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  • Larry East avatar

    Sunrise Service For Easter

    Contributed by Larry East on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 106 ratings
     | 102,711 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
     | 5,419 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
     | 2,640 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

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    You Are Witnesses

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 27, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,981 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

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    Believers Judging Angels? Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 27, 2006
    based on 48 ratings
     | 10,784 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
     | 4,032 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

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    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

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

    Contributed by Thomas Black on May 3, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 8,448 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
     | 9,327 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

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    Being God's People In The Last Days Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,701 views

    6th in the series "Left Behind: 1 & 2 Thessalonians." Focus is on how we should live in the last days, Honoring Spiritual Authority, Accountability, Spirituality, etc.

    Being God’s People in the Last days Text 1 Thes 5:12-22 In the last passage we read the message was the Lord’s return, and our need to be ready for it. In that passage we are reminded specifically of the fact that Christ died so we could have eternal life. In that context now we see that as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Keeping Your Head In The Last Days Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 8,510 views

    9th in the series "Left Behind: 1 & 2 Thessalonians" Topic is avoiding deception in the end times.

    After 14 years of studying the Bible, William Miller became convinced that Christ would return in 1843. When Miller announced April 3 as the day, some disciples went to mountaintops, hoping for a head start to heaven. Others were in graveyards, planning to ascend in reunion with their departed ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Efren V. Narido avatar

    The Liberating Truth Is Christ

    Contributed by Efren V. Narido on May 6, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,941 views

    Just how important is the truth? Is it possible to know it? How do we know if it’s the truth?

    “To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’ They answered him, ‘We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The God Of The Living And Not The Dead

    Contributed by William Baeta on Nov 5, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 16,507 views

    “Even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive’” Luke 20:37-38.

    Introduction: One of the great revelations of Holy Scripture is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the words of the apostle Paul God “according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” Christ’s resurrection not ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Mark Neilly avatar

    A Better World Series

    Contributed by Mark Neilly on Nov 22, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,538 views

    To the world says life is about money, possessions and having a good time - but Jesus prays for a better world for his followers

    John 17: 24 - 26 A Better World I am sure some of you have already seen the Christmas advert for Mark’s and Spencer’s on TV. It asks, what does Christmas mean to the Celebrities? There are then references to the Turkey, the food, the tinsel and the pressies - but no mention of what really matters - ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    How Are You Worshiping God?

    Contributed by Jack Whitehead on Nov 28, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 7,487 views

    This sermon deals with vain worship.

    How Are You Worshiping God? ISAIAH 1:10-20 I am amazed at the vain worship that takes place today in our modern churches. It seems to me that many people come to church to be seen, or to pay God his dues, as if that were possible. Many people come to church because it’s their family church. What ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist