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  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Welcome To Resurrection Central"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 26, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,880 views

    Every church, is, at least potentially, a Resurrection Central!

    Acts 4:32-35 “Welcome to Resurrection Central” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Many people are willing to accept Christianity as an explanation of life, but they are not yet prepared to accept it as a way of life. It is clear—from a ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Mickey Bell avatar

    Can The Community Depend On Shipps Baptist Church?

    Contributed by Mickey Bell on Jun 14, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,141 views

    If we were to close our church doors today, would the community even know we were gone?

    Can the Community Depend on Shipps Baptist? Jonah 1:4-6 Not too long ago, I read a statement I have not been able to get off my mind ever since. You may recall it and then again maybe it didn’t sink in to your mind. Here’s the statement: If Shipps Baptist Church were to close its doors tonight, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian La Croix avatar

    Developing A Passion For Honoring God Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 17, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 13,967 views

    First in a series of messages focusing on the five purposes of the church (a la’ Rick Warren!). This message deals with worship.

    Developing a Passion for Honoring God Various Scriptures January 16, 2005 Introduction We are starting a series about developing a passion for the things of God. We will be spending the next several weeks discussing this, and then we will be looking at the passion of Jesus during the Lenten ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Great Omission

    Contributed by Rich Dunbar on Apr 29, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 2,591 views

    This is a sermons that sets out a three fold purpose for the church.

    This is the purpose of the Church summed up in a few brief verses. Let’s take a look at what is taking place in this passage. First we see that the eleven disciples did what Jesus had said by going to where He had told them. Then when they encountered Him there they worshipped Him. But some ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jonathan Powell avatar

    A Godly Way For A New Beginning Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Powell on May 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,775 views

    Beginning of a series entitled - Under Construction

    Under Construction – Sermon #1 “A Godly Way for a New Beginning” Nehemiah 1:1-11 As we begin the year 2006, I look back on 2005 with amazement at the changes that God placed in our lives. First, I started to New Orleans Seminary to begin work on my Masters Degree. Second, in March, I had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Allen avatar

    Why Worship? Series

    Contributed by Wade Allen on May 29, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,910 views

    A sermon examining why we worship.

    Two young newlyweds were preparing to enjoy their first baked ham dinner in their new apartment. The new wife got the meat out, setting it on the cutting board. She then took a knife and chopped off both ends of the ham with a knife and tossed the two small ends in the garbage can. "Wait a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bruce Smith avatar

    Fast Food Is It Good For You?

    Contributed by Bruce Smith on Jul 23, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 5,356 views

    We all want God’s presence but how can we have it if we are eating the wrong food. Waiting on God

    We all should know the answer to that but are we listening? Fast food is great when you are in a hurry and you haven’t got the time to prepare a meal! Unfortunately there is a big down side. Most fast food is high in sugar and saturated fats and lack a lot in nutritional value. The end result ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Of Streams And Pathways Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 15, 2007
     | 3,070 views

    A call to unity amidst the great diversity that makes up our churches.

    Of Streams And Pathways Series: How Broad Is The Kingdom Of God Jan 15, 2006 Intro: Last Sunday I introduced you to nine different “Sacred Pathways” – nine different ways that different people worship, experience, and respond to God. We linked them to nine different examples from Scripture: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Adam Cruse avatar

    From The Community To The Courthouse (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Adam Cruse on Aug 19, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 10,872 views

    God has given us in this text, three characteristics of what it takes to be an effective evangelistic church.

    This week we are returning to our study in the book of Acts. The title of this series has been, “What a Church Should Look Like.” By now I hope we are beginning to see the structure of how Luke is writing. It seems as if he is flipping back and forth between two perspectives. One perspective is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When God's Spirit Moves Series

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 14, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 26,956 views

    This is the begining of a lay ministry series.

    When God’s Spirit Moves In 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 October 28, 2007 Morning Service This message is based in part on John Maxwell’s message Let God’s Spirit Move In Introduction I tell you of a true story of a soldier who was in Pearl Harbor. On the night before they were attacked by the Japanese ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Lindsey Mann avatar

    Bless The Lord

    Contributed by Lindsey Mann on Jun 2, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,078 views

    A study of Psalm 103

    Bless the LORD, O my soul: Bless means to make someone happy, make someone enviable, and to make someone prosperous. When we worship and honour the Lord we actually make Him happy, enviable and prosperous. Sounds absurd doesn’t it? There is Almighty God, totally self reliant and self ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    The Importance Of Our Church's Vision

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jul 17, 2006
    based on 21 ratings
     | 14,674 views

    Whether or not a church has a God-given vision for how it is to partner with God in its work is eternally important.

    In the first part of Proverbs 29:18, we find a familiar portion of Scripture. Most Christians are familiar with the quote from the KJV: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” The translation in the NIV gives us insight as to why people with no vision perish: “Where there is no revelation, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Will We Be In 2003? Series

    Contributed by Jim Black on Jan 2, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,527 views

    At the outset of a new year it is helpful to be reminded of who we are as God’s church and what we are to be about doing. This introduction to the book of Ephesians provides just such a reminder!

     What Will We Be in 2003? Ps. 90:12; intro to Ephesians Focus: At the beginning of a new year, we must be reminded of our purpose as a church to not become distracted- much of what Paul does to encourage the church in Ephesians. Function: To encourage the Washington St. church as Paul does ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Worship: An Act Of Desperation Series

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Apr 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,607 views

    Worship that God wants from us is honest, transparent and real. Can we come to God, can we come to church, when all we feel is sorrow and lament? Or do we have to fake it all the time.

    Sermon for CATM – April 13, 2008 – “Worship: An Act of Desperation - Psalm 142 I overheard someone ask someone else this very simple question recently: “What has been the saddest moment in your life?” I can’t recall the answer given, because as soon as the question was asked, my mind drifted to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Robert Cox avatar

    More Than A Conqueror

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Nov 11, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,029 views

    Praise Him in all circumstances!

    ROMANS 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37Nay, in all these things we are more ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal