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  • Mitchell Skelton avatar

    The Trouble With Tradition Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Aug 16, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 9,863 views

    How did Jesus deal with "Traditon." How can we apply His teaching to our practices today?

    The Trouble with Tradition Mark 7:1–13 INTRODUCTION We obtain biblical authority from three ways: 1. Direct Command, 2. Divine Example and 3. Necessary Inference. When we come across anything for which we do not have a command, example or cannot infer proper action from clear biblical ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Enabling Power

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 17, 2003
    based on 55 ratings
     | 3,993 views

    Jesus assured us that He would give us the enabling, efficacy, energy and dynamics necessary to effectively witness for Him in all situations. We are only limited by our realization of the Holy Spirit’s empowering within us both to will and to do of His g

    Enabling Power - Acts 1:8 You will receive power (enabling, ability, efficacy and energy) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and unto the utter most parts of the earth. (Acts 1:8) We worship a loving God who desires that all men ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Is Love?

    Contributed by Jin Ming Ma on Aug 24, 2009
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     | 2,945 views

    Mother’s love like Christ’ love which is faithful and kind.

    What is love? Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 I. Introduction According to the Book of Acts (18:1-17), about 54 CE the apostle Paul founded a church in the capital city of the Roman province of Achaia - Corinth. It was a large and prospering urban center with an ethnically, culturally, and ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Jesus Doesn't Send People To Hell But Neglect Will

    Contributed by James Webster on Jan 30, 2013
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     | 7,754 views

    This is a short sermon or can be used as a devotional

    January 30, 2013 Looking at the parable Jesus gave in Matthew 25:1:13, concerning the 10 virgins that were called to a wedding, I have been thinking about the 5 foolish virgins that were not ready when the call came to go. It was not what they did that excluded them from being ready; it was what ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Motive For The Moment Series

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on May 5, 2011
     | 3,741 views

    Prayer should be prayed with purpose and Right intentions!!!

    The Motive for the Moment Luke 11:1 Luke 11:1 One day he was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said, "Master, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples." Matthew 6: 5-7 5And when thou prayest, thou shalt ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Avoiding Usury

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 20, 2008
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     | 3,532 views

    Investing as a Christian means taking the Biblical command against usury seriously and interpreting it as the Church does.

    Monday of 25th week in course 22 Sept 2008 Psalm 15 “Market meltdown. . .wild roller-coaster ride. . .investor lack of confidence. . .flight to safety. . .historic market swing.” These are all phrases that described recent stock and bond market activity throughout the world. What does the Church ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Flies In The Perfume

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Jan 30, 2019
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     | 4,741 views

    Sometime we stink before GOD

    Flies in the Perfume Intro: Perfume maker Many years ago there was a perfume maker who made the best perfume. He had been working on his latest creation for over a month. All his work was beginning to pay off, this was the best perfume he had ever created. He couldn’t wait to show it to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Are You The Permissive Parent?

    Contributed by Bola Folakemi Praise on Mar 16, 2020
     | 1,939 views

    Many things have gone wrong in our society today as a result of “civilisation, modernisation or Westernisation” or whichever name is given to the moral decadence in this new age. Moral values, decency and respect are things of the past; they have long gone into extinction!

    PROVERBS 19:18 “Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.” (Proverbs 19: 18). The Cambridge dictionary defines discipline as “The training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, and there will be punishment if these ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Most Important Question

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 4, 2015
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    A Most Important Question

    Job 25:1-6 A Most Important Question Bildad is one of Job's friends and he, along with Eliphaz and Zophar have been trying to counsel Job. In the process he poses a question with two parts - 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? I. ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Gospel Of Joy Is A Gospel Of Peace Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 11, 2017
     | 4,787 views

    "Peace in society cannot be understood as pacification or the mere absence of violence"

    Thursday of Sixth Week in Course Joy of the Gospel We are now in the season which the Extraordinary Form calendar still calls Septuagesima, or the seventy days before Easter. In other words, we need to remember that we are looking toward the beginning of Lent on March 1, and the sacrifices we need ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Blessing Of Communion

    Contributed by Sheryln Miller on Apr 5, 2017
     | 10,655 views

    The messages notes the covenantal blessings one invokes or ratifies when taking communion.

    Renowned commentator, Matthew Henry said, when we take communion “we feast on the sacrificed body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. And to eat of the feast is to partake of the sacrifice, and so to be his guests to whom the sacrifice was offered, and this in token of friendship with him. To ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Peter Claver--Open To Black Suffering Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,314 views

    Like Peter Claver, we can be means of helping others to escape the slavery of sin.

    September 5, 2011 Testimony of the Saints Labor Day I sometimes ask my students what occupation God would put on his tax return, if He had to file one. That usually brings puzzled looks until I say 45-2093, farming. God’s original occupation on earth is planting a garden. In it he put a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka avatar

    Are You An Example Of Believer?

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Oct 8, 2013
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     | 10,624 views

    God saved us so that we can live a new lives and become godly examples to others, who can also be attracted to God by our godly conversations.

    Topic: Are You an Example of Believer? Bible Text: Titus 2: 1 – 15 Lesson Aim: Members will • Understand what it means to be an example of Believer. • Identify those who ought to be example. • Discover the areas God wants us to be an example. Introduction: In 1 Timothy 4: ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Gerald Roberts avatar

    Dig Deep Into The Well Of God's Salvation

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Nov 13, 2013
     | 6,945 views

    The sermon shares the depths of God's grace that offers us salvation. As we dig into salvation we find grace, the strength of God's grace, and that results in thankfulness and joy in worship.

    • Isaiah 12: WE dig to find oil; we dig to find most importantly water to survive. • Isaiah writes to a people who live in the desert • They dwell in a geographical desert and they dwell in a spiritual Desert Despite their scattering and exiled situation God ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Faithful Sayings In The Pastoral Epistles

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 12, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,245 views

    The "faithful sayings" are short succinct statements of belief, worthy of full acceptance by all. They are a trademark of the letters of Paul to Timothy and Titus.

    THE FAITHFUL SAYINGS IN THE PASTORAL EPISTLES. The hymn book of the New Testament church was no doubt the Book of Psalms, thus establishing the continuity of worship from synagogue to church. However, there are hints in Paul’s writings of other formulae which may have been used in public ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational