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  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Calling Upon The Lord

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Nov 23, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 31,767 views

    To call upon the Lord is to address or approach God with a specific request. It is a reverential act of summoning the aid of the Lord God Almighty. God wants us to call upon His name. This sermon examines that for which God would have us to call upon Him.

    Disclaimer: Source material for this sermon has been gleaned from many different sources. I have attempted to acknowledge these sources whenever possible. "CALLING UPON THE LORD" TEXT: PSALM 145:14-19 KEY – Ps. 145:18 “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Giving Thanks?

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 26, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,541 views

    We have been blessed in so many ways that we too often never truly give thanks to God for His blessings.

    Are You Giving Thanks? Selected Passages November 20, 2005 Thanksgiving Message Introduction Can you believe that this Thursday is Thanksgiving Day? Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving? Lou Whitmire, a reporter in Mansfield, Ohio, asked the all important question "Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?" ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Narnia: Not Safe But Good Series

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 26, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,068 views

    some things are not safe but good, while other things are good, but not safe

    1. There are things that seem good but are not safe - Name some Remember Ralphie from A Christmas Story "I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!" What did Santa and his mother say? Ever want something so bad you could taste it, then when you got it - you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Gene Gregory avatar

    Remembering You're Not On Your Own Series

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 30, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,636 views

    2nd in series on restoring the joy in a Christian’s life. Sermon begins in Psalms but is built around Jeremiah passage.

    RESTORING THE JOY Part 2: Remembering You’re Not On Your Own - Read Psalm 137:1-4 In this passage, we find that Israel had been invaded by the Babylonians. The Babylonians pillaged their country. They killed a lot of people; and then took the leaders and whatever young men looked like ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rev. Bruce A. Shields avatar

    Part 6 Growing Faith Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Dec 1, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,363 views

    Part 6 - Growing Faith, we will examine how we can grow our faith.

    FAITH PART 6 – Growing Faith First Baptist Church of Tawas City Michigan Rev. Bruce A. Shields – 11-27-2005 www.tawasbaptist.org WELCOME • Visitors (Visitor Cards & Prayer Request Cards in pews) • The Teen Youth will be having a special offering at the end of the service today to help raise ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Randall Bergsma avatar

    Narnia: How The World Went Wrong Series

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 1, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,032 views

    Sin has frozen our world in it’s grip and without outside help we are lost. Our fundamental problem is the presence of evil which is only defeated by the presence of God

    Intro: Like Lucy, Edmund finds his way into Narnia through the wardrobe. But he doesn’t meet the nice faun, Mr. Tumnus. Instead, he comes face to face with the most feared being in that world: Jadis, the White Witch. What Edmund doesn’t realize is that he is, in fact, a being that she fears. She ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Juan Lane avatar

    Trying To Be Like Jesus

    Contributed by Juan Lane on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,830 views

    When we try to be like Jesus people around us are not going to understand

    Trying To Be Like Jesus Scripture Reference: Matthew 14:22-33 (KJV) 22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Appearances Can Be Deceiving Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 11, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,905 views

    #3 in Christmas series on fear. What was Joseph afraid of? How things looked.

    Matthew 1:18-25 – Appearances Can Be Deceiving Today we are continuing our series on fear. Four times in the Christmas story, someone is told not to be afraid. Today we are looking at the story of Joseph from Matthew 1:18-25. Now, there is a lot said about Mary, the topic of last week’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Punishment For God's People

    Contributed by James Jack on Dec 14, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 11,054 views

    God expects faithfullness from his people, so live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

    When I was a kid I remember having a friend over and playing cricket in the back yard. We repeatedly hit the ball over the fence into the neighbour’s hard and trampled all over their flower beds retrieving it. We were caught mutilating the backyard flora and my mother proceeded to berate me ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Kerry Bauman avatar

    Christmas Is Sacrifice Series

    Contributed by Kerry Bauman on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 9,686 views

    You cannot think of the baby in the manger at Bethlehem without also thinking of the bloody cross at Calvary

    Christmas is Sacrifice Text: Hebrews 10:1-14 Introduction: In England there is a place called The Pilgrim Way. It is one of the many footpaths throughout the country, but it is unique in that it was the path that Christians, for hundreds of years, took as a religious pilgrimage. For many it was ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    What Would The Angels Say About Christmas?

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,608 views

    What the angels would say about the way we celebrate Christmas today.

    What Would the Angels Say About Christmas? Dec. 11, 2005 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: A Review 1 Santa (focus & faith) 2 Satan (virgin birth & peace) 3 Angels a 3 accounts b But when he had considered this, behold, an angel ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Weber avatar

    Narnia: A World Without Jesus Would Be A Hopeless World Series

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,059 views

    This is the third and final sermon in a series that explores the question, "What if Jesus had never been born?" It uses themes from the book of the same title by D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe. We also had an original drama each week and video clip

    What If It Was Always Winter And Never Christmas? (What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?) Part #3 – December 25 – “A world without Jesus would be a hopeless world” What would the world be like without Christmas?” Without Christmas . . . 1. The fruitcake market would completely collapse. 2. Our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • K. Edward Skidmore avatar

    Jesus, The Light Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 18, 2006
    based on 37 ratings
     | 10,397 views

    Sermon #6 in the Jesus in Isaiah series looks at how Messiah is pictured as a light in a dark place. Texts for this include Isaiah 9:2-4, 50:10-11, 60:1-3 as well as a reference in Matt.5:14-16. (Sermon #5 of this series is omitted because Ronnie Morgan

    Isaiah #6 CHCC: 02-16-03 THE LIGHT Isaiah 9:2-4, Isaiah 50:10-11, Isaiah 60:1-3, Matthew 5:14-16 SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 60:1-3, Matthew 5:14-16 SKIT: This Little Light of Mine INTRODUCTION: I like it when other people assist me by bringing a unique introduction to my sermon. Surely ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • George Rhodes avatar

    What Freedom Is Not Series

    Contributed by George Rhodes on Apr 19, 2006
    based on 71 ratings
     | 9,824 views

    Christians cannot allow their freedom to turn into permssion to lives anyway they’d like.

    Freedom Is Not License, Galatians 5:13 Pastor Trey Rhodes You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. (Galatians 5:13) "Everybody looks for different things in the Ten Commandments. Some look for Divine ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • William Hayes avatar

    Evangelism Series

    Contributed by William Hayes on Apr 26, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 25,468 views

    Some points from the sending out of the twelve

    Luke 9 There comes a time in all of our lives when we have to learn to do things on our own. Whether that means our first steps, our first go at riding a bike without stabilisers, going to school on your own, all the way through to the time when we finally leave to set up home ourselves. You ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed