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  • Gordon Curley avatar

    Mans Advice Vs Gods Voice

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    MANS ADVICE VS GODS VOICE (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    MANS ADVICE VERSUS GODS VOICE Reading: Acts chapter 21 verses 1-17: A quick reminder: • The apostle Paul was convinced that he should go to Jerusalem, • Two reasons why: (1st). He wanted to personally deliver the money donated by the churches. • If you cast your minds back a couple of ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    The Holy Spirit (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: John chapter 16 verses 1-11. Ill: • In 1992 a lighthouse was built in Santo Domingo, • The capital of the Dominican Republic. • The lighthouse was built to commemorate the; • 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus. • Santo Domingo is ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Darkness Or Light

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    Jesus & Beelzebub. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: chapter 11 verses 14-36 Ill: Dedicated on March 13th 1904 a large statue of Christ; • Was erected high in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. • It is called “Christ of the Andes,” • The statue symbolizes a pledge between the 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Why Do Followers Of Jesus Fail?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    Why do followers of Jesus fail? (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Mark chapter 9 verse 14-29. Ill: Stephen Pile – Book of Heroic Failures. (1). • The prize for the most useless weapon of all times goes to the Russians. • They invented the “dog mine.” • The plan was to train the dogs to associate food ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Frightened Fisherman

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    The Frightened Fisherman (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Matthew chapter 14 verses 22-36: Ill: • Story about a farmer who wanted to impress his hunting buddies. • So he went out and bought the smartest, most expensive hunting dog he could find. • He trained this dog to do things no other dog on earth could ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    John The Baptist: An Almost Familiar Story

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 28, 2010
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    A heavenly messenger, a miraculous birth, a normal childhood a short ministry preaching to people who loved his message and hated his message and then an untimely death at the hands of the authorities he had offended. Not the story you are thinking of.

    It is a familiar story for this time of year. A heavenly messenger, a miraculous birth, a normal childhood a short ministry preaching to people who loved his message and hated his message and then an untimely death at the hands of the authorities he had offended. Most people could fill in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Priestly Blessing Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    The priestly blessing (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Numbers chapter 6 verses 22-27 Quote: Warren Wiersbe: • “If you were to remove the words ‘bless’, ‘blessed’ and ‘blessing’; • From the Christian vocabulary, • Our prayer life, congregational worship & preaching would be ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Lessons From Failure Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 26, 2009
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    When we fail in ministry, our failure need not be fatal. Rather, if our failure teaches us to depend on Christ and care for people, we can move on from failure to impact our world like Jesus’ original disciples did.

    A CEO has taken on a new job, and the outgoing CEO says to him, “Sometimes you’ll make wrong choices. You will. You’ll mess up. When that happens, I have prepared three envelopes for you. I left them in the top drawer of the desk. The first time it happens, open #1. The second time you mess ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Favor With God And Man Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 27, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 20,873 views

    This sermon shows that the human Jesus grew in the ways that all children do, each step of growth preparing him to fulfill his Father’s eternal mission.

    Scripture Today is the First Sunday After Christmas. Each Sunday during Advent and Christmas we looked at one of the readings read during this season. Today, I would like to examine Luke 2:39-52. Luke the historian has given us a marvelous account leading up to our text today regarding the advent ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    No Pain, No Gain

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 29, 2009
    based on 11 ratings
     | 13,576 views

    Church of Smyrna

    NO PAIN, NO GAIN (REVELATION 2:8-11) A farmer said to God, "For 50 years I have not stopped praying..." The Lord replied, "5o years you have been praying, what did you actually pray for?" The farmer said, "I always pray that the winds and rains be smooth, pray that there would be no rain or wind ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Anatomy Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Jan 18, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,035 views

    This message is from my expository series through Romans.

    “The Anatomy of Faith” Romans 4:13-25 November 30, 2008 What is faith? • Bertrand Russell, in Why I am Not a Christian: “Faith is a firm belief in something for which there is no evidence.” Is it? • H.L. Mencken: “Faith is a conviction which cannot be ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Power To Bind, Loose And Spoil

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jan 19, 2010
    based on 28 ratings
     | 37,801 views

    To every Christian, it is given the power to bind and loose. As David was instructed by God to pursue, overtake and recover his possession, any born-again child of God has received the license to stop the activity of Satan and loose his possession out of

    POWER TO BIND, LOOSE AND SPOIL Dr. D. K. Olukoya Wonderful God, we bless and thank You for it is written that the name of the Lord is a strong tower and the righteous runneth therein and is safe. Because we have escaped into this Tower and Power, anything pursuing us is just wasting its strength. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Elijah And The Prophets Of Baal

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jan 22, 2010
    based on 58 ratings
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    A practical look at a Elijah's contest with the prophets of Baal with lessons about standing up for what is right and not following the crowd. Powerpoint is available if you e-mail me.

    Elijah and the Prophets of Baal Scott Bayles First Christian Church The movie To Save A Life opens in theatres next week. It’s a co-production of New Song Community Church and Outreach, Inc. that focuses on a high school student named Jake Taylor. Jake has it all—friends, fame, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Byron Harvey avatar

    The God-Man Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Jan 26, 2010
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     | 5,171 views

    Who is Jesus? He is fully God in every way.

    “The God-Man” January 24, 2010 To the Dalai Lama, Jesus was an enlightened guru, likely a fully enlightened being. To the Mormons, Jesus is an exalted man who made his way to godhood—just as we can; some versions of New Age mysticism have this view of Jesus in common with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Stewardship Of The Bell Rope Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 31, 2010
    based on 66 ratings
     | 33,597 views

    Uses a powerful illustration of a bell rope to drive home how we can forgive people who've sinned against us.

    OPEN: I get a daily devotion from a website called “heartlight.org” Back in August, I read the following story by Patrick Odum. Apparently, in New Hampshire, a man named Josh Muszynski stopped at a gas station and bought a pack of cigarettes with his debit card. A few hours later he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ