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  • Larry Brincefield avatar

    Smyrna Series

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Sep 28, 2003
    based on 75 ratings
     | 11,644 views

    1. History of Smyrna (Modern day Izmir) 2. The Trials/Tribulations they faced. 3. Worsening Persecution 4. Their reward

    September 21, 2003 Title: 7 Churches of Revelation: Smyrna Text: Rev. 2:8-11 Introduction 1. During this series on the 7 Churches of Revelation, there are several things that we want to happen. A. We want to understand that Jesus is walking amongst the lampstands... He is walking amongst ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Thomas Green avatar

    Life Is Short

    Contributed by Thomas Green on Nov 12, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,255 views

    An appreciation of life in a succinct format encapsulating much in little through a modern day five loaves and two fish approach.

    A collection of life’s building blocks To create a human jewel God’s wisdom carefully taking stock Two people start the fuel Produce meant to be from love In guilt or holiness interwined To fulfill will from above Some choose to undermine Cutting short the life God chose He planned before ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Tongues 8 Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Mar 26, 2013
     | 4,086 views

    Today, Pentecostalism is a fast growing, mainstream movement with its modern epicenter found in 19th century with the Holiness movement.

    Tongues 8 Oct. 3, 2012 Dr. Mike Fogerson A A few weeks ago I taught how there was an unbroken line on gifts through out the history of the church (first century, medieval, modern era.) 1 Today, Pentecostalism is a fast growing, mainstream movement with its modern epicenter found in 19th century ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Where Have All The Good Men Gone?

    Contributed by Damon Rambo on Apr 4, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,536 views

    Genesis Chapter 14. An Expository review of the traits of Abram (Abraham), and how our modern men fall far short.

    Where Have all The Good Men Gone? Genesis 14 Ya know, Men have gotten a pretty Bad rap here in the United States. Every where I look, it seems like the role of the Man is being attacked and belittled by the culture, by our media, and even by our government officials. Single women are told, that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Barreca avatar

    Biblical Accuracy Proved Through Jacob’s Prophecies Series

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jul 27, 2013
     | 7,899 views

    By studying Genesis 49 we will be reminded that we can TRUST the Bible even when modern culture rejects it.

    Genesis 49 Can you trust the Bible? When we say “yes - I believe the Bible,” I think that what many of us are saying is that we believe the STORIES, the MIRACLES, the TRUTHFULNESS of the Bible. We do not doubt the content of the Bible, but do we FOLLOW the Bible? Do we believe it ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Stark avatar

    When The Church Is Scattered

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 23, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,892 views

    Studying the response of the first church when persecuted can encourage a proper response to disruption of services in the modern church in the West.

    “And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.” [1] Fairmeadows Church met at seven o’clock each Wednesday evening for a prayer meeting. One evening, rather than going ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Pergamum, The Compromising Church.

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Dec 2, 2020
     | 2,530 views

    The third of seven messages to the churches of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Pergamum was a city filled with shrines of many gods...

    Pergamum, The Compromising Church Revelation 2:12-17NKJV Upon studying this third church, the church of Pergamum, I told you that weekly I would read these scriptures. I believe that Revelation 1, is the foundation of the whole book. Revelation 1:1-3NKJV The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Dunn avatar

    Where Are You? Series

    Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 12, 2025
     | 97 views

    A reflective call for a modern generation to stop hiding behind progress and rediscover God’s presence through honest surrender.

    A favorite game my boys used to play was hide-and-seek. They thought they were experts at it—but they usually hid in plain sight. One would crouch behind a curtain, little feet sticking out at the bottom. Another would dive under a blanket that looked suspiciously like a small, wiggling ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    The Unexpected Jesus

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Mar 25, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,792 views

    What do you expect from Jesus? The people, disciples, and the religious leaders had some very specific expectations of Jesus on Palm Sunday. He shattered all of them, just as He shatters our expectations as well. And that's a good thing!

    John 12:1-2, 9-19 Jesus performed an incredible miracle in raising Lazarus. It made huge waves. It wasn’t the first person Jesus raised, but it was the first who had been raised after the Jewish belief that the soul had left the body. According to the Talmud (Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Resurrection Unexpected

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Apr 1, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,918 views

    No one really expected the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Today we focus on the expectations of two of those who first saw Jesus: John and Mary. What they expected, and how Jesus actually met them, can help your relationship with Jesus too.

    No one saw it coming. No one. On the Sunday following the crucifixion of Jesus Christ no one really expected what happened (or at least it they didn’t fully comprehend it). They should have. Shortly after confirming to His men that He was the Messiah, Jesus said: Mark 8:31 “The Son of ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Ken Gilmore avatar

    Ephesus

    Contributed by Ken Gilmore on Jun 20, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 4,395 views

    What God expects from a church is often different from what the Church thinks he expects. This was true at Ephesus and is true at many other churches.

    Rev 2:1-7 Introduction: -Seven Golden Candlesticks are the seven churches. -Seven stars are their ministers -Why only seven of the churches – why not Troas, Miletus, Colosse, or Hieropolis? -These seven letters contain messages valuable to our church. Let us identify what God loves about these ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    A New Walk For A New Man

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on May 19, 2010
    based on 19 ratings
     | 19,211 views

    God expects and insists that if you have experienced the new birth that you act like a new person. He expects a new walk for a new man.

    A New Walk for A New Man Romans 8:1-6 Introduction: “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” When you accept the grace of God by faith, trusting in the finished ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeremias Fababier avatar

    Visitation Of The Lord

    Contributed by Jeremias Fababier on Oct 24, 2016
    based on 3 ratings
     | 18,200 views

    Something great happen every time the Lord visits His people and we can expect great things but He also expect from us.

    TOPIC: VISITATION OF THE LORD Text: Ruth 1:1-6 v. 6, “6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food.” ESV Introduction: What would you do if a well known ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mark van Cuylenburg avatar

    Encountering Jesus In The Most Unexpected Places And At The Most Unexpected Times. Series

    Contributed by Mark Van Cuylenburg on May 11, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,625 views

    Like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus we to can encounter Jesus when we least expect to and where we least expect to find Him.

    If you had asked my parents what religion they were and how they had bought up their children they would have said, without hesitation, that they were Christians, and that we, my brothers Gary and Paul, and my sister Carol, and I, had been brought up in the Christian faith, except of course that my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Be The Gift!

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 8, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,415 views

    This Christmas season as we seek to meet our Christmas Expectations, how can we help others meet those expectations, by our being the gift.

    Be the Gift! Matthew 2:1-12 December 9, 2018 In past years we’ve talked about the art of regifting. And it is an art. How do you tactfully give a gift which you’ve been given and remember who gave it to you, so that you don’t regift to the giver? That can be pretty exhausting in and of itself. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist