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  • David Rogers avatar

    Heaven Or Hell Ready Or Not It Is Coming

    Contributed by David Rogers on Nov 6, 2006
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    A sermon dealing with the choice we have to make in this life concerning where we will spend eternity.

    Heaven Or Hell Ready Or Not It Is Coming Matt. 24:42-51 Prayer Someone tells about a pastor who was late for church. He flagged down a taxicab and instructed the cabdriver to do everything within his power to get him to church on time. So the cab sped off and weaved through traffic for about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul George avatar

    A Call To Restore The Temple

    Contributed by Paul George on Jul 6, 2003
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    The Book of Haggai is addressed to the captives that have returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. The book contains four appeals.

    Introduction Haggai takes us back to the time when the Babylonian captives were permitted to return to their homeland. In 538BC, the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the prediction the people from Judah and Jerusalem will spend seventy years in captivity (Jeremiah 25), ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    Divorce & How To Maintain Relationships

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 1, 2002
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    Jesus gives us insight into the heart of God, revealing how to save relationships that are faltering and how to avoid the trap of divorce. Learn how God truly envisioned marriage and learn about keeping commitments. Also learn how to avoid legalism.

    A very recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau states that today in the United States, more people than ever are deciding against the idea of getting married. 4.3 million couples are instead living together without the commitment of a marriage vow. The most often cited reasons? Because failed ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Doug Lyon avatar

    When The Wrecking Ball Hits A Home (Part 3)

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Sep 11, 2004
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    Divorce between a believer and an unbeliever

    1 Corinthians 7:10-16 When The Wrecking Ball Hits A Home (part 3) Introduction The Scofield Reference Bible. How many of you have either heard of it or perhaps even have a copy of it yourself? The Scofield Reference Bible is a study Bible that provides excellent helps such as introductory notes ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Characteristics Of Comforters

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Aug 5, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
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    Discover four characteristics that make you unforgettable in the mind of others and in the mind of God

    This morning, we will look at the book of Job, chapter 2. Job, as we saw several weeks ago, is an epic poem. An epic poem is a heroic story recorded in poetry form Although the book of Job deals with the problem of suffering, we will not find easy answers to the problem of suffering. ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Jesus On Divorce

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 26, 2002
    based on 134 ratings
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    What does GOd’s word say about this difficult subject? How can the church be there to help people?

    INTRODUCTION  A troubled man came to his lawyer to seek a divorce. The lawyer asked, "Do you have any Grounds? The man replied, "About three acres. "The lawyer tried again, "No, I mean do you have a Grudge? The man said, "No, but we have a carport. "The lawyer made one last effort: "Are ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Do We Know For Sure?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 19, 2002
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    In this day & age, sometimes it is difficult to know what is true & what is false. But surely, there are some things we can count on, some things we can know for sure. Just what do we know for sure?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2019) GOD WANTS US TO BE SURE! TEXT: 1 John 5:11-13; John 10:14,27-28; Romans 8:31-39 What do we know for sure? ILL. The great preacher, John Wesley, once said, “When I was young I was sure of everything. But after a few years, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    It's All About Jesus Series

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on May 3, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
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    The world needs to know that the Question is not, "What can God do for us?" it is "What can we do for God. It’s not about us. It’s all about Jesus.

    Text: Malachi 2:17-3:7 Subject: The Coming King Title: It’s All About Jesus As we have gone through the book of Malachi in the past couple of weeks we have seen that although the prophecy is meant for the nation of Israel, every part of it has a practical application for Christians as well. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Seeking The Presence Of God

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on May 6, 2006
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    Challenge for congregation to become a presence-driven body that longs for, seeks after, and embraces the presence of God.

    Seeking the Manifest Presence – Ezekiel 48:35 Ezekiel 48:35 "The city shall be 18,000 cubits round about; and the name of the city from that day shall be, `The LORD is there.’ " · These words may be used as a test as well as a text. · They may serve for examination as well as consolation, and at ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    "Let Us Draw Near"

    Contributed by W. Alderman on Jul 17, 2007
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    This is a chapter from my Hebrews study where I stress the value of "Looking Unto Jesus"

    LET US DRAW NEAR WITH A TRUE HEART HEBREWS 10:19-39 At this juncture, we are leaving the Theological and going on to the teachings that involve the practical. Mostly what has been considered up to this point has been for the purpose of defining the Theology of the priesthood as it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Behavior Of Men And Women Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 25, 2011
    based on 27 ratings
     | 17,636 views

    In our text, Paul speaks of the behavior of Christian men and women.

    INTRO.- Our world is full of bad behavior. However, it’s not supposed to be in the church! Christians are supposed to be somewhat different from other people in the world. ILL.- Geroge Gallup wrote: There’s little difference in ethical behavior between the churched and the unchurched. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tyler Edwards avatar

    The Living Water Series

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 26, 2009
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     | 9,888 views

    Jesus sees people in a way that we do not. Often times our opinions of others are completely based on what we see on the outside. Jesus has this way of looking into a person’s heart and seeing what they can really do. Often we see Him using unusable pe

    August 5, 2007 John 4 The Living Water I want you to open up your bibles to John chapter 4. We are going to spend the next two weeks looking at this chapter. For in this chapter there are two characteristics of Jesus that John will paint for us. We will look at one this week, and one next ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Doug Koehler avatar

    God Really Did Make This Time For You.

    Contributed by Doug Koehler on Jun 12, 2009
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    When going to church on Sunday seems like just another demand on our time or another obligation, why not stay in bed to get extra sleep? That is why God teaches us that God made the Sabbath day for you. It is a day when God gives and who would want to sle

    Sermon Second Sunday after Pentecost Mark 2:23-28 June 14th, 2009 From the concise code of Jewish Law: When one observes the Sabbath properly it is as though he has fulfilled the whole Torah, and one desecrates the Sabbath, it is as though he has denied the whole Torah. (from the Holiness of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    A Mother's A Mother All Of Her Life

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 13, 2009
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    Preached in 1989. The Holy Spirit, like mothers, is stubborn. He will accomplish what He sets out to do, as mothers do not abandon their children; so we must not give up on each other but must become motherlike.

    There’s just something about mothers -- they are without a doubt the stubbornest people on God’s green earth. Mothers are stubborn, mothers stick with it, mothers stay with something until the cows come home. Mothers are persistent, mothers are consistent ... I think I said it best at the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Harris avatar

    "Adultery Is Not Grounds For Divorce ..."

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Oct 4, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,441 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to push past justification and reasoning for divorce to peek at God’s Grace and forgiveness through Hosea and the woman caught in the act of adultery.

    Mark 10:2-4, 11-12 (ESV); Hosea 3:1 (ESV); John 8:10-11 (ESV); Matthew 18:15-16,21-22 (ESV) 04 October 2009 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris 504th Compound’s Multi-Purpose Facility C.O. B. Adder Tallill, Iraq Big Idea: Push past justification and reasoning for divorce to peek at God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal