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  • Chris Appleby avatar

    True Personhood Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 28, 2006
     | 3,242 views

    God wants us to bear fruit that will last. We can do that by remaining connected to Jesus, the true vine.

    What does it mean to be human? That’s the question we’ve been asking since the beginning of February when we began this series on humanity. What is the nature of true personhood? How can we best fulfill God’s desire for us his creatures, us his people? We’ve seen how God made men and women in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Gut That House! Give Your Problems To God Series

    Contributed by Stewart Holloway on Nov 14, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,321 views

    To makeover your home, you have to destruct before you can construct.

    I’ve never remodeled a house but I have remodeled a church. Ten years ago I served as Minister of Music at my parents’ church in Louisiana. While I was there, we were in the process of relocating to another church facility owned by the congregation. Phase One of the building project involved ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Are Family

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 1, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 5,418 views

    Looks at the church and how it’s supposed to function as a family

    Over the past couple of years the media has made having a hay day with the news that fewer and fewer Canadians are attending church on any giving Sunday. They cite statistics that as a people Canadians seem to be becoming more spiritual, that is they pray more and meditate but they are not going to ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Unconquered Baby

    Contributed by Sean Lester on Dec 19, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,942 views

    How the voice of God causes humble people to defeat the powerful enemies of the faith.

    The Unconquered Baby Rev. Sean Lester December 14, 2003 Matthew 2:1-23 Introduction A. There is cause for concern for those who follow the way of Jesus Christ because of the seemingly hostile turn our world has taken toward our faith. It has been reported that nativity scenes are disappearing ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Faith Or Baptism Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jan 29, 2005
    based on 45 ratings
     | 4,370 views

    Are we saved by faith or baptism? This is an extra sermon in our 3 on 3 series.

    You know how some sermons are just easy to listen to? Maybe they hit on a subject you were just wondering about, or they address a need you felt but hadn’t put a name to, or they re-affirm something you believed but didn’t have the words for. Some sermons just seem to hit us right where we are at ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Being Salt And Light Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 7, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 11,496 views

    We are Salt and Light. Jesus has commissioned us. We’re each ordained Christian workers. We are the world’s light. We are salt for the earth. Shine as a light before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

    Today we begin a series of a sermons following Jesus’ teaching in the sermon on the mount. What we’ll discover as we go through is a series of radical interpretations of God’s law, designed to teach his followers how to live lives that are shaped by God’s agenda for the world and for his people, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Working It Out Jesus' Way (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 4, 2008
     | 2,901 views

    Part 2 of the series dealing with conflict in the Church.

    Working It Out Jesus’ Way (Part 2) Matthew 18:15-20 July 1, 2007 NOTE: PORTIONS OF THIS MESSAGE BASED ON THE BOOK, “THE 10 DUMBEST THINGS CHRISTIANS DO,” BY MARK ATTEBERRY Last week I mentioned that I’m a conflict-avoider. I don’t like conflict, and I’d be thrilled if I never had to mess with ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Kingdom Of God: Jesus' Cup Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 8, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,034 views

    Are we taking what we prefer, or what we see as a good thing and entering into the Kingdom of God and claiming it as God’s will, when it is nothing but our own doing?

    Pile the kids in the car, hit the remote, garage door opens, and out you go on another drive. Grocery store. Hardware store. The bank. Costco. It is just a trip across town. Nothing exciting, just an every day trip. Kids either don’t want to go, or they complain about going or they act bored out of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Judgment And Glory Series

    Contributed by James Jack on Nov 30, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,292 views

    It is the humble servants of the Lord, not the outwardly religious, who will enjoy Him forever.

    One of the awesome things I’ve noticed as we’ve gone through Isaiah over the last few months has been amazing contrasts we see in the character to God, the paradoxes in his divine nature and his sovereign action. We saw it in dazzling brilliance last week when Cameron spoke to us from Isaiah 55. ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Christmas Eve: The Gift Of Love

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 21, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,639 views

    Christmas Eve. Focus: Jesus is the gift of Christmas.

    A professor of mine from seminary told us this story: When he was a young man, all of 23, he had the opportunity to take a summer tour of Europe as a graduation present, he was from a well to do family. He traveled about Europe by train, boat and sometimes by bicycle. Finally he ended up on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Is Your Lamp Ready?

    Contributed by Luther Allen on Aug 9, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,533 views

    Everyone must be ready when Christ,the spiritual bridegroom, unexpectedly returns for the church

    Matthew 25: 1-13 The Parable of the Ten Virgins: “Is Your Lamp Ready?” When Christ returns for the church, you need to be prepared! This is Summer time: the wedding season. Tuxedoes and bridal gowns, multi-tiered confections and carefully crafted schedules are the norm – showers and parties, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Letters To The 7 Churches 5 - Laodicea Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 22, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,408 views

    we need to resist the pressures of our culture to conform unthinkingly to the status quo and to compromise on the major principles of our faith. We need to recover the radical edge of Jesus’ teaching, that turns the values of the world upside down.

    It’s interesting how we can go from the two letters we saw last week where one church thought they were alive and were actually dead and another thought they were as good as dead but actually had plenty of life in them, to the final letter of the seven where the church is neither one thing nor the ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    In Him We Have Redemption

    Contributed by David Baeder on Nov 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,742 views

    Our redemption is one of the great themes of the Bible. It expresses our fallenness; it expresses God’s great love for us. To redeem, in the most simple of terms, is to buy something back. In a word, redemption is the theme of the Bible. When God

    In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight. (ESV) Introduction: Our hymns include many songs, in which we rejoice in our redemption: “Redeemed how I love to proclaim it, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Darryl Klassen avatar

    Isaiah's Vision Of Mount Zion Series

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Nov 13, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 20,453 views

    This sermon explores the vision of Mount Zion as it contrasted the Mount Sinai experience. Isaiah saw our experience with the presence of the LORD.

    ISAIAH’S VISION OF MOUNT ZION There is nothing in all creation that is as majestic and mighty as a mountain. Sharon and I had the privilege of seeing Greece in all its mountainous glory. We had no idea that this nation was so full of mountains. Often we would see the clouds scraping the peaks of ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • David Smith avatar

    Ephesians 6:10-20 (The Armour Of God)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 17,598 views

    For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual...

    I’m reading from the Amnesty International report on the war on Lebanon, August 2006: "The Israeli Air Force launched more than 7,000 air attacks on about 7,000 targets in Lebanon between 12 July and 14 August, while the Navy conducted an additional 2,500 bombardments. The attacks, though ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican