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  • Bob Briggs avatar

    The Believers Armor Pt. 1 Series

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Feb 4, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,794 views

    We need to put on the whole armor of God

    How many of you have someone in your life you would consider a thorn? Stop looking at the person next to you. Most, if not all of us, have someone we could identify as a person who it seems has been sent to cause chaos in our life, who seems to surface when we are going through the still water ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Falling Prey To Negative Messages?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 10, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,625 views

    Negative tongues are dangerous, but so are negative ears. We can see the negative and focus there or we can focus on Divine possibilities.

    FALLING PREY TO THE NEGATIVE MESSAGE? THERE IS A NEGATIVE TRAP! FIXED FAITH OVERCOMES THE NEGATIVE! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Psalm 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. PREY: ***ONE THAT IS HELPLESS AGAINST ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Choosing Slavery Series

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Mar 5, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,365 views

    Any bondage that is not to Christ is a poor choice.

    Intro: This morning marks the first Sunday of Lent. This is a period of six weeks, leading up to Easter, in which we prepare for the glorious resurrection of our Redeemer. Our deliverer is coming. That’s not a new sentiment. Indeed, it even predates Christ by nearly two millennia. And yet, even in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • K. Edward Skidmore avatar

    Draw Near #3 Lessons From The N.t. Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 9, 2006
    based on 75 ratings
     | 29,567 views

    James 4 shows 3 things we need to do in order to DRAW NEAR to God: Clean up! Humble down! Behave yourself!

    Drawing Near #3 Lessons from the New Testament James 4 SCRIPTURE READING: James 4:7-10 INTRODUCTION: An anonymous theologian wrote these wise words: “God is great, and therefore He will be sought: He is good, and therefore He will be found.” This is the third week I’ve been talking ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Question That Never Dies Series

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 14, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,983 views

    This is the fourth message in a Lenten series on"The Seven Last Words of Christ." I also have information on appropriate dramas that can be used as an introduction to this and the other six messages in the series.

    THE QUESTION THAT NEVER DIES --Matthew 27:46 (27:45-54) Psalm 27:10 assures us, "Though father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me"; but, in all likelihood, everyone of us has experienced times when we have felt as if we have been forsaken by God. This is true for both ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    He Heard Our Cry Series

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Mar 19, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,376 views

    FCF: Jesus hears us and save us, because he is willing to get involved. We can too. This sermon primarily relates the story of the Amistad a ship of slaves who were set free, but only after the intervention of a powerful advocate – a former president o

    <READ Exodus 2.23-25; 3.7> It was early in the year 1839 when Joseph Cinque was captured and sold into slavery. It was, of course, illegal in 1839 to transport slaves from Africa, and had been for nearly 20 years, but slave ships were still often able to leave Sierra Leone under cover of darkness ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Rodgers avatar

    Is Jesus The Only Way To God? Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Mar 20, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,793 views

    The final message ina seires on the reliability of Christianity.

    A Ready Defense April 3, 2005 Is Jesus the Only Way to God? Intro: Why believe in Jesus? What makes him so different from Socrates, Buddha, Mohammed, or any of the others? After all, don’t all religions lead to God? According to the teachings of Jesus – the answer is a definitive ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Wounds From A Friend

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 27, 2006
    based on 141 ratings
     | 29,282 views

    Are you a trusted friend?

    Friends and enemies. Are you a friend or enemy? How can we tell which from which? Some things are rather obvious. Some are not so obvious. ILL.- Pepper Rogers, coach of UCLA’s football team suffered through a poor season back in the 1970’s. He came under intense criticism and pressure from ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Unholy Trinity

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Mar 27, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,332 views

    We meet the two other members of Satans attempt to make himself god - the two beasts known as the Antichrist and the False Prophet. Who are they, where to do they come from and what will they do? We also discuss the mark of the beast and the coming world

    Vladamir Putin, Jacques Chirac, Prince Charles, Pope Benedict XVI, Saddam Hussein, Henry Kissinger, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Antiochus Epiphanies (170 BC), even George W. Bush. What do these men all have in common? At one time or another they were identified as a person known as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    Does Easter Make A Difference

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 8,124 views

    A sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Easter

    2nd Sunday of Easter John 20:19-31 "Does Easter make A Difference?" 19 ¶ On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." 20 When he had said this, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    An S.o.s. From Hell

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 18, 2006
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,498 views

    77 words of distress being called out from hell, but nobody can help. LUKE 16:19-31.

    There was a movie in recent months about a man who was talking on a short wave radio and ended up talking to his father who had died many years before. Now, that is what I call imagination. But, for the sake of tonight’s message, I want you to imagine something, too. I want you to imagine that ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • David Becker avatar

    Resurrection

    Contributed by David Becker on Apr 19, 2006
    based on 30 ratings
     | 26,760 views

    Resurrection means that our too late is not too late for God. He can resurrect our life vision, future and faith.

    RESURRECTION (Too Late is never Too Late) TEXT - John 11:25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again. INTRODUCTION Today is Resurrection Sunday; it is a day of tremendous hope and victory for every ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Daniel Olukoya avatar

    Symptoms Of The Caged Soul

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on May 1, 2006
    based on 276 ratings
     | 121,909 views

    The soul of a man is the seat of his intellect, will and emotions; it is self- conscious.

    The Scriptures reveal that man is a tripartite being, that is, he is made up of a soul and a spirit, both of which live in a body. God, the wonderful creator, wishes that man prospers in these three departments of his being especially the soul which is the spiritual part of his life. The enemy ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Guy Caley avatar

    Idle Hands Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,538 views

    11th & Final in the series "Left Behind: 1 & 2 Thessalonians." A theology of work.

    2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 If you’re into bumper-sticker philosophy, you’ve probably seen the axiom, "I owe, I owe, so off to work I go." For a vast portion of the workforce, that’s the best reason they can muster for going to the job each day. According to one poll, only 43 percent of American office ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Right Back At Cha

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on May 7, 2006
    based on 83 ratings
     | 12,790 views

    Why do we judge and condemn the conduct of others and go so easy on ourselves? What does God have to say to us about this peculiar tendency?

    Sermon for CATM - May 7, 2006 - Right Back At Cha "Don’t condemn others, and God won’t condemn you. 2God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them. You can see the speck in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the log in your own eye. How ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational