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  • David Ward avatar

    Games People Play: Clue Series

    Contributed by David Ward on Sep 27, 2006
     | 5,338 views

    Big Idea: A forgiven person is a forgiving person, but a deceiving person is a deceived person.

    Games People Play: “Clue” Matthew 7:1-5, 15-23 INTRODUCTION: Doug Lansky has been a travel writer and photographer for many years. In the course of his travels he has collected photos of odd signs from around the world. Some samples: ß A white highway sign in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, says, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Learning To Play Hurt #2 Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 15, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,240 views

    Just think of the examples of sports hero’s that had to play their best games hurt. Well, you may have to learn to keep on even when you are hurt.

    LEARNING TO PLAY HURT? (This is part two of a two part series) By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Many of the thoughts and illustrations in this series I adapted from a sermon by Pastor Wayne B. Smith of Lexington, KY. TEXT: John 6:60 THIS IS A HARD SAYING... John 6:66 From that time ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Everybody Plays The Fool Sometime

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Mar 2, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,276 views

    Why call them foolish, instead of mistaken? Well, the Bible calls them foolish with good reason. And that reason is important for us to understand.

    TITLE: EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL, SOMETIME SCRIPTURE: PSALM 14:1 In the year 1972 a song reached the Top 40 in the United States by the R&B group the main ingredient. The group consisted of a trio with Cuba Gooding sr. -- Tony Silvester -- Luther Simmons, Jr. Their version of the hit ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gambling: Is It Okay To Play The Lottery? Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jun 8, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,836 views

    This sermon address God's answer to the issue of playing the lottery.

    Introduction For many years I have wanted to address the issue of gambling, and specifically, the matter of playing the lottery. There is no text in Scripture that says, “You shall not gamble.” In fact, the words “gamble” or “gambling” are not found in the Bible. Nevertheless, that does not mean ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Games People Play - Monopoly Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 5,151 views

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

    The Games People Play – Monopoly Intro: In 1923, nine of the worlds most successful financiers met at Chicago’s Edgewater Beach Hotel. Financially they held the world by the tail. Anything that money could buy was in their grasp. They were by all definitions rich. The members of this group ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Are We Playing The Role Of The Victim?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 25, 2014
     | 5,970 views

    Many comed to the table crushed and broken... They play this hand of being a victim until the victim spirit in turn crushes the individual. Get up and press on...

    ARE WE PLAYING THE ROLE OF VICTIM? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. IT IS EASY TO DEVELOP AND FEED A VICTIM SPIRIT... ONCE WE ACCEPT THE WORDS, ATTITUDES, AND DEVELOP A THOIUGHT PATTERN... WE CAN FALL INTO THE TRAP... I AM A VICTIM... THE WORLD OWES ME... A. There was a huge ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Stand And Fight: Playing With Fire Series

    Contributed by Daniel Richter on May 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,538 views

    The Shield of Faith

    Stand and Fight: Playing with Fire Beartown Road Alliance Church July 29th, 2007 We used to play a lot of great games when I was a youth pastor. For the adults, our favorite games were always the week before school started up again. We were gearing up for our huge school year kick-off event ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Playing The "Spiritual" Indiana Jones!!!

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jul 19, 2012
     | 4,155 views

    Discovering "hidden treasures" in God’s Word, especially in relation to the Priestly Work of our Saviour with an air of an Explorer like Indiana Jones...

    PLAYING "SPIRITUAL" INDIANA JONES Action: Display of Picture of Indiana Jones in action Yes, Indiana Jones stories are juicy and spicy, for they stoke the fires of inherent sense of discovery in all of us. Add to that breathtaking stunts and adventure, ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Don't Play Games

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Feb 26, 2016
     | 7,591 views

    This message is about repentance and the three games people play to keep from repenting.

    Don’t Play Games Luke 13:1-9 As many of you know, I received a really cool sewing machine for my birthday. It has the ability to embroider designs on material. I have been playing with the machine since I got it. I now can make some really cool designs. But it did not start that way. ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Games People Play: Battleship Series

    Contributed by David Ward on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,675 views

    Jesus instructs his followers how to deal with anger, desire for revenge, and mistreatment from enemies. From a Sermon on the Mount series.

    Games People Play: “Battleship” Matthew 5:21-26, 38-48 INTRODUCTION: Do you remember the game "Battleship"? The object of the game is to insert pegs blindly on a game board until you "sink" your opponent’s "fleet." Battleship is a game of hiding and attacking. So many of our relationships ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Be The Church Series

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Sep 28, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 15,694 views

    There are simply far too many Christians out there who have this mistaken belief that church is just something that you go to for an hour or an hour and a half on Sunday morning. The truth is — you don’t go to church; you are the church!

    TITLE: BE THE CHURCH SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 16:1-2 I want to continue with Part-iii of our series entitled “THE CHURCH SERIES.” • First message of this series was entitled “The Church” • Last Sunday message entitled “The Church Has Left the Building” • This morning I want to tag this message “Be the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Have A Role To Play

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 23, 2004
    based on 49 ratings
     | 6,770 views

    1. You have a vision to receive. 2. You have a job to perform. 3. You have a person to become.

    One of the blights of the theory of evolution is that it not only devalues God and attempts to ignore him, but that it also devalues human beings — looking on them as mere animals driven by desire and instinct. One of the glories of the Christian faith is that it not only exalts God, but also has ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Saints Pray; Angels Play Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Aug 5, 2015
     | 7,792 views

    When God's people pray, God's dispatches His angels to accomplish His plan. That means our prayers really do matter, so keep on praying until God comes through.

    Some time ago, I came across a prayer from an unknown author that I’ve learned to appreciate more and more the longer I live. It goes like this: Dear God, So far today, I've done all right. I haven't gossiped. I haven't lost my temper. I haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish or over ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    When You Play With Fire Series

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Jan 5, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,730 views

    Joseph provides a great example for us in how to deal with temptation. If you flirt with temptation, sooner or later, you are going to get burnt.

    If you have been reading your children’s Bible Story books you might have read the story about Joseph and the coat of many colors. Joseph was a favorite of his father Jacob and because of the favoritism his 10 older brothers despised him. But to make matters worse, Joseph also had a miraculous ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Don't Play The Game Series

    Contributed by Eric Bain on Jan 30, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,951 views

    This message deals with Jesus’ call for Christians to not involve themselves in verbal abuse.

    LUKE Don’g Play the Game © 2006 Eric Bain NOTE: This sermon is available in audio format @ www.sanctuary-church.com BI - Don’t play the Game of Death! Good morning… For those of you that may not know, my name is Eric and I am the pastor here at Sanctuary. I don’t know if you heard ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational