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  • Lonnie Erwin avatar

    Pass The Salt, Please!

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 5, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,484 views

    Our influence in the world is not to be contained or limited to the wall of a Church and not being used to impact the world around us.

    Sermon Text: Matt 5:13 (Believers Are Salt and Light) "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men. Plot Outline: This film contains not only some incredible surf ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Meditate The Word Of God

    Contributed by Wincci Yin Chee on Jun 1, 2006
    based on 27 ratings
     | 9,102 views

    Watch your thoughts; they become you words. Watch your words; they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

    How to meditate the word of God: Perhaps one of the most neglected disciplines in the Christian life these days is that of Meditation. I believe that very few Christians have been taught how important it is to pay close attention to what they think about. Consider the following: Watch ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Are We Lifting Up To Draw People

    Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Nov 13, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,208 views

    Devotion at state association meeting.

    WHAT ARE WE LIFTING UP TO DRAW PEOPLE? Illus: A POSSIBLE METHOD OF EVANGELISM A Christian man owned a barber shop. One night, at a revival meeting, the barber felt greatly burdened to do more with his testimony for Christ. The next evening, the barber began attending a "soul winner’s class" at his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Lose Friends And Make Enemies Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Mar 13, 2012
     | 5,302 views

    The book, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, was a best seller in the motivational market years ago. Today, people are using God's Word as a motivational marketing tool to win friends and influence people. However, Jesus lost frien

    John 6:25-59 How to Lose Friends and Make Enemies Intro – With Friends Like That… Recently I had a dream. My friend Corey and I were hunting with a group of friends. We paired off in groups of two and went to our assigned location to hunt. Later that evening Corey returned alone, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Strange Temples Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 23, 2018
     | 3,566 views

    Message 17 in our exposition of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. This message focuses on defeat in the church due to internal lawsuits and external behavior.

    Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “A Defeated Church” 1 Corinthians 6:1-20 Review I. Reproof for fleshly behavior 1-6 A. Reproof for a divided church 1-4 1. Opening appeal for unity 1:10-17 • He encouraged them to unity • He exposed their disunity • He confronted their ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The Be-Attitudes - Part Iv Series

    Contributed by Carl Willis on May 17, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,146 views

    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.

    Matthew 5:6(NIV) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, they will be filled. What does it mean to "Hunger and Thirst?" Hunger and thirst really serve as the body’s notification system for critical systems. When we hunger or thirst, our body is letting us know of our critical ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Blueprints For Growth Series

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Nov 30, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,876 views

    Sermon in series BLUEPRINTS

    Series: BLUEPRINTS Sermon 1: Blueprints for Growth Hebrews 6:1-3 Retarded growth is tragic in every area of life. Birth is wonderful. It is one of the mysteries no one really understands. But it does not matter how beautiful an experience of birth is, if there is no growth after birth we would be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Reactions Of The Believers Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Sep 26, 2020
     | 2,590 views

    ‘One heart and one mind’ – was their motto and goal. Dr. Luke described the life of the community with the expression of the were together. Read further to know the life of first-century church life.

    Acts 4: 32-37 Reactions of the Believers 4: 32-33 Graceful Community 4: 34-35 Sharing Community 4:36-37 Sacrificing Community Acts 4:32 Sharing Community The first-century believers had enjoyed the goodness of God. They had oneness of heart, and there was an ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Jerusalem Council Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Apr 21, 2021
     | 1,570 views

    The first Jerusalem Council met to decide on the issues raised by the early Christians. Certain problems have to be discussed, argued, and finalized with the help of the Holy Spirit. Know further by reading through this sermon.

    Acts 15:1-20 Jerusalem Council on Gentiles Conversion 15:01-05 Issues of Circumcision 15:06-12 Peter stood for Grace 15:13- 21 Ruling of James on Circumcision Acts 15:01-05 Issues of Circumcision This passage explains ceremonialism emphasized by few Jewish Christians. The descendants of Abraham ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Take Me To The River

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jun 23, 2025
     | 520 views

    The message is telling us the story of Naaman and what the river gave him.

    Take Me to the River 2 Kings 5:1-14 1. Water in the summer time is simply fun isn’t it? • Kayaking, boating, fishing, diving, snorkeling, parasailing • Water is also necessary for survival water carries nutrients and oxygen to cells, regulates body temperature, aids digestion, and helps remove ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Living To Please God

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 6, 2010
     | 5,171 views

    1) The Priority of Excelling, 2) The Power and Principles for Excelling, and 3) The Progress and Pressure of Excelling.

    American voters delivered a stinging midterm rebuke on Tuesday to President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress, turning control of the U.S. House of Representatives over to Republicans amid mounting anxiety and anger over the state of the nation’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Rahab And The Spies

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,810 views

    Rahab and the Spies. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Joshua chapter 2 verse 1-24: Quote: • A pastor was speaking to his people on the relationship between fact and faith. • He said, "That you are sitting before me in this church--is fact. • That I am standing here, speaking from this pulpit--is fact. • That I ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Christian And The Bible.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 25, 2014
     | 5,950 views

    The Christian and the Bible. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    SERMON OUTLINE: (A). What the Bible Is: (1). Water for cleansing (vs 9). (2). Wealth and treasure (vs 14, 72, 127, 162). (3). A companion and friend (vs 24). (4). A song to sing (vs 54). (5). Honey (vs 103). (B). What the Bible Does: (1). It blesses (vs 1-2). (2). It gives life (vs 25, 37, 40, ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • David Dykes avatar

    The N.t. Condensed Version Of The Gospel Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 31, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,129 views

    Every word in the Bible is important. So you can’t condense the Bible down, but what I’m talking about to today is condensing the essence of the gospel, the kingdom of God, down into one verse.

    INTRODUCTION Let’s open our Bibles to Romans 14:17. We’ll read exactly what we just sang about there. You have to be careful what you read to make sure you figure it out. Some of you have already read some of these things called “actual bloopers from church bulletins.” One ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Does The Pharisees Dishes Series

    Contributed by Marc Bertrand on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,173 views

    The burden of righteousness that God lays on us is not cumbersome, but freeing, for it opens the door to restoring us to the places God created us for.

    Introduction: I want to begin today by taking you back in time 2000 years ago to the common scene at the table of any Jewish Scribe or Pharisee. You will notice that here on the table are a few seemingly simple items, a jug of water and a small wash basin, but to the Pharisees, these items made ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist