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  • Alan McCann avatar

    Ready Or Not Here I Come. Series

    Contributed by Alan Mccann on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 133 ratings
     | 11,986 views

    Guest Service - evangelistic address

    GUEST SERVICE – JUNE 04. I don’t know if you have seen the trailers for the latest blockbuster movie. It begins with a question –Where will you be the day after tomorrow? The scenario is that due to problems with the ozone layer the polar ice cap melts creating all sorts of natural disasters ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Whatever It Takes

    Contributed by Nathan Eyland on Jan 21, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,522 views

    The challenge for an old church becoming a new church

    Over the Christmas / New Year period while Leni was away in Greece with most of her immediate family, I spent some time staying with her brother in the City. We had some friends over and they were staying in our place, so I took the opportunity to get to know Leni’s brother better. One of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Power With Purpose Series

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Aug 17, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,972 views

    As we continue our series this morning on the Life of Jesus, I want us to focus on the miraculous power of Jesus by looking at one of his miracles of healing. By looking at his miracles of healing, we discover why Jesus is a distinctive messiah worth foll

    Read Mark 1:29-34, then Play Video from movie Leap of Faith “Bring in the Flock “ What a contrast - There is a great deal of difference from the way Jesus performed miracles and in the way people perceive miracles happening today. Just as the video demonstrated, our world is full of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Life Of Forgiveness - #5 Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Apr 25, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,011 views

    Forgiveness is not a one-time event, it is a lifestyle for the authentic believer

    Believers Who Are M.A.D. A Life of Forgiveness Matthew 18:21-35 Once there was a millionaire who owned a lot in an exclusive residential area of a large city. This lot presented an unusual problem. It was only 2 yards wide but nearly 100 feet long. There was nothing that he could do but sell it to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Madana Kumar, PhD avatar

    Fathers Day Sermon: My Father’s Business Series

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Jun 20, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 24,497 views

    How do we honour our heavenly father on this father’s day?

    The beginning of Father’s Day does not have it’s roots in Mother’s Day or a greeting card company. The celebration of Dad’s special day is credited to Mrs. John B. Dodd of Washington state, who first suggested the idea in 1909. Mrs. Dodd’s father, William Smart, was widowed when his wife died in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What We All Have Felt: Betrayed Series

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Oct 14, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,080 views

    Betrayed. A word we might forget about during the Easter season—but it is how Jesus’ march toward Calvary is sealed. You know, you may have been betrayed in your life, but if you are honest, you have done your own betraying too! Because of the Cross, fell

    “What We All Have Felt” (Betrayed) Text: Mark 14:10-11, 44-46 I want to talk to you today about something that is NOT funny. If we could have worked it out I would have showed you how NOT funny it really is on the screen by showing you a video clip from the PASSION OF CHRIST. I'll ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tom Owen avatar

    People Who Tell The Truth About Jesus Christ Series

    Contributed by Tom Owen on Dec 7, 2010
     | 4,098 views

    Learning how to be the church in today's world through learning from the book of Acts.

    [“Jesus” represented by the media – married, aquarian, self-claims, Jesus and satan brothers, Jesus a created god, etc.] There’s so many voices giving the world the wrong impression of who Jesus really is. It’s up to us as Christians to tell the world and to show the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Wee Encounters Grace

    Contributed by Troy Horne on Mar 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,957 views

    The story of Zacchaeus with a new twist. Interview sermon for Faith Church of the Nazarene.

    Lk. 19.1-10 “When Wee Encounters Grace” 1. A friend of mine interviewed recently at a medium sized church. At the close of the service, after he had preached, he stood by the back door to greet the people as they left. One by one they passed by him, many with a nod, or a smile, or a good ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    The Invasion Of Islam, Pt. 2

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 22, 2007
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,084 views

    Jesus raised the dead and Mohammad killed the living. Jesus healed the sick and Mohammad harmed the healthy. Jesus released the oppressed and Mohammad enslaved the free! And it’s still happening today somewhere around the world!

    I just want to go on record again as saying; these 2 weeks have not been a Muslim bashing, but rather it’s been an exposing of the mystery behind the veil that makes Islam so intriguing to its 1.5 billion followers. Last week we found out the complexity of the Muslim messenger and the confusion of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "He Has The Keys 2" Series

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Aug 5, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,865 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to encourage believers to place all of their TRUST AND CONFIDENCE in Jesus who has the keys to open and shut the doors of hell and death.

    Matthew 27:51-54 Revelation 1:17-18 5 August 2007 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Fort Ord Chapel Seaside, California & Community Missionary Baptist Church Pacific Grove CA BIG IDEA: PUT YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE in Jesus who has the keys to open and shut the doors of hell and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Beth Garrod-Logsdon avatar

    The Unfinished Story

    Contributed by Beth Garrod-Logsdon on Apr 14, 2009
     | 5,099 views

    We have received the same message at the empty tomb as the women did. What will we do with it? Keep it a secret? Run away in fear? Go and tell?

    The Unfinished Story Mark 16:1-8 Easter 2009 Do you know the best way to make sure news spreads quickly? Tell someone NOT to tell anyone else! That’s what makes gossip so tempting. We love to hear and share stories about others, especially when we’re not supposed to! Throughout the gospel of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Pat Cook avatar

    What About Peter? Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 9, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,474 views

    This is a controversial but hopefully delicate sermon about Jesus’ appearance to Peter, and about how some things just aren’t our business to know.

    1 Corinthians 15:1-8 – What About Peter? Tonight we are going to start off by reading our scripture, a very early creed of the church. It was like an Apostle’s Creed, a few brief but clear lines of doctrine about what the early believers actually believed. Let’s read 1 Corinthians 15:1-8. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Demands Of Discipleship Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Nov 24, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 18,025 views

    Jesus now turns to a crowd of mixed spiritual commitment and speaks of “The Demands of Discipleship,” words that seem deliberately aimed at thinning their ranks.

    A Study of the Book of Luke Sermon # 40 “The Demands of Discipleship” Luke 14:25-35 Dr. John R. Hamby When the dinner was over Jesus resumed his journey to Jerusalem. In verse twenty-five we see that when Jesus left the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Three Tough Issues On A Woman's Role In Church

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 2, 2006
    based on 22 ratings
     | 8,194 views

    These difficult passages deal with the controversial subjects of women being silent in church, women wearing head coverings, and male headship. This message looks at both sides of each Biblical argument.

    - It’s Christmas Eve and the kids are off to bed. You pull out the box with one of their big gifts for Christmas morning. Before you’re off to bed, you just need to spend a few minutes assembling the toy. You open the box and pull out piece after piece after piece, along with several bags of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Did He Just Say???

    Contributed by Frederic Whittier on Feb 27, 2007
     | 2,037 views

    What should a Christian marriage look like?

    What did he just say??? Ephesians 5:22-33 There were two lines of husbands in heaven, one for the dominant husbands and one for the passive, submissive husbands. The submissive husband line extended almost out of sight. There was one man in the dominant husband line. He was small, timid, appeared ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene