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    Grace Alone 102925 PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 15, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 113 views

    God’s grace meets us in our sin and need, offering true freedom and acceptance through faith in Jesus, not our own efforts.

    Some of us arrived today feeling like life has been a long hallway of closed doors. You knocked on the door of good intentions and it stayed shut. You jiggled the handle of self-improvement and it wouldn’t budge. You leaned your ear to the keyhole of religious busyness and heard only your own ...read more

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    God’s Amazing Grace PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 29, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 95 views

    God’s grace is a free gift we cannot earn; through faith, we receive His love and acceptance, not by our efforts but by His mercy.

    Some of us walked in today with hearts like clenched fists—trying to hold it all together, trying to square the accounts with God, trying to make sense of a week that wore us thin. We wonder if grace has a limit, if mercy has a meter, if love has a ledger. We keep a mental checklist: pray more, try ...read more

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    David And Goliath

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Sep 21, 2024
     | 1,161 views

    Series on the Life of David

    Title: David and Goliath: Facing the Giants in Your Life Script: I Samuel 17 Type: series on David Where: GNBC 9-22-24 Intro: Westerns are filled with the stuff of great final showdowns. If we’ve learned anything from watching westerns for more than a hundred years, it is this: If you ever ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Wisdom For The Family Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 8, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 18,692 views

    The biblical views of marriage and the family have often been ridiculed but now many are seeing the wisdom of following what God has to say. Since He is the Creator and Sustainer of life, when we follow God’s ways we will be blessed.

    Wisdom for the Family British anthropologist John Unwin conducted an in-depth study of eighty civilizations that have come and gone over the last 4,000 years and has discovered that a common thread ran through all of them. In each instance, they started with strong moral values and a heavy ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Experiencing God Series

    Contributed by John Park on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,075 views

    A sermon from the first chapter of Acts from a chapter by chapter series on Acts.

    EXPERIENCING GOD I. Introduction A. Author and Date 1. Although the author is not named in the book we can gather from external evidences and from inferences of the book itself that Luke was the author. 2. The earliest of the external evidences appear in the Muratorian Canon (A.D. 170), ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Good And Faithful Servants Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Oct 14, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,601 views

    Parables for Christian Living, Pt. 8

    GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS (MATTHEW 25:13-30) Newsweek magazine published the results of an interview with respondents two years before the actual countdown to the new millennium of 2000 began in earnest. People were asked this question: “If money were no object, how would you like to prepare for ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Patiently Waiting For Christ's Return Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Mar 17, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 11,985 views

    We might ache for the redemption of creation, but James calls us to wait patiently.

    James 5:7-12 Patiently waiting for Christ’s Return What are you going to do when Spring finally comes? – tell your neighbour What are you going to do when Christ finally comes? – tell your neighbour Revelation 21 The New Jerusalem 1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The "S" Word: Husbands And Wives Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Apr 30, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,063 views

    God gave us marriage as a picture of Christ’s love for His church. We faithfully show the world His love for us in the way we accurately display that picture in our marital submission.

    1. Marital submission is about a mutual position 2. Marital submission is about a marvelous preparation 3. Marital submission is about a mysterious picture EPHESIANS 5:22-33 On June 14, 2000, Southern Baptists created a firestorm of controversy. Leaders of our convention were all over the TV ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Anger: Taking A "Chil” Pill Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Nov 19, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,076 views

    Part 2 of series Emotions, this message deals with Anger and a prescription for dealing with it found in Psalm 37.

    Anger: Taking a “Chil” Pill: Emotions, part 2 Wildwind Community Church 11/19/2006 David Flowers With Thanksgiving being Thursday and Thanksgiving weekend actually being next week, I want to talk to you about something we’re not really all that thankful for this morning. We’re in a series on ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Real Security Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Oct 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,396 views

    Obadiah’s "Day of the Lord" prophecy illustrates that true security is found in Jesus alone.

    I hope that all of you enjoyed the last three weeks as much as I did. The prophetic implications of the three fall Jewish Feasts really fit in well with our study of the Old Testament prophets as we prepare for our study of the Book of Revelation. This morning we’ll return to our journey through ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Authentic Relationships: Being Real In An Artificial World Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Apr 30, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 23,885 views

    How Christ’s friendship with His followers exemplifies the traits necessary to navigate our relationships through tough times.

    We begin a new series today on relationships. Every human being is created in God’s image and is therefore a relational being. Since we’re relational beings, if we have any hope of joy and peace and happiness in life we need to know how to “do” relationships. The majority of good relationships ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Response Of Saving Faith-6 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Oct 9, 2012
     | 3,108 views

    6 of ? The Hebrews writer recounted the very practical responses which faith had wrought in their forebears/ancestors. Saving faith yields practical responses to life. Saving faith meets life’s challenge with...

    A RESPONSE Of SAVING FAITH-VI—Hebrews 11:3-40 Attention: Faith’s response to life’s challenges. When we lived in Whigham, GA, we would take a day-trip to the beach in FL every few weeks/About a 1½ hr trip. We would take US 319 S. out of Tallahassee. FL & go thru Eastpoint, FL(near Apalachicola). ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Good And Faithful Servants Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 22, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,533 views

    Parables for Stewards, Pt. 8 (Final)

    GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS (MATTHEW 25:13-30) Newsweek magazine published the results of an interview with respondents two years before the actual countdown to the new millennium of 2000 began in earnest. People were asked this question: “If money were no object, how would you like to prepare for ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Five Undeniable Affirmations Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 30, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 10,155 views

    In this sermon we see that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because of five undeniable affirmations.

    Scripture The first verse of the greatest chapter in the Bible—Romans 8:1—says, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Everything else that follows in the rest of Romans 8 tells us why there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. There are a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "what Doesn't Kill Us ..." Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Jan 29, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,224 views

    James calls God’s training regimen “various [kinds of] trials” (James 1:2). As he prepares his friends for the inevitable test, he outlines for them ... and for us … the following five strategies to employ when times of testing challenge us.

    A very popular show in the sixties and seventies was a little half-hour police drama called … [do the theme music] … “Dragnet.” Remember that show? It starred Jack Webb as “Joe Friday” … a detective with the Los Angels Police Department. Joe Friday was a no-nonsense cop. His famous line was … ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist