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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Available For Impossible Dreams Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 7,484 views

    In observance of my 17th anniversary as pastor; to worship is to become available for God’s purposes, which mean being sent to unreceptive and impossible situations. Can we dream impossible dreams about our church’s building, properties, ministries with

    If what you expect to receive and what someone wants to give you are not the same thing, you are doomed to disappointment. If you want a particular thing, but the person you are dealing with is determined that you shall have something else, it is going to be tough. The other day ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Quest For Community Series

    Contributed by David Asch on Nov 21, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 7,278 views

    Today’s question: what is the key element to fulfilling our mission? What is the most important thing we need in order to be fruit and produce fruit?

    QUEST FOR COMMUNITY INTRO: This week: Hurricane Katrina – an example of how something can kill a community/threaten to wipe out a community. Last week: Our mission is to grow fruitful followers of Jesus Christ. We are to be fruit and produce fruit. Today’s question: what is the key element to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    42 Leads To 47

    Contributed by Tim Zukas on Apr 17, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 3,056 views

    A healthy church will be a growing church

    During Superbowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the movie Castaway. You probably remember the movie. Tom Hanks plays a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. The Hanks character was assigned the task of looking after a particular package ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Buffet

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 12, 2005
    based on 35 ratings
     | 4,108 views

    When we come to worship we must participate fully not just in the parts we like.

    This sermon was adapted from an idea of Larry Brincefi Growing up in a military family I have had to learn how to adjust. When we moved from Texas to California we had to learn how to forget that Bar-B-Que existed and move on to other things. When we moved to New Orleans we had to adjust from ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    Service

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Aug 5, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 21,845 views

    What does it mean to serve as Christ did?

    If I were to ask you to describe yourself in one word; if I were to ask what one adjective best sums up your identity, what would you say? If you met someone for the first time, and they asked, "What are you?" how would you answer? What single term would you give in response to that question? You ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Cost Of Church Growth

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 27, 2006
    based on 27 ratings
     | 30,378 views

    We all want our churches to grow but have we actually considered the cost?

    Well it’s been a year. Hardly seems possible in some ways and yet on the other hand it seems like we’ve been here forever. Now understand that while we have only been here for a year in this church building this church body has been in existence since six of us started meeting in our living room ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Charge Of The Church

    Contributed by Norris Harris I on Apr 28, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 17,016 views

    This message deals with four prime objectives to be achieved on fulfilling our charge to this present age.

    We Need To talk! I want to chat with you from the subject “The Charge of the Church.” The Scripture upon which I base my argument is penned by John Mark in his Gospel Narrative: Mark 5:17-20. In that second stanza of Charles Wesley’s hymn “A Charge to Keep I Have,” he wrote: “To serve the present ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    Mark #5: Uncommon Methods Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 19, 2001
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,460 views

    This sermon encourages the desire for the church to change in order to meet the needs of the lost.

    Ten Marks of a Prevailing Church Mark #5: Uncommon Methods 1 Corinthians 9:22 July 22, 2001 Intro: A. God uses many methods to communicate--not only through his Word, his Spirit, and the ministry of Christian friends, but also through more unconventional methods--like burning bushes, talking ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Conforming My Life To The Word Of God Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 15, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,298 views

    The Bible is an advantage only when we conform our lives to His Word rather than conform His Word to our lives

    Since our dog chewed up the old one, last week I had to go get a new backwash hose for our pool. So when we were at Wal-Mart picking up a few other things, we grabbed the only one they had. Although the package said the hose would fit the 1-1/2” pipe on my pool filter it turns out it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thankful Always

    Contributed by David Leach on May 20, 2015
     | 3,351 views

    How is it possible to give thanks both for and in all things?

    How is it possible to give thanks both for and in all things? Every time God invites us to always give thanks both for and in everything, He makes it clear that this applies only when we are filled with His Spirit – under the Spirit’s influence and control, which is abiding in Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Robert Fox avatar

    Play Your Position Series

    Contributed by Robert Fox on Jan 25, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,665 views

    Compares our unique role in the body of Christ’s church to playing your assigned postion on a football team. Student Ministry Powerpoint presentation.

    [Play Your Position] A body isn’t just a single part blown up into something huge. It’s all the different-but-similar parts arranged and functioning together … If the body was all eye, how could it hear? If all ear, how could it smell? As it is, we see that God has carefully placed each part of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bharat Raaya avatar

    He Has Done For Us

    Contributed by Bharat Raaya on Mar 2, 2016
     | 3,098 views

    Poor knowledge of the finished work of Christ on the cross can keep us bereave us of the benefits of our faith in living God.

    He has done for us Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father - Gal.1:4 It's rather unfortunate that today's church lives in a perpetual state of blindness in spite of having the truth clearly revealed to us ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Sherm Nichols avatar

    Something Old, Something New, What To Do When Change Makes You Blue Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,320 views

    A poignant and humorous study of the way the Church must continually adapt and change in order to remain effective.

    1. Title: Something Old, Something New, What To Do When Change Makes You Blue 2. Text: several 3. Audience: Villa Heights Christian Church, AM crowd, October 22, 2006, last in a series on worship, leading up to our 10th anniversary the next week 4. Objectives: -for the people to understand that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Richard Tow avatar

    Is Repentance A Dirty Word? Part 3 Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jun 1, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,779 views

    Message addresses question of how to repent and how to nurture a repentant heart. Is there anything we can do to accommodate the Holy Spirit’s work of convicting us of sin and leading us into truth?

    Is Repentance a Dirty Word? Part 3 (Nurturing a Repentant Heart) Isaiah 1:18-20 Richard Tow 8/7/16 We have been talking about repentance. In our last two messages we saw the nature and importance of repentance. The question we want to address today is how to repent. How do we nurture a repentant ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Daniel DeVilder avatar

    God's Word: It's A Beautiful Thing Series

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,252 views

    This sermon helps delve into the key theme of Titus: that the Gospel of Jesus makes a real difference. Specifically in this text, it is the tranforming, lasting, beauty of his word.

    God’s Word: It’s a Beautiful Thing They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. . . what is beautiful to you? For Tony Conza, it is a 6” sub. (Short story of the Blimpie Guy) Tony Conza embodies what American Dreams are made of. He started off small, working on Wall Street, but with no ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ