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Who's In Charge Here? Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Oct 22, 2006

based on 4 ratings

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Joshua, Pt. 3

WHO’S IN CHARGE? (JOSHUA 3:1-17) Famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawabest’s black and white movie “Ikiru” certainly makes one ponder about life’s meaning and purpose. The story is about the choices a dying man faced and made upon learning he had cancer. Kanji Watanabe, the Chief of the Citizens ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:1-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Standing Firm Series

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 9, 2004

based on 56 ratings

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It’s a dark world. We Christians are told to live as salt and light. How can we do that each day...live as people of faith?

THE PASTOR’S POINTS sermon ministry of CEDAR LODGE BAPTIST CHURCH Thomasville, NC a fellowship of faith, family and friendships February 8, 2004 Questions can test your faith. A little girl was talking to her grandmother. She asked, "Grandma, how old are you?" The grandmother replied, ...read more

Scripture: Amos 5:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17

Denomination: United Methodist

Swallowed Up Or Spewed Out Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 6, 2003

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God disciplines us when we turn aside from His will: either we get swallowed up in addictive behavior, churchianity, busy-ness, and controversy; or God spews us out as ill-equipped, unreceptive, divisive. Confess our distress, admit our limitations, and

What parent does not dread this awful experience? In your care is a small child. You turn your back for just an instant –to answer the phone, to get a drink of water – and when you come back to that child, she is coughing and choking, clutching at her throat. Those curious eyes saw something ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 42:1

Denomination: Baptist

The Wild Man Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Jul 16, 2003

based on 74 ratings

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This is a message in a series I preached on Witnesses of Jesus Christ. Each message is preceded by a dramatic monologue, which is included.

Demoniac (Adapted from a drama originally performed by Curt Cloninger) “You go way from me. You go way from me. I know who you are, Jesus; I know who you are! You a holy man; You a holy man Don’t come up here by me; don’t come up here by me! No! No no no no no! Don’t come up here; don’t come ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical Free

10 Ways America Is Under Attack - Supreme Court - Commandments - Pledge

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 29, 2005

based on 88 ratings

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Our courts are slowly banning the 10 Commandments. Do they know they are breaking the first one, and stomping on our Christian heritage? Link included to Formatted Text version, handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

10 Ways America Is Under Attack Exodus 20:1-17 America was again attacked this week, and in grander scale than on 9/11. Our brave soldiers in the Middle East are attacked daily, and we need to hold them up in prayer, but this week, it happened again…on our own soil…and this time, it was not by ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

God Bless Us With Happiness - Part Iii

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 1, 2005

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Most people want some happiness in life but do they find it? Not where they might think.

INTRO.- Why would I preach about seeking happiness? Because I think this is a goal that most people have in life. Most people would like to have a certain amount of happiness in life and they go looking for it in all kinds of ways but they don’t always find it. Haven’t you noticed? The world ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Values For Christian Excellence In 2005

Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Aug 2, 2005

based on 6 ratings

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Many who come into a local church think it looks more like a porcupine ball than a tightly knit family.

42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Pentecostal

Every Saint Has A Past And Every Sinner A Future Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 30, 2003

based on 130 ratings

| 36,465 views

Jesus: Freind of Sinners, Part 1 of 7

4. FRIENDS IN LOWLY PLACES (LUKE 5:27-32) On his trip to Hawaii, a hungry Tony Campolo unwittingly made his way at 3:30 in the morning to a seedy part of town for a snack, to be surrounded by eight or nine prostitutes who had just taken the night off. He overheard a prostitute saying to her ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Loving People And Using Things Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 30, 2003

based on 51 ratings

| 5,540 views

Jesus: Friend of Sinners, Part 7 of 7.

LOVING PEOPLE AND USING THINGS (LUKE 19:1-10) One of the greatest novels written, as well as my favorite Broadway musical, is “Les Miserables,” the story of Jean Valjean’s transformation from an uncaring and unfeeling man into a kind, noble, generous, sacrificial and selfless man later in life. He ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What's Your Cause?

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 6, 2003

based on 120 ratings

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Everyone has a cause, which they promote.

INTRO.- ILL.- A small church in the hills of Tennessee struck oil on its parking lot. It was a gusher and money was coming in so fast that the finance committee didn’t know what to do with it. The committee called a special congregational meeting of the 40 church members asked them what to do ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Promises To Keep Before I Sleep Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 18, 2003

based on 41 ratings

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As young people we make many naive promises, which are diluted by the demands of the day. But God sends people to intervene with the truth, so that at the end we are able to praise Him for the grace that helps us feel some degree of fulfillment.

The shouts of today are so loud that I do not hear the echoes of yesterday, nor do I listen to the faint whispers of tomorrow. All I really know is what is clamoring in my ear right here, right now. That makes me lose perspective. The shouts of today are so insistently loud that I do not hear ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 1:1-48

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Is Lord Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 24, 2009

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Paul, Pt. 19

JESUS IS LORD (PHILIPPIANS 2:4-11) An army corporal needed to use a pay phone, but didn’t have change for a dollar. He saw a lower-ranking private mopping the base’s corridor floors, and asked him, “Soldier, do you have change for a dollar?” The private replied, “Yeah, sure.” The corporal turned ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:4-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Promises To Keep Before I Sleep Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 4, 2009

based on 5 ratings

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We make promises to God but do not keep them because we let life overwhelm us, but if we listen to those who care for us, they will bring us back to our promises.

The shouts of today are so loud that I do not hear the echoes of yesterday, nor do I listen to the faint whispers of tomorrow. All I really know is what is clamoring in my ear right here, right now. That makes me lose perspective. The shouts of today are so insistently loud that I do not hear the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 1:48

Denomination: Baptist

Leadership Traits Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Feb 8, 2009

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What do you picture when you think of a leader? What traits do you think a leader should have? Our passage today tells us what Nehemiah’s leadership traits were, and they might surprise you.

http://brushforkbanner.blogspot.com/ It’s time for us to rethink our picture of leadership in the church. And, by the way, when we talk about leadership in the context of Nehemiah, we’re not talking specifically about pastoral leadership. If anything, Ezra is the model for pastoral leadership. ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Bouncing Back From The Bottom Series

Contributed by T. Michael Crews on Aug 21, 2008

based on 6 ratings

| 31,122 views

Exposition of Jonah 2

Success: how high you bounce when you hit bottom. - Gen. George Patton General Patton’s words remind us that most of us hit bottom at some point. Life has its ups and downs, its highs and lows. No matter how you try to stay on the high peaks of the mountain, at some point you descend into the ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

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