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  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Failing Forward For God

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 8,539 views

    failing correctly...WHEN WE FAIL, GOD IS SOVREIGN, SYMPATHETIC, AND WE ARE STILL SECURE!

    Failing Forward Luke 22:54-62 INTRODUCTION: Faith Healer: on platform at coliseum/said, I have faith that 2 people will be healed/where are you?/man ran down/named Harry [w/ lisp]/can’t talk white [right!]/go behind curtain/another man hobbled down on crutches/named Frank/haven’t walked in 20 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Joseph Of Nt

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 5,807 views

    his dream/dilemma/decision

    Joseph’s Dilemma, Dream, & Decision Mt. 1:18-25 Matthew presents the birth of Christ from the vantage point of His earthly dad (Joseph was not the father). God was the father who planted His sinless seed into the virgin womb of Mary, who was engaged to Joseph. The blood comes from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Too Soon To Quit!

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 17,842 views

    preachers/laymen alike--We have the promise of GOD’S PRESENCE, PROTECTION, POTENTIAL!

    “Too Soon to Quit” I suppose all of us at some time or another want to give up and quit/there’s no use/harder I try, worse things get/don’t witness, no one listens/just spinning wheels/getting nothing at church/daily stresses and problems are all vanity/job/ever find happiness?/daily grind ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do I Have To Pay My Taxes? Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 23, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,821 views

    What is our responsibilty towards Government? What is the governments responsibility to us?

    INTRODUCTION • How many of you love to pay your taxes? Some of the creative ways the government has learned to waste our hard-earned money makes it difficult to be a cheerful giver! • We have been looking at some various issues concerning the Christian and our conduct. We have looked our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The God Who Knows Your Name

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 29, 2004
    based on 95 ratings
     | 32,311 views

    Our name is upon His lips and engraved upon His palms. That’s how significant we are to Him. Rest in His love for you.

    When we look at a flock of sheep, we see exactly that - a big flock. That’s all. I don’t see a sheep. I see sheep. All alike. None different. But not so with the Shepherd. To Him, every sheep has a name. The one with thick white wool, that’s Amos. And the one with one ear up and the other ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Matters Most? Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Jan 30, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 9,131 views

    Love and learning to love are the most important activities. The church is the special God-given place to learn.

    What Matters Most Purpose Driven Life #16 Cornwall November 29, 2003 Life is made up of many activities and many things we can focus on. However, there is one focus, which is the one, and only and most important focus, from God’s point-of-view. Paul said it best, as he declared in: Ga.5.14. Love ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Finding The Standard In A Non-Standard World Series

    Contributed by Carl Kolb on Feb 2, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,025 views

    When God is removed as the rule-maker, the limit-setter, then anything and everything goes.

    What If They Are Wrong Series Exodus 20:1-3 "Finding the Standard in a Nonstandard World" The "Ten Commandments" have been a topic of much discussion over the past several years. They seem to always be ending up in a court somewhere. Most of the time it’s because they are being found ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Transparency

    Contributed by K George on Feb 2, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 21,915 views

    The risks and the benefits of living a transparent Christian life, as our Savior did.

    Living the Transparent Life The word "transparent" in the Webster’s dictionairy means to allow light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen. Years ago my first experience with this word in the Christian faith came as I heard a powerful man of God speak about it ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Word To The Laggards

    Contributed by Kory Wilcoxson on Feb 19, 2005
    based on 130 ratings
     | 12,215 views

    One son says he’ll do the work, and doesn’t. Another says he won’t do the work, and does. Which one best describes us? And is there a third option?

    Growing up, I was a huge fan of the University of Kentucky basketball. I still follow them closely, but nothing like when I was younger. I idolized their players, I knew all their stats, I watched their games on TV like it was a life or death struggle. My favorite player when I was in third grade ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Transformed By Beholding

    Contributed by Irvin Mccorkle on Feb 25, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,155 views

    Seeing Jesus is so very important. We are not changed by what we do, but by what we see.

    Transformed by Beholding Seeing Jesus is very important. We are not changed by what we do, but by what we see. Evidently not many of us have seen Him, because there is something that inevitably happens and you are changed from one degree of glory to another. Something dramatic happens when you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Pursuing Purpose

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 7,159 views

    There is a time for every purpose! God has created each of us with a purpose and given us the time we need to fulfill it.

    February 2005 Dakota Community Church Pursuing Purpose Introduction: I hope you will take notes or at least fill in the blanks and save the bulletins for future use. I have several former congregation members who have told me they still read over notes from sermons from years ago and are ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    A Mystery That Blesses

    Contributed by William Mouser on Mar 11, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,748 views

    Israel’s blindness is not total, nor permanent. Moreover, it is the avenue by which God’s salvation comes to the Gentiles.

    Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Romans 11:25-36 Mystery that Blesses For some time now, as I have been reading about trends in spiritual fashions, as it were, I’ve noted that one of the currently fashionable things is “mystery.” As near as I’ve ever been able to tell, “mystery” in these ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    What If Jesus Came Down Your Street?

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 17, 2005
    based on 59 ratings
     | 8,328 views

    Let’s read from the Bible how the events of Palm Sunday turned out.

    WHAT IF JESUS CAME DOWN YOUR STREET? LUKE 19:28-48 INTRODUCTION... (http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermon.asp?SermonID=43534%20) There is a legend about an ancient village in Spain. The villagers learned that the king would pay a visit. In a thousand years, a king had never come to that village. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ewen Huffman avatar

    Sustaining Your Spirituality Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Mar 21, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,851 views

    After the high of Nehemiah 12, we come down to earth and reality with a crunch in ch 13. How can we avoid collapses like this and ’Sustain our Spirituality’.

    Sustaining your spirituality. Nehemiah 13. WBC 20/3/5am This is the balancing sermon to the one I preached on ch 12 if you remember: - real mountain top experience - marching around the walls, praising God - huge devotion and dedication to God o occasion for right and real outburst of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    His Pain, Our Gain

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Mar 26, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 9,258 views

    Jesus pain was our gain! This is an Easter sermon

    INTRODUCTION „X SLIDE #2 „X Today we are here to celebrate Easter Sunday, or Resurrection Sunday. „X This day is unique in the sense that we are celebrating something that changed the course of history and the destiny of mankind forever! „X Christianity is the only faith where we do not come ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ