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  • Duane Wente avatar

    The Wages Of Sin Is 'aaaughh!' Series

    Contributed by Duane Wente on Oct 13, 2025
     | 174 views

    Sin always pays its wages — and the result is death. We all run somewhere when confronted with our guilt — but where we run makes all the difference. Temporary fixes and “spiritual tourniquets” cannot save us; only Jesus can bring true healing and freedom.

    ### **Introduction – “AAAUGHH!”** Video Ill.: Goulash — The Skit Guys It has been a few weeks since we started our series The Gospel According to Peanuts, so let us take a moment to remind ourselves where we have been and why we are here. This series is all about taking the timeless truths of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Believing For Breakthrough Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Aug 28, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,620 views

    God is the God of the breakthrough. This passage shows us some of the factors that make a breakthrough happen.

    Believing for breakthrough Sun 31st Aug 03 am. Mark 1:14-20 What an absolute turnaround this passage is. Have to see it in context - intertestamental period. 300 years of silence then comes a great man of God. The greatest man of the OT era. JTB. Folks flock to hear him. ¡¥are you the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Call This A Plan?

    Contributed by Mike Hamilton on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 91 ratings
     | 7,381 views

    God has a providential way of making, BAD THINGS GOOD, WEAK THINGS STRONG, and UGLY THINGS BEAUTIFUL.

    “You Call This a Plan?” Romans 8:28 A $75 basketball in my hands is playing a pickup game in the Family Life Center. A $75 basketball in the hands of Michael Jordan is a world championship and an NBA MVP. A $900 set of golf clubs in my hands is spending $25 for a green fee and an afternoon of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Condition Critical

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 1, 2023
     | 1,422 views

    The differences between us - you and me - and the brothers and sisters we find it so easy to criticize - shrinks to nothing at all when we look, instead, at the difference between ourselves and Jesus.

    A few years ago I had an interesting talk with my mother about the nature of friendship. At one point I made the comment that the only bottom line requirement I had for a friend was that I needed to know I’d be forgiven for my mistakes. Her response was telling. She said that I had unrealistically ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Coffee House Christians

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Feb 20, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,882 views

    Many so-called Christians are now filled with all kinds of different ingredients that they are now something different, filled with a bunch of self-indulgent froth rather than solid Biblical substance.

    “Coffee House Christians” By Bishop M.L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING:- My wife likes the smell of coffee but she doesn’t like the taste of it. I like coffee I like it black no sugar and no cream. As a matter of fact I like coffee so much that I once developed a lump and had to have a ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Live For Today And Die Forever

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Feb 11, 2020
     | 4,666 views

    Sounds pretty harsh, right? Jesus said the very same thing on four different occasions and it is recorded six different times in the Gospels. What can we do about it?

    Live For Today and Die Forever Please stand as we read our newest memory Scripture together … 1 Peter 4:10 “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” And our memory refresher verse(s) for today is(are) … 1 ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Rsvp-Ing Your Future Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 20, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,359 views

    What is this wedding feast Jesus tells of, and what can I do to make sure I'm included?

    Randy Alcorn told story about his friend Ruthanna Metzgar, a professional singer. She had been asked to sing at the wedding of a very wealthy man, and they were invited to the reception. It was being held on the top two floors of the Columbia Tower in Seattle - the tallest skyscraper in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Message 8 - 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 – Persecution, Discipline And Tribulation; What’s The Difference? – Part 2 (Verse 9) Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Dec 30, 2022
     | 1,714 views

    What is the difference between God’s wrath and God’s discipline? We look into tribulation, persecution and discipline, and look at 4 reasons Christians can have difficulties. Remember this – godly living produces persecution. Trees standing against the wind have the strongest trunks.

    MESSAGE 8 - 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 5 – PERSECUTION, DISCIPLINE AND TRIBULATION; WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? – PART 2 (Verse 9) REVISION FROM PART 1 We have been examining 1Thessalonians 5:9 and looking at the wrath of God. This is our focus verse again for Part 2 of the study on this verse – ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "How To Connect To The Unconnected?"

    Contributed by Jess Bousa on Apr 16, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,598 views

    We can connect unbelievers to God by understanding their context, by making a connection, by communicating in their language, and by presenting a relevant gospel message that challenges them to make a decision to follow Christ.

    (I AM PREACHING THIS SERMON TO A CHRISTIAN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL) Everyone, turn with me in your Koran to the book called “The Dinner Table,” we will start in chapter 5, verse 17: (17) Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely, Allah-- He is the Messiah, son of Marium. Say: Who then could ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jim Drake avatar

    Well Witnessing, Part 1: The Pattern Of People Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Jan 3, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,057 views

    People are different in so many ways, but in many ways, they are also the same. But no matter how similar or different people are, they all share the same core problem with the need for the same solution.

    http://brushforkbanner.blogspot.com The fourth chapter of John is a very familiar event to us. Most of us are very familiar with the woman at the well. So we should just be able to fly right past it, right? Wrong—because, like every other event in this book, this one is rich. It is full of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sensitive Servants

    Contributed by Clyde Paige on Feb 27, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,432 views

    Gods servants making theirselves available when God calls

    Servants Sensitive to the Spirit Acts 6:26-39 Listen to one of the most exciting stories in all the scriptures: Learning to listen to the Lord is one of the greatest needs in our churches today. It is not always easy to know where to go its not always easy to know what to do its not always easy to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Heroes Fail Us Series

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Aug 12, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,206 views

    Samson had all the resources to be a great hero, except for one thing, a powerful lust. What makes this man a candidate for the hall of fame in Hebrews 11:32? What makes us potential heroes for God?

    WHEN HEROES FAIL US Are there any heroes left? Do you have anyone in your life you would consider a hero? Are there men or women who you look up to? Our children and teenagers look up to a variety of stars as models to follow. Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers have captured the younger hearts. ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Three Baptism Stories Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Sep 28, 2005
    based on 74 ratings
     | 20,854 views

    The stories of three different baptisms explain why Jesus thought it important enough to include baptism in his final words to his disciples.

    Three Baptism Stories Matthew 28:18-20 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO We are in a continuing series from what Bible students call ¡§the great commission¡¨¡XJesus¡¦ final words to his followers. Working our way through this passage requires that we ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Cultivating Good Soil

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 11, 2005
    based on 136 ratings
     | 86,832 views

    In the parable of the sower: 1. The seed falls onto every type of soil without discrimination. 2. The different soils represent people’s different responses. 3. In the end there is a great harvest.

    Picture the scene in your mind. Jesus is teaching from a boat on the shore of the Lake of Galilee. There is a breeze blowing as he nods in the direction of a farmer in the distance. He is sowing seed in his field. As they watched the farmer at work, Jesus used the scene to teach a lesson about ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Conquering The Spirit Of Fear

    Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Jul 28, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 22,956 views

    There is a difference in being afraid and being bound by the "Spirit of Fear". This outline will help you shed light on this difference and help you help others get free from this debilitating spirit.

    Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7 It appears that Pastor Timothy (Pastor of the church at Ephesus) may have been struggling with operating in the giftings that God had placed in him. Illustrative Story One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God