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  • John Beehler avatar

    Watergrave

    Contributed by John Beehler on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 3,007 views

    When we are baptized with the water we are also baptized with the Holy Spirit and, as a result, receive a full measure of the same grace and love Jesus received when He showed us the way with His baptism.

    Watergrave Do any of you remember your baptism? I remember mine. You see, I can remember mine because I was 17 at the time. I was baptized and brought into membership in a Baptist church. Now, it wasn’t because I was a Baptist that I was older when I had this experience of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Encouragements To Go Forward

    Contributed by Michael Belcher on Jan 16, 2002
    based on 544 ratings
     | 70,097 views

    While much surrounds us that is discouraging, our great God is busy encouraging his people in the work of the Lord.

    Introductory: The devil, according to legend, once advertised his tools for sale at public auction. When the prospective buyers assembled, there was one oddly shaped tool, which was labeled “Not for sale.” Asked to explain why this was, the devil answered, “I can spare my other tools, but I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Widow's "Might"

    Contributed by Paul Tuck on Jan 26, 2002
    based on 344 ratings
     | 30,436 views

    Have you ever been totally dependant upon God? The lesson of the widow is that "importunity equals opportunity". Learn what it is that really impresses God!

    THE WIDOW’S “MIGHT” Mark 12: 41-44 It is a mild Sabbath morning in the Palestinian City of Jerusalem. The sun has not yet risen to full strength, and yet people are already lined up all the way down the dusty road which leads to the Holy Temple. Smoke is in the air because of the animals ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Good Imitation Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 28, 2002
    based on 68 ratings
     | 12,930 views

    Being a mature Christian means more than going to church to be educated and entertained - it means growing to the point where you become an example to others.

    OPEN: What does it mean to be grown up? A group of 5 to 8 year children were asked that question and these were their answers: David, age 7, said you know you’re grown up when your clothes don’t fit anymore. Angie (6) said she believed being a grown up meant being able to ride a bike with no ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • James May avatar

    Curing Leprosy

    Contributed by James May on Jan 29, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 8,365 views

    Like Namaan, we all suffer from leprosy. Ours is leprosy of the spirit and soul. Both result in death and both have only one cure.

    Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Sure Identity

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 29, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,501 views

    How is Jesus’ identity discovered?

    A SURE IDENTITY—Luke 7:18-23 A CARD YOU WILL NEVER SEE IN HALLMARK "You are such a good friend that if we were on a sinking ship and there was only one life jacket.... I’d miss you heaps & think of you often." The card revealed the true identity of the recipient’s ‘friend’. Jesus’ identity as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Acceptable Worship Series

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Feb 28, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,108 views

    Jesus confronts Pharisaic tradition.

    Acceptable Worshi) Mark 7:1-23 INTRO.: As we read the second through the seventh chapters of the Gospel of Mark, it seems to me there is a major emphasis on the controversy between the Pharisees and Jesus. The great expositor, G. Campbell Morgan, thought Jesus was intentionally confronting the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Consuming Fire Series

    Contributed by Peter Parry on Feb 28, 2002
    based on 95 ratings
     | 56,324 views

    Our God is a consuming fire.

    A Consuming Fire (Heb.12:29) I have always been intrigued by that concluding verse in Hebrews 12:29: …for our God is a consuming fire What does that mean? God is a consuming fire. Most of us are familiar with the story of Sodom and ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    The Husband-Wife Relationship

    Contributed by Robert Cobb on Jan 20, 2001
    based on 151 ratings
     | 22,235 views

    A scriptural examination of the duties of Christian husbands and wives.

    Poet Samuel Daniel, a contemporary of Shakespeare, said, "Love is a sickness full of woes, all remedies refusing." Love is the universal topic of writers, poets and singers. It is the subject of both highbrow literature and the lowly country song. Man acts as if he has a working knowledge of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Trouble In The Tribe

    Contributed by Royce Hendry on Feb 3, 2001
    based on 115 ratings
     | 5,725 views

    Identifying the problems within a family and the church family will enable them both to survive.

    Gen.37 TROUBLE IN THE TRIBE INTRO: Sunday, right after the Super Bowl, over 25 million households tuned in to see the premier of Survivor II. Thursday night 29 million saw the second episode. Now, last summer I watched the very last episode of the original Survivor, and I made a comment that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Is Merciful... Are We?

    Contributed by Sam Thomason on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 264 ratings
     | 11,886 views

    We are blessed when our sins are forgiven... how much greater is the blessing when we can forgive those who wrong us.

    God Is Merciful-- Are We? MT 18:21-35 Today’s scripture reminds me of the story told about Gen. Robert E. Lee after the civil war. Lee visited a Kentucky lady who took him to the remains of a grand old tree in front of her house. There she bitterly cried that its limbs and trunk had been ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • James Wilson avatar

    A Time To Weep

    Contributed by James Wilson on Mar 2, 2001
    based on 139 ratings
     | 7,826 views

    How long has it been since you wept over a soul?

    A Time to Weep Rev. 5:4-5 NLT “Then I wept because no one could be found who was worthy to open the scroll and read it. [5] But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has conquered. He is worthy to open the scroll ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Turner avatar

    What Will You Do When The Lights Go Out?

    Contributed by James Turner on Mar 9, 2001
    based on 136 ratings
     | 9,670 views

    How to weather the storm, coming out of darkness into his light.

    Title: What Do You Do When the Lights Go Out? Text: John 1:1-5 & 9 Matthew 5:14-16 -I want to talk to you about this simple question - What do you do when the lights go out? Pray Light the candle Turn lights out (Stats by George Barna) I. Los Angeles School District A. They practice five ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Getting Your Citizenship Series

    Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Mar 19, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,904 views

    God tells us that all children who believe and all who believe like little children are citizens of his Kingdom.

    I’ve got a question. What country do you have citizenship in? You know, in the two months that Divine Savior Lutheran Church has been here in Doral, we have had people from more than twenty different countries visit our church. And of those people, many have citizenship here in the United ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • James Trusty avatar

    Beating The Odds Through The Supernatural

    Contributed by James Trusty on Mar 19, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,170 views

    This sermons shows us how that God will use his supernatural power to confound the natural.

    Beating the odds through the Supernatrual When it seems that all is against you and there is no way possibly of escape that is when God likes to do his thing 1 Sam 17:1-12 1Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God