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  • Sajayan Chacko avatar

    Fill Your Mouth With Life

    Contributed by Sajayan Chacko on Jan 24, 2024
     | 1,171 views

    Mouth can Block everything

    Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. • With the tongue Caesar sent armies to war, • Adolf Hitler incited mass genocide and cults like Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Mormons sprang up. • With the tongue Wesley preached to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    To Live Is Christ Series

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on May 6, 2025
     | 863 views

    Based on Philippians 1:19-30 - Challenges hearers to realize that we live in joy when we live in Christ.

    “TO LIVE IS CHRIST” Phil. 1:19-30 FBCF – 5/4/25 Jon Daniels INTRO – How many of you here today want to have more joy in your life? Seems to be a scarce commodity these days. So many things work against us to steal our joy – stress/anxiety, burdens we carry, uncertainty in our nation/world, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Eyes Of The Lord

    Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on May 12, 2024
     | 2,965 views

    THE EYES OF THE LORD OUTLINE 1. GRACE 2. THE APPLE OF HIS EYE 3. GUIDES 4. RIGHTEOUS 5. SUFFERING 6. WICKED 7. GIVING 8. GRATITUDE 9. SINS 10. HEART 11.CHURCH 12.NATION

    THE EYES OF THE LORD OUTLINE 1. WE FIND GRACE IN THE THE EYES OF THE LORD 2. THE LORD KEEPS US AS THE APPLE OF HIS EYE 3. THE LORD GUIDES US WITH HIS EYE 4. THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE UPON THE RIGHTEOUS 5. THE EYES OF THE LORD SEE OUR SUFFERING 6. THE EYES OF THE LORD SEE THE WICKED 7. THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Who Was John The Baptizer? His Life And How He Died Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jun 5, 2023
     | 1,461 views

    John the baptizer was born and spoke for the purpose of telling the masses to get ready, something huge is about to happen.

    Who was John the baptizer? He was not one of Jesus’ twelve disciples. He was in fact a blood relative of Jesus. Jesus’s cousin. But there was something very special about John. His birth happened in a very special way. He would become a voice crying out to the entire nation of Israel, to prepare ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Return To The Gold Standard

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 6, 2023
     | 1,119 views

    "Doing to others as you would have them do to you" is another way of saying "Love your neighbor as yourself," which isn't easy. Love seeks their long term good, not their short term happiness.

    About 50 years before Jesus’ time, two famous rabbis were competing for the future of Judaism. One, Rabbi Shammai, was an engineer known for the strictness of his views. The Talmud - that is, the authoritative commentary on the Hebrew scriptures - tells that a gentile came to Shammai and told him ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "i Want To Be Like Jesus"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 5, 2023
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     | 3,532 views

    A sermon about humility and seeking to have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.

    “I Want to be Like Jesus” Philippians 2:1-13 You wouldn’t think it would be so difficult. As a matter of fact, it should come naturally. We are all born as little babies who don’t know a thing and are completely dependent on our mothers. We are all made of the same stuff—flesh, blood, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Remember Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Mar 14, 2024
     | 1,466 views

    We are swiftly coming to the conclusion of Mark’s Gospel. In typical fashion, Mark is brief, but informative. We are entering into the last events of the earthly life of Jesus.

    REMEMBER Mark 14:12-25 Introduction Powerful Words from the Last Week of the Life of Jesus: Rejection, Love, and today Remember. Mark 14:12-25, ESV And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Palm Friday: A Sermon For Passion Sunday

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Mar 18, 2024
     | 1,223 views

    Why is this sermon called "Palm Friday?" Is it not "Palm Sunday?" Is not Friday called "Good Friday?"

    Palm Friday: A Sermon for Passion Sunday John 18:22 NKJV And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Do You answer the high priest like that?” We now come to the Sunday which has two names in the Lectionary. It is called ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    "pop Star Or Messiah?" Updated Version

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 20, 2024
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     | 1,355 views

    A sermon for Palm Sunday.

    “Pop Star or Messiah?” Mark 11:1-11 What is going on here? It appears that a whole crowd of people have fallen head over heels in love with Jesus! The people are infatuated. It’s as if Jesus were a pop star or something! “Many people spread out their clothes on the road while others spread ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Sheba's Rebellion Against King David Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Oct 3, 2023
     | 1,836 views

    Mephibosheth comes to David having not washed his clothes, or shaved or cared for his appearance, basically to show David that he was waiting for his return.

    At the end of 2nd Samuel chapter 19 we see Mephibosheth rejoining King David after he had fled Jerusalem. We also see Barzillai, a rich guy who was supporting David in Mahanaim, come to David, and David invites him to Jerusalem, but Barzillai prefers to return to his own home, because he’s in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Is It A Sin To Doubt? Series

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on Oct 22, 2023
     | 1,574 views

    Based on John 20:24-29 - Encourages hearers to recognize how doubt enters our lives & how to respond to it.

    “IS IT A SIN TO DOUBT?” John 20:24-29 FBCF – 10/22/23 Jon Daniels INTRO – State nicknames: - MS – The Hospitality State - AL – The Heart of Dixie - TN – The Volunteer State - LA – The Pelican State - AR – The Natural State - FL – The Sunshine State - MO – The Show Me State o At an 1899 naval ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Davon Huss avatar

    Pray Gratefully Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 30, 2024
     | 622 views

    The Gospels record several places where Jesus gave thanks (from Bob Hostetler's book, Red Letter Prayer Life, chapter on the same title)

    HoHum: There is an insurance commercial where an internet influencer says into her phone: “Hey, fam. I am at this beautiful lake that I just discovered. Practicing gratitude, manifesting abundance” WBTU: Laugh at that every time but it is true that practicing gratitude does make a difference ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Easter Day (B C P). Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 17, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 399 views

    Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.

    Psalm 111:1-10, Exodus 12:21-28, Colossians 3:1-7, John 20:1-10. A). A COMMITMENT TO PRAISE THE LORD. Psalm 111:1-10. After the initial exhortation to “Praise ye the LORD” (Psalm 111:1), this song forms an acrostic, using all twenty-two Hebrew letters in alphabetical order. As for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Abiodun Adeniyi avatar

    The Secrets Of Personal Developments.

    Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Apr 23, 2025
     | 475 views

    A secret is something that is hidden from the generality of the people but known to some individuals or a group of individual. It may also be something that is necessary for a breakthrough or as information which has been kept away from the eyes and minds of many people

    The Secrets of Personal Developments. 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29 Introduction: There are three important words here that we shall ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Dunn avatar

    Find Your Towel

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 1, 2025
     | 163 views

    Jesus gives authority to serve, not rule—power shaped like a towel, lifting others, revealing love’s quiet strength, and mirroring His heart.

    1. The Ladder and the Towel My senior pastor once stood with me in the church fellowship hall staring at a row of framed photographs—portraits of evangelists who had conducted meetings through the years. His finger paused on one. “H. M. S. Richards, Sr.,” he said softly. Then came a line I’ll ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist