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  • Charles Degner avatar

    Lord, Use My Mouth To Make A Good Confession!

    Contributed by Charles Degner on Jul 30, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,426 views

    We are Jesus’ representatives to the world. Do we make a good confession? Or a false impression?

    Mark 8: 27-35 Pentecost 17 Rev. Charles Degner September 14, 1997 How often have you prayed the words of the Lord’s Prayer, “Hallowed be thy name?” But do you know what those words mean? Luther’s explanation in his catechism is excellent. What does this mean? God’s name is certainly holy by ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Rethinking Church Growth

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 1, 2010
    based on 27 ratings
     | 12,574 views

    We need to rethink church growth. Most churches are not growing.

    INTRO.- ILL.- After the worship service a young couple talked to a church member about joining the church. He hadn't met the husband before, and he asked what church he was transferring from. After a short hesitation, he replied,"I am transferring from the Municipal Golf Course." Brothers and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Back To The Future Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Aug 4, 2013
     | 4,499 views

    This message looks at the woman caught in Adultery, her past, her present and her future.

    Back to the Future So this was how it would end. Public humiliation and possibly a public death for a private act, an act that they had never been intended to be shared with others and certainly not made public. It had all started out innocently enough, a shared glance, an innocent touching of ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Undivided Christ Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 3, 2022
     | 2,346 views

    To keep the divisiveness in the world from infecting the church, take your focus off the messenger and focus on the message.

    A young rabbi found a serious problem in his new congregation. During the Friday service, half the congregation stood for the prayers and half remained seated, and each side shouted at the other, insisting that theirs was the true tradition. Nothing the rabbi said or did helped to solve the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Pastor Randall Timblin avatar

    Disciples Do

    Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Oct 27, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,963 views

    It is not enough to be saved. We are not to sit on the sidelines but instead to "Get in the Game." That is where we are needed and there is where we are to be according to our Lord Jesus Christ.

    CALL to WORSHIP We are here in Your House once again to worship You and Your Name. We ask to be blessed and anointed this morning. Tell us O Lord, what we must do to complete Thy Work. Hear Us as we ask for Your consideration on matters of importance to You. Give us Peace and Joy as ONLY You can ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Into All The World

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Nov 15, 2013
     | 4,364 views

    God wants us to do things His way

    Into all the World Matthew 28:16-20 Introduction This morning’s passage is often called the “Great Commission”. All of the Gospels have a Commission although there is some variance of how it is worded. As a good teacher, Jesus would have repeated the Commission at various times ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Bad Decision #2 Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Nov 7, 2024
     | 763 views

    God always responds when we repent and return to Jesus

    What to eat, what to wear, who to respond to first, what to prioritize at work — each of us makes hundreds, if not thousands, of decisions each day. Some of these choices have larger consequences than others. For starters, who we choose to surround ourselves with, where we live, who we worship, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How Long? Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Dec 13, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,917 views

    Elijah asked the question which needs to be asked of God's people today..."How long will you sit on the fence?"

    HOW LONG 1 Kings 18:21 • The first message today is the first message of the church. “Jesus saves.” The second is likened unto the first, “Jesus and Jesus ONLY – SAVES.” The Bible records the very words of our Lord Jesus (John 3:16 & John 14:6). What does ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Avoiding The Ugly American Syndrome Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 2, 2014
    based on 29 ratings
     | 34,813 views

    Too often Christian have suffered from this syndrome. They've been rough, rude, disrespectful of others. How can we avoid that

    OPEN: Back in 1963 there was a movie starring Marlon Brando called “The Ugly American”. It was a fictional story, but it dealt with the very real perception of Americans overseas. We were seen by many as “Ugly Americans”. As I researched this sermon I read more than one ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "it's Not Our Job To Judge The World"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 18, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,369 views

    A sermon about loving people into the kingdom.

    “It’s Not Our Job to Judge the World” Matthew 7:1-6 Mission Insight is a program that our Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church pays for and makes available to local churches such as ourselves so that we can find out about our community. The information comes from the census, a ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    An Exodus Man/Woman Pt2 Series

    Contributed by David Shoots on Jan 16, 2022
     | 2,877 views

    There is a way that God wants us to walk in this life. We use these two people to illustrated how God used them to walk in spite of circumstances

    Exodus 2:1-17 1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    The Great Commission Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Oct 18, 2006
    based on 125 ratings
     | 124,780 views

    This message was written as part of a mission emphasis series. It fits well into a purpose of the church series also. It depicts that the Church is to be on mission for and with Jesus because of who He is and because of what He does.

    Matthew 28:16-20 THE GREAT COMMISSION Revelation 5:9-14 Circumstances have provided lengthy opportunities to deepen my thinking about death. If I knew my time to go on to Heaven was near through illness or indication of age, what statement would I leave with those I loved most? What challenge ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    The Chosen's Choice

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Feb 23, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 25,083 views

    As Christians we were chosen by God to be recipients of God's amazing grace. The blessings of having been chosen are unfathomable. Being chosen there are also responsibilities to be fulfilled and choices to be made.

    The Chosen's Choice Titus 2:11-14 As Christians we were chosen by God to be recipients of God's amazing grace. The blessings of having been chosen are unfathomable. Being chosen there are also responsibilities to be fulfilled and choices to be made. I. Our great privilege - we have been chosen ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tony Vila avatar

    How To Make The Dream That God Places In You A Reality Series

    Contributed by Tony Vila on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,733 views

    Last week we looked at kinds of dreams and what happens when you follow the dreams God gives to you. This week in Part II of “Dreams with my Father” we will look at HOW to achieve them successfully.

    ALL of the good things we want for our children , HE wants for us as well HE wants to teach us , train us and build us into the children He has planned for us to be Dreams with my Father Part II Josh 3:1 Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out from Acacia Grove and came to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    #1 Choices Have Consequences Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 12, 2014
     | 13,443 views

    Never under-estimate the power of daily choices. Choices can have consequences down the road.

    #1 CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com This is lesson one , I do it in two parts, lesson two follows. Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God