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  • Catherine Davis avatar

    Appreciating God's Word

    Contributed by Catherine Davis on Sep 10, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,206 views

    When Ezra read the scriptures to the Hebrew people who had not heard it for over 80 years, it changed their lives.

    Scripture: Nehemiah 8: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Intro: How many have flown somewhere before? Well, when you get on the plane the attendants go over with you the safety information. I remember the first time I ever flew, I paid close attention to these instructions. I read every word of the booklet in ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Savoring The Scripture Series

    Contributed by David Scudder on Sep 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,039 views

    The Word of God is more than a good guide. It is our only reliable guide. How can we make it the center of our lives?

    Savoring the Scripture II Timothy 3:14-17 Purpose: To highlight the importance that Scripture plays. Aim: I want the listener to determine to saturate their lives with the Word of God. INTRODUCTION: America is having a junk food crisis. More Americans are overweight than ever before and junk ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    New Meaning For Old Feasts

    Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Sep 28, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 7,013 views

    A look at the prophetic, spiritual meaning behind the three major Feasts of the Mosaic Covenant.

    In Colossians 2:16-17, we have the Apostle Paul telling the brethren that they were to no longer allow some people to tell them that they must - to be good Christians - observe the various ordinances and statutes of the old Mosaic Law. Paul explains that the various parts of the Mosaic Law have ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Finding God's Treasure

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Oct 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,897 views

    The Proverbs writer instructs us to search for wisdom and understanding as if you were searching for hidden treasure.

    Finding God’s Treasure -In God’s Word- Proverbs 2:1-8 There was a man called Heinrich Schliemann, who as a boy read a translation of Homer’s account of the defeat of Troy by the Greeks. In the latter part of the last century scholars largely held that Homer’s "Iliad" was entirely fictitious and ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    6 Ways To Bring Personal Growth

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 25 ratings
     | 9,522 views

    Growing in Christ is what it’s all about!Remember we have someone greater than Solomon to learn from!

    Personal Growth Text: Proverbs 1: 5 5.A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, The famous football coach John Wooden once said, “What counts, is what you learn after you know it all.” Teddy Roosevelt said, “There’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Peter's Perplexing Passage

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jun 5, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,373 views

    A couple possible interpretations of one of the Bible’s most perplexing passages and some valuable lessons we learn from it.

    Peter’s Perplexing Passage I P. 3:18-20 INTRO.: There are many difficult passages in the Bible. In fact, Peter says Paul wrote some things hard to understand II P. 3:15, 16. This could also be said of some of Peter’s writings. Especially this passage, regarded by some as the most difficult to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Scriptures

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,418 views

    A message on the value and authority of the Bible.

    THE SCRIPTURES 2 Timothy 3:10-17 INTRO: How much is your Bible worth? A person can buy one very cheaply. I have paid as little as $4 for one and as much as $75 for another. A pulpit Bible costs about $100 Some German Bibles are worth $40,000. A Gutenberg Bible is worth $100,000. An original ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Wood avatar

    The Love Of God Series

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,820 views

    Malachi Series - 1 of 6.

    THE LOVE OF GOD Malachi 1:1-5 INTRO: One of the men who most influenced D. L. Moody was a young preacher named Henry Moorehouse. He once preached for Moody for an entire week using the same text every night—John 3:16. The preaching of Moorehouse, according to Moody, was much different from his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Buried Treasure

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on Jun 8, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,805 views

    With the movie theme Pirates Of The Caribbean, discover how Job not only obeyed God’s Word, but TREASURED God’s Word more than food, more than life.

    I. WHEN YOU THINK OF BURIED TREASURE – WHAT COMES TO MIND? A. Pirate Buried Treasure – Their Booty B. Shipwreck – Buried Treasure At Sea? II. LOOK WHAT JOB SAYS ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD A. Not Just Obeyed B. But Treasured Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Fear Not!

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 9, 2007
    based on 100 ratings
     | 26,597 views

    The thing that pointed me to God when I was in the sewer of life, was not a story, or an illustration, or an impassioned altar call, it was God’s word.

    THE PRIMACY OF GOD’S WORD JOSHUA 1:1-9 Josh 1:1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them--to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Cummins avatar

    How's Your Heart For God's Gardening Series

    Contributed by Kevin Cummins on Jun 12, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,758 views

    Christ talks about 4 different soils, each representing a heart and how receptive it is to God’s Word. How receptive are you to God’s Word?

    Here is one for the teachers in the crowd today! It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florists son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers." "That’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Seed Of God's Word

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 17,304 views

    The key to a fruitful and abundant life is with our response to the Word. The way we receive the Word is critical to having a fruitful and blessed life. The seed is productive only if the soil is receptive. The Word is good seed; are you the good soil?

    This is a parable. Jesus explains: “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man” (Mt 13:37) • The field is the world, people of the world (13:38). • And the seed is the Word of God. The sower throws seed onto the ground. God is speaking to the world. • The seed falls onto the ground without ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Judgment, Salvation: No Kidding, Better Than Fishing Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,436 views

    The Gospel is an exclusive messge, not an inclusive message. We must Repent, Believe, Follow or we are not in the kingdom of God. This exclusive message shows Jesus is the only way to salvation.

    You may have heard about the two guys from Texas, who came up to Alaska do some ice fishing. They landed in Anchorage, but didn’t bring any fishing gear. So before they did their ice fishing they stopped by a Wal-Mart to get some supplies. They asked the clerk if he had any ice picks and the clerk ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Life Interrupted

    Contributed by Tim Shepard on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,300 views

    This sermon is a lesson about the importance of life’s interruptions.

    It happened only a few weeks ago. After my normal shift on the graveyard I had gone home to rest. Some time in the middle of my sleep Storm came and woke me up. In her hand she held the phone. “It’s the police,” is all she said. A thousand questions went through my mind. “Did I do ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Revival In Our Day Series

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jul 1, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,738 views

    They tell us we see two things happening when revival is about to come to a nation. No. 1, there will be a marked increase in conversions; people getting saved. No. 2, there is a changing of the moral climate of the nation.

    Revival in our day Ezra 1 7/1/07 It has been asked if America would ever see a real movement of God in such a way that we could call it a revival. I really don’t know whether we will ever experience revival as a nation or not but I can see little traits of revival in various places. They tell us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist