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  • Pastor Randall Timblin avatar

    Surrender To God Series

    Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Aug 16, 2018
     | 7,004 views

    The first in our three-part series dealing with what a Christian should look like and how a Christian should act, if he or she wishes to be CHRIST-LIKE.

    Ravi Zacharias tells the amazing story of a young Christian, Hien Pham, whom he met in Vietnam who served as an interpreter with the American forces. Shortly after Vietnam fell, Hien was imprisoned on accusations of helping the Americans. His jailers tried to indoctrinate him against ...read more

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    When God Lends A Hand Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Aug 7, 2001
    based on 209 ratings
     | 17,887 views

    This is the first sermon in the series, "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".

    Notice Acts 11:21 from our scripture reading - "And THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS WITH THEM and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord." The church at Antioch was a CONTAGIOUS CONGREGATION. The fact that "a great number believed, and turned to the Lord", gets our attention. I want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Jackson avatar

    Seek First (Matthew 6:25-34) Series

    Contributed by James Jackson on Oct 13, 2025
     | 1,477 views

    Part 5 of a series on stewardship

    Seek First (Matthew 6:25-34) Good morning. Please open your Bibles to Matthew 6, beginning in verse 25. This week, a church member asked to meet with me for a few minutes. This person has had a lot on her plate lately, and it was causing her a lot of anxiety. And what she said to me was so tender ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Luke avatar

    First Christian Church Has A Fantastic Future

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Sep 23, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 3,674 views

    Utilizing Jesus’ words following the Good Confession, we study the whys and hows of being a great church. Material in the first section comes from a sermon by Darryl Dash.

    TEXT: MATTHEW 16:13-19 (Don’t read yet) TITLE: “FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH HAS A FANTASTIC FUTURE!” INTRODUCTION: A. Human beings are not very good at predicting the future --Just listen ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Chris Gowen avatar

    God Values Life!

    Contributed by Chris Gowen on Feb 3, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 7,216 views

    In a world that is becoming more selfish, and life seems so cheap, we can be sure God places great value on human life.

    Someone sent me this letter: Dear God, Why didn’t you save the school children in Littleton, Colorado? Sincerely, Concerned Student And the Reply... Dear Concerned Student: I am not allowed in schools. Sincerely, God There is in our society today a disregard for God as our Creator. It is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Douglas Phillips avatar

    I Choose To Love My Family First

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Apr 11, 2018
     | 6,755 views

    THIS IS THE FIFTH OF A SERIES ON CHOICES WE MUST MAKE AS CHRISTIANS. FAMILY LIFE FOR THE CHRISTIAN IS A DRAMATIC MODEL OF THE LOVE CHRIST HAS FOR THE CHURCH. WE MUST CHOOSE TO BE THE BEST MODEL OF CHRIST'S LOVE WE CAN BE.

    I CHOOSE TO LOVE MY FAMILY FIRST LUKE 12:13-21 LAST WEEK WE LOOKED AT CAPACITY CHOICES INVOLVING FORGIVENESS OF OTHERS AND TRUST. ESSENTIALLY WE ARE GOING TO TRUST AND LEAVE OUR FUTURE IN GOD’S HANDS, OR WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MANAGE OUR FUTURE IN OUR OWN POWER. SINCE WE CANNOT CONTROL OUR ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Fa’atoia-Collins avatar

    Why Me? Series

    Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on May 17, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 10,934 views

    When storms of life strucks us, we often ask the question WHY ME? WHY MY FAMILY? WHY GOD?

    Many times in our lives we have asked this question; WHY ME?. And so often we do not have an answer for it. I mean, yes! there are not many answer out there that can satisfy our questions, it reminds me of a famous song; "there are more questions than answers". When a loved one dies, we loss our ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • Hans Krause avatar

    Reading The Christmas Story Again For The First Time

    Contributed by Hans Krause on Oct 22, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,664 views

    What does the Christmas story sound like, if we could hear it again for the first time? Whom would we identify with in the story? What would our response be?

    [Sermon preached on 25 December 2017, Christmas Day] Amal is a young man from Syria. He has come to Finland as an asylum seeker. Back in Syria, the authorities are after his life because he has offended the Prophet Muhamad. There is no way he could return and survive. Amal still considers himself ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A - 30th Sunday Year A -- Love Of God And Neighbor

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 23, 2020
     | 2,604 views

    He was not asked for a second-place commandment.

    It is the story of the courtship of Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the great German composer, Felix Mendelssohn. Moses Mendelssohn was a small man with a misshapen, humped back. One day he visited a merchant in Hamburg who had a lovely daughter. Though Mendelssohn admired her greatly, she ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Jesus Christ Our Passover And First-Fruit

    Contributed by Patrick Usifo on Apr 14, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,219 views

    Perhaps you are calling the resurrection day of Christ Easter instead of the First-fruit. Learn the truth and be set free from errors

    Christ our Pascal and First-fruit The Bible records that Christ rose up from the dead on the third day after fulfilling the feast of the Passover called Pascal. In truth, He died to fulfill the Pascal, but He rose up in fulfillment of the important feast of the first fruit. Believers of every ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Tamela Walker avatar

    Do You Remember Your First Love

    Contributed by Tamela Walker on Sep 13, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,485 views

    Turning back to our First True Love in Jesus Christ

    DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST LOVE? Church, let us all take a moment and visualize how the ways of life have transformed the Word of God into the World and not the World into the Word of GOD. Society has attempted to displace the truth of the Word of God. The acceptance of lifestyles living today is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Matthew Davaughn Cox avatar

    How Did We Get Here Series

    Contributed by Matthew Davaughn Cox on Feb 22, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,244 views

    This is the first part of the Genesis series

    Have you ever wondered how everything came to be what it is today? Many people would answer yes to this. If you have answered no then, I am sure that you have asked this question at some point and time in your life here on earth. Today we will discuss how everything came to be what it is today. ...read more

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  • Gary Huckaby avatar

    Thou Hast Left Thy First Love

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Oct 18, 2003
    based on 96 ratings
     | 16,897 views

    Do you love the Lord as you first did when you were saved? Have you lost some of the joy of your salvation? This message will help you to remember where you have fallen from and show you how to keep that first love burning bright.

    A Sermon For You A Ministry of Huckaby’s Evangelism Sermon Title Thou Hast Left Thy First Love By-Evangelist Gary Huckaby For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16. My Sermon Title ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    What Pulls The Train

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,314 views

    Seek first - its about priorities, not about worry

    What Pulls The Train Matt 6:25-34 Intro: This past week, several of us attended a leadership conference – linked via satellite to over 38 000 Christian leaders. Conferences are almost always great experiences, getting refreshed and inspired and enlightened, learning that PowerPoint can get ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    To The Church Who Left Its First Love Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Oct 9, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,239 views

    The church (believer) that stays in love with Jesus stays lit.

    If Jesus Passed a Note in Church, What Would It Say? Series (Series of sermon content original to W. Herschel Ford) To the Church Who Left Their First Love Rev. 2:1-7 Oct. 8, 2006 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: A Story B Ephesus (the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist