005

based on 8 ratings

| 3,432 views

Knowing what God will do helps us tolerate an era when God’s will is typically ignored or mocked. The Bible is loaded with information about the Kingdom to come. Let’s note a few facts about what is to come.

Strolling Down Millennial Lane (topical) 1. Consider the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 2:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Coming Down From The Mountain

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 27, 2003

based on 84 ratings

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There are times in our lives when we are at the peak of joy when we do not want the moment to end. There are other times when we do not feel as though we will make to the journey’s end because of being on the verge of burning out.

COMING DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN Text: Mark 9: 2-9 One of my favorite places in all of the United States is at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. Any one who has ever been to Lake Junaluska will know what I am talking about. Many ministers dream of having a retirement home there. It is indeed ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:2-9

Denomination: United Methodist

Sin Slows Down Progress

Contributed by Eric Hickman on Dec 16, 2002

based on 9 ratings

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The actions of one person, held back several people.

I. Sin defaces the character of God¡¦s people * Moses had to hid 40 years * Achan was destroyed by his sin * Jimmy Swaggart * Jim Bakker II. Sin destroys not only the individual but many times his family and friends * Jim Baker ended up in a divorce * Jessica Hahn wound ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 7:1-12

Denomination: Church Of God

Turning The World Upside Down

Contributed by Jason Noble on Jan 2, 2003

based on 71 ratings

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Why was it said that the Acts church "turned the world upside down?" How can we have that said about us?

Turning the World Upside Down Acts 17:1-10 It’s safe to assume that almost everybody here has heard or read about the great revivals of old. We constantly hear preachers talk about old time revivals. But notice what I said, we have heard about, we have read about, and we talk about. We have ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

After Christmas Let Down

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Feb 16, 2005

based on 17 ratings

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The message is about the natural let down after Christmas.

After Christmas Let Down Matthew 2:13-19 Have you noticed how the day after Christmas is sort of let down? I wrote this little poem to express how I feel. Twas the day after Christmas and everything changed. The Christmas Tree is still in the corner, but seems somehow strange. Stripped of all ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:13-19

Denomination: Methodist

Let Your Hair Down! Series

Contributed by Quinton Williamson on May 26, 2003

based on 54 ratings

| 10,191 views

To let people know that praise is necessary in order to bless God for blessing us.

SUBJECT: LET YOUR HAIR DOWN! SCRIPTURE: ST. JOHN: 12; 3 In this particular scripture we find where Jesus had one of his first after the resurrection of Lazarus. Jesus, before the Passover came to Bethany after hearing about Lazarus being dead. The Bible says that he came and raised Lazarus ...read more

Scripture: John 12:3

Denomination: Baptist

Down The Jericho Road Again Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 17, 2003

based on 111 ratings

| 13,839 views

Sermon for Martin Luther King Day: we must go "down the road" of compassion, understanding that human hurts are both physical and spiritual, that we must see hurting people as our neighbors, and that we must devote substantial resources to caring for them

There’s something we say every time we find ourselves repeating an unpleasant experience. Whenever you see yourself about to get into the same trouble you’ve already been in, you say, “I don’t want to go down that road again.” For example: Some fellow comes to your door and says, “We’ve been ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Baptist

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