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  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Divine Ownership

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Aug 20, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,867 views

    All believers have been given new life in Christ under Divine Ownership, with a Divine Occupant, and a Divine Objective.

    Divine Ownership 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 (Focus = verses 19-20) The Corinthian church was much like the church in America today. They lived in a culture that was hedonistic, seeking to gratify their physical appetites for pleasure. The city was consumed and obsessed with sensuality and promiscuity. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time - Year C. In Defense Of The Pharisee And Tax Collector

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 25, 2025
     | 142 views

    Jesus indicates that the Pharisee's virtue was destroyed by pride, but he certainly was objectively living a good moral life.

    Let’s see what the Pharisee did right, and the tax collector— The Pharisee prayed- 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity --greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' Jesus indicates ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Attitude Adjustment

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 18, 2023
     | 1,961 views

    How do you react when God seems to be unfair? Do you react with anger and impatience? Or do you persevere, with humility and trust?

    “Master, help me!” she cried, bursting past the astonished householder and throwing herself before the weary traveler. “I couldn’t stop her, Rabbi,” said his host, “shall I throw her out?” Jesus motioned him to be silent. The woman knelt before him in an attitude of utter desperation. “What do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    United With Christ As A Vine! Series

    Contributed by Stephen Elmer on Jul 31, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,956 views

    Your Union With Christ Is Like The Union Between A Vine And Its Branches!

    “United We Stand!” United With Christ As A Vine! John 15:1-8 Introduction: 1. Exploring The Doctrine Of A Christian’s Union With Christ! - IE: “Clue” - Searching Through The Mansion Of The Entire New Testament, Gathering From Room To Room Clues About The Mystery Of Our Union With Christ! - ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Two Sides Of Foot Washing

    Contributed by Jerry Thorpe on May 16, 2009
    based on 15 ratings
     | 17,382 views

    Over and over, Jesus taught his followers about the value of humility. Now the Lord placed them in a situation in which they must act it out.

    THE TWO SIDES OF FOOT WASHING John 13:1-17 If you’ve ever spent time around farm animals, you may see a number of similarities between them and us people. Chickens, for example, have an interesting tendency to set up a social order in which the strong pick on the weak. Or maybe I should say ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    To Know God, You Must Be A Member Of His Church

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Jun 7, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,621 views

    We can not know the Triune God from objective observation. Knowledge of God Comes through our relationship with him. Trinity Sunday, Series B

    Trinity Sunday, June 11, 2006, “Series B” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Oh God, reveal yourself to us and give us the grace to love and to follow the revelation that we receive. Keep us open minded, always ready to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Run #4 Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Dec 23, 2019
     | 2,331 views

    Faith and Trust in God means you will be asked to challenge the status quo so He will be glorified

    As I was reading my bible this week, I came across a familiar piece of scripture about a guy who should have been on a box of “wheaties” in early Jerusalem. The story comes out of 1 Sam 17. It’s the story of David and Goliath. To refresh your memory, this is where David a little shepherd boy has ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Ark Baptism Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,603 views

    Baptism is a ritual that points in several directions.

    Ark Baptism (I Peter 3:20b-22) 1. When it comes to church, some people cannot stay put. One balmy day in the South Pacific, a navy ship espied smoke coming from one of three huts on an uncharted island. ?Upon arriving at the shore they were met by a shipwreck survivor. He said, "I’m so glad ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Complete Commitment

    Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Mar 25, 2002
    based on 165 ratings
     | 13,504 views

    Half-hearted attempts at life and relationships lead us to frustration, but wholeheartedness brings true prosperity.

    Whole Heartedness 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When You're Angry With God, Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Nov 17, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,318 views

    Nineveh may have been the largest number of people turning to God for the next 2,700 years. But it left Jonah angry at God.

    It was an event described simply as an awesome experience. There were 1.3 million people gathered. The year was 1974 and the place was Seoul, Korea. The gigantic crowd was gathered for what was called Explo ’74. Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ described what it was like for him to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Upon This Rock

    Contributed by Mike Turner on Jan 3, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 12,449 views

    This sermons deals with the building of the church according to Jesus.

    Matthew 16:13-18 Upon This Rock I. The Foundation of the Church. Those who teach that Peter was the rock that the church would be built upon err. Jesus says to Peter....”thou are “petrus” ( i.e. a stone, pebble or fragment from a rock.) and upon this “petra”(i.e. a large mass of rock) Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spiritual Authority

    Contributed by Don Baggett on Mar 15, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,170 views

    After three and a half years of teaching these disciples, Jesus was bringing His teaching to a critical point: His followers are to exercise the authority He was giving them, by the working of their faith.

    In Matthew 21:1-11, we see Jesus riding into Jerusalem on the back of a young donkey that had never before been ridden. People were putting their cloaks in the pathway, as well as laying down palm branches, and that’s why we call the Sunday before Easter, “Palm Sunday.” Palm Sunday begins a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Hand In Our Suffering Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Aug 31, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,806 views

    How should we respond when life falls apart?

    [To receive free sermons by email each week, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com; for more, visit http://jonathan-mcleod.blogspot.com/] WHEN LIFE FALLS APART OBJECT LESSON: Jenga How many of you have ever played the game Jenga? “You take a block from the bottom and you put it on top.” Each of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Are You Afraid?

    Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Jul 5, 2017
     | 5,541 views

    Do you feel God’s presence and love in the midst of the storms in your life?

    Storm-tossed waters are a frequently used metaphor for the turmoil of living. In 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down, and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot recorded a haunting ballad in honor of and as a tribute to the ship and the men who lost their lives. He called it “The Wreck of the Edmund ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Larry Grant avatar

    Cut It Off, Cut It Off, Pluck It Out

    Contributed by Larry Grant on Feb 6, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,939 views

    O be careful little eyes what you see. O be careful little eyes what you see. For the Father up above He is looking down in love. So, be careful little eyes what you see.

    Mark 9:42-48 (NKJV) “Cut it Off, Cut it Off, Pluck it Out" Children's Song: O be careful little eyes what you see O be careful little eyes what you see For the Father up above He is looking down in love So, be careful little eyes what you see O be careful little hands what you do O be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist