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    Celebrating Christmas Through Prophecy Lesson 2 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 14, 2025
     | 198 views

    Prophecy is God’s birth announcement

    A. INTRODUCTION: GOD CAREFULLY PRE-PLANNED THE EVENT 1. Prophecy is God’s birth announcement. Not months in advance, but thousands of years in advance. 2. Fulfilled prophecy is one of the greatest proofs for the spiritual authority of scriptures. 3. The Dead Sea Scrolls are the greatest guarantee ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Preparing For Change Lesson 4 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 14, 2025
     | 222 views

    Growth equals change; you cannot grow unless you change

    “Generations come and go but it makes no difference. The sun rises and sets and hurries around to rise again. The wind blows south and north, here and there, twisting back and forth, getting nowhere. The rivers run into the sea but the sea is never full, and the water returns again to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Matthew 6:1-18

    Contributed by Steven W. Satterfield on Aug 19, 2025
     | 210 views

    NASB footnotes from biblegateway.com

    The Disciple’s Motives – Secret Life with God Focus: Giving, praying (including the Lord’s Prayer), fasting—all “in secret” Why this section: Counters the medal-chasing mindset by anchoring worship in the Father’s unseen reward. Builds private spiritual fitness essential for public resilience. ...read more

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    Denomination: Vineyard

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    No Sin Greater Than God's Grace

    Contributed by Antonio Manaytay on Aug 22, 2025
     | 202 views

    This message of this sermon is this: No one is beyond the reach of God's grace.

    Introduction A young man once came to me after a church service. His eyes were filled with tears as he asked, “Pastor, can God really forgive me? You don’t know what I’ve done. My sins are too big. I don’t think God’s grace can reach me.” That question is not new. Many people carry a heavy burden ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Celebrating Christmas Through Prophecy Lesson 2 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 7, 2025
     | 180 views

    Fulfilled prophecy is one of the greatest proofs for the spiritual authority of scriptures.

    A. INTRODUCTION: GOD CAREFULLY PRE-PLANNED THE EVENT 1. Prophecy is God’s birth announcement. Not of months in advance, but thousands of years in advance. 2. Fulfilled prophecy is one of the greatest proofs for the spiritual authority of scriptures. 3. The Dead Sea Scrolls are the greatest ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Preparing For Change Lesson 4 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 7, 2025
     | 122 views

    Growth equals change; you cannot grow unless you change.

    “Generations come and go but it makes no difference. The sun rises and sets and hurries around to rise again. The wind blows south and north, here and there, twisting back and forth, getting nowhere. The rivers run into the sea but the sea is never full, and the water returns again to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thanksgiving 2010

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 10, 2025
     | 185 views

    "Gratitude is the least remembered of all virtues, and is the acid test of character” (Elmer Towns).

    A. INTRODUCTION: LUKE 17:11-19 1. “Gratitude is the least remembered of all virtues, and is the acid test of character.” 2. A grateful heart of thanksgiving opens many different doors. a. Service, Dr. Clate Risley. b. Friendship. c. Promotion. 3. Thanksgiving is a relative response. Some are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Heaven Shall Remember Me

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Oct 10, 2025
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    Heaven’s remembrance is not simply mental recall, it is an intentional act of God to intervene in your situation.

    HEAVEN SHALL REMEMBER ME By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Esther 6:1-10 Supporting Texts: Malachi 3:16, Genesis 8:1, Psalm 106:4, Isaiah 49:15-16, Luke 1:5-25 INTRODUCTION: There are moments in life when it feels like your efforts, prayers, and sacrifices have gone unnoticed. You may be ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Preparing For Change

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 20, 2025
     | 126 views

    Where is God in change?

    “Generations come and go but it makes no difference. The sun rises and sets and hurries around to rise again. The wind blows south and north, here and there, twisting back and forth, getting nowhere. The rivers run into the sea but the sea is never full, and the water returns again to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Held In His Hands: Finding Grace In Our Finiteness

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Oct 22, 2025
     | 107 views

    This sermon grew out of my meditation on a difficult day.

    “Held in His Hands: Finding Grace in Our Finiteness” Text: Psalm 103:13–18 (CSB) Introduction – When We Hit the Wall You ever have one of those days where everything just seems to catch up to you? Where your body aches, your nerves fray, and you suddenly realize… you’re human. Finite. Fragile. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Cycle Of Relationships

    Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 25, 2025
     | 146 views

    Relationships grow and heal when we move beyond hurt into honest grace, choosing reconciliation and forgiveness through the love and power of Jesus.

    INTRODUCTION A husband forgot his anniversary. His wife said, “Tomorrow morning, I want a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in under six seconds.” Next morning she found a gift-wrapped box. She opened it. A bathroom scale. Bob has been missing since Friday. We laugh because ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    How Can Everybody Get A "win"?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 3, 2025
     | 85 views

    As if to confirm our duty of self-reflection, St. Luke’s Gospel focuses on Christ’s parable of the wasteful steward.

    Friday of the Thirty-first Week Integral Our Introit today begins with a plea of someone afraid of being abandoned. “Forsake me not, O Lord, my God; be not far from me! Make haste and come to my help, O Lord, my strong salvation.” Psalm 38 is attributed to King David, perhaps because it is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    There Is A Stream Whose Runlets Gladden The City Of God

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 4, 2025
     | 121 views

    The key phrase in today’s Scriptures is from St. Paul. Writing to the church of Corinth, Paul lays out a rhetorical question, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”

    Sunday Celebration: Feast of Dedication of Lateran Basilica 2025 Today’s commemoration stems from a very happy time in human and Christian history. After enduring an on-and-off Roman persecution for three hundred years, the victorious emperor Constantine legalized the Christian religion, which at ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    7 Faith Principles To Build And Influence Lesson 2 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 4, 2025
     | 110 views

    Trials will show that your faith is genuine.

    1. Faith’s Crucible Principle: Crucible-Faith is learned in the crisis of a dark midnight experience when the leader is shut up to God only, and surrenders sin and selfishness to totally depend on God and find His direction, and discover His power. a. “These trials will show that your faith is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Saul/Paul: The Consummate Legalist Finally Gains Perfection Lesson 11 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 5, 2025
     | 100 views

    Our new power and passion is Christ.

    A. SAUL’S LAW KEEPING WAS IMPERFECT 1. He was a flawed law keeper (Philippians 3:4-6). 2. He hated Christ and persecuted Christians. “Saul was consenting to his (Stephen) death … great persecution against the church … went from house to house … throwing them into prison” (Acts ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist