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  • Dr. Franklin Kirksey avatar

    The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

    Contributed by Dr. Franklin Kirksey on Aug 26, 2007
    based on 28 ratings
     | 11,511 views

    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey is an evangelistic message with encouragement in evangelism.

    THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY By Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey Luke 6:43-45 INTRODUCTION Please take God’s Word and turn to Luke chapter 6 and verse 43. The title of our message is “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. No, we are not going to review a Clint Eastwood movie. We are going to see what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Blessed To Be A Blessing Series

    Contributed by Louis Bartet on Aug 29, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 18,698 views

    Paul commands us to "walk worthy," but what does the "worthy walk" look like?

    THE CHURCH Blessed To Be A Blessing Ephesians 4:1-6 1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    How To Destroy A Church

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Aug 29, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,315 views

    This message is one that I put together after reading a speech written by a former governor of Colorado. The lessons fit very well of how to destroy a church.

    Ephesians 6:11 KJV Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. I. INTRODUCTION -- THIS IS NOT MY USUAL FARE. . . -This message that I am going to preach is not my standard fare of preaching style. . . and yet there are some very valuable ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • William D. Brown avatar

    What Will It Take To Bring You To Jesus?

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Mar 7, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,655 views

    Some time it takes a real wake up call to bring people to Jesus.

    “What Will It Take to Bring You To Jesus?” 3/7/08 Sometimes it takes a real wake up call to get a persons attention, listen as I read today’s text as we read God talking to Israel. Deuteronomy 30: 15-18 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Deliverance From Death

    Contributed by Dr. Franklin Kirksey on Mar 8, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 17,934 views

    Deliverance from Death by Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey focuses on the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. It has application for the Easter Season, the Lord’s Supper and a funeral.

    Deliverance from Death By Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey INTRODUCTION Andrew A. Bonar explains, “The Jews have handed down the tradition, that this Psalm, and those that follow on to the 118th, were all sung at the Passover; and they are denominated ‘The Great Hallel.’ This tradition shows, at all ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    First Responders

    Contributed by Scott Carroll on Mar 12, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 14,040 views

    FIRST RESPONDERS--PEOPLE WHO HELP SOMEONE TO BE SAVED.

    FIRST RESPONDERS FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE CHURCH...SPIRITUALLY TO HELP SOMEONE IN NEED. First responder is a term used to describe the first medically-trained responder to arrive on scene of an emergency, accident, natural or human-made disaster, or similar event. Such people may be police or ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Disciples At The Crossroad Series

    Contributed by Brent Zastrow on Mar 13, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,361 views

    What is involved in choosing to follow Christ

    Disciples at the Crossroad – Ma. 5:1-12 Are most people happy? Dennis Wholey, author of Are You Happy? reports that according to expert opinion, perhaps only 20 percent of Americans are happy. One morning a deacon was asked to go to the airport and meet the preacher who was coming to his church to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How Can This Be?

    Contributed by Dean Morgan on May 5, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 31,359 views

    Have you ever been asked to do something and asked HOW? Has the Lord ever asked you to do something and you asked HOW?

    Have you ever been asked to do something and asked HOW? Has the Lord ever asked you to do something and you asked HOW? Pay particular attention to verses 34 and 35: 34 Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?" 35 And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Shrewd Christianity

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on May 10, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,602 views

    Does "accidental" repentance "count?"

    Shrewd Christianity The Parable of the Shred Manager (Luke 16:1-9) 1There was once a rich man who had a manager. He got reports that the manager had been taking advantage of his position by running up huge personal expenses. 2So he called him in and said, “What’s this I hear about you? ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Lust. Series

    Contributed by John Morris on Mar 5, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,707 views

    Lust grips people in an way that the spirit is dulled.

    When the church fathers constructed this list of 7 deadly sins 1500 years ago they knew then, what we observe today. Satan’s tactics to corrupt our lives hasn’t changed much if any. If you have red blood in your veins then pride, greed, envy, anger, sloth and today lust. They can grip us in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Beginning All Over Again Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 5, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 29,161 views

    God wants his own to live well in a wicked world.

    Scripture Introduction Some pastors call Proverbs, “The Young People’s Book.” Solomon himself notes in the preface that he writes to give “knowledge and discretion to the youth.” Matthew Henry picks up that idea as he pleads with young folk to pay special attention: “Youth is the learning age, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Fresh Starts And Living Hope

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on May 19, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 38,557 views

    Using Peter as an example of how the Resurrection of Jesus gives us fresh starts and living hope

    It had been the worst two and a half days of their lives. First the Master had brought them to the Garden of Gethsemane just outside of Jerusalem to pray, but instead they fell asleep, after all it was late. Perhaps if they had been awake and watchful they would have noticed the torches of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Kevin Cummins avatar

    A Lesson In Planting Series

    Contributed by Kevin Cummins on Jun 14, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,967 views

    This sermon looks at lessons in planting. No matter how you live your life you are sowing seeds. Your harvest is determined by what you sow.

    An old farmer was driving home from his annual trip to the city when he saw a couple of blonde tree farmers planting their crop by hand. As he had some extra time on his hands he stopped to watch, but couldn’t believe his eyes as they dug holes and filled them back in without dropping any ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Ray Ellis avatar

    Fathers: Bless Your Family

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,996 views

    The scriptures teach that a father’s blessing makes a great difference on the life of a son or daughter getting his blessing.

    Fathers: Bless Your Family Matthew 3:16-17 Our attitudes toward our father tend to change over the years. My Father When I Was …. 4 years old: My daddy can do anything. 5 years old: My daddy knows a whole lot. 6 years old: My dad is smarter than your dad. 8 years old: My dad doesn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • John Foster avatar

    Jesus The Bread Of Life

    Contributed by John Foster on Jun 10, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 14,107 views

    Explores bread throughout the bible, compares bread as we know it today with scripture. Looks at some hard bits fom the bible and suggests that, like the hard bits in bread, they make God’s word "low Glycemic" (Low glycemic foods sustain us for longe

    Jesus said "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” There’s a lovely passage found in Genesis 26 that describes the movement of a nomadic, god loving people including Isaac. And this passage holds up what I call the true ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist