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  • Brian Bill avatar

    Everyone Going Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 22, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,377 views

    The last commission of Jesus must be the first mission of the church.

    EVERYONE Going Matthew 28:16-20 Rev. Brian Bill May 20-21, 2023 Now it came to pass that a group existed who called themselves fishers. And lo, there were many fish in the waters all around. In fact, the whole area was surrounded by streams and lakes filled with fish. And the fish were hungry. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    3 Lent A

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Mar 1, 2002
    based on 65 ratings
     | 10,474 views

    Jesus meets an outcast with love and acceptance.

    3 Lent A John 4:5-42 3 March 2002 Rev. Roger Haugen For me to preach on today Gospel lesson is difficult, if not altogether wrong. This is a woman’s text. As a man I cannot possibly understand her feelings as an outcast. If anything, I represent most of which puts her on the outside, all of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Church In Jerusalem

    Contributed by Howard Parnell on Oct 7, 2002
    based on 125 ratings
     | 6,075 views

    We can learn what kind of church Jesus wants us to be by looking at the distinctive identifying marks of the church in Jerusalem.

    THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM Acts 6:7 INTRO. The verse we have just read is an excellent description of the church in Jerusalem. That church was the hottest church in the New Testament...or since. They were the poorest church (Paul took offerings from other churches to support them) and yet they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Higher Place

    Contributed by Bob Ashcraft on Nov 19, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,852 views

    In his letter to the Church in Ephesus, Paul prays for mature believers to press on and experience a higher place.

    A Higher Place INTRODUCTION:  God is inviting us to a higher place  There are higher attainments in the spirit  There is more of God to be found  We have not ’arrived’ yet  In his letter to the Church in Ephesus, Paul prays for mature believers to press on ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Of Seed And Soils

    Contributed by Gary Roth on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
     | 7,636 views

    God is the good gardner, working his people into good soil, fit to plant in the seed of his presence.

    "Of Seed and Soils" Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 I would like to fancy myself a gardener, although I’ve only been at it about thirty years, and am humbled at the presence of some of you Master Gardeners in the congregation. I am also finding out that gardening in the south is a different kind of animal ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Do All Pray-Ers Get The Same Results?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jul 22, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,292 views

    This message examines why some people are powerful in prayer while others are of little impact.

    - [Have some massive weights on platform off to the side.] I have before me here on the platform some heavy weights and I want to ask you a simple question: do you think I can lift these weights over his head? [Try it and can’t.] - Because I don’t work out, the fact that I could not lift ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Risk Taking- Risk Blessing

    Contributed by Matthew Blau on Oct 16, 2001
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,201 views

    Are you willing to risk an encounter with Jesus? This is a new look at a very familiar scripture Passage

    Risk Taking- Risk Blessing This morning’s scripture lesson one we probable have all heard before. It is about the 10 lepers who call out to Jesus asking him to have mercy on them. Jesus does indeed have mercy on them. He tells them to show themselves to the priest. He did this because that was ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Abraham: What's Inside?

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Mar 12, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,094 views

    Discover what was inside Abraham that helped him obey God’s radical test.

    This morning we will have our last message in our mini-series on Abraham. Someday I’ll turn all my messages into books and sell millions of copies. I won’t have to worry about my retirement. I won’t have to rely on the social security system or my dwindling 403b. The truth is peace does not ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Jesus Cleansed The Temple Series

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Mar 17, 2003
    based on 100 ratings
     | 22,041 views

    Jesus is angry and cleanses the temple.

    Sermon for 3 Lent Yr B, 23/03/2003 Based on Jn 2:13-22 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson The restoration of First Community Church had been completed. The 150-year-old house of worship with its fresh paint and newly-installed multi-coloured ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Form Of Discipleship Of Jesus (1 Of 3) Series

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 23, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
     | 10,199 views

    Discipleship was not simply a program through which Jesus ran the disciples. Discipleship was life.

    In the New Testament mathethes occurs only in the Gospels and Acts. The term occurs at least 230 times in the Gospels and 28 times in Acts. The usage is characterized by the fact that mathethes denotes the men and women who have attached themselves to Jesus as their master. Acts has an absolute ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Spiritual Warfare 3 Series

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Aug 10, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,475 views

    A series looking at the daily realities of spiritual warfare which we all face.

    What about spiritual warfare? 2 Corinthians 10 Last week we looked at the need for discernment. Tonight, we will spend our time on eliminating false discernment. I made a statement last week that left a few people scratching their heads. At least one I know about anyway. It was about the Bible ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Dealing With Conflict Series

    Contributed by Dennis Cummins on Oct 18, 2006
     | 3,234 views

    This can be viewed on Itunes podcast or Video cast under ExperienceChurch.tv or viewed online at www.experiencechurch.tv. Conflict is inevitable within the church, so how do we deal with it.

    American Idols - The Progression of an Idol Exodus 20:4-5 (New Living Translation) 4"Do not make idols of any kind, whether in the shape of birds or animals or fish. 5You must never worship or bow down to them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not share your affection with any ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ed Wood avatar

    What Every Church Should Be Series

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Apr 4, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,592 views

    1st in series on 1 Thessalonians (1 of 8)

    WHAT EVERY CHURCH SHOULD BE 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 INTRO: No doubt you have heard some preacher say, “If you ever find the perfect church, please don’t join it. If you do, it won’t be perfect any more!” Since local churches are made up of human beings, saved by God’s grace, no church is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Marty Boller avatar

    The Christmas Story: Responding To God's In-Breaking Kingdom: Shepherds/Kin Series

    Contributed by Marty Boller on Dec 15, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,765 views

    #3 in a series: A look at some of the better known characters of the Christmas Story, learning from their experiences as God’s In-Breaking Kingdom brought the incarnation of Jesus Christ to planet earth and into their personal lives.

    If you would like a free MP3 audio file of this teaching, please email us @ tfh777@msn.com and mention the teaching MP3-20061217. An Insider or An Outsider…Which are you? Which group do you fit with? Let’s say at work? Or school? Are you part of the in-crowd? Or are you one of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Craig Condon avatar

    God’s Grace Is For Everyone

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Sep 10, 2016
     | 5,879 views

    No one deserves or earns salvation. It is all about God and His grace. Jesus did everything right so we could be made right. In spite of our sins, he continues to reach out to us. He continually promises to heal and help those who come to him.

    On the museum wall of the concentration camp at Dachau is a large and moving photograph of a mother and her little girl standing in line for the gas chamber. The child, who is walking in front of her mother, does not know where she's going. The mother, following behind, looks knowingly but is ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican