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  • Perry Greene avatar

    When No One Is Looking

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 25, 2014
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    Joseph made the right choice with Potiphar's wife -- even though he might have gotten away with it, at least temporarily. He expressed a godly character in the midst of confusion and chaos.

    1. Opportunity Revelations In July of 2014, a bank teller pled guilty to embezzling nearly two million dollars from the State Bank of Lincoln where she worked as a head teller. She pulled off her crime by having access to the bank's vault and by changing audit numbers. Because she had worked at the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Missing Link In Understanding Leadership In The Church

    Contributed by Patrick Usifo on Jun 4, 2020
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    Many in our community find it difficult to understand that a Christian leader serves those that he leads differently from the world concept.

    Today, in our world, the most important subject hardly discussed among believers is the reign and the governing rule of Christians with Christ in the present dispensation and the future to come.  In fact, a good number of believers shy away, not wanting the hot seat of talking about the role ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Time Has Come For Bi-Vocational Ministers And Staff

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 3, 2001
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    We are all ministers so we need to rethink some traditional vocational concepts.

    The Time Has Come For Bi-vocational Ministers and Staff I have served in many churches over the last twenty-five years in a bi-vocational capacity. Only at the time I had not heard the terminology nor realized that it was what was needed in the churches. I had been saved and mentored under the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Do To About Phebe?

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 4, 2008
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     | 7,490 views

    An honorable woman, but not what many think she was.

    Rom 16:1-2 16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Jones avatar

    Why Not To Sleep In Church Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 29, 2009
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     | 7,024 views

    Exposition on Acts 20:1-16 regarding the ministry of encouragement and edification that Paul had to the early church

    Text: Acts 20:1-16, Title: Why Not to Sleep in Church, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/1/09, AM A. Opening illustration: Just in case your boss catches you asleep at your desk, be ready to blurt out one of these excuses: *They told me at the blood bank that this might happen. *This is just a 15-minute power ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    And Jesus Stood Still

    Contributed by Tim Shockley on Feb 17, 2015
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    In one of the most stressful times of Jesus' life, He heard a single voice cry out for mercy. And He stood still.

    There is a church in downtown Washington, DC, right in an area where there are a lot of street people. Almost every Sunday, a few of them would come into the church and sit in the back pews and watch the service. They are scary people, because they are toothless and dirty and they have not bathed ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Simple Leadership: Elders Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 28, 2015
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    The New Testament pattern for church leadership is not personnel committees, democracy, influential families in the church, or hierarchies. It is simply a group of men known as elders who study and seek to follow God’s Word.

    Simple Leadership: Elders ( I Timothy 5:17-25) 1. We usually think of authority issues when it comes to parents and teens. 2. One teen recently blogged, “Today, my mom screeched at me about my pillowcase being dirty and finished off one long rant with an irate "Who raised you to be such a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Thomas H avatar

    The Whole Church Equipped To Minister Series

    Contributed by Thomas H on Oct 4, 2010
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     | 10,605 views

    God has given the church certain people whose job it is to equip the members of the church so that the whole church functions properly.

    Ephesians 4:7-16 The Whole Church Equipped to Minister This week Marcela my wife had a splitting earache. Last weekend it was so painful that she spent most of it in bed with painkillers unable to sleep from pain. Also unable to hear properly. All sounds were just ringing in her ears. First ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Walk Worthy

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Mar 21, 2011
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    The Call of God is the greatest thing in this world.

    Eph 4 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; The absolute greatest vocation in the world is preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. To ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    23rd Anniversary "Our God Is An Awesome God"

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 13, 2012
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     | 25,312 views

    This is the sermon we preached on our 23rd anniversary as pastors of the church. It chronicles God's blessings upon us.

    Our God is an awesome God. God reigns from heaven above, with wisdom power and love our God is an awesome God. Today we celebrate 23 years of love and of ministry together as pastors and congregation. If someone were to ask us to sum up our experience together, it would have to be , ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Erik Estep avatar

    Leadership Series

    Contributed by Erik Estep on Jan 20, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 23,462 views

    Today in our passage of Scripture we’re going to see Peter, who was a disciple of Jesus, writing to church leaders as to what their responsibilities were.

    Intro: Bernard Brown is the president of Kennestone Regional Health Care System in Georgia. And he talked @ once working in a hospital where a patient knocked over a cup of water, which spilled on the floor by the patient’s bed. The patient was afraid he might slip on the water if he got ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Frank Edwards avatar

    Your Calling

    Contributed by Frank Edwards on Jan 25, 2010
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     | 7,848 views

    This morning I want to talk about the calling of God on our lives.

    Our Calling 2 Peter 1:3-11 Story: The St. Bernard Dogs in the Alps who seek out travelers lost in a storm take their mission very seriously. One of these dogs returned late one afternoon, wearied from fighting his way through the drifts. He went to his kennel, lay down in a corner, and acted ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Stephen Funderburk avatar

    Place Of Spiritual Greatness

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 23, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,211 views

    the offering of Isaac and what steps are revealed in Abraham become Spiritually Great

    Intro: hearing Michael Jordan’s acceptance speech into the Basketball Hall of Fame made me realize his greatness was in his desire to be great. Every aspect of his life was moving toward greatness. There was never a doubt he would arrive at the goal, because his movement was constantly going in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Stephen Funderburk avatar

    Compulsive Clean Church Disorder

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 30, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,104 views

    this is a message against being a status quo church--don’t mark a calender change a life

    Intro: most people have seen shows on Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. There are a lot of people who have minor problems to some who have major disorders. One such disorder is the desire for everything to be spotless, immaculate, not one thing out of place. Some people clean out of fear of dust, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Juan Lane avatar

    Who Are You?

    Contributed by Juan Lane on Oct 4, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,022 views

    We have to know who we are and trust God that our pastors are who God has called them to be

    Who are you? Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal