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  • Richard White avatar

    An Open Letter Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Feb 24, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,679 views

    In prison Paul writes his "son" Timothy and gives him final lessons in being a godly man and evangelist

    An Open letter to a Son 1 Timothy 1:1-11 The epistles called 1 and 2 Timothy are a mentors heartfelt words to a son. Paul uses these letters as further instructions to a young evangelist that he has watched grow up in Christ. Timothy was an associate of Paul’s on his second and third ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Door Is Open Series

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on May 21, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 9,457 views

    This is on the Letter to Philadelphia

    Some places have locked doors where you can’t go. Many businesses have “security doors” to control who can and can’t get in or out. Stores have “open doors” at the front, but closed doors in the back. We are to use the “open” door, not the closed one. Read Revelation 3:7-13. There are some ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Open Doors

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on May 7, 2005
    based on 30 ratings
     | 10,301 views

    An open door of opportunity stands in front of all churches waiting on them to walk through in obedience to share Jesus with the world. A sermon to Calvary Baptist Church with an open door to reach a community for Christ.

    No one came into this building tonight that did not come through a door. It was either opened for you or you opened it. But to gain access to this building tonight you had to make you way through one of its many entrances. We as Calvary Baptist Church have an Open door before us tonight. We can ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Opened Doors

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 20, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 9,875 views

    We need to learn how to make the most of opportuntities to participate in God’s redemptive work.

    Shakespeare once wrote: "there is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries." The Latins had a phrase that expressed the same idea: "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero," which ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    And The Heavens Opened

    Contributed by John Erickson on Jan 11, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,663 views

    At Jesus’ baptism the heavens were opened and there was no longer a separation from God.

    SERMON 01/09/2005 And The Heavens Opened Grace and Peace from God our Father and Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Genesis 1:6-8. And God said, "Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." So God made the dome and separated the waters that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Openness Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 1, 2007
    based on 37 ratings
     | 15,172 views

    1. Jesus’ arms are open as an act of invitation 2. Jesus gives an open invitation to a life of fruitfulness.

    It must have been quite a scene as Jesus rode into Jerusalem. First, he is not riding a warrior’s horse, he is riding on the colt of a donkey. His head is bobbing as the colt takes its awkward steps. And all around is a motley crowd. Former prostitutes, shouting children, people who had been ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Open Hearts Series

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Apr 6, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,607 views

    We can approach God with open hearts as we quiet ourselves and enter into His presence.

    March,2007 Third Sunday of Lent “Open Hearts” Psalm 95 INTRODUCTION: Pilgrim worshipers sang Psalm 95 as they approached the Temple for a festival. It was a typical “entrance liturgy” where people would progress from outside the temple, through the courts of the Gentiles up to the entrance of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Open Door Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 6,775 views

    Jesus describes Himself as the doorway for our access to God

    THE OPEN DOOR JOHN 10:7-10 INTRODUCTION… Model House in Industrial Arts (p) READ JOHN 10:7-10 I. CHRIST IS THE WAY OF SALVATION FOR ALL A. He is the only access to the Father- When Jesus was born, the entire manner of relating to God changed. Who changed it, you ask? God changed it! In ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Open Church

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Sep 12, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,122 views

    We come to church not as consumers of religion, but as a community of faith that is open to God, to one another, and to outsiders

    The Open Church 1Peter 2:9-10 9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Open Wide

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Apr 29, 2007
    based on 29 ratings
     | 10,058 views

    OPEN WIDE. We must open and give our all to God, so that we can receive the full blessing He has to offer us. This message will leave your MOUTH WIDE OPEN!

    OPEN WIDE by William K. Akehurst Psalm 81:1-16 Open Wide. We must open and give our all to God, so that we can receive the full blessing He has to offer us. This message will leave your MOUTH WIDE OPEN! Scriptures Referenced Psalm 81:10 (Key Verse) Exodus 34:14 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 2 Timothy ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Open Up Series

    Contributed by Adam Deibert on May 7, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 6,746 views

    The church of Laodecia teaches us that letting Jesus in means letting Him take over. A mere profession of faith in Christ without a change in lifestyle is not enough.

    Today our journey is completed. We have arrived at our final stopping point; we will hear the final word of God to the seven churches of the book of Revelation. You know, it seems highly appropriate to me that we make this momentous arrival at the time when the attention of Christians everywhere ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    The Opening Greeting Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 17, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,330 views

    Jude's letter followed teh letter-writing convention of the New Testament. This sermon examines the opening greeting by looking at Jude's background, audience, and prayer.

    Scripture Last week I began a new series of studies on the Letter of Jude which I have titled, “Contend for the Faith.” The Letter of Jude is the second-last book in the Bible, just before the book of Revelation. It is the fourth-shortest book in the New Testament, after 2 John, 3 ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    An Open Door

    Contributed by Dan Campbell on Nov 5, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,323 views

    Evidently, Paul is tired. He has already spent more than eight years on his first two missionary journeys traveling from city to city, working tirelessly, preaching the gospel, starting churches, facing opposition, sometimes even having to flee from thos

    AN OPEN DOOR 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 Tonight I feel a little bit the way the Apostle Paul felt when he wrote the words we find in 1 Corinthians 16:5-9. After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you—for I will be going through Macedonia. Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Open Windows

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 25, 2011
     | 6,608 views

    Annual Theme for the church for 1988, announcing a program of enhancing the educational ministries.

    (Annual Theme Sunday, Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC, Jan. 24, 1988) A little over a year ago I brought you a report on the rebuilding of Takoma Park Baptist Church. In that report I said that our rebuilding and renewing process could be compared to the business of building a building, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Open To Obedience Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,266 views

    Jesus is the true sacrifice which we re-present in our worship; he is a perfect sacrifice of obedience to the Father's will

    Monday of 32nd Week in Course November 8, 2010 Spirit of the Liturgy What the New American Bible calls “things that cause sin,” and the RSV translates “temptations to sin,” is the word skandala, which is lousy Greek but good Hebrew. The word “scandal” means a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic