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  • Gregg Bitter avatar

    Faith Glorifies Our Merciful Lord

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Oct 17, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,004 views

    Consider the ten lepers Jesus healed. What can we learn from them? How can we act like the one who returned? Parts: A. With our pleas for mercy. B. With our public thanks.

    Text: Luke 17:11-19 Theme: Faith Glorifies Our Merciful Lord A. With our pleas for mercy B. With our public thanks Season: Pentecost 21c Date: October 17, 2010 Web page: http://hancocklutheran.org/sermons/Faith-Glorifies-Our-Merciful-Lord-Luke17_11-19.html Grace and peace to you from God ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Signs - Pt. 2 Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 19, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,904 views

    Jesus was clear that our walk should be marked by signs and wonders. What is following you? Is your life “signless”?

    Signs Pt. 2 I. Introduction I have a sign situation. My situation is not that Jesus did signs! My issue is that Jesus, in John 14:11-14 and Mark 16:14-20, made it crystal clear that we would not only have signs following us, but even greater signs than He performed. My sign issue is that I see ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Community Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 20,065 views

    Every day, we find ourselves actively engaged in crowds. There are all kinds of crowds. There’ s the work crowd, the school crowd, the crowd associated with the activities of our children and there is the church crowd. It is easy to confuse our associatio

    The Amazing Race: Community Mark 2:1-5 Every day, we find ourselves actively engaged in crowds. There are all kinds of crowds. There’ s the work crowd, the school crowd, the crowd associated with the activities of our children and there is the church crowd. It is easy to confuse our ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    In The Beginning Was The Word Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Sep 19, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 21,125 views

    The story of Jesus does not begin with His earthly life, but with His eternal life. To really understand and appreciate Jesus we must know the whole story.

    Introduction: A. I want to begin by showing you four pictures from four movies. I want to see if you can identify the movie. 1. Picture #1 – Gone With the Wind – Rhet Butler and Scarlot O’Hara 2. Picture #2 – Return of the Jedi – C3PO and R2D2 3. Picture #3 – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas – ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Work Of The Spirit, Part C Series

    Contributed by David Richardson on Sep 21, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,731 views

    God has a specific direction for each one of us. He desires that you be set apart for the work that He has prepared for you. His directions are clear, concise and timely. They won’t lead you astray.

    Life, Everlasting, Part IV – The Work of the Holy Spirit, Part C. ACTS 13:1-4 13:1 In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Permitted But Not Blessed

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 22, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,924 views

    Sometimes God will permit us to do things that are detrimental to us. Spiritual discernment is a must in our relationship with God.

    PERMITTED BUT NOT BLESSED TEXT: Numbers 22:20-22 Numbers 22:20 22 -- “And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.” “And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    What's In Your Hand?

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,990 views

    The third of a three part series, ‘Do You Believe?

    (Slide 1) We are going to play a couple of rounds of ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors,’ okay? Here are the rules, paper takes rock, scissors takes paper, and rock takes scissors. Find a partner or couple of partners, Ready? (Three to five rounds are played.) Now, I have to ask, why does paper take rock, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    How And Why Does God Heal? Series

    Contributed by Art Campbell on Sep 25, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,602 views

    An exploration of how and why God heals based on covenant relationship with his people

    I once had a colleague who talked about how she had broken her ankle and asked God for healing and received it, instantaneously and miraculously. Another gentleman was diagnosed with cancer and genuinely believed God would heal him. Several months later I attended his funeral. Healing is another ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Speaks To Us, Keeps Us Humble

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,912 views

    God wants us to be humble and listen to His directions. But, pride can get in the way of our obedience.

    The story of Naaman Naaman was the commanding general of the Syrian army, a man of great influence and immense importance. He was well respected with his numerous military conquests as well as being the military advisor to King Ben-Hadad. His presence demanded respect, and he earned it through ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    What Do I Thank Jesus For?

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Oct 22, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,014 views

    The Lent season is over and so is the Easter day.What has these four or five weeks meant to us? What has Jesus done for us? What has He accomplished through all this?

    What do I thank Jesus for? Well… the Lent season is over, so is the Easter day. The tomb is empty and it remains empty. Judas is dead, Pilate wishes he was… How about us? What has these four or five weeks meant to us? What has Jesus done for us? What has He accomplished through all this? To ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Smith avatar

    Hating Your Family For Jesus' Sake?! (A Sermon On Luke 14:25-33)

    Contributed by David Smith on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,837 views

    How can we hate our parents, partners and children? It has to be the most offensive exhortation Jesus ever gave - telling us that we have to hate the ones we love th most.

    As soon as I noticed that our Gospel reading today was the one that begins by telling us that we’ve got to ’hate our mothers and fathers’, I decided then and there to give my sermon today on Paul’s Letter to Philemon! No, as much as I’d like to do that, I feel I have to stick with "hate your ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

    Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Oct 27, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 11,557 views

    A message on why We as Christians should not celebrate Halloween

    Halloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? And how did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? Or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual? In North America, the yearly observance of Halloween amounts ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Power Of Words Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 29, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,115 views

    The 7th in a series of messages from texts unique to Matthews Gospel. This one centers around the power of words and how they can be misused Taken from Matt. 12:36-37, and Matt. 16:16-19

    Matthew’s Unique Message #7 The Power of Words Matthew 12:36-37; Matthew 16:16-19 CHCC: Preached on July 13, 2007 INTRODUCTION: This month we celebrated Independence Day --- the day our Nation was born. The good old US of A is far from perfect, but no one can deny that we are a nation of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Travis Markes avatar

    Moses: Prayer For Pity Series

    Contributed by Travis Markes on Oct 29, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,582 views

    Series on men and women’s prayers in the Bible that made a difference and how prayer truly is the difference maker in our lives. I borrowed the outlines from SermonCentral Pro Contributor Tim Byrd.

    Moses: The prayer for pity Numbers 11:10-17 When it comes to our Christian walk I suppose all of us at some time or another get angry and we begin to complain and want to give up and quit. We say things like there’s no use. The harder I try the worse things get. I don’t witness because no ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Are Witnesses

    Contributed by Rich Vanarsdalen on Nov 4, 2007
     | 3,902 views

    This is an exploration of how the power of God worked incredibly in the early church.

    We Are Witnesses Acts Chapter 1:6-11 Kelly and I were on a little weekend get-away last week; dear friends of ours gave us a two night stay at a bed and breakfast on Kelley’s Island. We had a wonderful time, being able to clear off the schedule, drop our children off at the grandparents, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational