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  • Brian Harrell avatar

    A Vision Of The Church

    Contributed by Brian Harrell on Jan 17, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,876 views

    I grew up thinking that Jesus must be emabarassed with this thing called church. The hypocrisy and fakiness led me to want to see something different. This sermon is my personal understanding of what i wanted the church to be.

    Loving the Church powerpoint available at coolguybri@verizon.net There is a word that brings a lot of emotion when used. To some people it is a bad word and thoughts associated with it are pain, politics, division, hurt and disappointment. That same word, to others brings to mind absolutely ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    I Have Made You A Watchman

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 195 ratings
     | 41,916 views

    The Church, God’s people, is entrusted with a message to deliver and will be held accountable for faithfulness.

    "I have made you a watchman" Eze. 33:7 INTRO.: I once knew a preacher who had retired from the navy. He was a radar technician.. His task was to track the presence of Russian submarines off the Atlantic coast of the United States. He said at times there were several of them and his job was to know ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How Do We Do Ministry Series

    Contributed by Terry Stivers on Aug 9, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,801 views

    There are vast viewpoints of ministry today. How do we view ministry through the eyes of servanthood? Study in Gospel of Mark

    HOW DO WE VIEW MINISTRY? Mark 1:29-39 INTRO: A Man With a Servant’s Heart A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of the time, each guest put his shoes outside his room to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Dan Brown avatar

    Authentic Worship

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 28, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,937 views

    A look at Christ’s teaching on worship with the woman at the well.

    EG Service-Authentic Worship-Jn. 4:21-24 Hook: EPIC-4 core values, Encounter God, Passion 4 God and People, Invite seekers, Connect w/ His people. Encounter God-Authentic Worship- Key Idea: X calls us to Focus on the Big Picture. There is one way to God through X, and it is through Him (the ...read more

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  • Randall Bates avatar

    Reverence, Not Rigor-Mortis: A Call To Genuine Worship

    Contributed by Randall Bates on Dec 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,614 views

    Genuine worship comes from the heart, is spontaneous, new, congregational, joyful, and affects our daily life

    REVERENCE NOT RIGOR-MORTIS: A CALL TO GENUINE WORSHIP 2 CORINTHIANS 3.17, JOHN 4. 24, PSALM 149. 1 - 9 One of the most recurring things we hear about church is that it is boring. Many folks won’t come out & openly say it, but they don’t come because it is boring. This causes a great concern to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Taylor avatar

    The Nature Of Authentic Worship

    Contributed by David Taylor on Nov 30, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,516 views

    Worship

    Nature of Authentic Worship Moving Ahead Together, Part 9 Matt 15:8-9 8 "’These people honor me with their lips, but their heart are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.’" . The text tells us that the early church praised God together so today I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Warren Lamb avatar

    A Bible-Driven Church

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Apr 10, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,717 views

    What is the real purpose and meaning behind the Church and behind being left in this world once Jesus Christ has become our Savior and our Lord?

    A Bible-Driven Church Colossians 1:25 It is not at all uncommon to hear someone say that they love the church they found because the people there are so nice and because the pastor is so easy to understand. What we do not hear people saying much is that they love their church because the people ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Journey Of The Heart, Part 2 Series

    Contributed by John Harvey on Jun 8, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,325 views

    The Journey of the Heart requires worshiping in spirit and in truth.

    Life Quest “The Journey of the Heart, Part 2” June 11, 2006 Introduction: Last week we began a series looking at what we are to be about as a church and what it is that Christ has called us to. Last week and this week really focus on the first part of our church mission statement: “To ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Keep Pursuing Ahead

    Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Jan 1, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,250 views

    The main things that we are to keep the main thing in church

    A blessed new year to all of you! Someone said, “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” With the year 2007 ahead of us, let me remind you of the main thing that we are to pursue. Let us see how the early church did it in Acts 2:41-47... “Those who accepted his message were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Church

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Nov 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,730 views

    The longer a church has been in existence, the more its resources go toward its own preservation rather than toward outreach and evangelism.

    God’s Church Luke 4:18 KJV Many Christians can suffer from a lack of identity An older sister was sitting next to her younger brother in Church one Sunday morning unsuccessfully trying to keep him still and quiet. Finally she said, I wish you would calm down. I can’t, he said, it’s just so ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    God's Great Love For Us PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 20, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 940 views

    Explores God's profound love, His mercy, and the purpose He has for our lives.

    Welcome, dear friends. It is a joy and a privilege to be gathered together in this sacred space, united by our shared love for our Savior and our shared desire to understand His word more deeply. We are here to seek wisdom from the scriptures, to learn from the teachings of the apostle Paul, and to ...read more

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    What It Is

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 27, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,381 views

    This message looks at the Mission Statement of Christianity.

    It was almost as if it had never happened. Almost as if it had been a dream, a bad dream, but just a dream. Everything was exactly the way it had been before. Jesus spoke about the kingdom, they walked everywhere they went and did lunch together. It was hard to believe that a month before they ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Church And Community Membership And Action In Light Of Christ's Return

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Aug 22, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,466 views

    It is necessary for the church to be involved in community participation and action in light of Christ’s imminent return. I believe that there are three reasons why we need to establish and support biblical community within the church in these Last Days –

    CHURCH AND COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP AND ACTION IN LIGHT OF CHRIST’S RETURN HEBREWS 10:25 Introduction: Hebrews 10:25 encouraged the Hebrew Christians to find strength in participation and involvement in their local church in light of the pending destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. They were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Martin avatar

    Still Blessed

    Contributed by Michael Martin on Feb 25, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 13,241 views

    The Blessing of Staying in God’s House

    (Psa. 84:1-12) "Blessed are they that dwell in thy house..." The word "Blessed" in the Bible means "contentment, happiness, fulfillment!" The implication is that those that are content, happy and fulfilled are truly BLESSED! In this wicked, lost and dying world, we can still have peace and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dave Kinney avatar

    The Cure For The Common Church, Pt. 2

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Apr 5, 2008
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,531 views

    These are critical days for Christianity and how we respond and react to this sweeping sea of change within our culture, will tell a lot about how Christianity survives in the next 25 years!

    Last week I said, “As a body of believers, this statement is what will drive us, motivate us and focus us for the work of the ministry that God has placed before us. All of us are to be equipped as maturing and growing believers so that together we can execute the cure for the common ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist