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  • Matthew Morine avatar

    Jesus Defends The Wrong

    Contributed by Matthew Morine on May 25, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,909 views

    Christians run through society judging sin. But instead of judging the failing morality of the world, Christains should love people through sin. It is easy to judge from afar; it is courageous to love up close.

    Jesus Defends the Wrong Theme: Jesus protects the sinner from the self-righteous. Text: John 8:1-11 Lucy is a pretty fourteen year old girl. Maybe that was half of the problem; she was too attractive too early in life. She started dating Mark at the beginning of the school year, Mark was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Spiritual Fitness Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,874 views

    Paul coaches Timothy on the kind of workout that can make him Spiritually Fit.

    I Timothy #4 (Ronnie preached #3) CHCC: May 6, 2007 Spiritual Fitness I Timothy 4:1-16 INTRODUCTION: For the last few weeks we’ve been studying a letter the Apostle Paul wrote to a young minister named Timothy. The church at ECC (Ephesus Christian Church) had their share of troubles, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Portrait Of A Father

    Contributed by Chuck Warnock on Jun 26, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 12,970 views

    Today is Father’s Day and I want us to look for a few moments at the portrait of a father that Jesus paints for us in Matthew’s gospel. What Jesus is doing here is Matthew’s gospel is the same thing that he has done so many times before – challenging the

    Portrait of a Father Chuck Warnock Chatham Baptist Church, Chatham, VA June 17, 2007 Matthew 6:5-15, NIV 5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pruned If You Do And Pruned If You Don't

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jul 9, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,676 views

    Successful Christians produce fruit by staying connected...abiding in Jesus.

    I don’t know a lot about vines and grapes. I once had a neighbor that had some. He was planning to make wine in his garage. That was pretty aggressive for a guy in Birmingham Alabama. The first couple of years he had lots of vines and he spent lots of time arranging them on his trestles and ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    What Sets Christianity Apart

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 26, 2006
    based on 45 ratings
     | 40,068 views

    A Sermon on God’s grace and our response to it.

    WHAT SETS CHRISTIANITY APART Years ago, a large international conference was held of religious leaders from around the world. In the midst of the conference, a debate began about what it was that set Christianity apart from other religions. Some argued that it was God coming in the flesh that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Isn't Just For Kids

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,553 views

    Sermon to conclude 2006 VBS event

    (1) As I have already indicated this morning, a phone call from our national offices in Anderson late Thursday afternoon informing me that our scheduled missionary speakers were headed to his home state of Kansas, created a plan ‘B.’ Now I have had to go to plan ‘B’ before. Many years ago, when I ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Weeping Nights And Joyful Mornings

    Contributed by Shad Comeaux on Sep 7, 2006
    based on 84 ratings
     | 77,044 views

    This sermon helps us to understand our weeping nights and joy mornings.

    As I look out into the congregation, I see two types of people. Some of you may be tall, short, or an average height, but I still see two types of people. Some of you may be brown skin, dark skin, light skin, red, yellow, black, or white, but I still only see two types of people. The two types ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Zacchaeus Was A Wee Little Man

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 8, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 12,180 views

    A sermon about Zacchaeus. (Focused on Children’s Song: Zacchaeus was a wee little man)

    Sermon for 8/27/2006 Zacchaeus Was a Wee Little Man Luke 19:1-10 Introduction: Zacchaeus was a wee little man … Sing the song. WBTU: A. Jesus was often in the company of notorious sinners. (Luke 15:1 NIV) Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. (Luke 15:2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Sep 12, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,542 views

    All believers should discover and use the spiritual gifts God has given them. Spiritual gifts are given for the benefit of God’s Kingdom.

    What is the best gift you’ve ever received? For me, I’ll never forget Christmas when I was in 4th grade. When I went out to the living room – leaning on it’s kickstand was a beautiful silver univega ten-speed bicycle. I’d been dreaming of it and finally I had it! I can still remember going for ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Charles R. Swindoll avatar

    Honor Thy Father

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 12, 2006
    based on 31 ratings
     | 13,266 views

    This is a sermond on the fifth Commandment. It tells what the bible means and how to use it. Also what comes with obeying GOD.

    Exodus 20:12 “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” Introduction: Most of us while growing up will admit that one of the boundaries of social behavior was what we called “playing the dozens”. In most instances we were most ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Impact!

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Sep 13, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,185 views

    This sermon challenges us to consider who our neighbor really is and what we can do for him or her. It implores us to think about our community and not just our programs as a church.

    IMPACT! Do you ever wonder what kind of an impact you have on your family, friends or people in general? Do you stop to consider how your life matters in this world? Life is precious. It is a gift from God. And every one of us matters to someone. But sometimes I stop and ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    A Glimpse Of Coming Disaster

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
     | 2,312 views

    The World Wide Flood fortells the coming World Wide Judgement of fire.

    A Glimpse of Coming Disaster Genesis 6 There has been a tremendous attack on the biblical account of Noah and the Flood in Genesis 6. It has been called a myth, just a local flood in the Mesopotamian region, etc. But why? Why all the concern. To put it simply if it is true, and it is, ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • David Owens avatar

    A Formula For Impacting Our World Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Sep 26, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,608 views

    The simple formula Jesus has given us for impacting our world is that we are salt and light.

    Introduction: A. I wanted to start today’s sermon with a funny story of a science chemistry experiment gone wrong. 1. So I went on line and searched for quite a while, thinking surely there must be some great stories out there. a. I stumbled on one that didn’t have a lot of details, which would ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Mission Possible

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Sep 27, 2006
    based on 86 ratings
     | 27,596 views

    We need an expanded program. We have to pay an expected price. There’s an explicit promise. It’s for an exalted purpose. How to see God’s explosive power! Link included to formatted text version and PowerPoint.

    Mission Possible John 14:12 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/MissionPossible.html You read this verse and it looks like Mission Impossible! [theme music] Good morning, Mr. Phelps!…your mission, should you choose to accept it… Just before Jesus returned to heaven He charged us to do something which ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Darrin Hunt avatar

    You First Series

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Mar 12, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,593 views

    Part of a series in Philippians, we are challenged to practice humility as Christ demonstrated.

    Mark Hodges (SC.com) During the days when Mohammed Ali was a great boxer, he would go around in his arrogance and say, "I am the greatest." Humility was never his strong suit. One day, back in his prime, he was on an airplane and the plane was ready to take off and the flight attendant had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist