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  • Ryan Johnson avatar

    Anchors For Your Soul

    Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Mar 6, 2002
    based on 405 ratings
     | 20,190 views

    Evangelsitic Easter message adapted from Lucado’s Book "Six Hours One Friday."

    Anchors for Your Soul (1 Corinthians 15:3-5) (Easter, Hope, Resurrection) (Deductive) Lucado writes, Funny how Easter and taxs often fall on the same week. They did this year. I began this week with 2 major tasks Prepare an Easter Sermon and pay my taxes. With apologies to the IRS, one seems ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Contentment As Testament

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Apr 23, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
     | 6,295 views

    We can only truly be content in the love of God.

    CONTENTMENT AS TESTAMENT I Corinthians 7:7-8 S: Contentment (singleness and life situations) Th: My Life as God’s Light Pr: WE CAN ONLY TRULY BE CONTENT IN THE LOVE OF GOD. ?: What? In what? KW: Circumstances TS: We will find in our study six circumstances that show contentment is only found in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let The Holy Spirit Help You Practice Self-Control In All Things

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 23, 2006
    based on 41 ratings
     | 38,395 views

    If anyone has ever observed a reckless driver they know the destructiveness that can effect the lives of thousands because of one out of control individual. Here are twelve ways the Holy Spirit and the word of God will help you practice greater self-contr

    Let the Holy Spirit Help You Practice Temperance in All Things Gal 5:22 - The fruit of the Spirit is self-control. We live in an age of moral relativism where people want to be free to do whatever they feel like doing. Millions struggle to control their feelings, finances, speech, lusts, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Kingdom Awareness Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 4, 2007
    based on 40 ratings
     | 12,989 views

    1. People often miss the presence of God. 2. The Kingdom of God comes in simple ways. 3. We are called to live in awareness.

    “How do you expect me to believe in God,” asked Woody Allen, “when only last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of my electric typewriter?” There are many people like Woody Allen who focus on the annoyances of life rather than wonderful things of life. It always seems that the troubles of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Knowing God - #5 - God Is Gracious Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 5, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 6,610 views

    Seventh in a series about the attributes of God and how to reflect them to others.

    KNOWING GOD - #5 God is Gracious Various Scriptures Introduction Preacher Charles Swindoll recalled his last spanking when he turned thirteen years old. Chuck said, “Having just broken into the sophisticated ranks of the teen world, I thought I was something on a stick. My father wasn’t nearly ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    What Judas Missed

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 2, 2003
    based on 558 ratings
     | 113,698 views

    This is an Easter Sermon looking at what Judas missed by killing himself before the resurrection.

    (I began this message with a Video Clip from Jesus Christ Superstar, the scene where Judas returns to the high priest and then hangs himself.) Each year since 1970 at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London England thousands of international visitors are asked to name which person, past or present, ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Focus Series

    Contributed by Mark Batterson on Oct 18, 2005
    based on 290 ratings
     | 102,086 views

    Your focus will determine your reality.

    Wired for Worship: Focus 09.27.05 Pastor Mark Batterson This evotional continues the Wired for Worship series. If you want to subscribe to the Theaterchurch.com podcast, there is a podcast link on the Theaterchurch.com homepage. It’s free and it’s automatically downloaded onto your computer or ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Pop Quiz & Final Exam

    Contributed by James May on May 15, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 8,230 views

    Jesus gave his disciples a Pop Quiz on the road to Caesarea Philippi. Peter passed the test, but the world failed it. This Pop Quiz is also a Final Exam that determines your eternal destiny. We can’t afford to fail it!

    Pop Quiz and Final Exam By Pastor Jim May Matthew 16:13-19 How many of you can remember your school days? For some of you it seems that it was only yesterday, but for some of us, it means dusting off a lot of cobwebs, and crossing a whole lot of bridges that we have crossed to come this far, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Guarding Our Dignity Series

    Contributed by Richard Pfeil on May 16, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,288 views

    The message is part three of a series on end of life issues and deals issues surrounding dignity.

    ETHICS AT THE END OF LIFE: GUARDING OUR DIGNITY TEXT: Various Sunday, September 1, 2002 Today we will conclude a series on end-of-life issues. This message is hard but necessary. A large segment of our society is advocating that we should terminate our lives when things get difficult ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Called To Be A Barnabas

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jul 31, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 9,220 views

    This message calls for Christian Disciples to answer the "Call to Be a Barnabas" by being instruments of encouragement in the lives of others through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

    CALLED TO BE A BARNABAS --ACTS 4:36-38; and II CORINTHIAS 1:3-7 Charles Swindoll shares this story in an issue of Leadership magazine: “On May 24, 1965, a thirteen-and-a half-foot boat quietly slipped out of the marina at Falmouth, Massachusetts, for Falmouth, England. It would be the smallest ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Hope That Changes Life

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 6, 2004
    based on 324 ratings
     | 59,862 views

    Easter is a living message of hope from the other side of the grave.

    An Illinois man left Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him the next day. When he reached his hotel he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are They Attacking Again? Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Nov 4, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,611 views

    When tragedy strikes, we can trust God. [terrorism & war]

    STANDING TALL: ARE THEY ATTACKING AGAIN? Psalm 27:1-14 S: Courage Th: Standing Tall Pr: WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, WE CAN TRUST GOD. ?: How? How do we do that? KW: Applications TS: We will find in our study of Psalm 27 five applications that will instruct us on how to trust God when tragedy ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Good Things Can Come Series

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Feb 8, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 3,147 views

    good things come with problems - how do you then grasp a fuller life

    How good things can come 4th part of grasping a full life. Brief review of past messages: 1. "Triple God’s blessing for you." God is determined to bless us and keep us, make his face shine on us and be gracious to us. 2. "Life is beautiful." To God, life is beautiful, we are precious, the Father ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Rotting Harvest

    Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 15, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,284 views

    Jesus has compassion on the lost. The field are white, but if we fail to do nothing, the harvest may rot.

    The Rotting Harvest Matthew 9:35-38 Her husband, the love of her life and father of her children had just died. It was a heart attack in the middle of the night. Filled with shock and grief, she struggled to make sense of the events of the past 24 hours. He was so young. He seemed so strong. ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    The Faithful Follower Series

    Contributed by Wes Humble on Nov 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,858 views

    Christmas sermon

    Lead Characters in a Christmas Drama: The Faithful Follower: Mathew 1:18-25 In churches all across America there will be Christmas dramas. You can almost excuse the ones with little kids in bathrobes with towels on their heads and angels with paper wings. The ones that are hard to take are the ...read more

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