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  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    When You Pray

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 19, 2005
    based on 134 ratings
     | 11,065 views

    Jesus tells us what to do when we pray.

    INTRODUCTION: ILL.- Two men met up on the street. One asked the other: "Hi, how are you?" The other one replied: "I’m fine, thanks." "And how’s your son? Is he still unemployed?" "Yes, he is. But he is meditating now." "Meditating? What’s that?" "I don’t know. But it’s better than sitting ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Abuse Of Power - That Ain't Right Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 31, 2005
    based on 66 ratings
     | 14,516 views

    Halloween is a fun time that permeates our culture.... and it also has its dark and sinister side. Yet even Halloween’s dark side pales compared to an even worse threat of the occult in our nation.

    OPEN: Tomorrow is October 31st. It is best known as the day of Halloween, but it also the day on which other significant events have taken place. · In 1938 Orson Welles broadcast his famous “War of the Worlds” that caused much of the United States to become panicked by the possibility that Mars ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    The Second Sign Of The Christmas To Come: Wrapped In Cloths Series

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 22, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 6,527 views

    This sermon carefully examines the second of three signs of Christmas to come in Luke 2:12 - the ever famous "swaddling clothes."

    Luke 2:12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” The Second Sign of the Christmas to Come: Wrapped in Cloths I. The sign isn’t useless As a general rule, when people revolve their lives around what kind of clothes other people are wearing - ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Role Distinctions In The Church

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on May 29, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,683 views

    The Bible establishes role distinctions in the Lord’s churches.

    God’s Glorious Church Role Distinctions in the Church Galatians 3:28 Woodlawn Baptist Church May 29, 2005 Introduction (see footnote) Today we come to the last of the four messages I want to preach about women and their roles in the Lord’s New Testament churches. It has been a joy for me to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Story Of The Mistaken Mother Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jun 3, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,528 views

    Paul’s teaching against salvation by works is brought to a climax here in Galatians 4:21-31. Paul breaks his discussion into three sections. First, Paul gives historical facts. Second, he gives spiritual truths. And third, he gives us some practical appli

    Scripture When my children, Lauren and Jon, were little they had a book titled Are You My Mother? Here is how that story begins: A mother bird sat on her egg. The egg jumped. “Oh, oh!” said the mother bird. “My baby will soon be here! He will want to eat. “I must get something for my baby bird ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    About The Collection (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 19, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,839 views

    This is the second of four messages "about the collection" in which we examine the principles of financial stewardship. This sermon examines the period, participants, and place of giving.

    Scripture Last week I began a sermon series About the Collection. My intention is to preach four messages on the biblical principles of financial stewardship with respect to giving to the Lord. I would like to reiterate that these messages are intended to help you who are Christians grow in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    About The Collection (Part 3) Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 26, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,184 views

    This is the third of four messages "about the collection" in which we examine the principles of financial stewardship. This sermon examines the proportion of giving (that is, how much to give to the church).

    Scripture Two weeks ago I began a sermon series About the Collection. My intention is to preach four messages on the biblical principles of financial stewardship with respect to giving to the Lord. I would like to reiterate that these messages are intended to help you who are Christians grow in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Do You Know The Holy Spirit?

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Sep 1, 2005
    based on 61 ratings
     | 8,977 views

    A sermon showing that God’s Spirit is holy; an attribute we so often fail to remember. We discuss the absolute need to rely upon the Spirit or we will be powerless as Christians.

    A man who was raised in the city bought a farm and moved to the country. He soon bought a cow. When he went to buy the feed for the cow, he was told the best way to use it for maximum milk. Several weeks later, the man came back to the store and said there was something wrong with the feed ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    A False Sense Of Security

    Contributed by W F on Sep 4, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 10,909 views

    It’s easy to adopt our society’s methods of security. Making comparisons, money and wealth, Military might. It’s much harder to acknowledge God’s role in providing freedom from anxiety and fear.

    False Security Amos 6:1-14 Security. Everyone naturally wants to be safe and secure. We want to be protected from home invaders, hunger, financial loss, spiraling medical costs, fraudsters and suspect businesses etc. According to a recent poll of 997 adults (for Britain’s Woolwich building ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Reflecting Jesus To The Outcast

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Sep 12, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,831 views

    Message about Jesus’ healing of the leper and what we can learn and apply from it.

    Reflecting Jesus to the Outcast Matthew 8:1-4 September 11, 2005 Introduction As we begin our time in the Word of God today, I’d like us to think about someone we used to know that we’d avoid at any cost. Maybe it was back in high school or college. Maybe you don’t have to go back that far. ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • James May avatar

    Pretty Leaves

    Contributed by James May on Feb 10, 2006
    based on 41 ratings
     | 10,985 views

    Jesus is looking for more than a beautiful appearance. He is looking for fruit to fill the void in the Body of Christ.

    PRETTY LEAVES Pastor Jim May Matthew 21:18-22, "Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Love Your Neighbor

    Contributed by Gregory Burcham on Mar 6, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 13,710 views

    Sermon deals with what God’s word has to say about love for our fellow man

    Love your Neighbor John 13:34-35 (KJV) February is the month of Valentines, a month that is dedicated to love. As such, it should be no surprise that I have devoted the entire month’s sermons to the subject of love. There are certainly enough types of love to go around. There is brotherly love, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    The New Covenant Is With Our Faithful Husband

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 31, 2006
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,520 views

    This sermon examines the faithfulness of God to stick with His people through the first and second covenants.

    April 2, 2006 Jeremiah 31:31-34 "The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Playing Follow The Leader Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 18, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 11,780 views

    Leaders must lead with truth instead of deception, with grace instead of power, and with unswerving commitment to the the least and the lost.

    Several things prompt this message. First and foremost, I bring this message because I know that it is crucial to teach and re-teach our church’s vision. Everyone needs to understand what we are trying to do as a church. Just saying it once or twice does not get the story told. I want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Love

    Contributed by Paul George on Jul 16, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 9,204 views

    The love of God as well as His might and power is vividly portrayed in the prophecy of Malachi.

    The love of God as well as His might and power is vividly portrayed in the prophecy of Malachi. Malachi leaves us with feeling that the story is not yet finished. God still has promises to fulfill on behalf of His people. The Book of Malachi is the transition link between the Old Testament and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness