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  • Ken Hubbard avatar

    Tipping Sacred Cows

    Contributed by Ken Hubbard on Feb 2, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,946 views

    A sermon addressing the need to change church as usual.

    -I want to talk to you about transitions that need to happen in the church world. In the process I am sure I will TIP SOME SACRED COWS! • Citipoint is in a time of transition • At the same time the church, as a whole, is in a time of shifting… o From affluence to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Unity Of The Spirit

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Mar 7, 2012
     | 10,439 views

    Unity is one thing that will convince others that the church has something beautiful the ungodly do not have.

    THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT Text: Psalm 133:1-3, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Stale Religion Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 30, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,591 views

    If you want to keep your relationship with Christ fresh and vital, don't focus on tradition and clean hands; instead, focus on scripture and a clean heart.

    Alan Kraft, in his book, Good News for Those Trying Harder, shares a story about a time when his wife borrowed his car and heard a CD he had loaded in the sound system. The song touched her. When she asked him about it, he was able to recite the lyrics, but had never thought much about their ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Lent And Traditions

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Feb 14, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,419 views

    Is the Lenten season Biblical or does it spring from church tradition? Is it good, neutral or harmful? Just trying to answer these questions ....

    Traditions... Body Bags: Israel's major airline, El Al, recently rejected a plea by ultra-orthodox Jews with a priestly heritage to fly inside body bags. Why would someone want to do this? Ritual law states that a priest who enters a cemetery becomes religiously "unclean." A ruling by a ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Jason Jones avatar

    We Promise Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,608 views

    Short exposition of Joshua 24:14-28 about covenanting together to follow the Lord. This is the first of several sermons on the church covenant.

    Text: Joshua 24:14-28, Title: We Promise, Date/Place: NRBC, 6/15/08, PM Opening illustration: Quote from Hammet, Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches, p. 109-110, “To enter church membership is to enter into a covenant with the other members and the pastors. It is a commitment to being ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Alive But Dead Series

    Contributed by Martin Holland on Oct 19, 2012
     | 4,950 views

    It is amazing how we can commend ourselves for this or that, but perhaps God has a different perspective about us. This is what the Church thought versus what God knew to be true.

    Alive but Dead Rev. 3:1-6 In our study of the church God has said: • Remember your first love • Persecution is only for a little season • The World is where Satan sits • Watch out for the doctrine of Jezebel Point: It is not what we think about the church that counts, but it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Church Of Brotherly Love Series

    Contributed by Martin Holland on Oct 19, 2012
     | 4,084 views

    What an encouraging Church who obviously loved the Lord and the brethren.

    The Church of Brotherly Love Revelation 3:7-13 28 miles southeast of Sardis is the city of Philadelphia. The city was name after a king of Pergamum, Attalus Philadelphus who built it. Philadelphia = brotherly love which occurs seven times on the Bible: Rom. 12:10, 1 Thessa. 4:9, Heb. 13:1, 1 Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    So You Call Yourself A Pastor 2 Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,441 views

    Exposition of Acts 20:25-28 about the first two of four charges to the Ephesian elders about how to pastor

    Text: Acts 20:25-31, Title: So You Call Yourself a Pastor 2, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/15/09, AM A. Opening illustration: the greatest pastor ever, and maybe the church job descriptions B. Background to passage: the setting is Miletus where Paul has decided to stay, not going to Ephesus because there ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Church Growth Principles #2 "It's A Seed Problem" Series

    Contributed by Ryan Peters on Mar 18, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,722 views

    So many churches out there today desire to change the world, the only problem is that they do not desire to change themselves first. In order to change the fruit of the ministry you must first check your roots!

    • Focusing on Church growth what would you say that it is instituted or measured? o In Numbers? o In Evangelism? o In Money? o In a beautiful facility? o In a parking lot filled with new and expensive cars? o In the church with a plethora of ministries? • Too often churches and people when focusing ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Finding Balance

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 22, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,906 views

    Are you sure what you believe and practice is balanced on God's scale?

    In my years since becoming a Christian, I have found that people in general tend to be like pendulums that are normally broken to either stay on the Left or Right side of the swing without ever seeing the middle or they are stuck in the middle and never move at all. Indeed the ones that are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim White avatar

    The Church: Getting Down To Business

    Contributed by Tim White on Jan 23, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,219 views

    The Hebrew writer, under the direction of the Holy Spirit of God, tells the Church how to get to the business of His Church.

    Church: Getting Down to Business Hebrews 13:15-17. The business of the Church is the most important business in the world. I believe that, not because it is my line of work, but because it is eternal and spiritual. Our roles in the Church business, however, is secondary if we are building on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Characteristics Of A Spiritual Church

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Jun 25, 2009
     | 5,886 views

    A Wednesday evening devotion which teaches us from the 1st Century church in Jerusalem, we can discern some of what it means to be a Spiritual Congregation.

    The Characteristics of a Spiritual Church Acts 5:12-16 * One of the most sobering passages in all of New Testament scripture (at least for me) is found in Acts 5:1-11. To remind you, this is the story of Ananias and Sapphira. When they lied about their gifts to the church, they were struck down ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Love The Church Because It Has Accountability

    Contributed by David Scudder on Oct 3, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,100 views

    The human tendency is to hate authority. The Bible, on the other hand, not only exalts God’s authority, but it also places its blessing on certain forms of human authority. God has also made every church member accountable to every other church member. Go

    Purpose: To explain how true fellowship happens. Aim: I want the listener to see the benefits of being accountable. INTRODUCTION: The human tendency is to hate authority. The Bible, on the other hand, not only exalts God’s authority, but it also places its blessing on certain forms of human ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Church Clothes (Part 2)

    Contributed by Greg Nance on May 31, 2011
     | 3,941 views

    God says a lot about clothes in the Bible. His words instruct and inform our lives today. Few things about us are as immedate to others as what we wear. Surely God has given us instruction about such an important part of our lives! We would do well to

    Church Clothes II The gospels and Jesus on clothing: The New Testament speaks about clothing more than you would think, but not necessarily in the ways we would think. Today we will focus our attention to what the gospels say about clothing. The first mention in the gospels about clothing ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Break The Cycle Of Spiritual Osmosis

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Jun 4, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,148 views

    Don't let anyone deceive you. Associating with bad people will ruin decent people. The Bible gives us a good indication about the effects of associating with what is called “bad people”. Some kind of Osmosis happens.

    1 Corinthians 15:33 (God’s Word Translation) Don't let anyone deceive you. Associating with bad people will ruin decent people. (New Living Translation) Don't be fooled by those who say such things, for "bad company corrupts good character.” (International Standard Version) Stop being ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist