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  • Andrew Moffatt avatar

    Prwordmises Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Nov 25, 2013
     | 4,155 views

    Our words are vital to how are our lives are lived, how we play out our lives as are promises of God's word. This sermon explores this.

    Words are interesting things, the truth is that words can be really helpful or some can stir up more trouble than can be contained. The married men here, actually any man who has ever been in a relationship would know that a response to a comment such as “the hairdresser didn’t style my ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Caring God

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 4, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,218 views

    When we touch upon the love of GOD, we plunge ourselves into an ocean whose depths have never been fathomed. It is all-embracing, all-inviting, all-supporting, and all-supplying.

    Opening illustration: For thousands of families in Kenya, seven cows are more valuable than a girl’s future. Those cows, a typical bridal dowry in Maasai culture, prove so tempting that most fathers in rural areas decide their daughter’s education will end and marriage begin by age 13. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Adornment That Attracts

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Aug 5, 2013
     | 5,604 views

    A sermon that describes the character of an individual who seeks to adorn the "inner man of the heart."

    "The Adornment that Attracts" Pt. 1 1 Peter 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Freedom From Afflictions

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Sep 5, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 22,330 views

    AFFLICTIONS CAN COME TO A MAN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT GODIS WILLING TO GIVE FREEDOM TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES AND CALL UPONHIM FOR LIBERTY.

    FREEDOM FROM AFFLICTIONS STUDY TEXT: Exodus 3:7-10 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Forbidden Fruit Creates Many Jams

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 4, 2013
     | 6,034 views

    A sermon on temptation, trials and testing from 1 Corinthians 10:13 (Much material adapted from Todd Hunter's book, Our Favorite Sins, chapter 3 The Insider Report) material between [] is extra material added for a camp vespers service

    HoHum: Todd Hunter in Our Favorite Sins: "I’d just taken a few steps out the front door of church after a Sunday worship service when Bob walked up to me with gusto and, with a joyous smile, said, “Now there’s temptation right there!” He was pointing to a shiny, black, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What's In A Worldview? Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jun 16, 2013
     | 7,416 views

    What’s your worldview? Everyone has one. Whether or not we realize it, we all have certain presuppositions and beliefs that affect the way we view all of life and reality

    What’s in a Worldview? Romans 12:2 I was watching the NBC national news over the holidays with my father in law. He is a very conservative Republican and loves Rush Limbaugh. Nothing wrong with that. But all he watches is right wing Republican news programs which paint a very jaded picture ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Trying Times - "Wait" Series

    Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Jun 29, 2013
     | 7,748 views

    A comparative of facing and coping with waiting to receive what we prayed for, considering modern times and the daily faith used against the wholeness of the faith of the fathers of old until Christ Jesus.

    Trying Times - “WAIT” by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (5/29/2013, 6/1/2013, 6/15/2013, 6/18/2013, 6/22/2013, 6/29/2013) “If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come” Job 14:14, KJV [Job waiteth for his ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends

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    A Senseless Life

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 6, 2009
     | 6,437 views

    A senseless life is a life without God.

    Text: “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). Since God created man in His own image, how come some people are living a senseless life? If we believe God created life and if we believe He did not create anything ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Producers Of A Hostile Environment-1 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 2, 2009
     | 3,792 views

    Part 1 of a 7-part sermon. The last days will be characterized by a hostile(antagonistic) environment. But Why? A hostile(antagonistic) environment is produced by, a Distortion of…

    PRODUCERS of a HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT-I—2Timothy 3:1-9 Attention: Pacific Herring live off of coast of US from Baja CA to AK. They eat Plankton(microscopic drifters). For various reasons, plankton ‘bloom’, increasing their numbers exponentially. This feeds the herring, one of the favorite foods of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lord’s Supper

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,392 views

    A Lord’s Supper message from Isaiah 25.

    Let’s stand together and read aloud the first nine verses from Isaiah 25. We’ll be reading from the ESV version, so you can either use your Bible if you have that version or there are some extra Bibles in the chair backs. The verses will also be up on the screen as well: 1 O Lord, you are my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Peace Or Poison?

    Contributed by Aaron Kilbourn on Nov 12, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,803 views

    To live by worry is to live against reality.

    Philippians 4:4-7 reads, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Life Isn't Fair!

    Contributed by Lew Slade on Dec 22, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,634 views

    If God is just why is life so unfair?

    Life isn’t fair? “Life isn’t fair!” How often have you heard those words spoken? We read ‘unfair’ news stories everyday. Widows and pensioners defrauded of their life savings; young women attacked and raped; young men killed or maimed in car accidents; refugees from yet another war in Africa dying ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Taking Salvation For Granted

    Contributed by Larry Wise on Jan 24, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,031 views

    A message designed to fremind Christians of the great salvation we have.

    Taking Salvation For Granted I Peter 1:10-12 Most of us take things for granted. As much as kids hate it when we say things like this…let’s think back: Do we realize that there was a time BEFORE air-conditioning and automatic transmissions in cars; self-defrosting freezers in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Waiting Room: Crisis Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Chad Garrison on Jun 21, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,771 views

    Part One from a series of messages titled “The Waiting Room”: discovering what God reveals to us in these moments of waiting.

    The Waiting Room “Crisis of Faith” How many people like waiting? (Show of Hands) When I say the words “Waiting Room”, what images come to mind? If we were to poll everybody today, I’m sure we would all have a “waiting room” story to tell… Mine ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Don't Blame God

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 27, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,885 views

    We all face temptation and we are solely responsibility for our actions.

    Text: Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone (James 1:13). What is temptation? Temptation is an enticement, an appeal, an attraction which tends to lead someone to commit an immoral or sinful act. Is there ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church