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Honoring Some, Helping Others

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 19, 2005

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In the light of grandparent’s day and the victims of Hurricane Katrina, we must honor some and help others.

INTRODUCTION: ILL.- One grandmother said, “My granddaughter came to spend a few weeks with me, and I decided to teach her to sew. After I had gone through a lengthy explanation of how to thread the machine, she stepped back, put her hands on her hips, and said in disbelief, "You mean you can do ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 17:6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Narnia: The Only Cure For Dragon's Skin

Contributed by Glenn Robertson on Nov 16, 2005

based on 8 ratings

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Jesus provides the complete cure for sin.

The Only Cure for Dragon’s Skin Hebrews 9:14 NIV How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! Scientists are always looking for cures ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:14-28

Denomination: Baptist

El Shaddai Series

Contributed by Chip Van Emmerik on Oct 30, 2006

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No matter who you are, there are always times in life when you are forced to accept that you just cannot go any farther. That you simply lack the resources or ability to make some things happen. what so many Christians throughout the ages have failed to u

Title: El Shaddai Text: Genesis 17 Proposition: You must look to good for sufficiency Open Have you ever been frustrated in life? I am talking about the time when you worked and planned and hoped, and after it was all done, everything turned to dust? No matter how hard you tried, you reached a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

"The Immeasurable Cost Of Redemption" Series

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 20, 2006

based on 5 ratings

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Sermon 5 in a study in 1 & 2 Peter

“…knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:18-21

Denomination: Orthodox

On The Verge Of A Miracle

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Nov 22, 2006

based on 30 ratings

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We are on the verge of receiving God’s blessings and miracles in our lives, but there is something we must do first.

Please turn to the fourth book of the New Testament, JOHN 5:1-9. That will be our main text for today. ‘Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. Now there is, in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate, a pool which in Aramaic is called Bethesda, and which is surrounded by five ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-9

Denomination: *other

Getting Serious About Prayer Series

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jun 1, 2004

based on 34 ratings

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The sermon lays the foundation for a fuller devotion to the praying for the church and believer.

Getting Serious About Prayer Jeremiah 33:3 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, Mo Do you believe in prayer? Really believe in prayer. This is how one lady came to believe. This supposedly true story started this way: One summer Saturday morning, a preacher ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Walking In The Darkness

Contributed by James May on Jan 12, 2003

based on 24 ratings

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Christians often find that they are walking in darkness because of their disobedience to the Word and will of God.

Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 59:8-10, Proverbs 3:5-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Ten Commandments

Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Jan 16, 2003

based on 91 ratings

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A Message that proves that we have all sinned and broken God’s commandments in some way, and that we all need Christ for salvation

Today’s Sermon The Ten Commandments By-Evangelist Gary Huckaby D.D. We take our text today from the book of Exodus 20:1-18. Before we read this passage, please bow with me in prayer. Prayer: Heavenly Father, speak to us today. Let us know our plight and our sins that we may seek your ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Go Tell It On Mt. Carmel Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 20, 2003

based on 24 ratings

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We turn our successes into failures because we see only the negatives, and we need approval. But in the Incarnation God accepts our incompleteness and offers us His unconditional love.

All of us want success. All of us need success. If you don’t care about doing something well, you are in sad shape. You are in trouble if you don’t want to succeed at something. And yet the problem is that we are our own worst enemies. We defeat ourselves time and time again. We take ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Ready Series

Contributed by Dennis Bliss on Feb 2, 2005

based on 7 ratings

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An advent reflection on the the urgency to be prepared for the arrival of the Savior

The Chapel of Dismas The Repentant Sinner A place where we know that the church of Jesus is an evolving, transforming and liberating clinic for sinners and not a museum for the self righteous AA 5/38-40 ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:35-44

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God's Bookkeeping Method Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 6, 2004

based on 74 ratings

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Unlike the world, which assumes that we must make a profit and we get what we pay for, God’s bookkeeping says that giving is receiving, and you get more than you pay for. You get grace paid for by the blood of Jesus.

In the last several months I have learned more about bookkeeping than I ever wanted to know. Because the church is converting from bookkeeping by hand to an accounting software, and because our financial leadership does not yet have access to all of that, I began to record transactions on the ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:13-18

Denomination: Baptist

Especially Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 21, 2004

based on 65 ratings

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Three times the word "especially" appears in the New Testament, prompting us to be intentional in fellowship, to emphasize family life, and never to forget the centrality of the message of the Cross.

Dealing with people is always messy. There is no way you can work with human beings and have everything neat and clean. When you deal with people, you get a mess. They misunderstand, they misinterpret, they make mistakes, they get it wrong. And that’s just on Sundays! The rest of the week is ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:10

Denomination: Baptist

Bridges Swamped, Swamps Bridged

Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 10, 2003

based on 24 ratings

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In times like these the very things we have created to solve human problems are easily swamped; but God wants His people to flourish and will build bridges over the difficulties.

In June of 1972 I was standing in the middle of Colesville Road, not far from my home. I was standing safely in the middle of the road because no traffic was coming through. Why not? Hurricane Agnes had done. Remember Agnes? We’ve had a lot of storms around here, but not many that did as much ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Pursuing Godliness With Contentment Series

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Sep 3, 2004

based on 24 ratings

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What it takes to be content in this world.

September 5, 2004 Stewardship Sermon on Being Content • In North Africa the natives have a very easy way to capture monkeys. A gourd, with a hole just sufficiently large so that a monkey can thrust his hand into it, is filled with nuts and fastened firmly to a branch of a tree at sunset. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:12-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Do All Religions Lead To Salvation?

Contributed by Basil Banyasz on Sep 25, 2004

based on 27 ratings

| 4,195 views

This sermon tells that Christ is the way, the truth and the life and that only Christians who accept and believe accordingly will have salvation available to them.

Do all religions lead to salvation? Jesus, Himself, said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me.” [John 14:6] In my Study Bible, there is a footnote that says: The way, the truth, and the life is a Person, our Lord Jesus Christ: He is so because ...read more

Scripture: John 14:6

Denomination: Orthodox

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