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  • Naveen Balakrishnan avatar

    The Abc's Of Salvation And The Christian Life

    Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 19, 2003
    based on 56 ratings
     | 5,279 views

    How to become a Christian and How to walk the Christian life.

    1. ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR NEED a. AGREE with God that you have sinned. (Romans 3:23; Psalm 51:5; Genesis 6:5; Ecclesiastes 7:20) b. ADMIT your need that you cannot save yourself. (Romans 3:20, 28; Galatians 2:16; 3:11; Isaiah 59:2; 64:6; Romans 6:23; James 1:15) c. ACCEPT God’s provision in Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Liberty When Life's Not Fair

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Jun 5, 2003
    based on 169 ratings
     | 14,922 views

    Spirit-filled activities that set people free.

    Keep in mind as you read the text in Luke 4:16-21, that Luke has already established that Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit. (Luke 4:1) Jesus went to the synagogue and read the scroll from Isaiah 61:1,2. He then let them know he was the fulfillment of the prophecy. The hair on the back of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Dorrell avatar

    Baptism - Entry In To A New Life

    Contributed by Mike Dorrell on Jun 5, 2003
    based on 55 ratings
     | 4,833 views

    Step by step why the Bible says baptism is needed.

    BAPTISM-ENTRY IN TO A NEW LIFE What is baptism? What is it for? It is a way that we enter in to a personal relation with God and Jesus Christ. When I was a young boy it was so I could eat the little bite of bread and drink the juice. The older I became the more I learned ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • David Mains avatar

    #3- Larger Than Life Series

    Contributed by David Mains on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 4,288 views

    Third in a series based on the movie "John" released in 2003. Certain characteristics mark all true heroes. Jesus fits all of those descriptions, and more.

    If you like the book, you’ll love the movie. Or is it the other way around? If you liked the movie, you’ll love the book. The truth is that I loved the book (or books) when I read them for the first time in the 1970s. And I loved the movies (two so far) when they came out. Now I’m looking forward ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mark Holdcroft avatar

    Lessons From The Life Of Rehoboam

    Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Sep 14, 2003
    based on 67 ratings
     | 42,594 views

    Rehoboam inherited the promises of both his father and grandfather. As we look at how he entered those promises we can learn from his mistakes to ensure that we don’t make the same.

    Lessons of Rehoboam Today I want to look at the grandson of David and to learn a few lessons from the life of the man who is remembered as the one who split the kingdoms of Israel. Rehoboam was a man who had great big footsteps in which to follow. His grandfather was a great warrior and a man ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Ray Ellis avatar

    God's Guide Book For Life

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 79 ratings
     | 17,943 views

    The Bible, the Word of God, is God’s Guide Book for Life. Is the Bible reliable? Will it give you the right direction?

    God’s Guide Book for Life -How Reliable is the Bible? – Psalm 119:105 – “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” Isaiah 40:6-8 “A voice says, ‘Cry out,’ and I said, ‘What shall I cry?’ ‘All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field, the grass ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Bobby Sims, Jr. avatar

    Who Is In Contorl Of Your Life? Series

    Contributed by Bobby Sims, Jr. on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,436 views

    God’s Spirit in Control of Our Lives.

    "GOD’S SPIRIT IN CONTROL OF OUR LIVES" Romans 8:14 Who is a believer? A. A person is not a believer merely based on his/her profession of faith, but rather being indwelt and led by God’s Spirit. It is told to us that the Holy Spirit dwells in us as believers in Christ (Romans 8:9-11). Paul ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Patrick O'Loughlin avatar

    Making Sense Of The Christian Life

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,908 views

    The Christian life makes sense when we compare it to the bases in a baseball game.

    Text: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 Title: Making sense of the Christian Life “Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but we are giving you ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dennis Selfridge avatar

    Adoration At This Time In Your Life

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Oct 15, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,039 views

    How to properly partake of the Lord’s Supper

    Adoration AT this time in your life. In a sense, today we are having a “thanks dinner”. We are recalling what Jesus did for us on the cross by rejoicing at a sacred time which Jesus gave us to do. We are going to Worship around the Table. Our whole lives are to be an act of adoration, based on ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Moses At A Fork In The Road Of Life Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 20, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 12,416 views

    A look at what it cost Moses to follow God’s will.

    When you were a kid did you ever dream that you were a part of the royal family? Maybe a day dream that one day a king or queen would drive up to your house and offer to adopt you? A fantasy that you could leave all the cares and concerns of being common folk behind you and just have to worry ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Eric Sellgren avatar

    The Happiest Days Of Your Life

    Contributed by Eric Sellgren on Apr 4, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 2,772 views

    How the Bible and Prayer became real for me.

    “School Days are the happiest days of your life” so they say. Well, they weren`t for me - they were miserable. It was my own fault, of course, because at school I was lazy and lessons were a BORE. I couldn`t see any point to learning History and Geography, and French and Latin, though Math ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Carl Willis avatar

    Chosen To Live A Holy Life Series

    Contributed by Carl Willis on Apr 14, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 4,951 views

    You have been chosen by God for a holy life.

    Chosen to Live a Holy Life I Peter 1:13-25 I. Straighten up!!!! A. Our hope rests in God 1. his kindness will be revealed in Christ Jesus 2. put your hope in nothing else B. obedient children 1. live as you ought to a. by what you have been taught b. by what you have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    A Touch Brings New Life

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 59 ratings
     | 6,175 views

    This sermon lays the vision for the first Sunday of a brand new church.

    A Touch Brings New Life Psalm 139:1-6 Hebrews 10:19-25 Luke 12:40- 48 Look at your hands for a moment. God has placed within those hands the power for you to bring new life into the lives of others through a simple touch. A touch on the shoulder of one who’s discouraged, brings ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Bob AuBuchon avatar

    Living Larger Than Life Series

    Contributed by Bob Aubuchon on Feb 23, 2001
    based on 174 ratings
     | 13,298 views

    Ask God to expand your ministry, influence and witness.

    1 Chronicles 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested. Are you living larger than life ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard Bell avatar

    Lessons Learned On Life's Rocks Series

    Contributed by Richard Bell on Mar 12, 2001
    based on 136 ratings
     | 8,627 views

    What was Israel to do at a place where there was no water?

    LESSONS LEARNED ON LIFE’S ROCKS Exodus 17:1-7 INTRODUCTION: This morning Moses and the Israelites have come to a place where there was no water. The waters of Marah may have been bitter but what could be worse than NO water? What were they to do? I. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ALL THE ISRAELITES HAD ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal