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  • Owen Bourgaize avatar

    Dirty Rags

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 10, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,823 views

    "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags! (Isa 64:6).

    Do you have chores to do at home, you know, jobs to help in the house? When I was busy at work in the office, I didn’t have too much spare time but when I retired my wife soon found me some jobs. I had to take a crash course in cleaning the silver. The trouble with silver is that it soon gets ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thanksgiving Sermon

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,386 views

    This is a sermon I used as a children’s pastor.

    Imagine with me. You are walking along a long dusty, hard road. It is hot and your feet hurt. Your mom and dad are beside you. You are going to church. Suddenly the start singing: Psalm 100 (NIV) Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; Come before him with ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Condition Of Fellowship

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,445 views

    The Christian life is not a dull life. Here is some instructions on how to have fun.

    THE CONDITION OF FELLOWSHIP 1 John 1:5-10 INTRO: We hear countless messages each year about just how we should conduct our Christian lives. We hear that we should do some things and not do other things. We oft-times may get discouraged in our living for God, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How About My Needs?

    Contributed by Donato Solano on Aug 4, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,524 views

    Does God really care? Yes, God knows them already before it becomes our concern.

    INTRODUCTION Yes! God cares about your needs. Before your needs become your cares, it is God’s concern already. He knows your needs! You praise your earthly father when he is a good provider. A good earthly father will always be concern of taking care of his children’s need. God, our heavenly ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Godly Training

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 16, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,988 views

    What does it mean to "train yourself to be godly?"

    GODLY TRAINING I TIMOTHY 4:7-8 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives tales, rather, train yourself to be godly. What does it mean to train yourself to be godly? Four words or phrases stand out to me... 1. TRAIN This word speaks of effort, discipline, hard work, dedication. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Responding To Raw Deals

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jul 19, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,829 views

    Envy can ruin our lives.

    Responding to Raw Deals January 6, 2008 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Envy can ruin our lives. Focus Passage: Psalm 73 Introduction: I. Pour your heart out to God a. Asaph was brutally honest with God. He didn’t pretend everything was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Master Manipulators

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 18, 2012
     | 6,073 views

    here are some who manipulate others to get their way or to hide their sin; all contrary to God’s way.

    Master Manipulators June 17, 2012 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: There are some who manipulate others to get their way or to hide their sin; all contrary to God’s way. Focus Passage: 2 Samuel 11:6-27 Supplemental Passage: "But for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living By Faith Series

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Apr 27, 2025
     | 291 views

    The righteous shall live by faith.

    Living by Faith February 16, 2025, Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: The righteous shall live by faith. Focus Passage: Galatians 2:11-21 Supplemental Passage: For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do You Look Perfect? Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 20, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,465 views

    Salvation through Jesus, however, doesn’t change the fact that sin is present in our life.

    Do you look perfect? We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Play-Acting At Being A Christian

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Sep 1, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,531 views

    A message addressing the commitment of some church members.

    PLAY-ACTING AT BEING A CHRISTIAN Galatians 6:7 INTRO: Have you ever been in a play? If you haven’t, I am sure you have watched one. The performers in the play assume the role of the person they are portraying, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Does It Mean That Jesus Was A ‘ransom’ For Us? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 22, 2014
     | 5,090 views

    A look at the correct understanding of "ransom" (it's not an extortion) and four key ideas that help us understand it.

    PAYING "RANSOM"? Does this mean that God gave into extortion? - 1 Timothy 2:6. - A ransom is a price paid for someone’s freedom. - It’s an easy idea to get off-track on if you don’t watch it. - How so? Sometimes a ransom is basically extortion. Someone kidnaps someone and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Man Of Lawlessness

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 9, 2015
     | 4,305 views

    The world stage is being set for the arrival of the anti-Christ.

    The Man of Lawlessness March 1, 2015 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: The world stage is being set for the arrival of the anti-Christ. Focus Passage: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Supplemental Passage: By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Characters In The Wilderness Church Series

    Contributed by Oyewole O. Sarumi on Mar 2, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,549 views

    There are differing characters that constitute the congregants in today’s church. Many of them are parasitic, misewtoe, and outright unserious. However there are few that are strategically planted by God to help the work, and some are there to pulverised

    The Characters in the Wilderness Church Acts 7:38 Introduction Going through the books of Exodus to Deuteronomy, we discovered about 8 categories (representing the chapters) of Characters that were prominent in the church in wilderness, which we can also find in the church of 21st century. They ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Full Of Doubt

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 25, 2012
     | 2,808 views

    Sometimes we have to believe without seeing.

    Full of Doubt March 30, 2008 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Sometimes we have to believe without seeing. Focus Passage: John 20:19-29 Supplemental Passage: John 3: 16 Introduction: Believe there is a place called Sydney, Australia, etc, because ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Matthew Kratz avatar

    Your Righteousness Must Exceed That Of The Pharisees-Clean The Inside Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 26, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,201 views

    Hypocrisy is 1) CURSED FOR ITS EXCLUSION, ITS 2) SUBVERSION 3)PERVERSION 4)INVERSION 5)EXTORTION AND SELF-INDULGENCE 6)CONTAMINATION AND 7)PRETENSION

    A majority of adults who don’t attend church say they believe in God, but they have other feelings about the institution of church. A recent survey of 1 402 adults who don’t attend church, not even on holidays, found that 72 percent thought the church ‘is full of hypocrites,’ In Canada over the ...read more

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