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  • Brad Beaman avatar

    The Ministry Of The Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Dec 4, 2022
     | 8,247 views

    We want to look at the Holy Spirit in context to our overall Biblical study of God. We keep in mind that Holy, creator God is One. We also keep in mind that there is one God in three-person, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

    The highway department hired a new painter to paint the lines on the road. The first day on the job he painted lines on a five mile stretch of road and he was the talk of the department. The next day he did well again, but this time only two and a half miles. Still, it was very good. On the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God-Breathed And Useful

    Contributed by Hans Krause on Oct 19, 2018
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     | 6,961 views

    What is the Bible? And what to do with it? This sermon dives into the question of divine inspiration and the dual divine-human character of the Holy Scripture. God's word is alive and active, and it continues to speak to us personally whenever we open the Bible and our hearts.

    [This sermon was preached on 1 July 2018, Apostles' Sunday / 3rd yea, ELCF Lectionary] What is the Bible? And what to do with it? These are the two questions that the Apostle Paul is trying to answer in 2 Timothy 3:14–17. These were very relevant and very critical questions in the church that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    What Is Your Name? Series

    Contributed by David Spiegel on Oct 24, 2018
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     | 25,682 views

    More than being polite and calling a person by name, names are more important than we think. Scripture shows us multiple times that a name change was in order. A name that was less than desirable was changed by God himself to one of honor!

    What is Your Name? This morning we continue the series, “Questions?” We have looked at the famous questions in scripture, “Did God really say…?”, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” and “Why are you laughing?”. Today we are going to look at a question God asked that is truly about as personal as they ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Hans Krause avatar

    O, How Shall I Receive You?

    Contributed by Hans Krause on Nov 6, 2018
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     | 7,822 views

    Advent is the time of preparation for the coming of our heavenly King. How do we receive him in our Christian community and in our personal lives? Are the gates wide open, or does he need to knock at our door, locked from the inside?

    [Sermon preached on 3 December 2017, First Sunday in Advent / 3rd year, ELCF Lectionary] This past week, Finland had the honor of welcoming three royal visitors: Prince William of the United Kingdom, Prince Daniel of Sweden, and Prince Constantijn of my own home country, the Netherlands. The media ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Let Go Of Lazarus

    Contributed by Bryan Beverly on Sep 2, 2019
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     | 17,947 views

    Everyone has a ‘Lazarus’; everyone has a person, place or thing that they believe is essential to their lives. We can’t imagine life without our ‘Lazarus’. This sermon encourages us to mature in our faith by ‘letting go of Lazarus’ and holding on to Christ.

    Let Go of Lazarus So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, he cried with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Growing In Intimacy With God

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 2, 2025
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    Intimacy with God is not a casual relationship—it is a deep and personal connection where your spirit longs for Him just as the psalmist declared: "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God."

    GROWING IN INTIMACY WITH GOD By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Psalm 42:1-2 Supporting Texts: Jeremiah 29:13, James 4:8, John 15:4-5, Philippians 3:10, Revelation 3:20 INTRODUCTION: Intimacy with God is not a casual relationship—it is a deep and personal connection where your spirit longs for ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Are You Good Enough?

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 19, 2025
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     | 1,102 views

    Jesus met a young man who thought he kept the entire Law. Most people believe they are going to heaven when they die, and they base their conclusion on being a morally good person. But, is anyone really good enough to go to heaven?

    I have entitled our message this morning “Are You Good Enough?” And the question for us to consider today is this: “Is anyone good enough to go to heaven?” An article from the Los Angeles Times says, “An overwhelming majority of Americans continue to believe that there is life after death and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Get Up And Call On Your God!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Dec 19, 2023
     | 1,982 views

    I tell you there comes a time in your life when none and nothing can save you but ONLY GOD. Amen. God meets you personally and His ears are inclined to your pleas when you shut the doors for prayer!

    Get up and call on your god! Jonah 1:6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.” 1) SURROUNDED BY STORM Jonah 1: 4 Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    An Inheritance That Cannot Fade Series

    Contributed by Paul Dayao on Sep 27, 2025
     | 256 views

    This sermon explains that our Christian hope is fixed on a heavenly inheritance that is secure from decay ("incorruptible"), pure from sin ("undefiled"), and eternally glorious ("fadeth not away"), all personally guaranteed by God.

    Introduction: Earthly Investments Brothers and sisters, in the previous verse, Peter told us we have been born again into a "lively hope." A hope for what? Verse 4 gives us the stunning answer. We have been born into an inheritance. In our world, an inheritance is often something we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Love God With All Your Heart Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Oct 2, 2025
     | 451 views

    One person asked Jesus a question that I think is one of the most important questions one can ask. He was a teacher of the law. His question was one that should concern all of us: What is the greatest commandment?

    LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART Introduction If you could sit down with Jesus and a cup of coffee, what would you most like to ask him? -Why is there suffering in the world? -What happens after death? -Why do bad things happen to good people? -What is the meaning or purpose of life? -Is there life ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Title: "Calm In The Chaos: Trusting The God Who Knows It All” Series

    Contributed by Dr. John D. Wentworth on Jan 10, 2026
     | 101 views

    God’s presence does not change with the headlines. He is not taken by surprise by world events or personal trials. While governments and political forces shift power from one hand to another, God holds all things in His unwavering grip.

    Title: “Calm in the Chaos: Trusting the God Who Knows It All” Text: Hebrews 4:13 “He knows about everyone, everywhere. Everything about us is bare and wide open to the all-seeing eyes of our living God; nothing can be hidden from him to whom we must explain all that we have done. LB Introduction: ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    The Disconcerting Dilemma Of Divine Inaction-1

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Oct 28, 2024
     | 534 views

    1 of 4. Habakkuk faced the disconcerting/unsettling dilemma of Divine 'inaction' towards His people, Judah. What makes, or How is Divine inaction unsettling? 4 fabrications that either: accentuate the dilemma—OR—that muddy/confuse/obscure the answer of God’s inaction.

    The DISCONCERTING DILEMMA Of DIVINE INACTION--I —Habakkuk 1:1-2a(:1-4) Key Words—•Difficult/Disturbing/Disorienting/Disconcerting/Perplexing/Uncertainty/Unsettling. •Dilemma/Predicament/Quandary/Situation. Attention: Building a road on a mountainside. Rock must be removed. Much of it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    The Book Of Lamentations – Part 24 – Cry Of Misery And Much Weeping For The Conditions Being Endured. Jeremiah Is The Weeping Prophet - Chapter 3:47- 51 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 9, 2025
     | 359 views

    Such devastation produced suffering and suffering ended in great misery, so much so that Jeremiah wept constantly for his people of Judah. This is a sad part of the book of Lamentations, but we must not neglect the book because of that. It is God’s inspired word. It teaches us much.

    THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS – PART 24 – CRY OF MISERY AND MUCH WEEPING FOR THE CONDITIONS BEING ENDURED. JEREMIAH IS THE WEEPING PROPHET - CHAPTER 3:47- 51 The laments from the survivors of the Babylonian genocide continue. These people were in a miserable state and they were starving with skin ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Witness To Skeptics

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 135 ratings
     | 8,701 views

    Most of us do not witness because we are afraid of being hurt by skeptical people. Jesus gives us a great example of a blind man who overcame his fears and shared the truth of Christ’s love with the power of his personal testimony.

    How to Witness to Skeptics (John 9:1-41) Most of us do not witness because we are afraid of being hurt by skeptical people. Jesus gives us a great example of a blind man who overcame his fears and shared the truth of Christ’s love with the power of his personal testimony. Illustration:I was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    God's Invitation Leads To A Crisis Of Belief Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 21, 2003
    based on 100 ratings
     | 40,893 views

    Part 5 of a series on Blackaby’s Experiencing God: when God invites into some new truth, the first crisis will be one of personal belief; the second is one of tension between old patterns and new options; and the last comes in the temptation to fall back

    There’s an old, old story about the time a crowd had gathered to watch a stunt man perform at Niagara Falls. It seems that the fellow had rigged up a wire from shore to shore, right across the falls, and was wowing the crowd by riding a bicycle along that wire. Back and forth he went, several ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist