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  • Timothy Smith avatar

    What Would God Say About.. Eternal Security Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Mar 2, 2005
    based on 47 ratings
     | 7,105 views

    2nd in 5 lessons prepared and delivered at InSight - Discovery Christian Church’s Believer’s Service.

    INSIGHT - February 27, 2005 “WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT... ETERNAL SECURITY" INTRODUCTION: We are continuing in our series on “What does God say about...” Tonight we are going to address an issue that is not so much a “hot” topic but a confusing one. One of the things we want to do here at ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Leveraging The Da Vinci Code

    Contributed by Lee Strobel on Apr 28, 2006
    based on 139 ratings
     | 8,329 views

    This message was written to help Christians see how they can leverage The Da Vinci Code book and movie for evangelism.

    Leveraging the Da Vinci Code By Lee Strobel Sign up for Lee’s free monthly e-newsletter “Investigating Faith” at www.LeeStrobel.com This message was written to help Christians see how they can leverage The Da Vinci Code book and movie for evangelism. The message was immediately preceded by the ...read more

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    Are You Ready For The Big Game

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 11, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 10,589 views

    Don’t miss the big game because it will determine your destiny and it is coming sooner than you think. So be ready!

    Are You Ready for the Big Game? Thesis: Don’t miss the big game because it will determine your destiny and it is coming sooner than you think. So be ready! Hands on Illustration: During the service throw the football to someone and ask them are you ready for the Big Game! Are you ready if ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Duncan avatar

    A Sure Way To A Real Reward: Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Mar 12, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 4,257 views

    The greatest reward possible is one that comes from God? When new members join CVCC, I often pray this way, “Help us live and serve together in such a way that we will receive a “well-done” from Jesus one day.” How we keep or fail to keep this third com

    We like it when we get a pat on the back, a warm handshake of congratulations, a thank you note for a job well-done. We like to be rewarded. But don’t you think that the greatest reward possible is one that comes from God? When new members join CVCC, I often pray this way, “Help us live and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Troy Walker avatar

    Obedience

    Contributed by Troy Walker on Mar 20, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 33,266 views

    What is obedience? A comphresive analysis of obedience in your christian walk

    I heard a story of a teacher who wrote a phrase on the board at the beginning of class, which stated: “I know everything I teach; however I don’t know everything.” Now I’m not going to pretend to know everything on the subject, but I do know everything in this teaching to be true and in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Why We Need Each Other Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 24, 2003
    based on 72 ratings
     | 47,324 views

    God designed us to live in community with others and to work in partnership with one another for the sake of the kingdom. No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.

    Why We Need Each Other Two friends were out hunting. As they were walking through the woods, one of them yelled and the other looked up to see a huge grizzly bear charging at them. The first friend started to frantically put on his tennis shoes. When his buddy saw this, he anxiously asked, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mia (Missing In Action)

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Apr 27, 2003
    based on 69 ratings
     | 17,736 views

    An all day sermon on members of the Body of Christ who are no longer in active duty, but are missing in action.

    Missing In Action Luke 15:1-7 You will notice that today we have a POW - MIA flag hanging behind the pulpit. It is an unfortunate symbol that has come about because of the Pride of man. As I sat this past week and watched the news of our solders starting to return home and our POW’s returning ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ray Pritchard avatar

    The Life God Blesses Series

    Contributed by Ray Pritchard on Sep 5, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 16,005 views

    In order to be blessed by God and be used by him, we must be grounded in the Word, confident in God, cleansed from unholy habits, and gentle with our adversaries.

    The Life God Blesses II Timothy 2:14-26 Almost five years ago we started sending free copies of my books to prisoners across America. Through a partnership with Prison Fellowship, we have distributed tens of thousands of copies of Keep Believing, What a Christian Believes, and An Anchor for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Are You Seasoned

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jun 12, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 16,715 views

    Spiritually mature is being properly seasoned

    Are You Seasoned Leviticus 2:13-13 “Are You Seasoned?” Seasoned: The Etymology of the word seasoned is from the French “assaisoner” meaning to ripen, to give food more flavor or zest by adding seasoning or savory ingredients, to give a distinctive quality to, to treat as wood or a ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    What Do You Say? Thank You

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 10, 2003
    based on 53 ratings
     | 2,879 views

    In this message we will look at the spiirtual disicpline of thanksgiving. (The Life - part 7)

    What Do Say? Thank You… The Life – part 7 Today is the one year anniversary of an incredible day at Central. The Sunday before Thanksgiving last year was the day of our miracle offering. It was an awesome day… After almost a year of planning we as a body brought our cash offering and our 3 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mike Gilbert avatar

    A Family Portrait Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 10,815 views

    How and why did God God design the family? What does a God-pleasing family look like?

    ---Robert Orben once wrote: Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal words: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills." -- It sounds exactly like our family’s most recent ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Serving One Master Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 20, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,131 views

    How we invest our money and our minutes reveals who our Master is.

    Serving One Master Matthew 6:19-24 Rev. Brian Bill 4/20/08 According to a survey of over 4,000 people, Americans are more cynical than ever before. One book says that we are “discontent and disillusioned.” We don’t trust politicians or the economy and many are suspicious of the church as well. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    Prayer Focused Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 7, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,371 views

    The church and all of us Christians should be prayer focused within our lives. Business should never choke out our prayer life instead we should be committed to pray first. When we pray we discover God’s presence then we receive God’s power.

    Series Summary: We are here! Thesis of the series: We are here in 2013 as a church and as Christian individuals to declare the message of Jesus and to bring in God’s heavenly harvest of souls. We are here to be the salt and the light of this world. Sermon 2: Prayer ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Lalachan Abraham avatar

    A True Friend Stays Closer Than A Brother Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Mar 5, 2013
    based on 15 ratings
     | 27,111 views

    “A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24NKJV)

    A True friend stays closer than a Brother “A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24NKJV) The Scriptures speak much to us about friendship. The subject of friendship is given a high priority in the Bible. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Stark avatar

    The First Person To Doubt The Virgin Birth Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Dec 10, 2011
     | 4,145 views

    The Christmas story begins well before the birth of the Son of God. At the least, it begins with a startled teenage girl who is confronted by an angel with an unexpected announcement.

    “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, O favoured one, the Lord is with you!’ But she was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist