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  • Dan Erickson avatar

    Don't Leave ... God Behind Series

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Jan 25, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 11,120 views

    Part of the Left Behind Powerpak Every aspect of life is to be lived for his glory.

    MARK: Pastor, I was wondering if you could help me. I’m trying to figure out my schedule for this fall, and I don’t really know how much time I have to be a Christian. PASTOR: What do you mean? MARK: Well, you know I’m going to be really busy this fall teaching Science at the high school, and I’m ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What If "The Woman At Well” Shows Up At Church Today?

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 26, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,396 views

    Do we want to be as evangelistic as Jesus, then we need to learn what it means to love and accept and give the good news to "the woman at the well."

    What if “the woman at well” shows up at church today? John 4: 4-42 Love this story… 4 He had to go through Samaria on the way. 5 Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Living A Christian Life

    Contributed by Mark Engler on Sep 28, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
     | 13,971 views

    Living a Christian life is a wonderful thing. It doesn’t stop at baptism. That is only the beginning. We can’t turn away from God after baptism or act as if you have it all taken care of now, there are things we need to do. We have been enlisted into

    Theme: Christian Living Text: Col. 3:1-4 Prop: Every Christian needs to maintain Christian living daily. Trans: How do we go about daily Christian living? Intro: Last week and only one other time since I have been here have I preached on the subject of baptism. And the reason I preached on ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Lukewarm Church

    Contributed by Raymond Pooley on Oct 5, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 16,086 views

    A motivational message to move ’Lukewarm Christians’ (if there were such a thing) into a passionate relationship with God.

    Lukewarm & Almost Christian REVELATION 3:14-21 Here is a passage that you have all heard before – many times. I don’t mean to stand before you this morning and try to pretend that this is brand new material for you. I have preached on this passage twice before, this makes the third time. I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Worship Is... Thanksgiving Series

    Contributed by Greg Hanson on Apr 14, 2007
     | 3,953 views

    What do we have to be thankful for, and how do we go about expressing thankfulness to God?

    Anybody have anything special planned for the weekend? Anybody having a big Thanksgiving dinner? What’s on the menu? PARTICIPATION We’re going to be heading to Halifax this afternoon, coming back Tuesday morning. So we’ll have our Thanksgiving dinner there with Shera’s family. Thanksgiving with ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Hypocrisy Series

    Contributed by Susan Blader on May 13, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,254 views

    Hypocrisy is a struggle for all who are sinners; it brings dishonor to God; and it destroys our witness.

    Hypocrisy A Sermon on Romans 2:17-24 In his book, The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey tells a story about a Bible study he was teaching on the person of Christ. The class began discussing how the hypocritical legalism of the church turned off non-believers. Then they began to ‘swap war ...read more

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    Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

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    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Apr 1, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,751 views

    When we hear this passage, we usually picture ourselves as the son who transgressed our loving Father through our sinful lives. Whatever our own particular sins may be, we relate to, we long for, we even expect, a loving God who’ll throw his arms out wide

    Additional Text: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. (Psalm 19:14) (The Slave – Captured) A 16-year-old boy was captured by ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Extreme Grace

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Feb 11, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 16,488 views

    God’s extreme grace is available to each of us, but can only be received by a heart that is exposed and open before Him.

    Extreme Grace Hebrews 4:12-16 12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    What Is Grace? Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Feb 13, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,931 views

    This sermon explains God's grace and its implications.

    Introduction In June 2006 Warren Buffet, the world’s second-richest man at the time, announced that he would donate 85 percent of his $44 billion fortune to five charitable foundations. Commenting on this extreme level of generosity, Buffet said: “There is more than one way to get to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    You Are Not The Master Series

    Contributed by Matthew Grise on Jan 20, 2009
     | 3,169 views

    James reminds his readers of man’s frailty and God’s sovereignty.

    JAMES LIVING THE REAL LIFE: CULTIVATING A FAITH THAT WORKS YOU ARE NOT THE MASTER JAMES 4:11-17 INTRODUCTION James chapter 4 is where we turn to today. We will be looking at the last part of chapter 4. Now, remember the first 10 verses of chapter 4 are a call to abandon the selfish, sinful ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Go Against The Flow Series

    Contributed by T D on Dec 31, 2010
     | 20,784 views

    Living for Christ instead of living like the world.

    Series: It’s Backwards Go Against the Flow Matthew 7:13-23 Residents of a small Australian town have been left speechless after fish began falling from the sky. Hundreds of spangled perch bombarded the 650 residents of Lajamanu, shocking local Christine Balmer, who was walking home when ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    What's Missing In Worship Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Oct 2, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 15,466 views

    What is missing from our worship? Do we know it is missing? Why is it missing? How do we get it back?

    Encountering God – Part 7 – What’s Missing from Worship? Introductory story: Paul Harvey tells a story about an attractive airline stewardess who was being hounded by two flirts – one at the front of the plane, the other at the back. She was obviously very put-off by the very forward advances ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Getting Feelings In Line

    Contributed by David Flowers on Sep 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,773 views

    If our feelings are often misleading because they spring from thoughts that are not grounded in God-reality, then how do we know which feelings are legitimate and which ones are not, and what do we do with this?

    Getting Feelings In Line Wildwind Community Church David Flowers August 30, 2008 We talked last week about the role our thoughts play in determining how we feel. The relationship between thoughts and feelings is undeniable and we cannot pay enough attention to it. We’ll be talking more about it ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    The Test Of Success

    Contributed by Ben Mandrell on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,871 views

    The key to success, from the eyes of David,the leader of all leaders.

    Days of David: The Test of Success 1 Samuel 18:5-16 Englewood Baptist Church Sunday morning, April 6,2008 On Sunday nights, we have been peering into the life of David, the man after God’s own heart who was called to lead the nation of Israel in their most glorious era of history.God had given ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No Fear Series

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008
     | 9,730 views

    Where there is no fear of Lord, there is no restraint from doing evil.

    NO FEAR (of God) Genesis 20:11 “No fear”. It’s on clothing, it’s in commercials. But having no fear is stupid. Little children with no fear of heights can get hurt badly. Having no fear of boiling water on a stove leads to burns. Having no fear of getting hurt leads to reckless driving. It may ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan