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  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    Getting Roughed Up Spiritually!

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Feb 1, 2023
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    Have you ever been roughed up in this life?

    (1) You men who have played football you know what it means to get roughed up! (2) You ever been in a bad car wreck you know what it like getting roughed up! (3) You who have fallen down a stair case you know what it like being roughed up! We all who know what it is like being roughed up! But ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Storm Of Failure Series

    Contributed by Jeff Taylor on Feb 10, 2023
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     | 3,664 views

    How many of you have failed in life? I have failed. You have failed. We have all tasted the bitter dregs of failure. There are endless numbers of people who walked into a dark storm that never ended. But there is hope. God can take you through your storm and bring you out smelling like a rose!

    Who is there among us who has not failed? I have failed. You have failed. We have all tasted the bitter dregs of failure. Every day you see people captured and crushed by some personal failure. There's the college student who was dreaming of becoming a medical doctor because he failed a course ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Dinner At Simon’s House (Luke 7) Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 2, 2025
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    A Pharisee named Simon invited Jesus to share a meal. Something out of the ordinary happened while that meal was taking place!

    Dinner at Simon’s House (Luke 7) Introduction: Jesus was at Nain according to Luke 7:11. While He was there, He brought a dead man back to life and also reassured the disciples of John the Baptist that He was truly the Messiah, the One Who should come. After this, a Pharisee named Simon asked ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Speak In Parables Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Dec 4, 2025
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     | 241 views

    The parables are more than storytelling devices to help people remember Jesus' teachings. The listener who pursues understanding will receive both healing and blessing, and ultimately come to know God.

    I would like to open with an illustration by Lifeway author Christine Hoover. She tells of the time her husband, Kyle, used her in a sermon illustration and spoke of her inability to perfect a pecan pie. She testifies, “That particular Sunday, I was serving in the nursery, and as parents came to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Jesus Went To Gadara Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 5, 2025
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    Jesus and the disciples went by boat to Gadara, on the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Some very unusual things happened after they arrived there!

    When Jesus went to Gadara Introduction: Jesus spent the larger portion of His ministry in Judea and Galilee. He and the disciples did indeed go to a few other places, like Samaria, but this time the group headed east to the land of Gadara. They encountered some things they probably never ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Paul's Final Assurance To Timothy (Sermonette) Series

    Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Dec 16, 2025
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     | 287 views

    To review Paul’s Final Assurances to Timothy, his beloved son in Christ. They were he fought a good fight, finished his course, and fulfilled (kept) the faith. To establish, sadly, that these three assurances are his final message to Timothy.

    INTRODUCTION Outline. 1. I Fought a Good Fight 2. I Finished My Course 3. I Fulfilled (Kept) the Faith Introductory Remarks. 1. In our lesson today, we are going to be discussing the theme: "Paul's Final Assurances to Timothy." The apostle is now in a cold, wet, and dark dungeon in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Radical Forgiveness: The Parable Of The Unforgiving Servant Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Aug 28, 2024
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    Radical Forgiveness: The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

    Radical Forgiveness: The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org Matthew 18:21-35 A little girl’s Prayer: A little girl was eating alone in the corner of the dining room as part of her punishment. The family paid no ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Prayer For A Sinful Nation Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 3, 2024
     | 1,204 views

    If you want God to answer YOUR prayers, remind God that HIS interests are at stake and ask God to remember His people. His purpose, and His promise.

    There was once a small town which had no liquor stores. Eventually, though, someone built a nightclub right on the main street through town. This so upset the members in one of the churches that they conducted several all-night prayer meetings. They asked the Lord to “burn down that den of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Sermon - Rejection Is Not Your Final Destination

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Nov 5, 2024
     | 1,578 views

    While rejection is painful, its purpose is planned. God often uses man's rejection to redirect his people back into His will for their lives.

    Subject: Rejection Is Not Your Final Destination Text: Judges 11:1-11 “Now Jephthah of Gilead was a great warrior. He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute. Gilead’s wife also had several sons, and when these half-brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land. “You will not ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity (B C P). Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 8, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 283 views

    Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.

    Psalm 74:19-23, Leviticus 19:13-18, Galatians 3:16-22, Hebrews 13:1-6, Luke 10:23-37. A). A PLEA FOR RELIEF. Psalm 74:19-23. The Psalmist is addressing the LORD when he says, “O deliver not the soul of THY turtledove unto the multitude” (PSALM 74:19a). The soul of a believer is compared to a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sermon – El Roi, The God Who Sees Me

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Sep 18, 2025
     | 641 views

    God responded to her suffering, not her prayer, revealing Himself to her and giving her the assurance that He had seen her affliction. This encounter provided Hagar with strength and the knowledge that she was not alone, but rather seen, known, and understood by God.

    Sermon – El Roi, The God Who Sees Me Scripture - Genesis 16:1-11 “Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Called To Serve

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Oct 13, 2025
     | 420 views

    October is Clergy Appreciation month and this message is about why we should appreciate those serving in the gospel ministry.

    Called To Serve Good morning First Baptist Quindaro. Our focus Scripture this morning is found in Joshua 24:14-15 and I will be reading from the New King James Bible. It says, “(14) Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    The Kind Of Church God Builds

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Oct 16, 2025
     | 249 views

    Today I want to talk to you about church planting, because all churches are NOT GOD PLANTED! HOW DOES GOD PLANT A CHURCH?

    Illus: CHURCH PLANTING is something like what a farmer does; • He plants the seed, • Cultivates the seed, • Fertilizes the seed • And then patiently waits for it to grow. Church planters basically do the same thing. They have to plant the seed (Gospel), cultivate the seed, fertilize the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Mighty Warrior

    Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Oct 18, 2025
     | 300 views

    But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.

    A MIGHTY WARRIOR 1. The Lord is with me like a mighty warrior 2. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth 3. The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle 4. The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name. 5. The battle is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Fr Mund Cargill Thompson avatar

    My Grandad's Letter

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jul 12, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,075 views

    This week I found an old letter my Grandad sent to me as a kid - as I decyphered word for word the difficult handwriting it made me reflect on Paul's letter we have listened to this morning - and how if we decypher it word for word - it too can turn out to be so precious to us

    I moved into my new house last December and (Don’t judge me for this) – I am still unpacking boxes – including some that never got unpacked from the previous move ten years ago… And while I was going through some boxes this week, I came across this – It’s a letter to me from my granddad written to ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican