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  • Mark Aarssen avatar

    Blinded By Hate Blinded By Love

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,833 views

    Hatred is a dark, violent, selfish emotion that can destroy the human heart even the best of them. Hatred has a way of taking root within us like no other emotion can. It twists our thinking and speaking until all that spews out of us are dark sentences

    Blinded by Hatred, Blinded by Love Hatred is a dark, violent, selfish emotion that can destroy the human heart even the best of them. Hatred has a way of taking root within us like no other emotion can. It twists our thinking and speaking until all that spews out of us are dark sentences. It’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Faithful Witness

    Contributed by Gary Moore on Jan 25, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,594 views

    Learning to bear witness for Christ

    "I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." — 2 Tim 1:6-7 Anyone who has even a moderate exposure to people has encountered some who are honorable and others who ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Words From The Cross Series

    Contributed by Gary Moore on Feb 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,051 views

    The "seven words of the cross."

    WORDS FROM THE CROSS It is finished! Often the final words of a great saint are poignant and compelling. For example, one can scarcely not be moved by the words of Paul to his young protégé, For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Christianity Isn't For Sissies Series

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,313 views

    It is commonly thought that Christianity is just for sissies not real men. However, the evidence shows that is far from true.

    Christianity isn’t for Sissies Debunking Myths of Christianity Sermon #1 Matthew 10:16-39 For many years Satan has used the lie that Christianity is just for sissies and cowards. He has got many people to believe this Myth and propagate to others. They say, “real men don’t follow the wimpy ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Transformation And Grace

    Contributed by Robert Bravo on Jun 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,563 views

    It was the power of Paul’s testimony that demonstrated grace in his life. He was transformed by God. That’s same power can do the same for us.

    Transformation and Grace Galatians 1:10-24 (NIV) 10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. 11 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    "Suddenly And Surprisingly Saved!” Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 364 ratings
     | 17,642 views

    The sudden and miraculous conversion of Zacchaeus illustrates the truth that “the things which are impossible with men are possible with God”

    “Suddenly and Surprisingly Saved!” Luke 19:1-10 Conversion, being saved or being “born again” is the very center of the Biblical message. And although the phrase “born again” may have been trampled underfoot and misused by many it is still the center of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Games People Play - Sorry Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 12,452 views

    Using Board Games as a jumping off place we looked at our Christianity. This sermon deals with repentance.

    The Games People Play Sorry – Repentance CHANGING THE HEART INTRODUCTION: ILLUSTRATION: Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel awoke one morning to read his own obituary in the local newspaper: “Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, who died yesterday, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I Believe In You! Series

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 17, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 15,035 views

    We all need to be encouraged. Do we however have an obligation to be encouragers?

    MOVIE CLIP – “SAVE THE LAST DANCE” Lead character is on the stage auditioning when she stumbles. She feels she cannot make it, when her close friend enters stage left and challenges her, leading up to him saying, “I believe in you.” She tries again and succeeds. What a beautiful lesson of ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Did Jesus Really Die And Rise Again?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Apr 9, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 4,748 views

    The empty cross and risen Lord is the paramount doctrine upon which the believer rests his or her eternal destiny. I Corinthians 15:14 states that if Christ did not die and rise, then our preaching and faith is completely worthless.

    DID JESUS REALLY DIE AND RISE AGAIN? I CORINTHIANS 15:1-9 Key Verses: 3-4 “For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No One Said This Would Be Easy Series

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Dec 29, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,382 views

    On the day after Christmas, on St. Stephen’s Day, we learn that though getting to heaven is easy through Jesus, carrying his cross on earth often times isn’t. But if being a Christian is difficult, it is even more so for the unbeliever.

    Festival of St. Stephen Matthew 23:34-39 I have always had a healthy respect for all branches of the military, and not to take anything away from the other divisions of our armed forces, but one branch particularly stands out in my mind: the Marine Corps. What is their slogan that you see on ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Saul And Ananias

    Contributed by Chris Tiller on Oct 24, 2005
    based on 39 ratings
     | 28,213 views

    Christ’s call to Saul on the Road to Damascus and Christ’s call to Ananias to visit Saul in Damascus both provide insight into the nature of Christ’s call.

    This passage is most typically known as Saul’s conversion story—his Damascus Road Experience. It describes a dramatic encounter between Saul and Jesus on the road to Damascus…the encounter that started Saul down a new path that would make him the most prolific evangelist of the early church and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    His Only Son, Our Lor Series

    Contributed by Lori Broschat on Feb 16, 2012
     | 4,352 views

    Examining the second part of the creed concerning Jesus Christ

    HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD A couple of years ago in a Maundy Thursday service a group of people presented a drama that I wrote over 20 years ago called “This is Your Life, Jesus”. It featured monologues by the people who knew Jesus, like Peter and Pilate and Judas and Mary. The section of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Our Faith-Book Pages Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 8, 2012
     | 4,759 views

    The Bible is, of course, the key to our understanding God and his instructions for our lives. It follows that we follow.

    1. Ignorance and the Bible (S. Shepherd Committed to the Bible; SermonCentral.com) NEWSWEEK had an article entitled, “No Allusions in the Classroom.” The article told about 26 people in the college classroom, ranging in age from 18 to 54. All of these people had completed at least ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Building A Good Resume' Series

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Aug 28, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,732 views

    Building a good Christian reputation is vitally important, and this is done through careful consideration of the message we speak through our actions.

    BUILDING A GOOD RESUME' GALATIANS 1:10-24 INTRODUCTION How important is a good resume'? Some would say a good resume' is very important in landing a good job. Classes are given and programs written on how to compose a good resume'. Now what does a resume' do? A resume' tells who you are. It tells ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Wheat And Weeds Series

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,583 views

    This is another parable fo which Jesus offers an interpreation. As a kingdom parable, this parable teaches how God’s Kingdom can be presently at work breaking into this world at the same time that evil is also at work.

    The Parables of Jesus Wheat and Weeds Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 May 31, 2009 The parable of the wheat and weeds. Another parable that Jesus offers an interpretation, which in Matthew sandwiches two other really brief parables—mustard and yeast. All of which have similar themes and seek to explain a ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God