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  • Pastor Dempsey Daniels avatar

    Finger Tip Faith

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Jul 23, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,005 views

    Fingertip Faith

    Finger Tip Faith John 20:27 We live in a time of such convenience till everything is at our fingertips. The setting of our text has three backgrounds. The first of which is in Galilee, the night of Jesus’ resurrection. He had told the women earlier that morning to run tell Peter and the rest of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who's Baby Is This

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,841 views

    A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Advent Mary receives the angel telling her she will have Jesus

    4th Sunday in Advent Luke 1:26-38 "Who’s Baby Is This?" 26 ¶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    God's Great Gift Of Grace

    Contributed by Rick Labate on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 100 ratings
     | 13,896 views

    A full understanding of God’s grace is the cure for our sometimes overwhelming guilt.

    God’s Great Gift of Grace by Rick Labate In his book, My Tortured Conscience, Martin Weber writes, “He was a deeply committed Christian evangelist. Even in retirement he won many converts throughout the conference. Everyone spoke well of the gentle man. One cold and gray morning he put his ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    Marry, Marry, Quite Contrary

    Contributed by Jim Luthy on May 17, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
     | 3,643 views

    The secret to making marriages thrive is to dance with the spiritual reality that you are no longer two lives trying to get along, but two former lives now becoming one new life by the loving hand of God.

    In the 1970’s, a wave of no-fault divorce legislation swept across the nation. As states passed no-fault divorce laws, a culture of divorce developed. The divorce culture was perpetuated by the rise in pre-nuptial agreements. Now, many states are realizing the socio-economic effects of divorce. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jesus Is The Reason For The Season

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Dec 13, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 23,512 views

    This sermon is about making room for Jesus in the Inn of our hearts.

    JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON Text: Luke 2:1-7 "On February 24, 1948, one of the most unusual operations in medical history took place in Ohio State University’s department of research surgery. A stony sheath was removed from around the heart of Harry Besharra, a man thirty years of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Two Minute Drill Series

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 23, 2001
    based on 56 ratings
     | 4,391 views

    Have we been given the two minute warning?

    I started reading a book this week that has brought words to my feelings as I struggled with what I believe God wanted me to say today. “Preacher pastors often hesitate before they speak. The stakes are high. For words “name worlds,” worlds that can bind or set free, worlds that can build up or ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Living Large-With A Pure Heart Series

    Contributed by Gary Shockley on Oct 14, 2001
    based on 178 ratings
     | 17,989 views

    Purity of heart is doing the right things with the write motives.

    Living Large-With a Pure Heart Beatitudes Series: Part 6 Cornerstone Church Rev. Gary A. Shockley October 14, 2001 Did you ever reach into the fridge, grab hold of the carton and take a big gulp of sour milk? You can’t get it out of your mouth fast enough—can you? Not pure! Ever get behind some ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    When Love Conquers All

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Nov 8, 2002
    based on 77 ratings
     | 8,942 views

    Forgiveness is perhaps the biggest part of God’s love.

    WHEN LOVE CONQUERS ALL Text: Matthew 18:21-35 At the age of nineteen, I got into writing a lot of poetry. After my natural mother had passed away, my poems became an outlet for my grief. Years later, I went back and looked at some of those poems. I was amazed to see that I had grown. Still, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Remember The Rooster, Ed?

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Nov 8, 2002
    based on 104 ratings
     | 3,612 views

    Our guilt eats away at us when our conscience will not let us rest.

    REMEMBER THE ROOSTER, ED? Text: First John 1:9 Benjamin Franklin once said, " A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder, rest and guilt live far asunder". (Elanor Doan. Speaker’s Sourcebook. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1988, p. 68). Ivan Krylov once wrote, "Your guilt ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Fix Your Holiness Series

    Contributed by David Salisbury on May 29, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,830 views

    Lesson 14 in a series on the Sermon on the Mount. I spent the whole sermon talking about holiness and what it means and how it changes us. I took the people through the process of putting this sermon together to help them see how I arrived at my conclusio

    Fix Your Holiness Matthew 7:6 This morning I am going to do something that I very rarely do. As we are moving through the Sermon on the Mount, I have tried to select sections of scripture for us to examine. We have looked at as many as 10 verses at one time. This morning, we will examine a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Breaking The Chains To Set You Free Series

    Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Mar 29, 2001
    based on 139 ratings
     | 26,368 views

    Through passionate prayer, you can be set free from the adversities and conflicts of life.

    Sermon.966 “Breaking The Chains To Set You Free!” Acts 12:1-19a Sometimes, life holds more bad news for us than good news! Today’s text from the Bible in the book of Acts lets us know very quickly that our perspective on life makes all the difference. Like the 96 year old man who was asked ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Loving Like Christ

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,585 views

    Husbands are to give themselves completely to and for their wives.

    I. It means husbands are to give themselves completely to and for their wives. A. Ephesians 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;" B. Ephesians 5:2 "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living A Humbled Life

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 107 ratings
     | 8,448 views

    Jesus teaches us that godly humility comes from loving God with all of our heart and mind and strength as well as loving our neighbors as we love ourselves.

    LIVING A HUMBLED LIFE Text: Philipians 2:1-11 Years ago popular music artist Carly Simon wrote a song entitled, "You’re So Vain" during the 70,s. I once heard it said that she wrote that song about Warren Beatty because of the way that he thought that he was God’s gift to women. Some of the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    A Prophet Challenges The System

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 115 ratings
     | 16,127 views

    This sermon addresses the issue of how prosperity does not always mean that God apporves of what is going on with those in positions of power.

    A PROPHET CHALLENGES THE SYSTEM Text: Amos 7:7-17 One of the most intriguing sights in all the world is that of the leaning Tower Of Pisa in Tuscany, Italy. It was begun in 1174 and completed in 1350. It stands 179 feet high and leans some 16 and a half feet out of the perpendicular as of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Larry Norman avatar

    A Lesson Of Faith From A Faithful Mother Series

    Contributed by Larry Norman on May 10, 2002
    based on 269 ratings
     | 42,069 views

    Sin had ravaged this woman’s life and she came to Jesus in desparation, in adoration, and in humiliation.

    Series: Character Studies A Lesson in Faith From a Faithful Mother Matthew 15:21-28 Intro: When Robert Ingersoll the notorious skeptic, was in his heyday, two college students went to hear him lecture. As the walked down the street after the lecture, one said to the other, “Well, I guess he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist