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  • Stephen Sheane avatar

    Love By Serving Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Sep 30, 2015
     | 20,785 views

    3 essential characteristics of a servant attitude

    LOVE BY SERVING Bill Wilson pastors an inner city church in New York City. His mission field is a very violent place. He himself has been stabbed twice as he ministered to the people of the community surrounding the church. Once a Puerto Rican woman became involved in the church and was led to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Where Is God In All Of This?" Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Nov 3, 2015
     | 6,394 views

    Rehoboam and the need for servant leadership divide the kingdom. God appears to be distant.

    1 Kings 12:1-17, 25-29 “Where’s God in All of This?” INTRODUCTION Today is All Saints Sunday. It is a day that we remember those faithful disciples of Jesus Christ who have gone before us. We celebrate those who have gone before us who have been more than a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Absalom, Men-Pleaser

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Mar 18, 2015
     | 6,538 views

    To show that we have an audience of 1 - the LORD. It's better to get applause from the LORD than from men.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you a man pleaser? No, men hate me because I please the LORD. Luke 6:22 (Amplified Bible) 6:22 Blessed (happy—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and to be envied) are you when people despise (hate) ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    You’ve Been Served!! (Hix)

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Jun 28, 2015
     | 6,919 views

    Our pride so many times keeps us from receiving what Jesus has to offer us!!

    John 13:1-11-Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Benefits Of Looking Back Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Aug 7, 2013
    based on 8 ratings
     | 15,277 views

    A sermon examining the benefits of remembering our time with Jesus.

    THE BENEFITS OF LOOKING BACK Matthew 9:9-10 I want you to imagine that just outside the doors of this church is a time machine that will immediately transport you back to the day that you were born again. If this were possible, and you could arrive at the very moment of your conversion, what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Ministry Of Mercy Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Aug 7, 2013
    based on 10 ratings
     | 46,808 views

    A sermon examining the importance of extending mercy to others.

    A MINISTRY OF MERCY Matthew 9:9-13 When Jesus began His earthly ministry, He traveled the region of Galilee and began to call certain men to “follow Him” and to be His Disciples. The first four men that Jesus invited to follow Him were fishermen. Matthew tells us that Jesus was walking ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christ And The Law Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Aug 7, 2013
    based on 27 ratings
     | 54,730 views

    A sermon examining how Jesus fulfilled the Law.

    CHRIST AND THE LAW Matthew 5:17-18 Here in the USA, when a new president takes office, (if his predecessor was from the opposition party) one of his first acts after his inauguration is usually to go to the Oval Office and begin to sign executive orders with the intention of immediately ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Are You Standing Around?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Aug 20, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,768 views

    Christ gave us our marching orders - Be My witnesses! The Lord has made provision not only to enable but to achieve the execution of this commission along with a promise of a coming reunion with the risen Lord.

    Why Are You Standing Around? Acts 1:4-11 Jesus Christ gave the church her marching orders before ascending into Heaven. He did not intend for His followers to idly stand around but to be busy carrying out the great commission to go into all the world with the life-changing message of Christ. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Man Of God

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 24, 2013
     | 2,787 views

    To show that as a man of GOD, we are already thoroughly equipped for every good works because of the LORD JESUS and not because of ourselves or even not of our wife.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you a man of GOD? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that as a man of GOD, we are already thoroughly equipped for every good works because of the LORD JESUS and not because of ourselves or even not of our wife. IV. TEXT: 2 Timothy 3:17 (Amplified ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God In The Cheap Seats

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 24, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,254 views

    Avoid hubris, embrace humility, like Jesus and Mary.

    22nd Sunday in Course 2013 The Greater You Are, the More You Must Humble Yourself “Blazing fire, wind, darkness, gloom, the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers entreat that no further messages be spoken.” The God behind these signs, the God revealed in both ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Kevin L. Jones avatar

    What Jesus Sees In You

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Sep 27, 2013
    based on 14 ratings
     | 32,811 views

    A sermon examining the fact that Jesus sees things that others may never notice.

    WHAT JESUS SEES IN YOU Mark 3:18 (Antioch Baptist Church: Sunday morning, January 5th, 2024) I want to talk to you today about a man that you probably know nothing about. In fact, I don’t know much about him myself. He is a part of a group more famous than the Beatles, but you may have never ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    My Enemy, My Friend Series

    Contributed by Joe Tilton on Oct 7, 2013
     | 7,043 views

    What to do about disagreeable people! What did Jesus do? Must you think like me to receive my service to you? Does someone you hate need you?

    My Enemy My Friend October 13, 2013 One afternoon a small boy was playing outdoors, using his mother’s broom as a horse, and he had a wonderful time until the sun went down. As he came in he left the broom on the back porch. His mother was cleaning the kitchen when she realized her broom ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Pleasing God

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on May 1, 2012
     | 12,311 views

    seven ways to please God

    “Pleasing God” May 6, 2012 Hebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” I know a lot of people. I am friends with a lot of people. Nate, my ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    This Is What I Came To Do

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 25, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,730 views

    The pressure of the crowd must never be allowed to take precedence over a right relationship with God.

    THIS IS WHAT I CAME TO DO. Mark 1:29-39. 1. The first Deacon (Mark 1:29-31). After the synagogue service in Capernaum, Jesus and His four companions went to the home of Simon and Andrew (Mark 1:29). Was this the first after-church fellowship - or perhaps even the formation of the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    While Dying On A Tree

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Mar 20, 2014
    based on 20 ratings
     | 12,398 views

    A Holy Week / pre-Easter sermon about "What Jesus dying on the cross does for us."

    While Dying on a Tree “Then they nailed him to the cross” Mark 15:24 Intro: Today I’m going to talk about what Jesus dying on the cross does for you. As people would walk by the cross, they would look up and see not only the shock and brutality of the crucifixion, but also ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational