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  • Scott Kircher avatar

    Make No Idols Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jul 12, 2009
    based on 21 ratings
     | 11,532 views

    Looks at the second commandment and how making idols limits our worship of God

    Make No Idols Exodus 20:4-6 Slide Good morning, Last week we began a new series, God’s Top Ten, on the 10 commandments and we started out by giving an overview of some important facts about the 10 commandments. Namely that The 10 commandments were part of the Old Covenant with Israel vs. the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Faithfulness Of God

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Aug 2, 2021
     | 3,216 views

    What greater advantage in life could one ask for than to possess the writings of God and possess the prophets, priests and scribes whose duty it was to explain, proclaim, and transmit them to the people?

    Alba 8-1-2021 THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD Romans 3:1-8 Doesn't it seem that there are people who are born with special advantages over others? Some seem to be born with the proverbial silver spoon in their mouth. Somehow, that sounds uncomfortable. But I think it would be better than having ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    My Life's Story In 5 Beholds

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Apr 10, 2021
     | 2,820 views

    The word for our message today is behold. The word behold by itself is not an especially important word, but what follows the word behold is particularly important. The word behold is God's stop, look and listen word. It's a word that demands our attention.

    One of the best and most rewarding ways of studying the Bible is the word method. You take a word, using a concordance, find the different ways the word applies to us. Such verses as 1 John 1:9 and Hebrews 4:16. such words as found in Psalm 37; trust, delight, commit and rest. Then it's ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Making A Difference

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 15, 2021
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     | 14,014 views

    Notice these words, “And of some have compassion MAKING A DIFFERENCE…”

    Some can live their entire life and never make any difference in a positive way. For example, God can leave some people on this earth for 90 or 100 years, and when they die, their life has made very little DIFFERENCE! Illus: God let Methuselah live on this earth for 969 years, and the only thing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pitching Your Tent

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Jul 6, 2013
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     | 5,262 views

    BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU PITCH YOUR TENT!

    PITCHING YOUR TENT INTRODUCTION: THE BOOK OF GENESIS IS RICH AND SOMETIMES COMPLEX. IT COULD BE TITLED A BOOK OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GOD AND MAN AND MAN-TO-MAN RELATIONSHIPS. SPIRITUAL INSIGHT: GENESIS 13:12 (NKJV) ABRAM DWELT IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, AND LOT DWELT IN THE CITIES OF THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Go!

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014
     | 5,937 views

    Go! You heard God call, you are ready for the work now go out and make disciples.

    The name Wilma Rudolph is an important one in sports history in general and women’s sports history in particular. For those of you my age and older, it should be a recognizable name. And those of you who are younger — and who have never heard of her — ought to hear her story of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Make Disciples!

    Contributed by Abitha Stalin on Dec 27, 2019
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     | 6,778 views

    What to do to make disciples? , How to make disciples?

    Let us pray. Loving Heavenly Father, We have come to worship you today. Lord, teach us the hidden wonders of your Holy Word. Help us to concentrate and focus without distractions. Put in us an open receiving heart. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen. The topic assigned by the Diocese of Madras to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Making Decisions

    Contributed by David Henderson on Mar 19, 2015
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     | 4,451 views

    What should we do when we have to make an important decision? The Bible says, "Seek and you will find, ask and it will be given to you, knock and the door will be opened to you."

    Object: A coin and a fortune cookie. Scripture: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Matthew 7: 7 People do different things when they have a difficult decision to make. • Urim and thummim. Like dice. • Draw ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Make Your Life Count Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 31, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,549 views

    This is the 10th sermon in the series "Don't Be Discouraged". Each Christian needs to make their life on this Earth count.

    Series: Don’t Be Discouraged [#10] MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT 1 Peter 5:1-14 Introduction: Jesus Christ lived the most significant life that ever has been lived, in fact the most significant life that ever will be lived. How do you live a significant life- Make it count? I've always wanted to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Grey Area Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 2, 2015
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     | 5,177 views

    This is the 9th sermon in the series "Are You Real?". How do you handle things that fall into grey area?

    Series: Are You Real? [#9] GREY AREA 1 John 4:1-6 Introduction: There are some things in life that are absolutes and we say that those things are “black and white”; while there are other situations that aren’t so clear and we say that those things are grey area. The ironic ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Disciple Makin' Sets Satan To Shakin'

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Mar 4, 2016
     | 3,917 views

    This a call to the church to focus on disciple making by going to people, baptizing new converts, teaching about Jesus, and sending them back into the world again.

    A few weeks ago I had the privilege of visiting with Ron Myers in his workshop. Ron has great space for working on wood. In his shop he has all the tools he needs to make cool crafts like this ornament. I know this, because he made this ornament in his shop and gave it to me. I would consider ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Make A Buck Vs Make A Difference

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 21, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,834 views

    There is a problem when God’s people invest their time, talent, and energy in temporal things that will not make any difference. Invest wisely in the eternal.

    MAKE A BUCK VS. MAKE A DIFFERENCE? IN MY OWN EYES? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Luke 12:15 And Jesus said unto them, TAKE HEED, and BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of THE THINGS which he possesseth. 16. And Jesus spoke a parable unto ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Elkanah Worshiped God

    Contributed by Steven Haguewood on Jul 6, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,426 views

    We often hear excuses why people do not make it to worship services. How do our excuses stack up against Elkanah's?

    ELKANAH WORSHIPED GOD Text: 1 Samuel 1:3-5 Scripture Reading: Hebrews 10:19-25 INTRODUCTION 1. "God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" John 4:24 2. Since Genesis 4 God has desired man's worship a. Doing it wrong got Cain in trouble b. Seth was the first to "call ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Eric Smith avatar

    The Devil Is In The Market For Another Soul

    Contributed by Eric Smith on Jan 28, 2012
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     | 5,449 views

    A short sermon that parallels a high school pottery class with our potential in life and how the devil tries to make us waste our time on this earth.

    Matt 4:1-9 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Out Of The Frying Pan

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 5, 2011
     | 5,220 views

    When the going gets tough, do you go with the flow or stand firm with confidence in God?

    I thought about calling this sermon “Denial is a river in Egypt” but decided after considerable struggle that it was just a little bit TOO clever. Just because you forgive most of my puns doesn’t mean that I have a permanent free pass. But denial is a big part of what this ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed