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  • Richard Schwedes avatar

    Jesus - The People's Choice Or Is He?

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Apr 11, 2014
     | 4,788 views

    A sermon for Palm Sunday that encourages us to see that Jesus is God's choice...which is far better than the people's choice...

    The recent Western Australia Senate elections highlighted something about the human condition. We are a fickled lot. Some people and parties dropped in popularity but up to 7% from 2013 to 2014. Highlighting it doesn’t take much for us to change our mind from praising and following someone ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Filled Jars Empty People

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Sep 26, 2014
    based on 10 ratings
     | 20,940 views

    The familiar story of Jesus Turning the Water into Wine. But what was he really trying to teach us today?

    “Filled Jars Empty People” “Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.” John 2.1-11 Pastor’s pledge. “This being a familiar text it relies heavily on the works of a host of others. May their ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Cross Of Passion... Passion For People! Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 12, 2012
     | 9,885 views

    Jesus' passion was thatGod's house be a place where anyone and everyone could connect with God.

    20120311 3rd Sunday in Lent B Lenten Series: The Crosses of Lent Series Key Verse: I want to know Christ and experience the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His suffering, becoming like Him in His death, and so somehow, to attain the resurrection from the dead. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Bringing Out The Best In People Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 2, 2013
     | 8,814 views

    We bring out the best in people not with harsh words of criticism, but with words of grace and peace seasoned with salt.

    An efficiency expert concluded a lecture with a note of caution: “You don't want to try these techniques at home.” “Why not?” asked someone from the back of the audience. “I watched my wife's routine at breakfast for years,” the expert explained. “She ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Peculiar People Of The Chosen Generation

    Contributed by Joseph Lai on Aug 11, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 21,971 views

    If you are to rise up to become all that you can be and all that you are in Christ, recognizing who you are as being the peculiar people is just the beginning. You need to allow that revelation to lead you to consecration. And in consecration you make effort to grow in personal holiness.

    The Peculiar People A Calling to Recognize your Identity and Purpose "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: " (1Pe 2:9) The same apostle who ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Pigs Or People, Swine Or Souls

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Aug 13, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,086 views

    After healing the demoniac, Jesus sent the demons into the pigs who ran into the sea and drown. Those who watched seem more concerned about the pigs than about the healing of this man. A microcosm of today????

    PIGS OR PEOPLE; SWINE OR SOULS Jerry Watts Mark 5:6-20 * Chapter 5 is very interesting. It contains 43 verses with 2 major stories. Each of these stories, as we’ll come to see, has a ‘story in a story’. It is the kind of narrative which escapes the casual or superficial reader. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Passage: The Obedient Heart Of The People Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jun 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,135 views

    What is so important about Joshua 3? That God is in the barrier breaking business to take us into new places in our faith and relationship with Him. It is not merely for us to get the best but the best of our relationship with Him.

    Intro: What is so important about Joshua 3? That God is in the barrier breaking business to take us into new places in our faith and relationship with Him. It is not merely for us to get the best but the best of our relationship with Him. Don’t forget Joshua is not only about what God has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Grumpy Ole Church People

    Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Jul 14, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,490 views

    Where is the joy in our church? There is so much frowning and silence in a place where there is so much reason to celebrate. This sermon explores the problem.

    GRUMPY OLE CHURCH PEOPLE (All my sermons use illustrations found at www.sermoncentral.com and all scripture is NIV unless otherwise noted.) Through the many years that I have preached and taught from the Word of God I have made one very disturbing observation about the churches in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why People Fail As Christians

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 24, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,992 views

    Some fail to hang on when they start to church

    WHY PEOPLE FAIL AS CHRISTIANS 1. 1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Telling People About Jesus Series

    Contributed by Bill Brazell on May 13, 2014
     | 6,364 views

    God has called us to Complete the Mission that Jesus began. To do that, we must be “Telling People About Jesus”. People that you come in contact with every day. We must make it the pattern of our lives.

    Completing The Mission That Jesus Began Telling People About Jesus Acts 2:14-42 God has called us to Complete the Mission that Jesus began. To do that, we must be “Telling People About Jesus”. People that you come in contact with every day. We must make it the pattern of our lives. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    How To Deal With Difficult People

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Aug 7, 2012
    based on 79 ratings
     | 30,274 views

    Practical, but practically unknown Biblical helps for this that most people won’t be willing to practice even once they are aware...but truly mature Christians will!

    How to Deal with Difficult People Romans 12:14-21 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/120807pm.mp3 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons.html Spurgeon ministered in London in the 1800s, and as a young preacher he learned that you cannot argue w/ a person who will not argue back. One time he learned that a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gene Gregory avatar

    People Who Make A Difference

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 13, 2012
     | 5,386 views

    Examines the difference between powerless, defeated Christians, and those who make a difference. Expanded outline.

    PEOPLE THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE 7/12 - Mark 9:14-29 I believe this is one of the saddest accounts we find anywhere in the Bible. Oh, there are plenty of times in the Bible when we can be saddened, to be sure. We can be sad when Adam and Eve choose to believe the Devil’s lies instead of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    God Reassures His People Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 30, 2012
    based on 35 ratings
     | 45,890 views

    The remedy for fear is trust in our Creator. Only when we trust the reality of God's presence, power, protection, and provision for our lives can we share the joy God intends for us.

    ISAIAH 41: 10-14 GOD REASSURES HIS PEOPLE In his first INAUGURAL SPEECH in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the newly elected president of the US, addressed a nation that was still reeling from the Great Depression. Hoping to ignite a more optimistic outlook regarding that economic crisis, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Rampant Guilt In The People Of God Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Jan 13, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,112 views

    THIS PASSAGE OF HOSEA IS A CONTINUATION OF THE CHARGE THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT AGAINST HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL. THIS CHARGE HAS NOT ONLY BEEN DECLARED, IT HAS ALSO BEEN VIVIDLY PICTURED THROUGH THE MARRIAGE OF HOSEA TO GOMER AND THE ACTIONS OF EACH. HERE, GOD LAY

    RAMPANT GUILT IN THE PEOPLE OF GOD HOSEA 4:1-13 INTRODUCTION: THIS PASSAGE OF HOSEA IS A CONTINUATION OF THE CHARGE THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT AGAINST HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL. THIS CHARGE HAS NOT ONLY BEEN DECLARED, IT HAS ALSO BEEN VIVIDLY PICTURED THROUGH THE MARRIAGE OF HOSEA TO GOMER AND THE ACTIONS OF ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rich Anderson avatar

    "Ordinary Time, Ordinary People" Series

    Contributed by Rich Anderson on Jan 20, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,436 views

    We know the newsworthy, the extraordinary and the flamboyant. But serving Christ is a day to day commitment in ordinary time, in our ordinary lives.

    Peter, Peter’s Brother Andrew, John the Gospel writer, James – John’s brother, Phillip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the Gospel writer, the other James, Thaddeus, Simon & Judas. Ordinary men that God used in a very extraordinary way. 4 Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John 28 chapters in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church