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  • James O. Davis avatar

    The Burning Bush Conference

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
    based on 101 ratings
     | 24,005 views

    How to impact our culture.

    James O. Davis is the founder and president of Second Billion (TM). You are invited to learn more about Second Billion by visiting www.billion.tv. TEXT: Exodus 3 TOPIC: The Burning Bush THEME: How to impact our culture. THE BURNING BUSH CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION: 1. I want to invite you to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    What To Do When The Towers Crumble

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 7,200 views

    A BIBLICAL RESPONSE TO AMERICA’S NATIONAL EMERGENCY

    James O. Davis is the founder and president of Second Billion (TM). You are invited to learn more about Second Billion by visiting www.billion.tv. WHAT TO DO WHEN THE TOWERS CRUMBLE Message by Dr. James O. Davis – Cutting Edge International A BIBLICAL RESPONSE TO AMERICA’S NATIONAL ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Biblical Look At Divorce And Remarriage

    Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Dec 10, 2001
    based on 91 ratings
     | 6,099 views

    This is a study of what the Scriptures teach on the subject of divorce and remarriage. The Church has failed to up-hold God’s design for marriage and has misled many by teaching the permission of divorce and remarriage under the New Covenant.

    It is reported that one in two marriages end in divorce. What begins at a wedding ceremony usually with a minister, parents and friends increasingly ends in a courtroom with a judge, lawyers and strangers. The average marriage now lasts seven years. Fifty-five percent of all Americans say a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Are You Smiling About?

    Contributed by Edward Frey on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 205 ratings
     | 13,565 views

    Our Lord’s coming gives us a real reason to smile; the joy he brings lasts forever.

    Christmas is almost here! Only two more weeks and the whole ordeal will be over for another year! I actually heard someone say that on the radio the other day. Sadly, he’s right. For a lot of people Christmas isn’t a time of happiness, but a time of frustration; it’s not a time for joy, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Following The Star Series

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 244 ratings
     | 80,466 views

    Using the acronym "L.I.G.H.T" we can learn how to become a light that illumines the gospel message to the unsaved world.

    A STORY IS TOLD ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS A SHOEMAKER WHO HAD A LONGING DESIRE TO BE A MISSIONARY. EVERYONE WHO CAME INTO HIS SHOE SHOP HEARD ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. ONE DAY HIS FRIEND TOOK HIM ASIDE AND SAID, "ALL THIS TALK ABOUT JESUS IS RUINING YOUR BUSINESS." THE MAN RESPONDED, "MY BUSINESS? MY ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Experiencing The Birth Of Christ With The Shepherds Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Dec 17, 2001
    based on 302 ratings
     | 36,575 views

    In the story of God’s announcement to the shepherds are some important truths for us today.

    Experiencing the Birth of Christ With The Shepherds Luke 2:7-20 The telling of the Christmas story can be such a familiar and common experience that we miss the significance of it. With the annual repetitions the familiarity of the story of the shepherds can cause us to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Responses To The First Christmas

    Contributed by Roy Hartzell on Dec 24, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,140 views

    This is a candle lignting service that will help you think about how you respond to Jesus at Christmas.

    RESPONSES TO THE FIRST CHRISTMAS—Candle Lighting Service (Adapted from “A Savior Has Been Born” by Melvin Newland; sermoncentral.com; page 4 of his list of sermons; Dec. 1996) ( I preached: Dec. 23, 2001) Luke 2:1-14 In the last ten to twenty years and maybe even longer, we have seen a lot of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Identify Terrorist Groups In The Church

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Dec 24, 2001
    based on 46 ratings
     | 5,480 views

    Satan is waging an all out war against the body of Christ.

    "How To Identify Terrorist Groups In The Church" November 25, 2001 FBC, Chester, Illinois Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: 1 It is an awesome job being a pastor. A I have had people come to me and say "Pastor, I’ve had trouble with our last four pastors. Why does he keep sending ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    So, Christmas Is Over, Huh?

    Contributed by John Beehler on Dec 26, 2001
    based on 67 ratings
     | 6,580 views

    Christians are polarized by Christmas. We battle against the commercialism and secularization of one of the two most holy days for Christians.

    So, Christmas is Over, huh? I have a poem I’d like to share with you. It’s called "The Month After Christmas." ‘Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house, nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I’d nibbled, the fudge I did taste, all the holiday parties ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Begin The New Year In The Joy Of Forgiveness

    Contributed by Christopher Raiford on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 169 ratings
     | 11,881 views

    A new years sermon that focuses on leaving your sins in the past and rejoicing in God’s forgiveness

    Begin the New Year in the Joy of Forgiveness Dear Fellow Redeemed in Christ Jesus: In "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, who against his will, takes him back to a time when he was still a young man. Scrooge sees himself proposing to the woman he loved, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    To Do In 2002 What God Wants To Do

    Contributed by Frank Houston on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 100 ratings
     | 10,706 views

    To live according to God’s plan for us instead of ours.

    Jer. 29:8-14 “To Do in 2002 What God Wants To Do” Jan. 6, 02 AM Introduction: At the beginning of a new year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers’ new year’s resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion started. One ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Child Is This

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 11, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 12,811 views

    A sermon for the First Sunday in Advent

    1st Sunday in Advent Matthew 24:36-44 "What Child Is This?"   36* "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. 38* For as in those days before the flood they were ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Joe Jones avatar

    Highly Favored

    Contributed by Joe Jones on Jan 21, 2002
    based on 148 ratings
     | 37,206 views

    In sports this phrase means absolutely nothing…you may by highly favored and go into the game and find yourself the object of an incredible defeat. When you are favored and you get defeated they call that an upset. In God, being favored is part of the pa

    “Highly Favored” In sports this phrase means absolutely nothing…you may by highly favored and go into the game and find yourself the object of an incredible defeat. When you are favored and you get defeated they call that an upset. In God, being favored is part of the package, and you never fear ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    When Dead Men Rise

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 29, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,588 views

    6 conditions toward ending your deadness. When the dead rise Jesus has...

    When Dead Men Rise—Luke 7:11-17 Jesus raised a young man from the dead. Jesus can bring an end to deadness. When can Jesus bring an end to physical & spiritual deadness? What happens when the dead rise? 6 conditions/evidences/provisions for ending your deadness. 1—When the dead rise Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Transfiguration: Would You Like To Know Why?

    Contributed by Doug Koehler on Feb 7, 2002
    based on 85 ratings
     | 6,553 views

    Of the Transfiguration of our Lord, God helps us to know why it was done for Jesus, the disciples and you and I.

    Title: WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHY? Text: Matthew 17:1-9 Date: February 10 2002 Wouldn’t it be great if you knew why God does the things he does, especially when it comes down to what is going on in your own life? If your loved one had to be rushed to the emergency room, I would think it would be ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran