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  • Tom McCrossan avatar

    The Good News Of Peace With God Series

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Mar 27, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,610 views

    The Easter story as told by Peter to Cornelius in Acts 10.

    The Good News of Peace with God Easter 2005 Michael Green writes the truth when he says: "Christianity does not hold the resurrection to be one among many tenets of belief. Without faith in the resurrection--there would be no Christianity at all. The Jesus Movement would have fizzled out like ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    5 Attitudes Of Effective Prayer

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 1, 2005
    based on 104 ratings
     | 44,942 views

    This sermon outlines five principles needed for an effective and active prayer life.

    Our Scripture text for today is found in LUKE 1. While you are turning to it, let me tell you about a young girl who once wrote a missionary, to let him know that she was keeping him in her prayers. She had been told not to request a response to her letter because the missionary was very busy, so ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    What Is Your Opinion?

    Contributed by James May on Apr 3, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 10,109 views

    Elijah’s words to Israel are the same words that I have to speak to the church today. How long will you halt between two opinions? It’s time to get the right opinion and serve the Lord.

    WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? By Pastor Jim May One of the greatest prophets who ever lived was Elijah. Here was a real man of God. Not much is known of Elijah’s family roots. We know that he came from the land of the Tishbite’s in Gilead, which was a wild mountainous land bordering on Arabia. Some ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The God Who Is There (Jehovah Shammah) Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 3, 2005
    based on 47 ratings
     | 28,728 views

    This name means, “God is there.”

    My mind goes back to an experience I had when we served as missionaries in Mexico City. One day I took the Metro (subway) to the far southern part of the city to teach English to a couple businessmen. I had to make several transfers to different lines and finally arrived at my stop about an hour ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Appointed"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Apr 5, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,213 views

    We are appointed to eternal life, and once we’ve responded to God’s call and been saved we are appointed to service.

    “For thus the Lord has commanded us, ‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles that You should bring salvation to the end of the earth’. And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Todd Hudnall avatar

    How Reliable Is The Bible? Series

    Contributed by Todd Hudnall on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 171 ratings
     | 9,451 views

    This apologetic message examines the reliability of the Bible and challenges us to be people of the Scripture.

    (ON THE STREET INTERVIEWS-VIDEO) The Bible is a unique and remarkable book. It is actually a library of 66 books written over a span of 1,500 years. There isn’t another book in history that took that long to write. 40-different authors from every walk of life wrote the Bible. We all know that ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Planned For God's Pleasure Series

    Contributed by Richard Pfeil on Apr 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,656 views

    Deals with our need for Worship

    “PLANNED FOR GOD’S PLEASURE” Sunday, May 2, 2004 We are unpacking God’s purposes for our lives. In order to get the most you can out of this series, I encourage you to read only one chapter a day. I know life is busy; I missed two times this week myself and I had to get caught up, but it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Getting Our Heads Together About Our Relationships Series

    Contributed by Richard Pfeil on Apr 18, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,484 views

    Improving relationships in our lives

    "GETTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIPS” SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2004 Good morning. We are glad to have you here worshipping with us today. We are on the second part of a seven-part series on “getting our heads together.” We are dealing with it on a variety of topics. Two weeks ago we ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Chip Off The Old Block Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 27, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,309 views

    Bible Couples, Pt. 3 "Isaac and Rebekah"

    A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK (GENESIS 27:1-46) To relatives and friends, guessing who was the favorite child in my family was not difficult. Growing up, my sister was daddy’s girl. The family included two boys and a sister in the middle, each a year apart, but my status as the youngest son status in ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Silence Is Golden Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 27, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,000 views

    Bible Couples, Pt. 7 "Zechariah and Elizabeth"

    SILENCE IS GOLDEN (LUKE 1:5-25) Middle Age is the last laugh before old age, which is no laughing matter. People in middle-age can identify with this excerpt from a piece of humor titled “Middle Age”: Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty, but everything else starts to wear out, fall out, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Lost And Found Chapter

    Contributed by Ivan Casteel on Apr 29, 2005
    based on 53 ratings
     | 6,394 views

    Describing the Lostness of Mankind and the grace of the Saviour

    PP0552 DATE THE LOST AND FOUND CHAPTER! Luke 15:1-32; Luke 16:19-31. INTRODUCTION: There are certain chapters of the Bible that are known by certain titles: Genesis 1 - The Creation Chapter. Exodus 12 - The Passover Chapter, 1 Samuel 17 - David and Goliath Chapter. Psalm 23 – The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Too Proud To Duck

    Contributed by James May on May 11, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,601 views

    Pride was Naaman’s sin that had to be overcome before he could be healed. All mankind has to learn to Duck - not in Jordan, but in the Blood of Jesus to be healed of the "leprosy of sin".

    Too Proud to Duck by Pastor Jim May The story is told of two ducks and a frog that lived together in a farm pond. They were best of friends. All day long you could watch them amuse themselves and play together in their pond. When the hot summer days came, however, the pond began to dry up, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    God's Purpose In Good And Bad

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 15, 2004
    based on 104 ratings
     | 10,147 views

    God has a purpose for us in both good times and bad.

    INTRO.- ILL.- One man said, “After finishing an out-of-town errand, I discovered that my car wouldn’t start because it was out of gas. A passer-by told me there was a service station a half-mile away, so I took a gas can from the trunk and trudged the distance in the sweltering sun. “The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Cracking The Da Vinci Code

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 22, 2004
    based on 446 ratings
     | 12,498 views

    The Da Vinci Code is one of the hotest novels on the market today, what should the church’s response be?

    (I began this message with a clip from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where Indy discovers the Grail) Let’s start by saying that the Da Vinci code focuses on a subject that many of us know little about and that is the Holy Grail, as a matter of fact the sum total of most of our knowledge ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Jon Earls avatar

    Homesick - For Heaven!

    Contributed by Jon Earls on May 28, 2004
    based on 56 ratings
     | 17,672 views

    For all of those who are homesick for a better place, homecoming day is coming!

    Scripture Reading: John 14:1-12 Introduction: Every once in a while I get homesick. Does anyone here know anything about being homesick? The past few weeks I’ve got to admit I have been just a little homesick for Momma. This doesn’t happen very often – not that I don’t love my Momma, but I am just ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness