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  • Ewen Huffman avatar

    Do Not Put Out The Spirit's Fire

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Sep 21, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,400 views

    How do we avoid putting out the fire of God’s Spirit or our spirit and being thrown off track by things life and christians put our way?!

    Do not put out the Spirit’s fire. 1 Thess 5:19, (v12-28) WBC 24.09.06pm Introduction: Joke/Ill: a man has been so touched by the HS that his dog can walk on water! Has a friend he wants to convince about this, so takes him to the beech and as they walk he throws the stick for the dog into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Church On The Edge

    Contributed by David Slone on Mar 25, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,551 views

    A sermon encouraging our church to step out in faith and get off the edge. A message for a church that is sitting on the fence or a church that is ready to move into the direction God has called them.

    A church on the edge God’s relationship with us seems to be one of “edginess” of a risk taking journey- at least according to Scripture. it’s risky “to truly love” isn’t it? It’s risky to confess. It’s risky to forgive, it’s risky to truly care, it’s risky to surrender, confront, risky ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ron Theis avatar

    How You Get Dressed Affects Your Whole Day

    Contributed by Ron Theis on Jul 7, 2010
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     | 10,290 views

    Six things we are to strip off BEFORE we get dressed folled by Eight things we are to put on. I preached this as a morning/night two part sermon

    How You Get Dressed Affects Your Whole Day! Colossians 3:8-14 A husband and his wife woke up one Sunday morning and the wife dressed for church. It was just about time for the service when she noticed her husband hadn’t moved a finger toward getting dressed. Perplexed, she asked, “Why ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Growing In God’s Grace Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Jan 31, 2011
    based on 41 ratings
     | 41,931 views

    Even though the focal verse of this sermon is: 2 Peter 3:18 - the outline comes from Ephasians 4:22-24. Throw off the old - put on the new.

    Growing In God’s Grace Our focus verse for today is found in Second Peter chapter three verse eighteen. Please follow along with me as I read: “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    Why Didn't My Mountain Move Pt. 5 Series

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on May 11, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,654 views

    When a parishoner asked why didn't my move, a pastor responded some mountains are to be climbed, some are to be conquered, some are to be commanded. This message is about mtns that are cordoned off.

    Why Didn't My Mountain Move pt. 5 Intro: Part 5 of a series of messages on: WHY DIDN'T MY MOUNTAIN MOVE? This series was birthed on a question a woman asked her pastor, when her sick child died... "Why didn't my mountain move? I prayed, I believed, I spoke to the mountain, but my child died." ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Lent 2013 Week 1 Series

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Feb 20, 2013
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     | 9,339 views

    As we kick off the season of Lent in 2013 we take a look at the 40 days of temptation of Christ in the wilderness and see what this means to us in our lives for Christ today.

    There is a saying, “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” This is the first Sunday of the Lenten Season. Lent is a non-essential. Lent is not a Biblical doctrine nor is it a Scripturally mandated activity. On the other hand it is not sinful nor ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    A Life Of Faith

    Contributed by James Lee on Nov 4, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,923 views

    Without faith our foundation will be too shallow and we will eventually begin to lean off center… and even fall over. This sermon was adapted from a sermon by Jeff Strite

    A man named Gregory P. Elder told of growing up on the Atlantic Coast. And what he loved to do as a child was to spend his time down at the beach. For hours each day, he’d sit on the sand and build castles and intricate cities. But one year his joy in these creations was threatened by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    God Vs. The Zombies

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Oct 6, 2010
    based on 16 ratings
     | 8,331 views

    Humans vs. zombies is the rage on a lot of campuses. This message plays off that idea, but it is God vs. the zombies. God bringing the dead to life through the proclaiming of the word. Ezekiel 37

    God Versus The Zombies Text: Ezekiel 37:1-12 We are going to look at this passage for the next several weeks, as of now I have prepared 3 messages: Powerpoint 1 The Placing of the Prophet The Predicament of the People The Power of Proclaiming the Word We live in a day and an age where people are ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Despicable Me - Part 2 - Confession Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Mar 18, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,843 views

    What if we aren’t what we seem? What if we try to be perfect and can’t pull it off? What is God’s prescription to deal with “Despicable Me”?

    “Despicable Me” Pt. 2 – Confession A. Introduction Last week I read to you a passage of Scripture in which Paul reveals his inward struggle and the inner turmoil that exists in him between good and evil, holiness and sin. It is an intriguing description and one that I believe that most of us ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Should Churches Do Business?

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Aug 3, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,284 views

    A church should be an active, contributing member of its community, rather than a closed-off mini-community that keeps to itself and this can extend to becoming involved in business or in the business community.

    Churches in business Luke 19:13 - So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, “Do business till I come.” God always intended for the priesthood to reinvest a portion of the tithe, with the expectation of a return. It was part of His plan to show ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Dissin' The Homeboy Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 9, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,707 views

    When we disrespect our own children, we disempower them, we give evidence that ours is a sick community, and we write off God’s ability to redeem.

    The church was plagued with two bad boys, or maybe it was three. The two really bad boys offended nearly everybody in that church. They ran through the hails, rudely bumping those who were in the way. Elderly ladies cringed when they saw them coming. Small children screamed and hid behind their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Never Too Old To Learn, Never Too Young To Teach Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Apr 22, 2016
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     | 15,823 views

    Making Disciples by Teaching and Leading others. While the world may often be ageist in attitude, our God never writes people off for being too young or too old.

    Never too old or too young Our theme this year is Dynamic Disciples and this morning our focus is on Making Disciples by Teaching and Leading others. Here is the question to begin: Have you noticed how the world often writes people off for being too old or too young? While the world may often be ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Doctor You've Never Heard Of

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 29, 2018
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     | 3,718 views

    The sixteenth century saw so much heretical scriptural writing that we usually write it off. But good Catholic scholarship was going on in that century, and John of Avila was one of the brightest lights.

    Thursday of the 13th Week in Course 2018 Reformation/Revolution The vocation to be a prophet is not for the faint-hearted. We see in this reading from the Book of Amos that the poor fellow was a migrant shepherd and tree-dresser, but he heard the voice of God and responded “yes.” And then God told ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Find Joy Through Family Part 4 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 21, 2019
     | 3,350 views

    We need to learn the keys to having a healthy biblical family if we want to fend off the attack of the enemy on our families. If we want to experience joy in the journey of life!

    Find Joy Through Your Family! (pt4) Series: Find Joy in the Journey Thesis of series: Joy needs to be experienced in the journey of life! But Joy, like any other attitude, can come and go. It is not guaranteed simply because we are born again believers. We must put ourselves in the places where ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    I Will Live In-Between #6 Are We Going The Right Way? Series

    Contributed by Robert Malcolm on Apr 19, 2017
     | 3,729 views

    We need to know that we are continaully going the right way. Are we continuing to follow God, walking only where He leads or have we gotten off track?

    I Will Live In-Between #6 Are We Going the Right Way? (Mark 8:31-38) ~ Intro: Story of finding the way to the watch…by stopping and listening… As we go through life we sometimes end up feeling like we have gotten off track and are headed the wrong direction or expending a lot of energy and getting ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist