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  • Monty Newton avatar

    Luggage Longing To Be Lost

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Feb 17, 2013
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     | 5,372 views

    God in his mercy and grace hears us, renews and restores us, when we are broken and repentent.

    The Season of Lent… is something of a roller coaster ride in which we confront our own sinfulness in light of the suffering of Christ. And yet during this time of introspection we are also keenly aware of how the story ends with Christ’[s victory over sin and death. This morning we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Attentive To The Swirls

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Feb 26, 2013
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    Because God speaks in a variety of ways, it is important that we pay attention to the variety of ways that God is speaking to us through our life circumstances, scripture, prayer, etc.

    Intro: In my experience, a significant part of living as a child of God is being attentive to life. It is in listening carefully and prayerfully to all the various sounds going on inside and around, to all the various voices and calls, to all the various situations and circumstances, to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Accentuate The Positive Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Mar 7, 2013
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    Prudent, accurate, honest, sensitive communication is a major theme threaded through Proverbs. This emphasis is mandated because words & actions are the way we relate to one another. Basically, we need to accentuate the positive & eliminate the negative.

    PROVERBS 25: 11-18 ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE Prudent, accurate, honest, sensitive communication is a major theme threaded through Proverbs [e.g. chapters 15 and 18]. This emphasis is mandated because words and actions are the way we relate to one another. Basically, we need to accentuate the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Four Coming Events

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Mar 16, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,302 views

    We are living in the last days and Jesus is coming soon. Prophetically, there are four events that will occur in sequence and the countdown will begin with the first event which we are about to see take place.

    The Four Coming Events We are living in the last days and Jesus is coming soon. Prophetically, there are four events that will occur in sequence and the countdown will begin with the first event which we are about to see take place. Event 1 – The perfection of the church We really need to ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    The Day Jesus Lost His Crowd

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 27, 2013
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     | 16,912 views

    Churches put a lot of emphasis on drawing a crowd. Jesus did not. Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

    The Day Jesus Lost His Crowd John 6 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/DayJesusLostCrowd.html Churches put a lot of emphasis on drawing a crowd. Jesus did not. I’ve never known a preacher whose church was in decline who wasn’t insecure about it, no matter the reason for it. Usually a pastor ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stale Religion Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 30, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,535 views

    If you want to keep your relationship with Christ fresh and vital, don't focus on tradition and clean hands; instead, focus on scripture and a clean heart.

    Alan Kraft, in his book, Good News for Those Trying Harder, shares a story about a time when his wife borrowed his car and heard a CD he had loaded in the sound system. The song touched her. When she asked him about it, he was able to recite the lyrics, but had never thought much about their ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Our Father In Heaven

    Contributed by Paul Sterrett on May 14, 2013
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    A Father's Day Message that everyone can relate to.

    OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN Luke 3:21-22 INTRODUCTION Our attention is drawn this Father’s Day to the 3rd Chapter of the Gospel of LUKE. There are some today who would like to make the Bible gender neutral...They would like to remove all the references God as Father...God, in their edited ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Full Armor Of God

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 17, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,144 views

    Paul, Pt. 16

    THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD (EPHESIANS 6:10-18) According to a CBS News/New York Times Poll in the nineties, 64% or two thirds of Americans believe in the devil and 63 percent believe in demonic possession. A total of 72 percent of political conservatives believe in the devil, compared to 50 percent of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Our Sacrifice Of Worship - God's Desire

    Contributed by Rick George on Apr 19, 2008
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     | 8,084 views

    A woman gives her most valued asset for the purpose of worshiping Jesus. We must also give sacrificially in our worship.

    There’s no doubt that the topic of giving and anything related to our finances is uncomfortable. It’s uncomfortable for pastors and it’s uncomfortable for congregations. But God never said that we should be comfortable with His Word, but He did say that His Word would nourish us and sometimes with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Consider This Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 26, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,938 views

    In this sermon, we look more closely at what it means to consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

    Scripture In his commentary on Romans, James Montgomery Boice, from whom I am drawing today’s material, spends an entire sermon on one verse. Today, I also want to look at Romans 6:11 in a more focused way because it is so important. Let me begin with a question. How many times up until Romans ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    In The Palm Of His Hand Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,962 views

    As Jesus walks in the midst of His local churches, He personally protects them.

    1. Jesus personally protects His local churches by holding His messengers in His hand 2. Jesus personally protects His local churches with the all-sufficient power of His Word 3. Jesus personally protects His local churches with the permeating power of His presence REVELATION 1:16 In World War ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Got Problems? Deal With It! Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 10,614 views

    Ezra was facing a problem and came up with a solution that ended in success. From that, we can see how this godly leader dealt with a problem. And from that, we can develop our own how-to list. We can see three key components to dealing with the problems

    How do you deal with problems? 1. Recognize the problem 2. Come up with the right solution 3. Properly identify success One of the complaints some people have about expository preaching is they say it’s not practical. They say that when you just preach directly from the text of the Bible, you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    The Suffering Servant's Trust Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 1, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 17,374 views

    The 3rd Servant Sermon teaches that obedient & faithful life is centered on obeying God’s Word. Through all the darkness & suffering the Servant holds to God’s trustworthiness. Then this Servant invites God’s disciples to trust God & walk in His Word.

    ISAIAH 50: 4-11 THE SUFFERING SERVANT’S TRUST [Mark 15:16-20] Following God’s declaration that He will deliver His people from their transgressions and rebellions begins the third (42:1-9 & 49:1-7) Servant Sermon in Isaiah. This obedient and faithful Servant’s life is centered on obeying ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Daniel Richter avatar

    Stand And Fight: Let's Get Offensive Series

    Contributed by Daniel Richter on May 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,639 views

    The Sword of the Spirit

    Stand and Fight: Let’s Get Offensive Beartown Road Alliance Church Sunday, August 11th, 2007 This morning we come to the last piece of the armor that God equips us with for the Spiritual battles of life. We’re going to be spending a couple of more weeks wrapping this series up, but as far as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The Man With Two Mothers Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 12, 2008
    based on 301 ratings
     | 88,972 views

    Moses became the kind of man he did because God supplied him with 2 mothers. But one of those mothers supplied him with something the other could not. Do you know what that was?

    OPEN: Real Mothers are special people. Real mothers would like to be able to eat a whole candy bar (all by themselves) and drink a Coke without any "floaters" in it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably going to end up in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ