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  • Don Jaques avatar

    Loving Others Through Outreach Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Jan 13, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,955 views

    We have 3 priorities – worship, small group, outreach. This week’s focus: OUTREACH. As the program states, “We are dedicated to reaching people who do not know Christ as their Savior.”

    Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing 1. Loving Others Through Outreach January 8/9, 2005 Don Jaques INTRO: We have 3 priorities – worship, small group, outreach. My vision is for a congregation of people who gather weekly for corporate worship, come together in small groups for discipleship and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Shattering Myths About The Unchurched Part Two

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 28, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,627 views

    Five myths commonly believed about the unchurched.

    God’s Glorious Church Shattering Myths About The Unchurched: Part Two John 4:35 Woodlawn Baptist Church February 27, 2005 Introduction Tonight I am going to finish a message I began a couple of weeks ago, called Shattering Myths About The Unchurched. If you were here, you should remember that in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Authentic Christianity

    Contributed by Richard Deem on Oct 12, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 14,396 views

    The church was never meant to be a “secret society” or an “exclusive group of elites.” We were never meant to exist for Sunday! We were never meant to be a club of positive thinkers who would tell each other how good we are.

    Authentic Christianity INTRODUCTION: If you want to know what someone is all about, just listen to what they say. Jesus once said: “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh”. The Living Bible puts it this way: “Whatever is in the heart overflows into speech”. Sometimes I ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Start With Worship - Ezra Chapter 3

    Contributed by Hannah Pinkstone on Dec 11, 2002
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    the Jews returned to their homeland in three waves and began to rebuild their city. but why rebuild the altar before the temple, or the city walls? because there focus was on putting God first!

    I’m going to spend a bit of time talking about some of Ezra chapter 3. About 70 years before the events in this chapter, Judah was invaded by the Babylonian Empire and the people exiled. God had let this happen because they had turned their backs on him. Since then the Babylonian Empire had ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Commitment Power

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 12, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,325 views

    one of a series on Acts

    Does anything make a difference? Does voting in a democracy? Sometimes you wonder. Have you heard the "Will anybody listen" ad on radio? Nothing seems to ever change. Well the Church of Jesus Christ has the power of to change the world! It was the force behind the beginning of the new nation ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Vance Elzinga avatar

    One Thing Series

    Contributed by Vance Elzinga on Aug 21, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,838 views

    This message focuses on one particular aspect of this passage - that the Lord prunes us to make us more fruitful. Practical application in this message is to consider what the Lord may be calling me to prune from my busy life, in order to do the best thi

    Hook/Opening Overcommitted? Many of us feel/are. But here’s a list of busy/committed: Billy Graham and ____. James Dobson and _____. Joni Earikson and _____. Jimmy Carter and _____. Bill Bright and ______. (RCA) Betty Voskuil and _____. Gary Smalley and ______. “Our world has been greatly ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ed Wood avatar

    What Time Is It?

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Nov 1, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,763 views

    "What time is it for God’s people at this point in history?" That is the question the church must answer.

    WHAT TIME IS IT? Romans 13:11-14 INTRO: Many inventions have been contrived to provide the answer to this question. The sundial provided an answer only during the day. The hourglass could measure the hour—day or night—but not the minute. Finally, the clock provided the best answer, day or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When God Moves Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 29, 2020
    based on 3 ratings
     | 14,294 views

    This is the 2nd sermon in the Action Series. This series began during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Series: Action [#2] WHEN GOD MOVES… Acts 2:1-13 Introduction: Last Sunday, I did several things that I normally don’t do. Instead of Sunday School, we had a 1 hour Worship Service with a 20 minute sermon. Then, I did it again- Another short Worship Service. Karen and I attended both of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Available For Impossible Dreams Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 7,622 views

    In observance of my 17th anniversary as pastor; to worship is to become available for God’s purposes, which mean being sent to unreceptive and impossible situations. Can we dream impossible dreams about our church’s building, properties, ministries with

    If what you expect to receive and what someone wants to give you are not the same thing, you are doomed to disappointment. If you want a particular thing, but the person you are dealing with is determined that you shall have something else, it is going to be tough. The other day ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Durbin avatar

    When You Give Series

    Contributed by Paul Durbin on Mar 1, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 7,340 views

    message detailing the who, when, where, why, and how of giving.

     I. You’ll be receiving 40 Days with Jesus in three weeks A. Simple devotional designed for personal or family devotions B. 6 weeks of daily scriptures on the life of Jesus (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) leading up to the Easter Holiday Weekend C. Challenge will ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Quest For Community Series

    Contributed by David Asch on Nov 21, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 7,375 views

    Today’s question: what is the key element to fulfilling our mission? What is the most important thing we need in order to be fruit and produce fruit?

    QUEST FOR COMMUNITY INTRO: This week: Hurricane Katrina – an example of how something can kill a community/threaten to wipe out a community. Last week: Our mission is to grow fruitful followers of Jesus Christ. We are to be fruit and produce fruit. Today’s question: what is the key element to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    Would God's Vision Help Us?

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Sep 29, 2005
    based on 37 ratings
     | 5,941 views

    After preaching this sermon, 21 people came forward at invitation.

    A couple of weeks ago, in an elders meeting, I asked each elder to give me his vision for this church. I was surprised. Most churches never communicate their vision, hence most elders are unfocused as to any unified vision at all. Each of our elders, however, had a vision and were pretty much in ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Paul Decker avatar

    A People With Purpose Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 8, 2006
    based on 29 ratings
     | 8,998 views

    We are to be a devoted people.

    A PEOPLE WITH PURPOSE Acts 2:42-47 S: Church C: Purpose of the Community Th: A People with Purpose Pr: WE ARE TO BE A DEVOTED PEOPLE. ?: What? To what are we to be devoted? KW: Activities TS: We will find in our study of Acts 2:42, four activities to which, as believers in the Lord Jesus, we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Fellowship: Formed For God's Family Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 7, 2004
    based on 83 ratings
     | 9,302 views

    Levels of Fellowship: 1. Membership: Choosing to belong. 2. Friendship: Learning to share. 3. Partnership: Doing my part. 4. Kinship: Loving believers as family.

    (Note: The outline of this sermon and some of the content have been adapted from Rick Warren’s material on 40 Days of Purpose.) I often think of the stories my grandma told about the Depression era when people would pool their soup beans and eat at each other’s homes. Times were hard, but there ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Ministry That Heals Hurts Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 16, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 7,048 views

    Another in a series concerning our church purpose statement; this one about the church as a place where healing (spiritual and otherwise) can take place.

    “…Ministry That Heals Hurts,…” Matthew 8:1-7 July 29, 2001 Introduction I don’t know if it’s pride, or just a sense of being awed by the fact that God would use someone like me, but I like to tell people that I’m a minister. Maybe it’s because I’m a walking testimony to the fact that God can ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan