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  • Jerry Cosper avatar

    How God Uses Persecution Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jan 23, 2013
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     | 5,511 views

    Stephen's message was God’s final invitation to Israel. If Israel rejected the message, God would turn elsewhere to root and ground His church. Israel DID reject the message; in fact, Israel killed Stephen and launched a savage persecution against the c

    The last time we were in our series in the Book of Acts, we saw that Stephen died as a martyr for Jesus Christ. Stephen preached a message just before he died. His message was God’s final invitation to Israel. If Israel rejected the message, God would turn elsewhere to root and ground His ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Created Us To Love

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 23, 2013
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     | 7,269 views

    God’s love is the ultimate reality and truth. Nothing compares with God’s love. Nothing can separate us from God’s love. But we must accept God’s love.

    Consider this: 1. God created you to love you and God wants you to spend eternity with Him. 2. God has an enemy who hates you and wants you to spend eternity in Hell away from God. 3. The nature of God’s love demands that we have the power to choose whether we accept or reject the love of God. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Number One Killer In The Us Series

    Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 26, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,930 views

    Abortion The series of messages on End Times for Today will take the words from Revelation chapter by chapter and reveal the blessings that are promised within these pages.

    Introduction The messages that we have been addressing from the book of Revelation concerning “End Times Prophecy” I will be focusing on a current topic, yet still staying on the current. This is “Sanctity of Life Sunday” and in the light of the events in Washington D. C. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Controlling What Controls Us

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Jan 27, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,731 views

    Part of preparing to celebrate Easter is examining ourselves, whether there is anything not of the new creation in us.

    I’d like to talk to you this evening about humility. Humility has been much misunderstood and, frankly, is quite unpopular today. We can say, “Pride cometh before the fall,” but to really live that out requires radical commitment—a lifestyle that the world is unable to ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    If Jesus Stood Among Us

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Apr 19, 2012
     | 5,472 views

    Third Sunday of Easter, Year B

    Luke 24: 36b – 48 / If Jesus Stood Among Us Intro: Have you ever met someone really famous? --- The most famous person I ever met was John Y. Brown. When I met him he was married to Phyllis George and owned KFC. When I first met him, I didn’t recognize him. I was on the cleaning ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The People God Uses - Andrew Series

    Contributed by Cameron Bottema on Apr 30, 2012
    based on 10 ratings
     | 7,839 views

    Ever have someone say, "God can't use me!"? Well, this series "The People God Uses" proves that God can and will use anyone.

    “And it happened in those days that He went out into a mountain to pray, and was all night in prayer to God. And when day had come, He brought His disciples together, and from them selected twelve whom He also named ‘disciples.’” (Luke 6:12-13) “And having called ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends

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    What God Does For Us Series

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on May 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 17,472 views

    A believer is vitally concerned about what he or she should do for God. But God does some wonderful things for the believer too. Some of these are described by David in Psalm 86.

    What God Does For Us Psalm 86 Chuck Sligh April 29, 2012 TEXT: Psalm 86 – “Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. 4 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Forgive Us Our Debts Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,304 views

    A sermon focusing on Forgive Us Our Debts

    Forgive Us Our Debts Matthew 6 Barbara Reynolds, former columnist for
 USA TODAY, wrote about an adult relative
who had abused her sexually when she was a child. She
described how one day, as an adult, she faced that
man and confronted him with the facts of the
incest, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    From Serve Us To Service

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Mar 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,611 views

    God blesses a life of service.

    From Serve-us To Service Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. “Workmanship” – you were made to make a contribution…to make a difference. Message bible 1Pe 4:10 Be ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Is The Lord Among Us Or Not? Series

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Mar 23, 2011
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     | 9,117 views

    The Bible is a book about God – who God is and what He wants. Exodus follows the same pattern – it is a book about God. The message is simple: God is good. He is good and what He does is good. Every chapter speaks of the very hand of God throughout the

    The Bible is a book about God – who God is and what He wants. Exodus follows the same pattern – it is a book about God. The message is simple: God is good. He is good and what He does is good. Every chapter speaks of the very hand of God throughout the deliverance and journeys of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let Us Sing To The Lord Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 2, 2011
     | 4,462 views

    Our song of praise wells up from our heart as a response to God's saving act: we believe in God, in His Son, and we sing.

    Monday in 4th Week of Lent April 4 2011 The Spirit of the Liturgy “In the Lord, I have trusted: I will exult and I will rejoice in Thy mercy: because Thou hast regarded my lowliness.” The words of today’s Introit make more real the meaning of Lent, that despite our lowliness, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Major Gerardo Balmori avatar

    What The Cross Is Teaching Us

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,440 views

    Although Christmas is the most celebrated Christian holiday, Easter is by far the most important event in the life of Christ, for He came to die for the sins of mankind, be buried and rise again on the third day for our justification. This is the Gospel

    Mayor Gerardo Balmori The Salvation Army Although Christmas is the most celebrated Christian holiday, Easter is by far the most important event in the life of Christ, for He came to die for the sins of mankind, be buried and rise again on the third day for our justification. This is the Gospel ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Rev. Moses Assniyi avatar

    Lord, Teach Us To Pray Series

    Contributed by Rev. Moses Assniyi on Apr 16, 2011
     | 4,735 views

    in the acknowledgement of the prayer life of Jesus, the disciples desired to know how to pray and asked Jesus to teached them how to pray effectively.

    TEXT: MATHEW 6:5-8; Luke 11:1 Title: lord, teach us to pray Introduction: Prayer is one of the greatest acts of the Christian. It is an act of fellowship with God. The concern of Jesus here is not whether we do pray or not but the motive behind the prayer. The disciples have taken notice of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    "Master, It Is Good For Us To Be Here"

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 21, 2011
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     | 5,664 views

    TRANSFIGURATION -- Disciples discover it is always good to be in the presence of the Lord. It is good for us see the glory of Jesus. It is good for us to hear the Father's voice.

    “MASTER, IT IS GOOD FOR US TO BE HERE” (Outline) March 6, 2011 - Transfiguration - LUKE 9:28-36 INTRO: Time is very valuable in each of our lives. Today’s society often distorts the importance of the present. In our lives we look back and we look ahead so much that we ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Come To Make Us Pure

    Contributed by Fred Schaeffer on Dec 5, 2008
     | 3,393 views

    Jesus came the first time to cleanse us and make us pure through his death and resurrection and as he showed us God’s love and mercy.

    I) When I lived in Ottawa, KS there was a salvage yard especially for trucks -- big trucks, mid-size trucks, cabs of all sizes and trailers, too -- the truck salvage yard had it all. In reality it looked like a cemetery for old, broken down trucks. This salvage yard spanned a half mile location ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ