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  • Ronnie Thrower avatar

    How To Become Obsessed With God's Word

    Contributed by Ronnie Thrower on Mar 13, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 14,189 views

    I find that to day we are so busy and we want to do the right thing so the day may start out right with reading God’s word and that is all that we do then you forget about it for the rest of the day. That trane of thought must change.

    HOW TO BECOME OBSESSED WITH GOD’S WORD Text: Joshua 1:8 Introduction Back in the sixties all I did was listen to music. As a matter of fact so much of it I listen to was over and over and so repetitive that I cannot to this day get it out of my head. I have found that no matter what you do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dave Kinney avatar

    Satan's Slyness: Who Controls Your Life?

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Feb 18, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,416 views

    Folks, we are at war - not just against the turban terrorists around the world, the militant mindsets around the world and the radical renegades around the world, but more than that - with the kingdom of evil and Satan - the power behind the throne!

    The king of Trye in his palace of gold and glitter ends up in a deep dark pit surrounded by dirt! This chapter is a fascinating chapter in that is used to give a perfect illustration using this king to describe how Satan will end up one of these days! In the 21st century, we can better understand ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney V Johnson avatar

    A Slave For Christ Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Jan 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,133 views

    This is part one of my series focused on slavery and how we should become slaves for Christ. this series was inspired by a book I read by Michael card titled "A Better Freedom." In part one I examine slavery in general and how Christ became a slave to sva

    A Slave For Christ Part 1 (Inspired by the book: “A Better Freedom” by Michael Card) Scripture: Philippians 2:5-8; Matthew 20:28; Exodus 21:32 Introduction: As we begin this new year, I want to take you back to a very difficult time in American history – the time of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Warren Lamb avatar

    "Out Of Order"

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Apr 10, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,958 views

    When you see a sign reading “Out of Order” on any machine, there are two things that you can reasonably assume: One - the thing doesn’t work properly, and, Two - it will probably be a man who comes and fixes it. Our nation is way Out of Order...

    "Out Of Order" GENESIS 1:26-28 When you see a sign reading “Out of Order” on any machine, there are two things that you can reasonably assume: One, the thing doesn’t work properly, and, Two, it will probably be a man who comes and fixes it. This is not a chauvinistic or political statement, it ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What's So New About Love?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 7, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 7,672 views

    When Jesus told his disciples, "i have a new command for you, LOVE," it was an old command - from the beginning of time. What made this command new? How can we have a new love every day? Read and find out.

    May 9, 2004 John 13:31-35 When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    The Great White Throne Judgement Considered In Detail – Part 4 Of 4 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 22, 2025
     | 286 views

    What is the lake of fire and what is the first and second death? We look into that. A further look into the sea giving up its dead. If you read this and are not saved, you do not want to end up at the great white throne and then in the lake of fire. Jesus died for you. Repent and turn to Him.

    THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT CONSIDERED IN DETAIL – PART 4 OF 4 We move to the final part of the great white throne judgement, looking at this event. It will be a literal happening that occurs after the end of the Millennium and immediately before the creation of the new heaven and earth – ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Great Tribulation Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 8, 2016
     | 6,365 views

    Even though nearly 2,000 years have gone by, Jesus wants his disciples of all time to understand how this era of human history ends. And that includes you. Let’s answer three basic questions that arise from a reading of this text.

    The Great Tribulation (Mark 13:14-22) 1. Eschatology is the study of the Bible’s teaching about the End Times — it is about the end of the world as we know it; culminates in New Heaven and New Earth. 2. A friend says to a seminarian, “What subjects are you studying at ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Carl Allen avatar

    The Preservation Of The Holy Scriptures Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Apr 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,448 views

    The idea of preservation holds that God has faithfully superintended His Word down through the ages, so that even today, some 3,500 years after portions of the Bible were written down, we can say that what we possess, what we love and what we read are the

    God’s Perfect Word The Preservation of the Holy Scriptures Psalm 12:6-7 Intro: The last time we meet, we examined evidence for the inspiration of the Word of God. We learned the blessed truth that God literally “breathed” His Word through man to give us an inerrant, infallible and inspired record ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Our God Of The Second Chance Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 13, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 19,581 views

    Several people this week have mentioned how much they enjoyed hearing the Old Testament read out loud. Let’s face it ­ some books don’t get much attention today. One of those is Ecclesiastes, which was written by Solomon. It’s really a journal of Solom

    Our God of the Second Chance Several people this week have mentioned how much they enjoyed hearing the Old Testament read out loud. Let’s face it ­ some books don’t get much attention today. One of those is Ecclesiastes, which was written by Solomon. It’s really a journal of Solomon’s search for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    Take Up Your Cross

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 11, 2025
     | 219 views

    Jim Eliot, once famously wrote in his diary on 28th October 1949: “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose” . And Jesus says something similar in this morning's Gospel reading

    Lk 14:25-33 Take up your cross and follow me Jim Eliot, an American missionary who was killed on 8th January 1956 taking the Gospel to the Waodani people in Ecuador - once famously wrote in his diary on 28th October 1949: “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep To gain that which he ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Lynn Floyd avatar

    What Does The Bible Offer That I Need? Series

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on May 29, 2001
    based on 194 ratings
     | 8,302 views

    I briefly look at some of the main reasons why people don’t read the bible then show why those reasons aren’t valid. I conclude with three things the bible will help a person do.

    What Does The Bible Offer That I Need? Two of our greatest presidents said some pretty important statements about the Bible. George Washington said, “It is impossible to righteously govern the world without God and the Bible.” President Ronald Reagan said, “Within the covers of one single book, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Hereford avatar

    God Blesses Who?

    Contributed by Steve Hereford on Jan 25, 2002
    based on 167 ratings
     | 6,632 views

    What kind of man does God bless? Or what kind of people does God bless? We are reading today "God bless America." Is America in a place spiritually and morally where God can bless it?

    What kind of man does God bless? Or what kind of people does God bless? We are reading today "God bless America." Is America in a place spiritually and morally where God can bless it? Let’s examine God’s blessing and its conditions. This passage, according to verse 6, is illustrating "the way of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Numbered, Weighed, And Given Away Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 27, 2002
    based on 68 ratings
     | 10,820 views

    Sermon for Deacon Ordination service; we obsess on things that do not matter and ignore things that do make a difference. Our sin is using holy things for our own pleasure, compounded with a failure to read the signs of the times.

    We give too much of ourselves to things that do not last. We give too little of ourselves to things that will endure. It is easy to obsess on things that don’t matter. It is tempting to ignore things that really count. If something does not change that pattern, at the end of the day, we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Melvin Shelton avatar

    A Point Of View.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Oct 22, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,139 views

    When you read these verses, it sounds like Paul is a little egotistical. He says in the first part of verse 17, “brethren, be followers together of me.” Now keep in mind, these are the people Paul had led to the Lord.

    A point of view. Philippians 3: 17 -- 21. 10/24/04 When you read these verses, it sounds like Paul is a little egotistical. He says in the first part of verse 17, “brethren, be followers together of me.” Now keep in mind, these are the people Paul had led to the Lord. Before Paul got there, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • JOEL SANTOS avatar

    The Messengers And The Messages Of Christmas! Series

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Dec 16, 2004
    based on 114 ratings
     | 11,232 views

    Part 3 of MERRY CHRISTMAS SERIES! Perhaps the best known of all Christmas stories is found in our text today. For years, Christmas was not Christmas in our life until this story had been read aloud and savored.

    THE MESSENGERS AND THE MESSAGES OF CHRISTMAS Luke 2:8-20 Introduction: Perhaps the best known of all Christmas stories is found in text today. Christmas was not Christmas in our life until this story had been read aloud and savored. We will discuss today the TWO IMPORTANT WORDS related to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational