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  • Tim Parsons avatar

    How Sheep Ought To Behave In Wolf Country

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Jan 28, 2006
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    This sermon deals with how we are all like a sheep and understanding about wolfs and snakes and doves.

    Matt.10:16 I want to share my Heart with you this morning. I want to be very complete and example very carefully this message. How sheep ought to act or behave in the mist of wolf country. Let be break it down and teach a little bit before we get into the meat of the message. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Scott Chambers avatar

    What's The Significance Of A Shepherd? Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jan 5, 2009
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    This message looks at the significance of the shepherd and how it is essential to understanding God’s plan for church leadership.

    The image of the shepherd seems somewhat irrelevant to modern Americans. Without a doubt this makes it quite difficult to communicate God’s plan for church leadership. The picture of the shepherd fails to connect with us in the modern church. Shepherds would have been as common to the original ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mark Perryman avatar

    A Life-Changing Experience

    Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 31, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,051 views

    Have you experienced God?

    INTRO: I reflect back to my life-changing experience that turned me from a young man headed in the wrong direction to a child of God. (Changes, thoughts and the way I looked at life changed, like night and day). Met my old college baseball coach a couple of years ago. Told him I was a minister and ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Always

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Nov 14, 2009
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    The word always means “at all times, invariably, forever, all the time on every occasion. As believers there are three things that are “always” to be part of our lives and actions. We are to be always joyful, always thankful, and always prayerful.

    ALWAYS “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Introduction: The word always means “at all times, invariably, forever, all the time on every occasion. As believers there are three things that are “always” to be part ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dave Kinney avatar

    Why America Should Be Pro-Life

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on May 6, 2008
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    I submit to you that abortion is destroying the highest qualities of God that are present in the womb! Every human being at conception is formed after the nature and perfections of God.

    Who said these 2 statements…? “…Beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” “Maternity or additional offspring may force upon the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • C Jordan avatar

    Revival #3: Returning To Our First Love Series

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jun 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,730 views

    Our highest calling as Christians is to be with Jesus. When we lose our passion for Jesus, and interest in the Kingdom of God, we need a personal revival.

    REVIVAL #3 – RETURNING TO OUR FIRST LOVE INTRO: For the past few weeks, we’ve been considering the topics of healing and revival. • Is this as good as it gets? I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of the usual. • I want to see more of God in my life, my ministry, and our church. OPENING TEXT: ...read more

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    God Encounters #2: Jesus The Healer Series

    Contributed by C Jordan on Aug 11, 2007
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     | 10,913 views

    Does God still heal today? That is a question many people are asking. What is the answer? Our goal is to convince you through laying a strong Biblical foundation that healing is God’s will today.

    CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE GOD KIND #2 – JESUS THE HEALER OPENING JOKE: FUNNY INSURANCE CLAIMS: The statements below are taken from actual insurance accident claims forms. They are real, true (you can’t make up this kind of stuff). • The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its ...read more

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    Taking A Hit For Taking A Stand Series

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
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     | 5,600 views

    Timid Christians or those that don't speak up for Christ can learn from the boldness of the former blind man.

    Jesus, the God Man: The Gospel of John “Taking a Hit for Taking a Stand” John 9:24-34 Introduction: “Keep your head down, but keep firing!” Many times we hear those words while watching a war movie. People instinctively seem to know that you never raise your head in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    Isaiah Predicts Christ's Suffering For Us

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Mar 10, 2014
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     | 7,498 views

    Hundreds of years before Christ came, Isaiah recorded the event of Jesus' sacrificial suffering, death, and resurrection.

    Isaiah Predicts Christ’s Suffering for Us Isaiah 53:1-12 Introduction When Jesus walked with two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, He asked them why they did not believe what the prophets had spoken about Jesus, that Jesus would suffer and then enter into His glory. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How Does God Reveal His Will? Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Jul 27, 2015
     | 4,109 views

    This message tackles teh question of how God reveals His will.

    HOW DOES GOD REVEAL HIS WILL? PHILIPPIANS 3:15 LET US THEREFORE, AS MANY AS ARE PERFECT, HAVE THIS ATTITUDE; AND IF IN ANYTHING YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE, GOD WILL REVEAL THAT ALSO TO YOU; INTRODUCTION: INTERACTING WITH GOD’S WILL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A POINT OF CONSIDERATION, CAUTION, AND ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Anointing For The Next Level

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Mar 26, 2015
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     | 65,821 views

    The anointing of God will make a man to operate beyond natural level and to do supernatural things. For any one to progress in life and ministry, he or she needs the flow of fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit.

    ANOINTING FOR THE NEXT LEVEL Study Text: I John 2:27 Introduction: - According to the word of God, every born-again, Spirit-filled child if God has the anointing in His life. But every child of God is responsible for keeping and increasing the level of anointing. That is why some walk in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Monte Brown avatar

    Signs That Point To The Return Of Christ

    Contributed by Monte Brown on Apr 13, 2013
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    As we see the scroll with the seven seals it should let us know that the time has come and judgment is coming. It seems very clear that we are living in the end times and there are significant signs that are being fulfilled right before our eyes. L

    Introduction As we see the scroll with the seven seals it should let us know that the time has come and judgment is coming. It seems very clear that we are living in the end times and there are significant signs that are being fulfilled right before our eyes. Looking at each one by itself may ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Feola avatar

    The Fruit Of The Spirit, Meekness & Temperance Series

    Contributed by Tom Feola on Sep 18, 2012
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     | 18,547 views

    This is part 5 of the fruit of the Spirit, This is on Meekness and Temperance

    The Fruit of the Spirit Meekness and Temperance Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Mark 4:20 (NKJV) But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • C Jordan avatar

    Overcomers Outreach Addiction Workshop

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 22, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,639 views

    How to find freedom in Christ from all sorts of addictions, bad habits and sins.

    OVERCOMER’S OUTREACH ADDICTION WORKSHOP INTRO TO SPEAKER: I grew up in a dysfunctional family. My father was an alcoholic, a womanizer, and a promise-breaker. He abandoned and rejected my mom, sisters and I before I was five years old. I grew up looking for love in all the wrong places. In high ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Scott Nichols avatar

    How To Look At The Lord's Supper

    Contributed by Scott Nichols on Jan 18, 2019
     | 6,576 views

    Paul, in I Corinthians 10:23-34, reminds us that if we would eat and drink this Supper to our benefit, we must be looking in four directions. In communion, we must be looking back, looking ahead, looking within and looking around.

    Something special is about to happen this morning. Something miraculous. Paul in chapter 10 of this same letter calls it a "participation in the body and blood of Jesus Christ." We know it as communion. As we take a piece of bread and cup of juice, we will be participating in a mystery. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed