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  • Matthew Stoll avatar

    Work Ethic Series

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Jul 11, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,946 views

    God’s wisdom for our work ethic

    Do you realize you’re going to spend (or have spent) about 150,000 hours of your life working, which is about 40% of your waking hours. Unless you’re retired, you are probably groaning inside. A Harris survey found out in 1973 the average American spent 40 hours a week at work, but by 1987 the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    How You Can Know You Are Forgiven Series

    Contributed by Larry Sarver on Apr 16, 2002
    based on 115 ratings
     | 35,682 views

    An Expository Sermon from Romans 8:1-4 concerning the certainity of forgiveness for the Christian. Romans Series #33

    Romans Series # 33 April 10, 2002 Read Romans 8: 1-4 There are very few things in life that you can be absolutely certain about. For instance marriages fail despite vows of lifelong commitment, many products that we purchase disappoint us despite the "satisfaction guaranteed" label, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Nature Of The Church Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 26, 2006
    based on 70 ratings
     | 26,904 views

    Purpose Driven Concepts. This is the first of three sermons I plan in this series. This sermon is a reworking of another of my sermons "What Is The Church."

    God’s Committed Community: The Nature of The Church Did you know the word church is not found in the Old Testament? The concept may be there and the foundational ideas for the church are there but the word church is never used in the Old Testament. The Old Testament talks about “a holy people”, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Preachers

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on May 27, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,487 views

    Does God still call men and women to full time ministry? What does it mean to be "called"?

    The Highest Call or Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Preachers Acts 26:19 "So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.” (NIV) What does it mean to be “called”? Today, we are celebrating God’s call upon the live of Pastor Randy Tingle. Today, the Church of ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Ed Cole avatar

    For Fathers, For Kids

    Contributed by Ed Cole on Jun 13, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 24,074 views

    A classic sermon by Dr. Edwin Louis Cole on the responsibility of fathers to guide, guard, and govern their families and children.

    (Sermon Central Subscribers’ Free Gift: www.MajoringInMen.com/SermonCentral) Introductory Texts 1. Malachi 4:6 2. Romans 5:15 3. John 8:39 The Works of Abraham 1. Abraham obtained righteousness by faith. 2. He tithed. 3. He rescued Lot with 318 servants trained in his own household. 4. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Utilize The Authority You Have In The Spirit

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 13, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 4,147 views

    The Holy Spirit gives you the authority to be delivered from all of your problems. Paul said, "I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I can do everything God asks me to do with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power.

    Utilize the Authority You Have in the Spirit - (Phil. 4:11-13) Autoarkeo - Self-sufficient. Through the indwelling Holy Spirit we have become sufficient in Christ according to Phil. 4:11-13. Listen to the verse from the amplified Bible: "I have strength for all things through Christ who ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Right Hand Of Fellowship Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Apr 28, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 16,011 views

    Paul’s trip to visit the Jerusalem apostles give insight into the roots of Christian Fellowship.

    Introduction What’s the Largest Organism in the world? How about the Blue Whale weighing in at 109 tons and over 100 feet? Or maybe a giant redwood at over 200 feet high with a trunk 100 feet around? Or how about this guy right here (Flip to slide of single aspen tree)? The Quaking Aspen. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Robbie Shivar avatar

    Giving Thanks To God

    Contributed by Robbie Shivar on Nov 24, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 24,623 views

    The redeemed can give thanks to God for five reasons.

    Introduction: Seven Things to Be Thankful For 1. For automatic dishwashers—they make it possible to get out of the kitchen before the family come in for their after-dinner snacks. 2. For husbands who attack small repair jobs around the house—they usually make them big enough to call in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    #4the Gifts That God Gives(Spiritual)

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 4, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,619 views

    This is part 4 of a 4 part series, the GIFTS THAT GOD GIVES. We focus here on the spiritual gifts!

    #4 The gifts that God gives! (Spiritual) By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com GOOD NEWS YOU CAN USE IF YOU CHOOSE! 1. Nothing is as bad as it first appears. 2. The Bible will still have all the answers. 3. Prayer will still work. 4. Don’t sweat the small stuff, by the way, everything is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Breakthrough Prayer For My City

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014
     | 4,208 views

    As people of faith we need to be people of prayer but even more than that, people of breakthrough prayer, asking God to break through in situations where there is nothing else we can do. We need breakthrough prayer in our cities.

    It started out as a prayer meeting some forty years before. This prayer meeting was not without its detractors, at least not outside the Church of St. Nicholas in Leipzig Germany. Those who attended the prayer meeting were harassed and threatened on a fairly regular basis. Still, Monday night after ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • JM Raja Lawrence avatar

    Healthy Church (Growing Together In Christ)

    Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on May 16, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,256 views

    A healthy church functions like a well-orchestrated body—each member contributing uniquely, speaking truth in love, and allowing God's Word to transform our community from within.

    Healthy Church Growing Together in Christ Introduction A healthy church isn't merely a gathering of individuals under one roof but a living organism where every member functions in harmony toward a divine purpose. In Ephesians 4:15-16, Paul uses the metaphor of a body to describe the church, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Spirit Help

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Sep 20, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 474 views

    But God...We live in a wounded and fallen world. A world that is no longer perfect, a world that is filled with sin, with temptation, with sickness, with sorrow, with tragedy, with pain, with loneliness, But God!

    Spirit Help Romans 8:22-23, 26-28 In, Romans 8, Paul says very clearly that you and I live in a fallen and broken world. He says,"We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now." We live in a wounded and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    A Family Tradition

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Sep 27, 2025
     | 402 views

    For Proper 22, After Pentecost, Year C October 5, 2025

    A Family Tradition 2 Timothy 1:1–14 NKJV Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God, whom I serve with a pure ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Disease Of Diotrephes

    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Sep 26, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 12,684 views

    Does this ever happen today? Is there ever a time when you want to close the door of welcome on those who come seeking to fellowship with this church? with you? What are the ways we use to make people feel unwelcome?

    THE DISEASE OF DIOTREPHES 3 John 1:9-10 (NIV) 9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us. 10 So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Norris Harris I avatar

    Letting God Be God In Death #1 Series

    Contributed by Norris Harris I on Jan 1, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,762 views

    This is the first in a series of message dealing with Letting God Be God in all areas of our lives. This offering is an attempt to show how we can allow God be God God when we experience the pain and perplexity of Death.

    “In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.” On Saturday a week ago, I went to King’s Convenience Store across the way to procure some nutriment for my body, because I had become famished. And while I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist