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The Great Divorce Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 7, 2005

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In James 1:21-27, James shows you three steps in building a faith that really works.

Scripture Andras Tamas is the name officials gave a certain man decades ago in a Russian psychiatric hospital. He’d been drafted into the Army, but the authorities had mistaken his native Hungarian language for the gibberish of a lunatic and had him committed. Then they forgot about him—for 53 ...read more

Scripture: James 1:21-27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Importance Of The Resurrection

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 15, 2004

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The resurrection of Christ gives meaning to our lives.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESURRECTION INTRO.- ILL.- A Sunday School teacher was explaining to a group of small children about the death and resurrection of Jesus. She made a crude cross out of some sticks and explained how Jesus was nailed to the cross. And little boy responded by saying, "Oh, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Getting Past The Glitter #3 - "Doing" Differently About Christmas Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 19, 2004

based on 21 ratings

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Third message in series, about getting past the rhetoric of Christmas.

Getting Past the Glitter #3 - "Doing" Differently about Christmas Romans 12:2, James 1:26-27 December 12, 2004 Introduction One of the cool things about the holiday season is the abundance of chocolate, at least that’s cool to me. And confident of the fact that there are others like me here ...read more

Scripture: James 1:26-27

Denomination: Wesleyan

Women Accompanying Jesus

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 11, 2014

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An analysis of the short summary of Jesus' ministry in Luke 8:1-3 will teach us some key principles for ministry.

Scripture Jesus began his public ministry in the northern part of Israel, in the region known as Galilee. Some Bible scholars say that his ministry in this region lasted about 16 months. The Gospel writers did not record everything about Jesus’ ministry. In fact, Jesus’ ministry was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:1-3

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Turning Problems Into Opportunities Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 5, 2014

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The church turns problems into opportunities when it meet needs, by mobilizing people, so leaders can maintain the priority of prayer and the Word.

Some time ago, wolves were picking off the livestock of ranchers at an alarming rate, so the state offered a bounty of $5,000 for every wolf killed. It turned Sam and Jed into fortune hunters. Day and night they searched the mountains and forests looking for their valuable prey. Exhausted one ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical Free

God Is Just Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Dec 10, 2012

based on 7 ratings

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In a world of seeming injustice, where is God's justice?

God is Just Deuteronomy 32:4; Luke 18:1-8 Luke 18:1-7 Intro Slide Justice. When we see justice occur it is often very satisfying, in such a way that we feel all is right with the world. But, often, we look around and see what we believe are injustices and it is disheartening. But who is it that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Perfect… You’re Not Perfect… ~ God

Contributed by Philip Foster on Jan 26, 2013

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God doesn't perfect us... then bring us into the church and into church leadership. He perfects us through change, challenge and allows His will to be done through imperfect people.

Have you ever felt like life never goes the way you plan it? In my life, I had plans to do different things. When I was young, before even being a teen I wanted to be a professional football player. I used to play backyard football with all my friends and with my favorite cousin, Tim. We would win ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 38:1-30

Denomination: Baptist

A Genealogy Of Grace

Contributed by John Hamby on Nov 2, 2010

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Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus displays the scope of God’s grace. Matthew’s genealogy is unusual in that it contains the names of four women. Four unlikely women at that; three are gentiles, three are involved in some kind of sexual immorality, one is a pro

A Genealogy of Grace Matthew 1:1-3, 5-6, 16-17 By now you have no doubt turned in your Bibles to Matthew chapter one and if you did not already know you have noticed the complete chapter is a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Knowledge In Christ Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 23, 2008

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We need to come to a knowledge of who we are and what we have in Christ.

Knowledge In Christ Text: Eph. 1:15-23 Introduction 1. Illustration: A sailor once took a group of young people boating for the day. One young man bragged the whole way about all he knew about the sea. Every time the sailor began to give instructions this young man would interrupt with his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Methodist

Corinthians: Church Matters (4)

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Mar 7, 2019

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We can learn a lot from the Corinthians' mistakes. In chapter 7, Paul discusses three types of marriages: successful marriages, struggling marriages, and second marriages!

Church Matters: Correcting the Corinthians (4) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 11/30/2014 For the past few weeks we’ve explored the book of 1st Corinthians. If we’ve learned nothing else, we’ve learned this—the Corinthians were a mess. The church in Corinth was plagued with ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:1-27

Denomination: Christian Church

Our God Is More Than Enough

Contributed by Gbemisola Fafowora on May 31, 2020

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Our sufficiency is in God, and from God. He is the provider of all things as we choose to trust in Him.

From the beginning of the book of Genesis we see God at work when He created the whole universe. And after creating everything God said it was good - (Genesis 1:1 - 31). And in Genesis 1: 26 - 30 we can see that God created us in His own image and likeness, and blessed us. God is a God of love and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8, Job 38:41, John 10:10

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Floating Axe, That's Weird Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 7, 2018

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This is the first in the "That's Weird" series where we look at strange stories from the Bible. This message looks at the story of the floating axe head and what that means for us today.

If you did the Sunday School thing, or have been attending church most of your life then you probably know who I mean when I reference Elijah. If you didn’t do the Sunday School thing or you’re relatively new to the church thing then you might not know who Elijah was. He was an Old Testament ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:1-7

Denomination: Wesleyan

Even Me - An Unusual Mother's Day Sermon

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on May 9, 2022

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The question then becomes what if I don’t quite measure up to the Proverbs 31 woman? Is there any hope for me? Can God use me? Let’s not just talk about the women because we all have times and circumstances in our lives when we ask these same questions? Is there any hope for me? .

Even Me An Unusual Mother’s Day Sermon By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - In Proverbs 31 we find the description of a virtuous woman and this passage of scripture will no doubt be used by many today. This virtuous woman that was described so many years ago is still the epitome of women ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-6, Matthew 1:16

Denomination: Apostolic

Ruth Series: A Statement Of Life Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Nov 19, 2025

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The women point out to Naomi that God blessed her life. Goodness is God’s nature. Redemption is God’s nature. Renewing is God’s nature.

BOOK OF RUTH: A STATEMENT OF LIFE RUTH 4:1-22 #bookofruth INTRODUCTION / SERIES REMINDER (imdb.com/title/tt0317219/quotes/?item=qt0460872) In the movie Cars (2006), the character Mater and Lightning McQueen are having a conversation in which Mater drives backwards showing off his fantastic ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 4:1-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Call To The Market Place Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 27, 2025

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When we think of a call, we often think of a full-time vocation. This message looks at what it means to be called to the Marketplace.

When you hear that someone has been called to something or has answered a call on their life, who do you think of? A preacher? A missionary? Maybe a doctor, a nurse or a teacher. There seem to be certain professions that we feel particular folks are called to. For many people, a call means that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Wesleyan

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