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  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Benefits Of A Healthy Debate

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 12, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,260 views

    Learn how you can profit from a healthy debate

    Benefits of a Healthy Debate (Acts 15:1-5) Illustration:"The apostles and elders met to consider this question if the Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses." (Acts 15;5,6) 1. Have you ever considered how controversies can produce beneficial effects? The Spirit ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Impact

    Contributed by Mark Walter on May 10, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,616 views

    We all have impact while on earth, what impact will you bring the king on judgement day.

    Matt 11:12 And from the time John the Baptist began preaching and baptizing until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people attack it. 3 popular interpretations • Jesus may have been referring to a vast movement towards God which gain momentum when John the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Opposition From Within Series

    Contributed by Phillip Day on Jan 10, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,098 views

    In the first two chapters of this letter, Paul has encouraged and discipled Timothy in order to prepare him for what he says in Chapter 3. With the knowledge of mercy and peace God gives us and with a great work ethic, Timothy (like us) could be prepared

    Opposition from Within 2 Timothy 3:1-9 I. Their Characteristics (v. 2-5) a. Selfish (v. 2; Luke 9:23) b. Negative view of others (v. 3; Romans 13:8-10) c. Dangerous (v. 4; Philippians 2:3) d. Spiritual counterfeits (v. 5; Jude 4; Matthew 7:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:6) II. Their Converts (v. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Overcoming The Devil (Pastor Jose Jr)

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Feb 21, 2007
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,429 views

    How do we Overcome Satan? Standing Against him and all he represents.

    Overcoming the Devil 1 Peter 5:6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and in his good time he will honor you. 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you. 8 Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Making A Name For Ourselves

    Contributed by Mitch Davis on Jul 10, 2007
     | 5,372 views

    It is natural, when living in the flesh, for people to want to make a name for themselves. We want to “stand out” among our peers: academically, socially, behaviorally, athletically, etc. Christianity, however, teaches just the opposite.

    Making a Name for Ourselves Theme: Whose name are we trying to promote: ours, or God’s? INTRODUCTION A. It is natural, when living in the flesh, for people to want to make a name for themselves. 1. We want to “stand out” among our peers: academically, socially, behaviorally, athletically, etc. 2. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Clothed As God's People

    Contributed by Rodney Langley on Apr 1, 2011
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     | 3,798 views

    Colossians 3 is filled with teaching about how to live as a Christian. The apostle Paul discusses clothing in this passage. Not our physical clothing, but how we dress and present ourselves to the world around us. He tells us that we who are in Christ

    CLOTHED AS GOD’S PEOPLE Colossians 3:1-17 Rodney Langley Introduction: Colossians 3 is filled with teaching about how to live as a Christian. The apostle Paul discusses clothing in this passage. Not our physical clothing, but how we dress and present ourselves to the world around us. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Principles For Public Worship

    Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 6, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,232 views

    An outline defining public worship from I Corinthians 14

    Principles of Public Worship (I Corinthians 14) I. The Practice of Ministers/Worship Leaders Questioned (v.26) A. Everyone Attempting Their Own Way of Worship (v.26a) B. Edification Always One Goal of Worship (v.26b) II. The Principles of Ministering/Worship Leading Qualified ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Inherit The Earth

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 30, 2012
     | 3,286 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you inherited the earth? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To prove that the humble or meek will inherit the earth. IV. TEXT: Matthew 5:5 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) God blesses those w

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you inherited the earth? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To prove that the humble or meek will inherit the earth. IV. TEXT: Matthew 5:5 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) God blesses those who are humble, for they will inherit the whole earth. V. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Wisdom Of Righteousness Series

    Contributed by Rob Hall on Nov 20, 2012
     | 5,255 views

    a look at the two paths of the Bible and which one God rewards

    THE WISDOM OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Text: Ps. 1 Intro: 1.One of the first passages of Scripture I ever memorized was Psalm 1 2. It is packed full of picture and teaching and still holds a special place in my heart. 3. Let’s look at it together. 4. As is true throughout the Bible, it presents two ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Lust Of The Flesh Series

    Contributed by Wendon Pettey on Jul 2, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,866 views

    This first message in a series about temptations and how to deal with them, we look at the most obvious: the lusts of the flesh. We identify what they are, how they come against us, and what Scripture tells us to do about them!

    KEY SCRIPTURE: 1 John 2:15-17 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Comfort Ye

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 19, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,947 views

    Comfort in the certainty of God's Word.

    COMFORT YE… Isaiah 40:1-11. We have before us a passage which may well be very familiar to us: yet please do not allow its very familiarity to breed contempt. This is a little Gospel, a sort of proto-Gospel written by the prophet many years before the event. Our task is to ask Isaiah concerning ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Arise! Get Up! Come Forth!

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 30, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,785 views

    The incarnation is all about what Jesus came to do.

    ARISE! GET UP! COME FORTH! John 5:1-9; John 5:21-30. The miracle [literally 'sign' (John 4:54)] of the healing of the boy at Capernaum is immediately followed in John’s account with another healing, this time at an unspecified feast in Jerusalem (John 5:1-9). THE NEED (John 5:1-5). A ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Submitted

    Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Jun 9, 2013
     | 5,685 views

    Submit unto God, Resist the devil and he will flee from you. = victory.

    Quotes: “The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us. ” ― A.W. Tozer “You cannot fulfil ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    The Battle Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Dec 18, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,899 views

    So many of the Christmas stories happen at night. The shepherds are surprised at night by an angel. Jesus is born at night in a filthy manger. The Magi see a star that leads them to Jesus.

    The Battle of Christmas December 22, 2019 So many of the Christmas stories happen at night. The shepherds are surprised at night by an angel. Jesus is born at night in a filthy manger. The Magi see a star that leads them to Jesus. This is not a message about public nativity scenes or arguments ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Wisdom Of God And The Witness Of Martyrs

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 1, 2018
     | 2,706 views

    The wisdom of every age considers the Catholic faith a folly. The only promise Christ made about this life is that we would be blessed through the agency of persecution.

    Thursday of the 22nd Week in Course 2018 St. Donatian of Africa The wisdom of any secular age considers the Christian faith to be folly. The reason for this is that the wisdom of a given secular age is focused on how to attain pleasure, status or power. It is essentially centered on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic