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  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Agape Love Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 40,023 views

    The Beatles said it best when they sang, “all you need is love” …...and then they broke up. We cannot agape love on our own, we need God to enable us to agape love.

    How can I love? They hurt me. They said this thing that hurt me. I tried to ignore it. I said to myself, “It doesn’t matter, move on, be mature about it, it was just this dumb little thing. But still, I kept thinking about it. I wanted to put it out of my mind, I didn’t want to think about it….but ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bruce Allen avatar

    Put Away The Old | Put On The New

    Contributed by Bruce Allen on Jul 21, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,138 views

    When you are born-again there is a change in you. This change is reflected in the way we live out our lives. What are you portraying - the Old or New you?

    Put Away the Old – Put On the New Colossians 3:1-17 If … you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. (2) Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. (3) For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    Faith To Move Against The Stream Series

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Aug 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,186 views

    Discover the kind of faith it takes to move against the stream of popular culture as you examine the life of Noah.

    What fish is known for swimming up stream against almost insurmountable odds? The Salmon is the answer. The Salmon swims up stream to fulfill a God given instinct to reach its feeding and breeding grounds. Salmon are famous for their fighting spirit. They battle currents and leap across rapids and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian La Croix avatar

    Ctwccofgw #2 - The Guarantee Of Answered Prayer Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 9, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,052 views

    Second in the series based on The Navigators’ "Lessons on Assurance."

    Cool Things We Can Count On from God’s Word #2 – The Guarantee of Answered Prayer John 16:24 Have you ever bought anything on a “money-back, satisfaction guaranteed” deal? Usually those are a good thing, and I’m optimistic (or maybe naïve) enough to believe that most companies honor that. A ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Finding Our Native Tongue Series

    Contributed by Eldon Reich on Aug 24, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,706 views

    This sermon deals with the lost language of the Christian. We have become a part of the world so much that we no longer have a distintive language.

    FINDING OUR NATIVE TONGUE John 8:42-44 Friends, did you know that there are 6000 languages in the world One is said to disappear every fortnight—2 weeks. 200 years ago the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt stumbled upon a village in what is now Venezuela. While there he heard a parrot ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Funeral Message / Service

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 25, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 12,164 views

    A well lived life is reflected not by accomplishments, successes or accolades, but by relationship – a relationship not only with others, but a relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ.

    NOTE TO READER: First is the message, then the funeral as given. The benediction ties into the body of the message and reasserts the power of the resurrection. We are each entrusted with one life, formed by the hand of the Father in our mother’s womb – surely God has his hand on us from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Not As Clean As You Think

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on May 6, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,058 views

    Seeker service that uses a couple of dial commercials to illustrate how we need the cleansing of Christ in our lives. This sermon has a couple of video clips and powerpoint available if you are interested.

    Sermon Text—–1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. Introduction: · From ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    One Nation "Under" God

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on May 29, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,949 views

    This sermon call God’s people to a call of Reputation. The leaderrs must have a reputaiton of accountability and the pepole hasa reputation of responsiblity.

    “ONE NATION UNDER GOD” Proverbs 14:34- I Timothy 2:1-2 INTRO. Throughout our lives we find ourselves many times being placed under certain precarious positions and circumstances but most importantly we find ourselves under certain people that brings us discomfort, displeasure and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    #2-3 Understanding The Power Of Division Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 9, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,994 views

    We study the power of disagreement and division and this negative power will destroy God’s plan.

    UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF DIVISON By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I do this lesson in two parts. This lesson is part two and three of a three part lesson. I. INTRODUCTION: A. Did you hear about the good news? An old woman called their Pastor to discuss a matter of great ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Paul Wallace avatar

    You Can Change Your Self Esteem

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 13,662 views

    With God’s help we can change our self image so that it is more in line with how God sees us.

    You can change you self-concept 1 Peter 1:18-19 How does our world place value on people? Physical beauty, Money, Accomplishment. By comparing yourself with others. That’s how many get the value of themself. However, If it don’t line up with the world of God, it needs changed. There is no ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Sheldon Boyd avatar

    A Big Little Problem Series

    Contributed by Sheldon Boyd on Oct 5, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,209 views

    This is part of a series I did on topics my congregation requested. Several of these messages are two parts.

    YOU ASKED FOR IT A BIG LITTLE PROBLEM Sunday June 11, 2006 Scripture Reference: James 3:1-12 Intro. A. [] Did you hear about the three preachers who went fishing together? After they got out into the middle of the lake they started confessing to each other the sins that seem to continue to ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • David Hicks avatar

    A Mind Fixed On Jesus

    Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 16, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,347 views

    Consider Jesus who is greater than the prophets and angels and who was appointed by God. Fix your minds upon Him.

    A MIND FIXED ON JESUS Have you ever found yourself fixated on a project, a person, a hobby or an idea? I tend to be the type of person that can easily become fixated on something. For example, this week we were doing some restructuring of the basement facilities. I found myself moving ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • David Swensen avatar

    Our Blessed Hope

    Contributed by David Swensen on Nov 11, 2001
    based on 238 ratings
     | 18,038 views

    Hope. We cannot live adequately without it. Dr. Emil Brunner said,"What oxygen is for the living, such is hope for the meaning of human life." Learn more about "Our Blessed Hope", in this weeks message.

    OUR BLESSED HOPE INTRODUCTION Malcolm Muggeridge was a very famous and highly respected British journalist who for many years was an ardent atheist.His opinions and thoughts were coveted by American publishers and he occasionally wrote the editorial page for Time magazine.Toward the end of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Elmore avatar

    Peaceable Kingdom

    Contributed by Michael Elmore on Nov 29, 2001
    based on 228 ratings
     | 26,597 views

    Advent. Isaiah’s vision of Christ’s Millenial Kingdom

    THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM Isaiah 11:1-10 Introduction: "The Peaceable Kingdom" is the title early 19th-century painter, Edward Hicks, gave to this benign menagerie of animals - wild and domesticated. He based his work on this Isaiah 11 passage that speaks of such animals as the wolf, lamb, leopard, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • John Hickman avatar

    Are You Worshiping Nature Or The Creator?

    Contributed by John Hickman on Oct 22, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,367 views

    Is our culture today worshiping "Mother Nature" instead of the Creator? Jesus went out into God's Creation to hear from God, to pray, to be refreshed and recharged for ministry. Shouldn't we be doing the same?

    One hundred years before the birth of Jesus a Roman Philosopher, Cicero, wrote, “Nature herself makes the wise man rich.” The poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said that “Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she achieves her work.” Antoinette Brown Blackwell wrote ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic