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    The Ultimate Stress Relief Series

    Contributed by W F on Jun 25, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,928 views

    The answer to anxiety is prayer.

    INTRODUCTION Perhaps you’ve seen the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? It’s a comedy set during America’s Depression era. The story revolves around three petty criminals who escape from a chain gang. George Clooney stars as the leader named Everett Ulysses McGill. He tells his companions that he ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Truth About Thanksgiving Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 1, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,163 views

    Thanksgiving

    THE TRUTH ABOUT THANKSGIVING A young woman teacher with obvious liberal tendencies explains to her class of small children that she is an atheist. She asks her class if they are atheists too. Not really knowing what atheism is but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands explode into the air ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Get Your Head Up And Your Eyes Out Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 15, 2007
     | 3,391 views

    Living for ourselves does not lead to a life of fullness, living a life of love, which is focused on others, with our head up and our eyes forward, is God’s road to fullness.

    Get Your Head Up and Your Eyes Out Matt 5:14-16 Sept 24, 2006 Intro: Here is the cover of last week’s TIME magazine (September 18, 2006), and I must say, I am a little disgusted. Some of the leaders of some of the largest, evangelical churches in the US are teaching that a life of fullness is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Strange Christmas Passage

    Contributed by Steve Gladwell on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 6,324 views

    An advent sermon on repentance

    A Strange Christmas Passage I wasn’t sure whether I should come here today, after all, how could I come and preach at a Church in a denomination that seems to have got their lectionary passage wrong. Here we are in the second Sunday of advent, only two more Sundays before Christmas day, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It's His Church! Series

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 190 ratings
     | 9,016 views

    Part 1 of a series The church is Christs: by design, by intended outcome and by His resources.

    Trinity Baptist Church October 13, 2002 How Christ builds the Church It’s His Church! Matthew 28:16-20, Acts 1:8 Charles Schultz was one of the best social critics and theologians of our time. He didn’t write books or make speeches. He drew cartoons. For decades, Peanuts was the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What A Story!

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Dec 23, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,325 views

    Enthusiastically live the best news that has ever been told.

    WHAT A STORY! Luke 2.20 S: Good News! C: Christmas Pr: ENTHUSIASTICALLY LIVE THE BEST NEWS THAT HAS EVER BEEN TOLD! Type: Inductive The Shepherds were: I. ORDINARY II. SCARED III. CURIOUS IV. CONTAGIOUS PA: How is the change to be observed? • Humbly realize that God became human • Meet ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Adoption That Changed The World

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 24, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,884 views

    An adaptation of another contributor, with personal applications and illustations

    The Adoption that Changed the World Matthew 1:18-25 Christmas changed in a hurry for Mike and Tiffany Bailey from one year to the next. In 2001, their neat house with the white picket fence was fairly quiet. Like all of their past Christmas seasons, Mike and Tiffany had gone to parties, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Street To Joy Series

    Contributed by David Newman on Jan 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,642 views

    God disciplines us as a parent disciplines their child. Discipline is for our good so we should be joyful when disciplines, experiencing challenges in life.

    If you visit the National Arboretum in Washington DC you will enter the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum where you will find around one hundred and fifty miniature trees and plants. Here are pictures of two of them These trees are normal trees that would grow into full ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Jesus The Master Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,341 views

    Jesus is the Master: some one we must model our lives after.

    Jesus the Master December 10,13 & 30 2007 Jesus Who? Brian McLaren writes in his book “A Generous Orthodoxy” in the chapter that asks the question “Would Jesus Be a Christian?” “…the more one respects Jesus, the more one must be brokenhearted, embarrassed, furious, or some combination ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Best Is Yet To Come: Bad To Good Series

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
     | 4,391 views

    God specializes in changing people¡Ktaking us from where we¡¦ve been¡Kto where we are¡Kto where we ought to be. This message could be a 3-part series or condensed into just one.

    II Peter 1: 3-11 3. His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. 4. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    We Would See Jesus Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jan 22, 2008
    based on 35 ratings
     | 28,245 views

    # 34 in series. Jesus states three amazing paradoxes, Life comes through death, Life comes through spending it, Greatness comes through service.

    A Study of the Book of John “That You May Believe” Sermon # 34 “We Would See Jesus” John 12:20-26 I want to begin this morning by reading you the text from the translation called (The Message). I want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Beautiful Collision Series

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Jan 26, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,783 views

    Sermon 2 in a 5 part series to start off 2008, level 1 is "Living", worshipping together. Title borrowed from David Crowder song of same title.

    A Beautiful Collision John 4:23-24 Intro: I love football, as you know. I watched it most of my life, but I remember really seeing my first game and getting into it when the Steelers beat the Cowboys in the Super Bowl back in 1976. I went on to play pewee football and a little bit in high ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    He Makes Our Wrongs Right

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Mar 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,728 views

    JESUS CAN TURN OUR WRONGS RIGHT

    JESUS CAN MAKE OUR FAILURES, RIGHT: JN.13:33-37 10-20-07 How many times have we ever needed a 2nd chance? I’m sure just about all of us some time are another could have used a 2nd chance to do something or another. In the message today we’ll see how that Peter denied ever-knowing Jesus. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    3 Beatitudes Of A Church Member

    Contributed by Scott Carroll on Mar 11, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 21,957 views

    GIVES THE IMPORTANT POINTS THAT SHOULD BE IN EVERY CHURCH MEMBER

    3 Beatitudes for a Church Member 1CHRON.29:1-5 A) Someone sent me a list some time ago entitled, "Satan’s Beatitudes!" * They said if the devil were to write his beatitudes they would probably go something like this: * Blessed are they who are too tired and busy to go to church on Sundays and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Worship For Dummies: A Wiseman's Guide Series

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Mar 12, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,357 views

    Worship of God should include using our Gifts for His glory!

    TEXT: Matthew 2:10,11; 1 Corinthians 12:1,4-6 TITLE: WORSHIP FOR DUMMIES: A Wiseman’s guide for Worship! TOPIC: THE PRAISING CHURCH! OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, February 17th, 2008 PROP.: Use the gift you’ve been given (spiritual gifts) as worship to God! Good morning! Our Jr. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ