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  • Richard Tow avatar

    God's Answer To Our Weariness

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 8,881 views

    In our busy culture weariness is a common challenge. This sermon explores incidents of people’s weariness in the Bible and God’s solution to the problem.

    God’s Answer to Our Weariness Isaiah 40:27-31 9-1-02 Intro: You know you’re too Stressed if… 10. You achieve a “Runners High” by just sitting up. 9. You say the same sentence over and over, not realizing you have said it before. 8. You pop your popcorn without putting the lid on. 7. You ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    What Hope Does Easter Bring For A Person Like Me?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 9, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 3,034 views

    Three people are mentioned by name (besides Jesus) in John’s resurrection chapter. What do these three people have to say to us?

    CONTEXT: - John is the greatest gospel theologically. - The resurrection story is the most important chapter. - There are only three people mentioned by name in this chapter (besides Jesus) (note: “the other disciple whom Jesus loved” is an obvious reference to John, but he is not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Floyd Johnson avatar

    Sars And Wars – Where Is God?

    Contributed by Floyd Johnson on May 4, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 2,320 views

    We are broken people - SARS and war of evidence of this. Yet God chooses to love and use broken people to spread his Word.

    Intro.: I don’t know whether you read the newspaper on a regular basis? But I expect that, if not the newspaper, then the radio or the TV becomes a source about the days news. 1. Sometimes when I listen to or read the news, I feel quite discourages 2. It seems that I see daily bad news about the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dan Borchert avatar

    What Blocks Us From Jesus Series

    Contributed by Dan Borchert on May 9, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,937 views

    Jesus was resurected. But some people never notice. Some people never got to enjoy the resurection. What causes us to miss the resurection

    John 20:10-17 What Blocks us From Jesus Introduction A. Have you ever wondered why you can’t feel Jesus presence sometimes? B. Have you ever thought that Jesus was not there? C. Have you ever cried out to God and felt like no one was listening? D. If you have let me reassure of something E. You ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Kenneth Anthony avatar

    What Am I Suppose To Do With My Life?

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Jul 23, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,855 views

    Modern trend is that people are postponing major decisions in life. People have little direction. True calling is to serve God with spiritual gifts.

    What Am I Suppose To Do With My Life? People today don’t know what they want to do with their lives. Despite all of our wealth, education, and opportunity people are constantly searching for happiness and fulfillment. Their journey never seems to end because they are reluctant to grow up and ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Don Baggett avatar

    Assurance Of Salvation

    Contributed by Don Baggett on Dec 1, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,828 views

    Some people should not have assurance, because they are not saved, but when saved people do not have assurance, they are robbed of the joy of the Christian life.

    It is not an unusual occurrence for someone to share with me that they are plagued, from time to time, with doubts about their salvation. Some people should not have assurance, because they are not saved, but when saved people do not have assurance, they are robbed of the joy of the Christian ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Willis avatar

    "Aspects Of Our Calling" Series

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Oct 8, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,773 views

    This sermon is the second in this current series of “Preaching Through Romans” and deals with the various aspects of God’s calling upon people’s lives.

    As a pastor, there are all kinds of calls I receive from day to day. I get calls requesting prayer, concerning counseling, dealing with death and on many occasions a call for an order for Dominos Pizza! The last four digits of one church phone number was the same as Dominos and I would invariably ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Matthew Morine avatar

    The Story Of God: The Exodus/Christ Event

    Contributed by Matthew Morine on Mar 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,983 views

    The foreshadowing of the passover, and the true passover are amazing. Explore this interesting parallel in the story of God as he prepares his people for the preparation of all people.

    THE STORY OF GOD: THE EXODUS/CHIRST EVENT TEXT: EXODUS 12:21-27 THEME: THE PASSOVER EVENT FORESHADOWING THE CHRIST EVENT. Most of us have never experienced slavery. We have no understanding or comprehension about the degrading act of slavery. But Frederick Douglass does. The son of a slave ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeff Budzinski avatar

    Godly Influence - Winning Souls For Jesus

    Contributed by Jeff Budzinski on Jan 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,762 views

    As Christians, we must understand that we are people of influence. We have what most people are looking for...The Answer Jesus.

    Introduction · Through the Word of God and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, Jesus has given us the ability to influence others for Christ. · As a child of God, you have inherited the blessing, which includes the ability to influence people for God and His kingdom. · A person of influence ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Tom McCrossan avatar

    Grateful To God

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 29, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,958 views

    We are people who have been blessed beyond measure, and people who NEED to give thanks to the giver of all good gifts.

    Thanksgiving Eve - Psalm 100:1-5 Harriet Martineau was an atheist. One morning she & a friend stepped out into the glories of a beautiful fall morning. As she saw the brilliant sun peaking through the haze, & the frost on the meadow, & the brightly colored leaves making their way lazily to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jamey Stuart avatar

    Small Groups - Overrated?

    Contributed by Jamey Stuart on Sep 29, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,291 views

    This message was used to motivate people to sign up for small groups - it worked too! Largest sign-up ever (over 250 people)

    Introduction: Should small groups be that hard? Should they be that scary? Today officially kicks off the sign-ups for our fall small group semester – and for the next month in every e-mail, in every message, in every gathering we have I will be talking about this great small group experience ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Thinking Clearly About Our African Spritual Heritage

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 4, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 26,043 views

    This sermon was preached on Black History Sunday and it highlights people of color in the bible and challenges the stereotypes we have of Africans as people and of African history.

    Thinking Clearly About Our African Spiritual Heritage 2/27/2005 As we go through our sermon series on thinking clearly, one of the ones that got left out was thinking clearly about our African Spiritual Heritage. We’ve decided to put this one in. Why do we need to think clearly here. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Thomas Baird avatar

    18 Inches To Salvation

    Contributed by Thomas Baird on May 31, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 9,136 views

    There are thousands of people today that are only 18 inches away from salvation.... there are thousands of people going to hell, because of that 18 inches of space

    18 Inches to salvation! 7/16/02 Do you realize that most accidents that occur could be prevented by just a few inches? There are automobile accidents every day and many times you can see that the person was trying to avoid whatever had happened, and if there had just been ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    Open Minds

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on May 26, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,208 views

    The only way to fulfill the purpose of the church and of being a Christian is to be committed to opening people’s minds to receive Christ Jesus and eternal life.

    Open Minds – Luke 24: 44 - 53 Intro: When I was in high school, I could not understand why it was necessary for me to take subjects like history, algebra, geometry or chemistry. --- Perhaps the reason I felt that way was because those were the hardest classes for me. --- Regardless, no one could ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ken Kersten avatar

    Struggling With A Wavering Faith

    Contributed by Ken Kersten on Nov 12, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 37,906 views

    one thing the Bible and history teach us, is that many people, if not all people, have struggled at times in their life with issues of doubt and faith.

    Struggling With a Wavering Faith Turn to Mark 9:23-24 Show Video Clip from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – Leap of Faith - leaping into the unknown. Well, we’re talking this morning about those times when we need to make that leap of faith. Times when doubts arise and it all doesn’t make ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ