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  • David Leach avatar

    When Bad Things Happen – God Is Not Allowing It

    Contributed by David Leach on Jan 27, 2014
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    I wish to submit to you that this teaching is doctrinal nonsense, and that there is no such thing as “God’s permissive will”.

    When bad things happen – God is not allowing it The Myth: There is a popular Church teaching that God has two wills, which are: 1. A perfect will – meaning what God actually wants; 2. A permissive will – meaning what God allows even if its not His perfect will; I wish to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Balaam, The Donkey, And The Angel

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Mar 24, 2025
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    Like Balaam, Christians are full of compromise today.

    TITLE: BALAAM, THE DONKEY, AND THE ANGEL SCRIPTURE: NUMBERS 22:22-35 / II PETER 2:15 / JUDE 11 / REVELATION 2:14 One of the most interesting characters you will ever find in the Bible is a guy named BALAAM. In all honesty, I’ve had a hard time figuring this guy out. • He starts out and you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Grow To Care, Care To Grow

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 11, 2010
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    A church that wishes to grow must "get over" negatives about evangelism and must tell the truth about the human spiritual condition; must present a full diet of worship and study and preparation; and must be a source of radical community.

    We have a garden at our house. Or should I say, we had a garden. It was carefully planted, lovingly tended for a time, it was nurtured through the searing heat of July and watched over during the thundershowers of mid-August. But something happened to that garden, something awful and terrible, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stupidity: To Grow Or Not To Grow That Is The Question

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 8, 2023
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    Few acknowledge how important SPIRITUAL GROWTH can be to the family and the church. We tend to accept the spirit of sameness and never focus on growing spiritually.

    STUPIDITY: TO GROW OR NOT TO GROW, THAT IS THE QUESTION! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Let us start by asking questions: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WHERE ARE YOU NOW? WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE? HOW WILL WE GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND BEYOND? WILL I HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE AND ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Growing Earthquake

    Contributed by Jeff Hughes on Mar 17, 2003
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     | 3,790 views

    The Early Church begins to be a power in Jerusalem

    The Growing Earthquake Acts 4:15-31 Jeff Hughes – March 16, 2003 Calvary Chapel Aggieland I. Introduction a. The Sanhedrin, which was the ruling council for the nation is Israel had a problem on their hands. The apostles, Peter and John had been teaching the people that Jesus of Nazareth was the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Growing In The Bible Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 17, 2016
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    Growing in the Bible - sermon by Gordon Curley PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

    SERMON OUTLINE: (A). What the Bible Is: • (1). Water for cleansing (vs 9). • (2). Wealth and treasure (vs 14, 72, 127, 162). • (3). A companion and friend (vs 24). • (4). A song to sing (vs 54). • (5). Honey (vs 103). (B). What the Bible Does: • (1). It ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Growing Down To Grow Up (Updated) Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jun 5, 2017
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    Sunday Morning Sermon on Discipleship about growing downward so that we can grow up and grow strong.

    Growing Down to Grow Up Isaiah 37:31 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6vxYkGs8tQ   It was a real pleasure to host this year’s women’s retreat with Living Grace. It was entitled, “Rightly Rooted.” And when I heard this title, I remember years ago when pastoring Living Grace, which at ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Growing Old.

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Jan 22, 2001
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     | 9,839 views

    Year C. Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. January 28, 2001 Psalm 71

    Year C. Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. January 28, 2001 Lord of the Lake Lutheran Church Web page http://lordofthelake.org By The Rev. Jerry Morrissey, Esq., Pastor E-mail pastor@southshore.com Heavenly Father thank you for Jesus unconditional love. Amen. Psalm 71 Title: “Growing ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Growing On Purpose

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Apr 24, 2001
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     | 13,692 views

    Anytime we get close to Jesus the devil will throw a fit

    April 22, 2001 Sand Flat Baptist Church David Yarbrough Growing On Purpose Mark 9:2-29 Illustration: We often fail to consider the gradual, cumulative effect of sin in our lives. In Saint Louis in 1984, an unemployed cleaning woman noticed a few bees buzzing around the attic of her home. Since ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Grow

    Contributed by Miles Anderson on Mar 10, 2001
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     | 8,914 views

    A sermon on the ways a Christian can develope a deep rooted relationship with Christ.

    How to Grow! Introduction: Col 2:6-10 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Growing In Godliness Series

    Contributed by Michael Murdock on Oct 30, 2002
    based on 58 ratings
     | 9,383 views

    Based on Series #3 in Pursuing Spiritual Transformtion by Willow Creek & Zondervan

    Growing in Godliness 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Growth Introduction: Fifty years ago, we began to orient our lives around one of the great growth avoidance inventions of all time: the Television. You didn’t have to think, focus your attention, or follow a closely reasoned chain of thought when you ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Growing Pains

    Contributed by Jeff Hughes on Apr 8, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,674 views

    The church under persecution

    Growing Pains Acts 5:12-25 Jeff Hughes – April 6, 2003 Calvary Chapel Aggieland I. Introduction a. The church at Jerusalem was going through many changes. Thousands of people had accepted Jesus as their Savior and become a part of the fellowship. These people were one big community of believers, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Growing With Vision

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Apr 29, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,126 views

    A healthy baby should grow. A healthy baby should grow in size. A healthy baby should grow in her hunger. A healthy baby will be active and seek to move about. So should a healthy church!

    Please e-mail me with any comments or if you use any part of this at your church at Mail4ChrisR@aol.com. I would love to hear about it. God Bless! - Chris Scrapbooking is Renee’s new favorite hobby. I imagine we have spent a small fortune in film and the processing of the hundreds of pictures. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Growing In The Spirit

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on May 4, 2003
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     | 9,986 views

    Christians must be careful to walk in the Spirit of God or else they may revert to their old nature.

    May 4, 2003 Morning Service Text: Galatians 5:16-18; 22-25 Subject: Life in the Spirit Title: Growing in the Spirit. The war in Iraq is essentially over. The enemy has been defeated. There are still skirmishes being fought but for all intents and purposes the war is over. This was a war in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Growing Pains

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,127 views

    Salvation is by grace through faith alone.

    Growing Pains Acts 15:1-2,5-21 Primary Purpose: To emphasize the importance of the early church doctrine that salvation is by grace through faith alone. Acts 15 takes us to a time of great growing pains in the church. I call them growing pains because the church was for the first time ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist