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  • Dr.W.Samuel Legon avatar

    Time For A Heart Check Up

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 3, 2010
    based on 26 ratings
     | 13,258 views

    We need to know its condition.

    TIME FOR A HEART CHECK UP How is your heart today when it comes to God? 1. Is your heart DECEITFUL ? The Lord says it is by nature. Jer. 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 2. Do you have a DOUBLE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Up Against City Hall

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,181 views

    The problem in America is greed. Things haven’t changed!

    The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Keith Tankersley avatar

    Step One; Sign Up Series

    Contributed by Keith Tankersley on Mar 31, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,598 views

    When we join a sports team, start a new job, or join with a group of people, we wear the "colors." On a job, you may have to wear a uniform, have a dress code, or wear a name tag or badge. This identifies who you are "loyal" to. Baptism tells the world wh

    Seek First; Step One Matthew 3:13-17 I. The Coronation vs.13 a ceremony marking the investment of a monarch with regal power through, amongst other symbolic acts, the placement of a Crown upon his or her head. Where the monarch is anointed. A. Why did a sinless Jesus have to be baptized? 1. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Whole And At Peace: Get Up!

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 2, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,474 views

    Funeral message for Launer Jones: Help comes from hope, not fear. Life comes from trust, not anxiety. A concerned family who did all they could turned to Jesus, and He will not disappoint.

    It might have been a cold, gray morning, that day when Jairus did what a desperate father had to do. A cold, gray morning, made all the more bleak because a little girl lay dying. Only twelve years old she was, full of promise, full of life, the apple of her father’s eye, and so much in love with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Did They Ever Mess Up!

    Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 19 ratings
     | 10,346 views

    Easter Sunday: Those who plotted to kill Jesus really messed up. God turned their evil intentions into the salvation of the entire world.

    Little Mark was three years old when his pet lizard died. His grandma decided to make a teaching experience out of it. She suggested that little Mark and an older boy in the family hold a “funeral” for the lizard. So granny – with all good intentions - explained what a funeral was: A ceremony ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Living The Gospel: Speak Up!

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 20, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,445 views

    We have not found our voices yet because we have low self-esteem, but Christ declares us to be light. The world is asking for light, but we must learn to read the signs and to be who we are. March 1988

    As a child I was fascinated one day by’ the fact that when you open the refrigerator, there is always a light burning. I was fascinated by it because I wanted to know whether that light was on when the door was closed as well as when it was open. And so I began to experiment. First I tried to stick ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What’s Up With Worship

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Mar 5, 2012
     | 4,657 views

    DO WE COME TO CHURCH BECAUSE IT’S A HABIT? WE COME BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. THE END RESULT IS THAT THE EVENT IS IMPORTANT, NOT WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THE EVENT. SO, WE SLOWLY AND INCREMENTALLY SLIP INTO A “GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS” KI

    WHAT’S UP WITH WORSHIP INTRODUCTION: TRADITIONALLY, EVERY SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH OUR FAMILY OUT TO DINNER. THIS EVENT HAS BECOME HABITUAL; IT IS EXPECTED. IN FACT THERE IS ALMOST A MUTINY IF THERE IS EVEN THE HINT OF NOT GOING OUT. THE PLACE IS NOT IMPORTANT, THE EVENT IS IMPORTANT. SOMETIMES, JUST ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hold Your Hands Up

    Contributed by Dieuner Joseph on Feb 11, 2012
    based on 9 ratings
     | 43,461 views

    The hands of the righteous are lifted to God on behalf of the ungodly.

    Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sunday Morning Follow-Up

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 13, 2012
     | 3,946 views

    A discussion on the meaning and intent of worship.

    Text: 1 Cor 14:1, 26, Title: God Truly Among Us, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/12/12, AM Opening illustration: Background to passage: this chapter covers a number of specific things about prophesy and tongues, but we have dealt with them as spiritual gifts in previous messages, so if you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Jones avatar

    Sunday Morning Follow-Up

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 13, 2012
     | 4,752 views

    A discussion on the meaning and intent of worship.

    Text: 1 Cor 14:1, 26, Title: God Truly Among Us, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/12/12, AM Opening illustration: Background to passage: this chapter covers a number of specific things about prophesy and tongues, but we have dealt with them as spiritual gifts in previous messages, so if you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Wilson avatar

    Showing Up For The Battle Is Not Enough!

    Contributed by David Wilson on Jul 30, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,243 views

    The Israelites show up for Battle but are delayed because they allow Goliath to define the terms of battle. God's people need to get into the valley because it isn't fought on the hillside.

    Showing Up For Battle I Samuel 17 Preached on Sunday, July 29, 2012 This is one of the most difficult sermons I have ever had to preach. I thought it would be Wednesday evening’s Bible Study, but the Lord would not let me escape preaching it on Sunday morning. The story found in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Dykes avatar

    Sell Out And Buy Up! Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Aug 17, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 17,727 views

    How the parable of the hidden treasure and the parable of the pearl represent two different ways people come into a relationship with Jesus Christ.

    INTRODUCTION Matthew 13 contains seven parables about the Kingdom of heaven. Today we’re going to examine the short twin parables of the treasure buried in the field and the valuable pearl. As we talk about the Kingdom of heaven, you must remember only thing necessary for a kingdom is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Glenn Durham avatar

    Never Ever Give Up! Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,903 views

    God answers prayers so that we might express and encourage our faith.

    Scripture Introduction Jesus teaches us today by parable, “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.” Our English word derives from the Greek, para-bolae,, which itself consists of two words, para- meaning “beside” and -ballo meaning “throw or cast.” A parable is, literally, a story thrown or ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    An Up Front Word On Backsliding

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 11, 2008
    based on 105 ratings
     | 8,936 views

    How correctable are you? Does God have permission to speak to your heart? What if what He says to you today requires you to humble yourself? Link inc. to formatted text, audio & video, PowerPoint.

    An Up Front Word on Backsliding Proverbs 14:14 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Backslide.html The word backslider has a negative ring to it. Most people cringe or tighten when they hear the word, just like we do when we hear the names “Judas” or “Jezebel” or when the word “hypocrite” is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Monty Newton avatar

    Never Give Up! Ever!

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Oct 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,440 views

    If you care deeply about somethng, keep praying and trusting.

    Title: Never give up! Ever! Text: Luke 18:1-8 Thesis: If you care deeply about something, keep praying and trusting. Introduction Larry Crabb, writing in the November/December issue of Pray! Magazine told this story. When he was ten years old, he first heard Matthew 21:22, where Jesus said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational