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    Contemplation Youth Sermon

    Contributed by Youth Sermons on Oct 3, 2023
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    Encourage teenagers to seek stillness and connection with God through contemplative prayer, despite the distractions and busyness of life.

    Today, we're gonna chat about contemplative prayer. It's like a spiritual chill-out session where you get to hang out with God. But here's the catch - you gotta make time for it. So, what's contemplation? It's like finding a quiet corner to chat with God. Even Jesus did it, sneaking off to a quiet ...read more

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    Flesh And Spirit: Love And Self-Control Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 20, 2009
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    Self-control is difficult for us because we are afraid of responsibility. But to have no form of control is to choose chaos. The answer is to build a relationship with Christ so close that His will becomes ours.

    Scene One: You are standing in front of your freezer. You opened the door just to explore, nothing particular in mind, just to see what’s there. In front of you is a container label1ed, "Gourmet Ice Cream: Cherry Almond Fudge". Lifting the lid, again just to explore, just to see what’s there, you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Seeds On The Hard Path Series

    Contributed by Eric Lenhart on Aug 13, 2010
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    Being hardened by life, or free in Christ.

    Seeds on the Hard Path (Matthew 13:1-23) 1st in a series on: “The Parable of the Soils” Introduction: An old farmer who was about to die called his two sons to his bedside and said, "My boys, my farm and the fields are yours in equal shares. I leave you a little ready money but the bulk of my ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Letting Go - Distractions

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 6, 2019
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    An advent journey looking at what we need to let go of in order to draw closer to God

    Letting Go - Distractions December 8, 2019 Act like I am texting . . . OH . . . sorry about that. I got a text from a friend about the Bears game. Then we got caught up in other talking about baseball. That made me think about summer - and I need some new shorts, so I was checking for Black ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Are Being Fed ‘strong Delusion’

    Contributed by Kelly Durant on Oct 27, 2014
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    Christians and everyone are being deceived by many lies originating from their culture, systems, and even churches

    You Are Being Fed ‘Strong Delusion’ Kelly Durant 10-26-14 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Longhorns, Unicorns, And Other Horns Series

    Contributed by Peter Baumgartle on Jul 14, 2015
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    Key verse: Because of rebellion... It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground. - Daniel 8:12

    "In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me." - Daniel 8:1 This was a hard one. The chapter ends with Daniel telling us that this vision left him exhausted and physically ill. He confessed that this vision was beyond ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Dead Churches, Visions Of Glory, And Apologetics Blogs

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 26, 2021
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    The older generation, oi vey, they just don't get it do they? They act like we're on some sort of pleasure cruise to heaven. I really can't understand it myself. These churches will be dead in ten, twenty, thirty, or forty years.

    The older generation, oi vey, they just don't get it do they? They act like we're on some sort of pleasure cruise to heaven. I really can't understand it myself. These churches will be dead in ten, twenty, thirty, or forty years. Many are dead today. Why? There is no effort to ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    An Analysis Of "Blinded By Might: Can The Religious Right Save America”, Part 1

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Mar 3, 2025
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    In Blinded By Might: Can The Religious Right Save America, columnist Cal Thomas and pastor Ed Dobson examine what they believe to be the reasons resulting in the disparities between theory and practice in regards to this particular socio-political movement.

    One of the inevitable lessons of history is that political plans and agendas are seldom implemented as initially conceived irrespective of the nobility of intention or even piety motivating such aspirations. Evangelical conservatism, also commonly referred to as “The Religious Right”, would prove ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Breakthrough In Relationships Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 15, 2020
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    With the inner guiding and power of the Holy Spirit we can learn how to get a breakthrough in bad or strained relationships. Breakthrough is possible is most relationships. God designed us all to be in relationship with Him and with each other.

    Video Transition: Les and Leslie Parrott - Relationships – Real Relationships clip Story: Les Parrot notes, “In the autumn of 1992, we did something unusual. We offered a course at Seattle Pacific University that promised to answer questions openly and honestly about family, friends, dating, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What's In A Worldview? Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jun 16, 2013
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    What’s your worldview? Everyone has one. Whether or not we realize it, we all have certain presuppositions and beliefs that affect the way we view all of life and reality

    What’s in a Worldview? Romans 12:2 I was watching the NBC national news over the holidays with my father in law. He is a very conservative Republican and loves Rush Limbaugh. Nothing wrong with that. But all he watches is right wing Republican news programs which paint a very jaded picture ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Why God Abandons A Nation

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jun 25, 2023
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    God is revealing His wrath to our nation today.

    Why God Abandons a Nation For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Trust Me

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on May 4, 2011
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    God’s answer to all of life’s challenges is the same: Trust Me - an exposition of Isaiah 40

    Trust Me TCF Sermon May 1, 2011 Sometimes, reading the newspaper can be entertaining. How about these headlines? • 4-H Girls Win Prizes for Fat Calves • After Detour to California Shuttle Returns to Earth • Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft • Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    All Mixed Up

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 21, 2023
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    How do we know where we should make a stand?

    A few decades ago, when George Bush was running for president, he visited Bob Jones University. You would not believe the media firestorm that ensued. Some people were outraged that Bush went there at all, while others were astonished that his political opponents made so much of it. Of course, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Seeking The Things Of Christ: Look Up! PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 12, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,373 views

    To encourage believers to focus their hearts and minds on spiritual matters, rather than earthly distractions.

    Good morning, church. Today, we're going to focus on a message that's as relevant today as it was when it was first written to early Christians in Colossae. It's about setting our hearts on things above, tuning out the clamor of the world, and focusing on the thoughts of Jesus. In the words of ...read more

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    Class: Introduction To Relationships Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 3, 2022
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    Life was designed by God to be in relationships – There are two main relationships we need to be developing: First one is Connecting with God and the second one Connecting with people!

    Pursue Kingdom Ministry Class: Relationships (Introduction) PP#1 Thesis: Life was designed by God to be in relationships – There are two main relationships we need to be developing: First one is Connecting with God and the second one Connecting with people! Over the last few week’s we have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational