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  • Dave McFadden avatar

    “i Can Live With New Purpose” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on May 26, 2011
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     | 5,490 views

    As I follow Jesus as his disciple, I can live a life of eternal purpose and significance.

    I’m convinced one of the reasons so many people were attracted to Jesus was that He offered them purpose for living. Yet Jesus wanted to make sure they really understood what He was all about. They could indeed find meaning and purpose in life, but first they had to commit to following Him as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Honest Doubt

    Contributed by Darrell Coats on Mar 25, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,567 views

    Sermon designed to reveal the place that doubt can have in relation to faith.

    Honest Doubt John 20:19-31 Introduction: When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969 and sent back televised pictures of the earth, Britain’s Flat Earth Society continued to stick staunchly to its ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Envy Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jan 24, 2013
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    Envy is destructive, & if it is unchecked, it becomes invasive & can even become a dominate emotion. Let's look at this powerful force, this hostile emotion, this destructive enemy through some selected verses in Proverbs

    PROVERBS 23: 17-18 ENVY [Genesis 37:1-11; 30:1- ] Envy is universal or possible in any person. Each of us has experienced the desire to have the achievements, excellences, or possessions of another person that we feel are missing in our life. It is destructive, and if it is unchecked, it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Something Worth Spreading

    Contributed by Clark Harden on Apr 11, 2013
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     | 5,539 views

    I want to speak to you tonight about how we can use our tongue in a positive way. Although all of us are guilty of using our tongue at times as a weapon of sin, I want to talk to you about how we can use our tongue as a weapon of warfare against satan.

    Something Worth Spreading Anyone here ever heard some news that they just couldn’t wait to share with someone. Maybe the fact that someone in your family was going to have a baby, you got a new position or job, or maybe your child did great at their game. We love to share with others what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    In Praise Of The Lord's Do-Gooders

    Contributed by Rev Ken Shedenhelm on Apr 23, 2013
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    We often think of famous people when we think of ministers, or if not famous, we think of men and women who are called Reverend or Pastor and who have a microphone in their hand. However, Tabitha ministered to an entire community through concrete acts of

    I've conducted 49 funerals since I've been here at SPCC.. They were not all members of our church, but the vast majority were- which means that we've gathered monthly to claim the Resurrection Truth for people we loved. A few of them, I suspect, were surprised by God's grace, but many of our ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Hanukkah 2012

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on May 6, 2013
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    Hanukkah is a minor Jewish feast in the context of the other high holy days.

    Hanukkah 2012 A Hanukkah is a minor Jewish feast in the context of the other high holy days. 1 It isn’t an observance commanded in the Torah (later feast/inter-testimental times). a In modern times, Jews/Gentiles both, Hanukkah has become a prominent feast, right along side ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    By Dying We Live Series

    Contributed by Charles R. Peck on Aug 25, 2012
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    By dying to things of this world, we live in His presence in this present world.

    BY DYING WE LIVE The law of self-finding by self-losing is made clean in the life of Jesus. It is a principle that involves the whole human experience. Jesus stated in the gospel of Luke chapter nine and verses twenty-four and twenty-five. “If any man will come after me, let him deny ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Danger! Quicksand Ahead! Series

    Contributed by David Henderson on Sep 6, 2012
     | 5,475 views

    We come to the question this morning, does the Bible speak to the topic of pornography? I read this week comments from one person defending the use of pornography in his life. He had several arguments; in fact he had a fair knowledge of scripture,

    Danger! Quicksand Ahead! 1st Corinthians 6:13b-20 One of the things that has always amazed me about about the Bible is the ability of God’s word to speak to any need that we have. I understand of course that the Bible doesn’t tell us if we’re looking for car insurance whether ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Denis O'Callaghan Ph.D. ,Th.D., D.D., D. Phil. avatar

    Who Is The Real Jesus And What Did He Mean? Series

    Contributed by Denis O'callaghan Ph.d. ,th.d., D.d., D. Phil. on Sep 19, 2012
     | 4,596 views

    Understanding our historical faith

    There are Two Extremes in the consideration of who Jesus is... One extreme in this debate is a radical skepticism. Ever since the publication of the writings of H. S. Reimarus in 1778, the belief of the church that Jesus was and is the Christ, the divine Son of God, born of a virgin, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    At Calvary: Parable Of The Great Divide Series

    Contributed by Dixon Olu. David on Sep 19, 2012
     | 6,511 views

    Some anointed words, unparalleled in the history of man, flowed out on Mt. Calvary on that day preceding the Jewish Sabbath which happened to also be a special Sabbath, being the Passover. Those words transfigured that day from being a “Bad and Dark Frida

    AT CALVARY: PARABLE OF THE GREAT DIVIDE TEXT: LUKE 23: 33-43; JOHN 19: 28-31 Some anointed words, unparalleled in the history of man, flowed out on Mt. Calvary on that day preceding the Jewish Sabbath which happened to also be a special Sabbath, being the Passover. Those words transfigured that ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Denis O'Callaghan Ph.D. ,Th.D., D.D., D. Phil. avatar

    Being On The "Right" Side Of Christianity Series

    Contributed by Denis O'callaghan Ph.d. ,th.d., D.d., D. Phil. on Sep 22, 2012
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     | 4,751 views

    Jesus is the outcast darting from tree to tree in the backs of our minds, questioning "Do love Me"? Keep my commandments."

    Saints of God, I have saved the last two studies in this series for last "what Jesus though of Politics and Religion" And if your one of those who read the last chapter of a mystery first to see the ending then I won’t disappoint you. Something you might want to share with your ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Charles Mims avatar

    Redeemed Or Just Wet?

    Contributed by Charles Mims on Oct 7, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,179 views

    Sermon on Baptism

    Redeemed our Just Wet? July 22, 2012 Romans 6:1-14 King James Version (KJV) 6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope Instead Of Despair

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 15, 2012
     | 6,202 views

    A sermon on Amos 8:11-14 on how people run to things of this world instead of to the Bible to find meaning to their lives (Outline and material adapted from the book Existentialism: The Philosophy of Despair and the Quest for Hope, from chapter 3, The De

    HoHum: A. What would happen if a “miracle” had occurred where the hand that had written the Word had sponged out of our Bibles every syllable they contained, and thus reclaimed the most precious gift that Heaven had bestowed to mankind. Without the Word we would lapse into despair. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Now Hiring – ‘slaves’ Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 18, 2012
     | 4,643 views

    A study of the Gospel of Luke chapter 17 verses 5 through 10

    Luke 17: 5 – 10 Now Hiring – ‘Slaves’ 5 And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” 6 So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Which Jesus?

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 28, 2013
     | 4,559 views

    The burial of Christ confronts us with the clear reality of his death and resurrection. The burial of Christ ensures that we accept the historicity of his death and resurrection.

    The gospel is summarized in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. The Apostle Paul writes, “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,” (1 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational