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  • Daniel Habben avatar

    Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Series

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Aug 16, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,618 views

    God treats sinners like us the same way he treated the vile King Ahab - with patience and mercy.

    Of all the villains in the Star Wars movies, who is the most infamous? Darth Maul? Count Dooku? General Grievous? No. Darth Vader is the most notorious villain of them all. Even those who have never seen Star Wars before know that Darth Vader is a bad guy. Who’s been the most recognizable villain ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Part 3 - First Comes Love... Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Aug 18, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,294 views

    Part 3 of the series touches on the roles of the father, mother and children in the home.

    The Home as God Intended Part 3 – First Comes Love Rev. Bruce A. Shields First Baptist Church of Tawas City Michigan www.TawasBaptist.org WELCOME PRAYER We are continuing our series on discovering the home as God intended it to be. Last week we discussed how all of the benefits, blessings ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Dare To Be A Simeon

    Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Aug 19, 2005
    based on 55 ratings
     | 14,391 views

    The prophet Simeon is truly a biblical character worth our investigation as we reflect upon the Christmas story

    Dare To Be A Simeon It has been said shepherds in the fields were taught by angels but the prophet Simeon in the Temple was taught by the Holy Spirit. As we celebrate this Christmas day and season together, the prophet Simeon is truly a biblical character worth our investigation as we reflect ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ron Hicks avatar

    Deception, Our Greatest Enemy

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 1, 2005
    based on 66 ratings
     | 17,237 views

    Don’t base your conclusions and actions on what you are being fed through worldly media, but on the truth of God’s Word

    DECEPTION, OUR GREATEST ENEMY Rev 20:3 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Rev 20:7-8 7 And when the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • R. David Reynolds avatar

    The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Goodness Series

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 12, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,764 views

    This is the seventh sermon in the original Pentecost Series in May 2004. The Lord had me completely revise it as a totally new sermon in September of 2005.

    The Fruit of the Spirit Is Goodness --Galatians 5:16-23 I know many of you were taught to pray and perhaps even taught your own children to pray a famous bedtime prayer that has been around since the eighteenth century: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    "Salvation On Whose Terms?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 8, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,660 views

    A sermon for Palm Sunday.

    Mark 11:1-11 “Salvation on Whose Terms?” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org It was the Passover time, and Jerusalem and the whole countryside were crowded with people who had made their way to the greatest of the Jewish ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Larry East avatar

    Sunrise Service For Easter

    Contributed by Larry East on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 106 ratings
     | 102,734 views

    This is an Easter sunrise service to celebrate and remember the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb.

    Sunrise Service Northside Christian Church April 16, 2006 John 20:1-9 (NIV) 1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Easter 2006

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,420 views

    The Resurrection - myth or reality

    EASTER 2006 Story: There is a story told, about a painting of Goethe’s Faust on display in the magnificent Louvre Museum in Paris, France. In the picture, Faust is seated at a table engaged in a competitive game of chess. And at first glance, it looks like Faust is losing. His opponent in ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Part 3 Breaking The Da Vinci Code - More Errors In Brown's Research Series

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Apr 24, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,642 views

    Last of a 3 part series on the Da Vinci Code

    PowerPoint symbols + New Slide, > Transition in, x Transition out PowerPoint Available upon request Part 3 Breaking the Da Vinci Code More Errors In Brown’s Research - Review some of last weeks points + The Pyramid outside the Louvre in Paris has exactly “666” panes of glass. (21) >Designed by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bill Butsko avatar

    You Are Witnesses

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 27, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,982 views

    This is an Explanation of witnessing and how the disciples became witnesses.

    Scripture Reading: Luke 24:36-49 Message: “You Are Witnesses” Text: “You are witnesses of these things” (v. 48) Introduction: What is a witness? This is what the American Heritage Dictionary says: A witness is: a. One who has seen or heard something b. One who furnishes ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Believers Judging Angels? Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 27, 2006
    based on 48 ratings
     | 10,787 views

    We are made lower than the angels today, but redeemed mankind will be elevated above the angels in the kingdom. We can glean much to help us today by studying what will be our role "someday". Link included to formatted text and PowerPoint Presentation.

    Believers Judging Angels? I Cor. 6:1-3 When Paul wrote this letter to the church at Corinth, it was having problems. That’s actually an understatement. One of the problems was Christians fighting and feuding and fussing w/ one another, and it got so bad they were actually taking one another to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Road To Jericho

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 30, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,033 views

    A communion meditation for April 2, 2006 and the fourth sermon in a 2006 Lenten Series

    Dramatic Introduction: ‘The Road to Jericho’ written by Arden and Peter Mead and published by the Creative Communications for the Parish, © 2004 In their comments on our main text, Arden and Peter Mead ask the question, ‘Where do you picture yourself in the story of the Good Samaritan? With what ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Ron MacArthur avatar

    Should I Answer His Call

    Contributed by Ron Macarthur on May 2, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,338 views

    Helpful encouragement to those who question should I answer His call.

    Answering His Call What does “the call” feel like and is He really calling me? Two questions rolled into one that many people ask themselves. I can share with you what the feeling of the call to teach the Bible felt like to me. Early in my Christian walk God gave me a hunger for His Word. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Thomas Black avatar

    Da Vinci Code: I Know Something You Don't Know Series

    Contributed by Thomas Black on May 3, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 8,452 views

    What’s the underlying doctrine to the Da Vinci code? Gnosticism. The da Vinci code is one more example of a resurgence of an ancient heresy.

    A companion powerpoint to this sermon is located at: http://www.stilltruth.com/downloads/ppt/I_Know_Something_You_Dont_Know.ppt I know something you don’t know. Say it with a sing song in your voice and you sound like a child on the playground. Say it with a whisper and you sound like a gloating ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Public And Private Ethics Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on May 4, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,330 views

    # 26 in series on Hebrews. Ethics cannot exist apart form a standard of right and wrong.

    A Study of Hebrews “Jesus Is Better” Sermon # 26 “Public and Private Ethics” Hebrews 13.1-6 At first glance Hebrews 13 may appear to be just a grouping of unrelated closing thoughts to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist