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  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Kingdom Of Heaven (Part 9) Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Aug 31, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,723 views

    Are you ready to meet your Lord of lords and King of kings? If you aren’t, will you be challenged today to pursue to get right and ready to meet your Savior, Lord and King whenever He turns up?

    Opening illustration: Articulate my early arrival for my marriage ceremony and the people from the bride’s side were not ready and waiting at the church gate for welcoming the guests from the bridegroom’s family. On a similar note my youngest brother-in-law arrived 3 hours late during ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Stark avatar

    "When Standing Alone..." Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 6, 2017
     | 10,466 views

    Christians who pursue honouring Christ can anticipate standing alone against the enemies of Christ. How shall the child of God react when compelled to stand alone, without even a fellow saint to stand with him or her?

    “At my first defense, no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So, I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. The Lord ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • William Young avatar

    Why Men Are Lost

    Contributed by William Young on Aug 25, 2001
    based on 37 ratings
     | 3,337 views

    This is an attempt to understand why some men are lost for eternity.

    “WHY MEN ARE LOST” LUKE 15 Thesis: to come to a fuller understanding of what causes some to be lost. Introduction: 1. A great question that travels throughout the ages, never to rest is “Why are some men lost” 2. This question was just as prominent in the days the Lord walked the earth as ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • E.T. Cummings avatar

    Favor Ain't Fair

    Contributed by E.t. Cummings on Sep 3, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 35,713 views

    This message is to get the believer to understand there place in the kingdom of God...

    It is essential as well as imperative to know that today we are dealing with a subject that has been misconstrued by many. This subject has derived from the thoughts of those who spend lest time with God and more time with man. In understanding the subject for today, you as a believer must sit ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Troy Borst avatar

    The Lamb

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 21, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 3,911 views

    The scene of the sacrificial lamb is important to understand the book of Revelation.

    THE LAMB REVELATION 5:1-14 OPENING ILLUSTRATION… Robert Beringer, The Easter People, CSS, 1984, p. 14 I can still recall a geography lesson from elementary school in which we learned that the southernmost point of Africa is a point, which for centuries has experienced tremendous storms. For many ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Al Hood avatar

    What Do You Do When God Is Wrong?

    Contributed by Al Hood on Jan 23, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 3,339 views

    Helping to understand the providence of God in our human experience.

    WHAT TO DO WHEN GOD IS WRONG? SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 8:28 INTRODUCTION: * What do you do when God is wrong and you know it? * You may say that you would never think like that BUT people do. * Paul tells us here that the Christian can rest assured that every thing in this world will work out for good to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Risky Business Part 1

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 31, 2001
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,925 views

    The church needs to understand that sharing the Gospel is a risky business.

    Risky Business part 1 Thesis: The church needs to understand that sharing the Gospel is a risky business. Main Texts: Matthew 25:14-30 ---Read from the Message "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. (Mat 25:13 NIV) "Again, it will be like a man going on a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Risky Business Part 2

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 31, 2001
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,280 views

    The church needs to understand that sharing the Gospel is a risky business.

    Risky Business- part 2 Veterans Video! Thesis: The church needs to understand that sharing the Gospel is a risky business. Main Texts: Matthew 25:14-30 ---Read from the Message "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. (Mat 25:13 NIV) "Again, it will be like a man ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Aaron Thomas avatar

    One Thing

    Contributed by Aaron Thomas on Feb 12, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 6,034 views

    Some things we as christians need to know and understand.

    ONE THING Josh 23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    That Monumental Weekend

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,579 views

    The Three Parts of the Gospel are crucial for all believers to understand.

    1. Many of us look forward to the weekend....one reason I like to take Saturday off rather than Monday...I like weekends 2. But schedules can be tricky.... 3. Easter celebrates the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ....it is also the culmination of the Gospel... 4. I Cor. 15:3-5 summarizes the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Thomas Monroe avatar

    How 2 B Broken & Spilled Out

    Contributed by Thomas Monroe on Mar 21, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 5,662 views

    Looking at the woman and her offering for understanding of brokenness and offering.

    How 2 B Broken & Spilled Out Mark 14:3-9 Illus: Piggy Bank with $1 million: Valuable because of its contents which can only be poured out when it is broken. Test tube with antidote for arthritis: valuable for its contents only if it is broken open and used. I. A Valuable Commodity: Could have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    How To Treat A New Christian

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 8, 2002
    based on 114 ratings
     | 12,062 views

    New Christians should be treated with acceptance, understanding and patience.

    HOW TO TREAT A NEW CHRISTIAN Acts 9:19-31 INTRO.- ILL.- Bob Russell of the large Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY, tells this story about a young man he baptized while in college. Bob said, "In my senior year at Bible college I met a tall, gangly basketball player from the University ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • John Knight avatar

    Who Do You Say I Am

    Contributed by John Knight on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,352 views

    Jesus’s call to understand and accept him as the Messiah.

    Who do You Say I Am? Matthew 16:13-23 Great leaders have arisen throughout time: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Gandhi. Not all Political leaders, but Social leaders: Gandhi; Philosophical leaders: Socrates, Aristotle, Kant, Buddha; Religious leaders: Martin Luther, John ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Kirk DeVine avatar

    What Praise Will Produce

    Contributed by Kirk Devine on Jul 29, 2002
    based on 510 ratings
     | 145,108 views

    This sermon will help the believer understand the awesome power of Prasie.

    WHAT PRAISE WILL PRODUCE I CHRONICLES 4:1 As I look at the church today, I am amazed at the attitude that some of us have adopted… It blows my mind how many folks come into the House of God week after week and leave the same way they came… It’s mind-boggling to me how some folk treat the church ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mark Baker avatar

    Fulfilling God's Purpose

    Contributed by Mark Baker on Aug 28, 2005
    based on 38 ratings
     | 59,975 views

    To know and understand God’s call on your life.

    Fulfilling God’s Purpose We all have a purpose and a destiny upon our lives whether we know it or not. Truly our purpose is to fulfill the will of God upon our lives, but in order to do that we have to know what the will of God is and then begin to walk in it. Generally we all have a purpose to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible