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  • Curry Pikkaart avatar

    Focus! Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 1, 2012
     | 8,323 views

    Many congregations, as they worship, experience union but not unity. They lack a spirit of oneness. What does it take to experience unity in worship?

    “More Words on Worship: Focus!” John 4:1-24 Six people were marooned on a desert island. Two were Jewish, two were Catholic, and two were of Reformed background. The two Jews founded “Temple Immanuel.” The two Catholics organized “The Church of the Holy Name.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Take Life’s Journey With The Lord

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 9, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,733 views

    1. Jesus will give us strong help (vs. 1-2) 2. Jesus will give us steady help (vs. 3-4) 3. Jesus will give us sheltering help (vs. 5-6) 4. Jesus will give us saving help (vs. 7-8)

    Take Life’s Journey with the Lord Psalm 121:1-8 Sermon by: Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - May 6, 2012 *One of the best trips Mary and I ever took was in the summer of 1976. We went all the way from Florida to Canada, living in a pup tent. Our vacation budget was $10 a day. One night ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Wait Training

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 14, 2012
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     | 6,394 views

    We might think we have patience but the proof will be in the testing of it. Just like our faith needs to be tested, as James pointed out in chapter two, so does our patience. The people in chapter five had been under unjust suffering and they were, up to

    WAIT TRAINING James 5:7-12 INTRODUCTION: Someone once said, “Patience is a virtue; possess it if you can. Found seldom in a woman; never in a man.” Of course, the men are agreeing with this except the part about never in a man and the women are agreeing except for the part about seldom ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Man Passing Through The Crowd Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Jun 5, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,246 views

    “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” Simon of Cyrene was. He carried the cross to Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified.

    Title: A Man Passing Through the Crowd Text: “Then they compelled a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to bear His cross” (Mark 15:21). Scripture Reading: Mark 15:16-32 Introduction Let me begin our lesson by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Godly Dads

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 13, 2012
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     | 8,085 views

    Being a good father or mother is one of life’s most important privileges. But being a father or mother is also one of life’s most difficult responsibilities. It is easy to become a biological father, but hard to become a really good father. Some of you we

    Opening illustration: Play a video on imitation. Introduction: Now in this text of Scripture Paul compares himself to a father of the Corinthian believers. He was not their biological father, but he was a spiritual father to them. He was instrumental in bringing them to faith in Christ. Through ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Daren Mitchell avatar

    God Is Just

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Jun 23, 2012
     | 7,352 views

    What if it’s not enough to be a church member or attender? What if it’s not enough to raise our kids to be Christians? What if it’s not enough to simply study the Bible or belong to a small group?

    Read Psalm 146 One of the things that church does really well is help people. My family and I have been helped by the church many times over the years. When Kristi gave birth to our still born son in 1994, the Boulevard Church of Christ in Lake Charles Louisiana where I was the youth minister ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Go, Dip Again!

    Contributed by Betty Johnson on Jun 28, 2012
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     | 10,226 views

    Naaman learned the power of obedience and he learned it in very specific ways.

    Go, Dip Again! Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-14 In an address to the Wisconsin State Agriculture Society in 1859, Abraham Lincoln illustrated the profound effect change can have on us. He told of an Eastern monarch who gave his counselors an assignment to come up with a truth that would apply to all ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Are You Willing To Pay The Price For Real Revival?

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jun 29, 2012
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     | 9,323 views

    Most churches pray for revival. But there is something required on your part to make it last.

    July 1, 2012 Morning Worship Text: 2 Chronicles 14:2-3; 15:1-4, 16:1-10 Subject: Revival Title: Are You Willing to Pay the Price for Real Revival? Here we are – three weeks into the Spirit proclaimed “Year of the Harvest”. Are you feeling it yet? I asked that question as kind ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    I’m Gone Get To My Better Series

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Jun 30, 2012
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     | 30,443 views

    You may know that God wants to save you. You may know that God wants to heal you. But do you also know that God wants to prosper you?

    I’m Gone Get To My Better In order to give you a taste of the hard life, God test’s you so that you would be prepared to live well in the days ahead of you. Deuteronomy 8:16b The Message Bible That He might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. Deuteronomy 8:16b The Amplified ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Forgiveness, Celebration And Embrace - Father's Day

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 4, 2012
     | 7,851 views

    Even if our kids are old and have families of their own, they still look at us as their father, and their relationship with the God of the Universe is shaped by our character.

    Forgiveness, Celebration, and Embrace Father’s Day June 17, 2012 Intro: I find father’s day quite a difficult day to preach. There are lots of reasons – first is the great diversity in our various experience of father. Some here today had wonderful, affectionate, Godly fathers ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Grace - Needed, But Not Deserved!

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jun 29, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,605 views

    "Grace is giving or receiving something that is needed but not deserved." That definition fits beautifully into many places where the word "grace" is used in the New Testament.

    MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK There is a very interesting Greek word in the Bible that we translate into the English word "grace." And this word "grace" is used time & time again throughout the New Testament. In fact, let's turn to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bruce Lee avatar

    Uplifted, Untied, Unchained, Free

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 30, 2015
    based on 8 ratings
     | 24,296 views

    Freedom is a result of knowing a loving God.

    “Uplifted, Untied, Unchained, Free” “And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing”. Isaiah 10:27 Intro: In northern Mesopotamia ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chuck Sligh avatar

    Flames That Threaten America

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jul 5, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,126 views

    A sober July 4th sermon addressing the wickedness overtaking our nation, the possibility of God's judgment on America and what we may be able to do to avert it.

    Flames That Threaten America July 4th sermon Chuck Sligh July 5, 2015 (Adapted from a sermon by the same title by Tim Patrick on SermonCentral.com) NOTE: A PowerPoint presentation of this sermon is available upon request by emailing me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Turn in your Bibles, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Larry Turner avatar

    A Rut Stuck Life

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Jul 11, 2015
     | 10,829 views

    People live lives digging spiritual ruts, stuck in them. and lving in them. This sermon looks at whta those lives look like and how to get out of that rut stuck life.

    I was 18 when I attempted to get my drivers license for the first time. It was a day that will live in my memory forever. The day before had been a rainy day. The police officer climbed into my car as I began my driving test. Going down a two-lane highway behind the station, I was instructed to ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Bob Faulkner avatar

    Mystery Babylon. The Papacy , The Jews, The Muslims Series

    Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Jul 13, 2015
     | 3,901 views

    Greater and greater grows the power of "Christendom" under the Popes of the darkened ages. Lesser and lesser grows the prospects of the descendants of Abraham. And what is the Islamic connection to Babylon?

    TWENTY-FIVE: THE FIRST "REAL" POPES? Some claim that Leo I was the first pope (440-461). "He claimed that he was, by Divine appointment, Primate of all Bishops...that resistance to His authority was a sure way to Hell...advocated the death penalty for heresy..." (Halley, p. 770) Again it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God