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  • Phil Morgan avatar

    The Normal Christian Life

    Contributed by Phil Morgan on Dec 18, 2001
    based on 317 ratings
     | 22,766 views

    The normal Christian life is one of FULL devotion to Jesus Christ.

    “The Normal Christian Life” Some 250 years ago, two young Moravian men heard of an island in the West Indies which was virtually owned by one plantation master. He was a violent man who treated his slaves with complete contempt. He would not allow them to know anything of Christianity; no ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How To Gain Support From Christian Leaders

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 13, 2001
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,581 views

    Many churches have failed to grow due to poor communications. One man came from the U.S. to teach principles of communication in management to ECWA leaders, but he failed to communicate. He knew all the proper theories, but he failed to show understandi

    How To Gain Support From Christian Leaders for Church Planting Projects Learning Objectives 1. The students will explain why it is important to establish rapport with leaders. 2.The students will explain how to approach local leaders in seeking their support for planting and growing ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Serving The Lord In Light Of His Coming

    Contributed by Rick D Brackett on Nov 30, 2000
    based on 80 ratings
     | 6,042 views

    A challenge to be fervent in our work until Jesus comes.

    “SERVING THE LORD IN LIGHT OF HIS COMING” Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Introduction: Romans 12:11 “Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord”  TEV – “Work hard, and do not be lazy. Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion” ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Build Your Temple!

    Contributed by James May on Sep 3, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 26,180 views

    God gave King Solomon the requirements for the presence of God to dwell in the Temple at Jerusalem. Those same requirements pertain to the presence of God in the Temple of our hearts.

    Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    3 Godly Guidelines For Great Families

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Feb 18, 2005
    based on 131 ratings
     | 15,176 views

    The makeover for a house comes from Hollywood, but the makeover for a home comes from heaven! The declining life of children translates into a declining culture of life! We must provide a godly home for the sake of our children!

    3 Godly Guidelines For Great Families Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Remember last week I ask - have you ever prayer a prayer like this, “God, I just commit my child to your safe keeping”? The Pastor’s Cat… Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about the pastor of his church. He had a kitten that climbed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Charge That Does Not Change

    Contributed by William Mouser on Mar 2, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,899 views

    Two thousand years after Timothy and 3,500 years after Joshua, the Lord’s charge for his people has not changed.

    Septuagesima Sunday Joshua 1:1-9, 2 Tim. 2:1-13 “A Charge that Does Not Change” The lessons for today provide us a remarkable opportunity to bserve two very similar situations which happen to be separated from one another by a huge gulf of time, at least as far as we humans experience time. ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    A Heart To Build - A Man After God's Own Heart Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 18, 2005
    based on 67 ratings
     | 23,597 views

    God told David He didn’t want him building a Temple for Him. It’s possible to build a building God doesn’t want. Do you know what makes the difference between what He wants and what He doesn’t?

    OPEN: According to a story in R.Digest from several years ago, a great emperor named Shah Jahan once built an absolutely beautiful structure in memory of his wife of 19 years who died while bearing their 14th child. When she died, Shah Jahan left his wife’s deathbed and went straight to his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "How Can A Loving God Allow The Suffering Of Good People?”

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 27, 2005
    based on 23 ratings
     | 5,563 views

    This sermon addressed the suffering people experienced following the 9-11-01 terrorist attack in New York and Washington, DC.

    “How Can A Loving God Allow the Suffering of Good People?” I Peter 4:12-19 This past week has been a time of suffering for many people in America. Evil hearts resulted in killing friends and family members in San Francisco and Sacramento. Evil hearts planned for months to strike at the heart of ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Crawling Out Of The Brokenness Hole #5 Series

    Contributed by Jeffrey Stratton on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,633 views

    This series examines some of the emotional holes we fall into and how to crawl out.

    March 10, 2002 John 15:1-8 “Crawling Out of the Brokenness Hole” Alan Nelson, the pastor of the Scottsdale Family Church chronicles a time in his life that is very familiar to me. His story is much like my own. Every church I have pastored has done well. We have always grown, not always ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Worship Today

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 4, 2007
     | 2,858 views

    Jesus introduces a shift in worship, focusing worship on the spiritual instead of the physical. The future of worship as Jesus was describing it would be a spiritual more than a ritual activity.

    Worship today John 4:19-24 The original worship must have been amazing. Eve and Adam, surrounded by the Garden of Eden, something between a botanical garden and an orchard. Discussions at dusk of keeping trees, naming animals, new things they tried, and gratitude for the bounty and beauty they ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Stuck In Bed Series

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Jan 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,695 views

    This is the third in a series exploring keys to living a life of freedom and spiritual victory in 2007. This message explores a spirit of passivity that can keep us from the battle.

    (Extensive inspiration and quotation for this sermon taken from "This Day We Fight" by Francis Frangipane.) All right. . .here we go. We have been building block upon block over the past three weeks. Taking steps towards a declaration that this year we win! Week #1 – We followed up Christmas by ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    We Are Fam-A-Lee Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Feb 5, 2007
     | 2,323 views

    Fourth in a series taken from Ephesians 1, this series delves into the riches that we know through our relationship with Christ.

    Remember, if you can, the glory days of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yes, there’s a fog there, isn’t there? But in 1979, led by Willie Stargell and fueled by Sister Sledge’s disco hit, the Pirates were “fam-a-lee”, and they slipped past the Orioles to claim what remains to this day their latest ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Meeting Up With The Trinity

    Contributed by Tim Hedberg on Jul 19, 2007
     | 2,384 views

    Look at 4 texts that reveal and support/give evidence to god being 3 in 1.

    Meeting Up With the Trinity June 3, 2007 Trinity Sunday As has been said - today - this Sunday is Trinity Sunday. The Sunday set aside in the church year to highlight and recognize the Trinity. The Trinity being God the Father Jesus Christ the Son And the Holy Spirit Back in the year 325, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Hands Of The Living God

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 20, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,623 views

    When we are unwilling to finish our spiritual growth, we are inviting judgment. We need to seek the counsel of others and remember and learn from our victories. The same hands that hold us in judgment are nail-scarred for mercy.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC March 9, 1985 My house, I’m afraid, is a museum of unfinished masterpieces. Unfinished masterpieces. In every room of the house, in every nook and cranny you will find unfinished masterpieces. Now that is not to say that I have found the last ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The God Moment Of Revealed Truth Series

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Feb 10, 2010
     | 4,709 views

    THIS MESSAGE IS ABOUT THOSE SPECIAL TIMES AND CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH WHICH GOD REVEALS HIS TRUTH TO US.

    THE GOD MOMENT OF REVEALED TRUTH ACTS 1:1-13 INTRODUCTION: WHEN TRUTH IS REVEALED TO PEOPLE IT’S FASCINATING. RELATIONSHIPS ARE FORMED WHERE WE NEVER WOULD DREAM POSSIBLE. CONNECTIONS THAT WE WOULD THINK TO BE INCONCEIVABLE ACTUALLY BECOME A REALITY. WHEN GOD REVEALS HIS TRUTH TO US, IT ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist