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  • Timm Meyer avatar

    Whose Son Are You Like?

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Oct 10, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,958 views

    PENTECOST 19(A)- Whose son are you like -- like the one son with empty words or like the son with repentance?

    WHICH SON ARE YOU LIKE? - October 10, 2004 - Pentecost 19 MATTHEW 21:28-32 28"What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, `Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ 29" `I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. 30"Then the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    It Takes A Big Man Series

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Aug 29, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 9,829 views

    It takes a big person to forgive.

    Philemon 1-7 It Takes a Big Man Woodlawn Baptist Church August 28, 2005 Introduction I don’t know if you are familiar with whom Elizabeth Barrett Browning is. If you’ve been to any of the weddings I’ve conducted you have heard me use some of her poetry. Elizabeth was raised by a tyrannical ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hiding Places

    Contributed by James May on Sep 11, 2005
    based on 84 ratings
     | 39,907 views

    Elijah found his hiding places, but God found Elijah and brought him out to a place of victory. He will do the same for you and I.

    HIDING PLACES By Pastor Jim May After Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, increasingly severe anti-Jewish measures began. A Jewish family by the name of Frank tried to escape by going into hiding. On July 1942, Otto, Edith and their daughters Margot and Anne hid in this building at 263 ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Do Me This Favor Series

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Oct 9, 2005
    based on 28 ratings
     | 11,041 views

    Sermon 3 of 3: How do we forgive those who hurt us?

    Philemon 15-25 Do Me This Favor Woodlawn Baptist Church October 9, 2005 Introduction God works in mysterious ways doesn’t He? Many times in our lives we are left to wonder why He does a thing or why He might allow a thing to happen. A young man is sold into slavery by his family and 30 years ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Proper Use Of The Sabbath Series

    Contributed by David Elvery on Jan 8, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 14,902 views

    Looking at Jesus’ teaching about the Sabbath

    A Proper Use of the Sabbath - Luke 6:1-11 Gladstone Baptist Church - 13/10/04 On your handouts this morning, I have a little questionnaire for you. It is a number of questions which I want you to answer. No one is going to look at your answers. No one is going to mark you right or wrong, but I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    One More River To Cross

    Contributed by James May on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 36 ratings
     | 16,648 views

    We crossed the Red Sea in Salvation and Baptism. Now we are walking through the wilderness on the road to the Promised Land, but we have one more river to cross before we get home. Are you ready for the crossing?

    ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS By Pastor Jim May There is an old song that we once sang that went like this: There’s one more river to cross; one more mountain to climb One more valley that I have to walk through Then I’ll leave my troubles behind One more battle with the devil, and I know He’ll ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Defender Of The Weak

    Contributed by Timothy Cooley, Sr. on Dec 9, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 19,919 views

    The Woman taken in Adultery: Jesus is the Defender of the Weak, the Healer of the Bruised, and the Mender of the Broken.

    The Feast of Tabernacles was a grand celebration. Food! Reunions! Parties! According as the Lord had commanded, families constructed special temporary shelters and camped out in them — to remind them of the travels of their forefathers through the Wilderness. Along with the great feasting came ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Out Of The Ashes Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Oct 21, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,798 views

    Esther, Pt. 1

    OUT OF THE ASHES (ESTHER 1) I have little to no interest in crossword puzzles or any other kind of puzzles; it sure is a puzzle why people bother, but it is a sight to see crossword puzzle fans patiently working on the latest puzzle in their newspaper and to see how they cannot get enough of it. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Is It You Want?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,676 views

    A stewardship sermon on taking up a life of service rather than self-centeredness. Includes time, talent as well as money.

    What Is It You Want? Mark 10:35-45 The Scripture reading today contains a very interesting story. What is even more interesting is that just before this story, we read that Jesus was saying to the disciples, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Jehovah Nissi Series

    Contributed by Chip Van Emmerik on Nov 2, 2006
    based on 29 ratings
     | 17,494 views

    Certainly the Amalekites thought this would be an easy victory. They were battle tested, seasoned by experience. The Children of Israel were hardly worthy opponents. These recent slaves who wandered in the desert without adequate supplies were nothing but

    Open If you ever have a chance to watch a re-enactment of a Civil War Battle, take the time to go. It is magnificent to watch the rows of charging foot soldiers, the feel the ground vibrate with the gallop of the cavalry and hear the thunder of the cannons as they bellow on the field. I have never ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    ...nothing But The Truth Series

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Nov 7, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,163 views

    The Letter to the church at Pergamum Part 2.

    AM Sermon preached at Central Christian Church October 15, 2006 …Nothing But The Truth Rev. 2:12-17 The letter to the church at Pergamum part 2 25 years of ministry has taught me a few things and one of them is that there’s no such thing as a perfect temperature for the auditorium. I can ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Clean And Pure: A Way Of Life Series

    Contributed by Wes Humble on Nov 11, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,036 views

    Sermon on the Seventh Commandment

    In the midst of marital disagreement it is not uncommon for a spouse to wonder if there isn’t somebody with whom they would be more compatible. Suleyman Guresci, of Izmir, Turkey, divorced his wife of twenty-one years after a bitter six-year court battle. In an effort to find the ideal woman, ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    "Who” Is A Better Question Than "Why” – Gideon's Call Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,518 views

    “why” is not the best question. Seldom are there answers to the “why”, though as we walk through life we may come to see how God was doing good even through difficulty. The better question is “who” – who will not abandon us in the midst of pain?

    “Who” Is A Better Question Than “Why” – Gideon’s Call (Judges 6:1-24) Series: Stories of God’s People April 23, 2006 “Bree,” said Aravis, who was not very interesting in the cut of his tail, “I’ve been wanting to ask you something for a long time. Why do you keep swearing By the Lion and By the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Cloud avatar

    What Does It Mean To Be "Perfect?"

    Contributed by James Cloud on Dec 21, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,189 views

    Exploring the principles that make us more Christlike.

    What Does It Mean To Be Perfect? Illustration: (There was a young boy who had been writing God a note on how good he had been throughout the past year. He began by writing, “Dear God, I have been good for six months now and I think I deserve a good gift for Christmas.” Upon thinking about it he ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    View From A Deck Chair

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 31, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,541 views

    A sermon on vision for a new year. This was written almost 10 years ago. Some of the illustrations may need to be update.

    The passage that I am using for a text is one that, when you hear it, will sound familiar to you. It is like Psalm 23, John 3 or 1 Corinthians 13 ... we wonder what more can be said about it. It is a passage that, if you are not familiar with Scripture, you will assume you read it in a magazine, or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist