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  • Jason Jones avatar

    What's A Church? Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 31, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,525 views

    Exposition of 1 Peter 2:9-10

    Text: 1 Peter 2:9-10 Title: What’s a Church and What’s It Supposed to do? Date/Place: LSCC, 8/28/05, AM I. INTRODUCTION A. Opening illustration: Tell about the other night at Gary’s house where we were looking at the different antiques on the wall, and him giving us a guess or two on each ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Willis avatar

    The Church By Divine Design

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Apr 26, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,487 views

    This sermon is an evangelistic message based on the founding of the church by Jesus Christ as He talked with His disciples at Caesarea Philippi.

    When you’re going to build a house or similar structure, the first thing you get in mind is some design. You get a picture in mind and eventually put it on paper called a blueprint. Then you begin with a firm foundation upon which to build. That’s exactly what God did when He created the world, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Have You Lost Jesus

    Contributed by Greg Newton on Apr 26, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,424 views

    I wonder today has the church lost something of value that we are willing to diligently seek after until we have found it. We tend to lose the anointing of God’s Spirit upon our lives and churches but we tend to move on in life like nothing has ever happe

    “Have You Lost Jesus?” Intro: If your child has ever wondered away from you as a parent and you thought they were lost, you understand the frightening feeling that comes in your heart when you feel you have truly lost something of great value. I wonder today has the church lost something of value ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    An Unstoppable Force Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,265 views

    God heals, puts us in conflict situations, and invites us to NOT fight against Him but rather join His unstoppable force.

    An Unstoppable Force: Experiencing Biblical Community Acts 5:12-42 Intro: Have you ever been in a situation where doing the right thing was going to get you in trouble? Where you had a choice, and it was clear which option was right, and it was also clear that if you did that thing, there was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Antioch: A Model Church

    Contributed by Ed Wood on May 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,866 views

    Is there a model church for us to pattern after? Any search for a model Church must inevitably begin in the New Testament.

    ANTIOCH: A MODEL CHURCH Acts 11:19-30 INTRO: Any search for a model Church must inevitably begin in the New Testament. Generally speaking, the Jerusalem Church is considered the first Church, and we are indebted to it for many reasons. The influence of the Church in Jerusalem waned, however, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Cole avatar

    Externally Focused: Unleashing The Church Series

    Contributed by Jason Cole on May 29, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,465 views

    We need to move our focus out of the walls of the church building and onto others. If we do that then the church can be unleashed to do what the church was called to do.

    Externally Focused: Unleashing the Church Introduction: I believe God wants us as the Church to impact the world in which we live in. I believe that God wants all people to come to a saving knowledge of Him. I believe He has commissioned us with the responsibility to carry that message into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Missions Is Our Primary Orientation Series

    Contributed by Ed Groover on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,500 views

    A sermon on missions and the local church.

    Missions is Our Primary Orientation Series: First Things Acts 13:1-3 Intro: We said that the Bible is our ultimate authority. Therefore 1. we will trust it and teach it as absolute truth. 2. we will submit to it and evaluate our thoughts and plans, our behavior, words, and church (in all its ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Part 1 - Growing For God's Glory Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Oct 2, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,369 views

    We must be growing for God’s glory! How can we do it?

    Growing for God’s Glory Isaiah 61:1-3 Sermon by Rick Crandall (2007 Series - Giving to Grow) McClendon Baptist Church - Sept. 16, 2007 *Today is the first big day in our Giving to Grow Campaign for our new Children’s Building. In Isaiah 61:3, we see that the ultimate purpose for growing as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Marks avatar

    Church's Foundation

    Contributed by David Marks on Oct 3, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,279 views

    The origin of the word Church can be found in the Greek word ecclesia which means “those called out.” So the church is made up of those who have been called out of sin into righteousness (I Peter 2:9). The word Church can refer to individual congregation

    What does God desire for the Church in the year 2005? In order for us to answer this question we need to look at what the Church is and how the Church was started. The origin of the word Church can be found in the Greek word ecclesia which means “those called out.” So the church is made up of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Reinventing The Church 1 Series

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Oct 4, 2007
     | 2,840 views

    We must no longer be a COME AND GET IT CHURCH, but a GO AND GET THEM CHURCH. Or, "Extreme Church Makeover: Should the church join the craze?"

    REINVENTING THE CHURCH, Part 1 Extreme Church Makeover: Should the church join the craze? I recently watched an episode of “Extreme Home Makeover”. If you have seen the show, you know about the “professional makeover artists” … I must confess things have changed quite a bit in my life: from ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Keith Broyles avatar

    Hurricanes, Heart Aches, And Helping Hands

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,795 views

    The church must be the church. We are the people who right now know where God is. We are the people who know what God’s love is. We are the people who know that where God is there is hope. Through the hurricanes and heart aches of life, we as the chur

    At certain time in the past I have become a news junkie. When I am at home I am watching television flipping the channel between different networks or scouring the Internet looking for more information about what is going on in the world around me. I was that way with the Columbia tragedy a ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    The Consistent Church - #6 Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Oct 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,720 views

    Adapted in part from Warren Wiersbe (and others)...a look at the letters Jesus dictated to specific churches...with the ensuing question, "what would He write to us?"

    THE CONSISTENT CHURCH Rev. 3:7-13 * Churches are known by her Characteristics. For instance, they are formal, loose, spirit-filled, charismatic, troubled, exciting, or the like. * As we have studied the churches in Revelation, we have seen the Careless, Crowned, Corrupted, Compromising, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lorenzo Edwards avatar

    "A Man And Women Truly Being Blessed By The Spirit Of God

    Contributed by Lorenzo Edwards on Oct 19, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,498 views

    We thank God for Pastor Dillon and Sis Dillon on this special day. They have made it through for 11 years of dedicated services. And for a man and a women to make it through for 11 years preaching and teaching the word. And supporting her husband through

    “A Man and Women Truly Being Blessed by the Spirit of God” By: Pastor Lorenzo Edwards Isaiah 61:1 We thank God for Pastor Dillon and Sis Dillon on this special day. They have made it through for 11 years of dedicated services. And for a man and a women to make it through for 11 years preaching ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jay Robison avatar

    Listening To Unchristian America

    Contributed by Jay Robison on Nov 1, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 13,935 views

    Christianity has an image problem. What can we learn from how those outside the church see the church today. I use Jesus criticism of religious leaders to cause us to think.

    I have used sermoncentral along with other resources in this message. James White’s Critical Times email was a starting point. I also referred to Kinnaman’s book. LISTENING TO UnCHRISTIAN AMERICA October 28, 2007 Jay Davis Robison MATTHEW 15:1-12 The Church in America HAS AN IMAGE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Decker avatar

    Dead Man Walking: A Transformed Community Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Sep 10, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,208 views

    We are messengers of change.

    DEAD MAN WALKING: A TRANSFORMED COMMUNITY Ephesians 2.1-10 S: Community C: A Transformed Community Th: Building Up in Love; Doing Our Work Pr: WE ARE MESSENGERS OF CHANGE. TS: We will find in our study of Ephesians 2.1-10 how we have been made into a transformed community. Type: Inductive ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist