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    Attitude Is A Choice Lesson 4 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 1, 2025
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    If you never made a choice to have a positive attitude, you cannot manage what you don’t have.

    1. A positive healthy attitude is not natural, it is a choice. Your attitude grows out of: a. The attitudes of your parents. b. The attitudes of your teenage close friends. c. Your heroes or role models. d. Your adjustment to your immaterial and physical appetite. WRONG CHOICES ABOUT YOUR ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Work Or Vocation Lesson 5 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 1, 2025
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    You don’t have the power to be successful until you make a life-choice to excel in all things.

    Yesterday: My work is determined by past decisions. Tomorrow: My future goals give me energy. Today counts: I can change the ordinary into the extraordinary. “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas Gifts Lesson 2 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 4, 2025
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    Gifts to the King: Gold for Christ rules on earth, frankincense for worship, and myrrh symbolizing His sufferings and death.

    A. MATTHEW 2:1-12 “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.’ When Herod the king ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is An Angel? Lesson 4 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 4, 2025
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    Angels are holy beings, whose job is to worship God, crying “Holy, holy, holy.”

    A. WHAT IS AN ANGEL? 1. They carry out the will of God. The name aggelo means messenger. 2. They do not have a body, but can appear in a body. They are spirit (incorporeal beings). “He makes His angels spirits” (Hebrews 1:7). “Are they not ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Continuous Commitment Lesson 7 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 4, 2025
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    Your character is revealed in your attitude to failure. Never rely on your talent, circumstances, or physical ability, rely on your commitment.

    INTRODUCTION: Yesterday: Past decisions formed you for today. Tomorrow: Future dreams give you energy and discipline. Today counts: Strengthening past commitments. 1. Past decisions changed your life. Think back to the time and place your life was changed. Time Place Who 2. Decisions ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Birth Names Lesson 4 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 5, 2025
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    The birth names of Jesus. “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given."

    1. Jesus. “Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). The Greek name Jesus comes from the Hebrew Joshua. “Jehovah Saves.” Links His birth to His purpose to provide salvation. 2. Immanuel. “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Sonship Names Lesson 5 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 5, 2025
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    The first time Jesus is called Son: “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You.’”

    The Four Main Uses of Son “No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Prayers Of Paul Lesson 1 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 5, 2025
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    Thanksgiving precedes prayer.

    A. INTRODUCTION KEY WORD: Preeminence (1:17) WRITER: Paul includes Timothy because he pastored the church (1:1) But only Paul signed the letter. “The salutation by my own hand Paul” (4:18). FOCUS: Prison Epistle. “Remember my chains.” CONTENT: Similar but shorter than Ephesians PURPOSE: To ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Preeminence Of Christ Lesson 2 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 5, 2025
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    That Jesus in all things may have the preeminence.

    A. INTRODUCTION/REVIEW KEY WORD: Preeminence. “That in all things He might have the preeminence” (Col. 1:18) THEME: The position privilege and power of the believer. PURPOSE: To deal with false doctrines of angel worship, asceticism, Hebrew legalism, and attraction to philosophy. B. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christianity Is A Person Lesson 1 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 6, 2025
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    Jesus is a perfect balance of every quality.

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. Christ became a real man. The world saw Him as “the carpenter’s son” (Mark 6:3). Yet He was perfection in every way, at every stage of growth, and in every circumstance of life. 2. Christ mixed freely and naturally with imperfect people, yet “They saw no beauty in him that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christianity Is A Book Lesson 2 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 6, 2025
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    Christianity is book that records God’s revelation of Himself in successive ages.

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. Christianity is book that records God’s revelation of Himself in successive ages. “God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. But now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son” (Heb. 1:1-2, NLT). a. It came from God. b. It is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christianity Is A Death Lesson 3 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 6, 2025
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    Christianity is about the death of Jesus Christ. Jesus died voluntarily and was placed in a borrowed tomb.

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. Christianity is about the death of Jesus Christ. The birth of every child implies an inevitable death, i.e., “We are all born to die.” 2. A cross death predicted, Deut. 21:22-23, “For it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’” (Gal. 3:13). 3. A substitutionary ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christianity Is A Resurrection Lesson 4 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 6, 2025
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    Belief is impossible if no resurrection.

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. All of the world’s leaders died and none claim to be raised again, Muhammad, Buddha, Confucius, Stalin, Lenin, etc. 2. Question, “If a man die, shall he live again?” (Job 14:14). 3. Focus of attacks. The opponents of Christianity almost always concentrate their attack on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Feeding The 5000 Lesson 5 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 8, 2025
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    What is known about Jesus? He uses that which is available.

    A. INTRODUCTION: JOHN 6:1-14 1. When did this miracle occur? Spring time. “The Passover, a feast for the Jews, was near” (v. 4). 2. Who was involved? Mostly men. “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God . . . at the feast of the unleavened bread” (Deut. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Calming The Storm Lesson 6 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 8, 2025
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    Jesus gives us courage in the storm before the circumstances are changed.

    “Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone. Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist