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  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Matthew 5 - Take A Bath! You Smell Like A Hypocrite! Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 27, 2009
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     | 7,233 views

    Take a bath! You smell like a hypocrite! Better to live like the unbeliever you are than to act like a Christian on Sundays. Because at least you won’t be deceiving yourself. Take the Purity in heart test from Matthew 5 and examine your motives!

    Matthew 5 - Take a bath! You smell like a hypocrite! I don’t know about you but I don’t like the term "pure in heart". It seems like woose talk or I think of someone with an intellectual disability or so totally naïve they don’t see bad things happening all around them. Maybe even children, up to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sluggards/Laziness

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Jun 23, 2009
    based on 15 ratings
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    Man is not born lazy, it is his circumstances that make him lazy. Man basically becomes lazy because of the lifestyle he chooses and because of his circumstances. God hates his children being lazy. The proverbs has some inputs on lazy life. Let us look wh

    Follow us on: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityHarvestAGChurch/featured Sluggards Introduction: Man is not born lazy, it is his circumstances that make ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A World Without Grace

    Contributed by Asiri Perera on Mar 30, 2008
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     | 2,644 views

    • Like the city dwellers who no longer notice the polluted air, we breathe in the atmosphere of ungrace

    A world without Grace John 8:1-11 Jn 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Jn 8:2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. Jn 8:3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    When Christ Is Unable To Work!

    Contributed by David Wilson on Oct 27, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
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    Christ is rejected by his own townspeople and Mark declares he could not do many miracles in Nazareth.

    Mark 6:1-13 The first portion of our text deals with Jesus in his hometown of Nazareth. He came and preached in the synagogue and immediately people were offended. In fact, the phrase translated as “They took offense” comes from the same Greek root word where we get the word “scandalized.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Exercising Unto Godliness

    Contributed by Jeremiah Parker on Mar 6, 2008
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    How to develop spiritual muscles.

    Exercising Unto Godliness But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. (1Ti 4:7-8) I. Bodily ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Is In Control

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,659 views

    A correction of a much misquoted verse: our hope is built on God, not fatalism.

    GOD IS IN CONTROL ROMANS 8:28 A man’s wife dies, leaving him with three little children to care for. Although he is nor bitter, he is lonely and confused. Perhaps some of his friends try to comfort him by saying, "You know, it all works out for the best." Try as he might, he cannot bring ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Came To Do The Will Of God The Father

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Dec 20, 2010
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     | 9,714 views

    A simple Christmas Sermon for the season listing 10 thoughts from the passage concering why Jesus Came at Christmas

    JESUS CAME TO DO THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER John 6:35-40 (NIV) 35 Then Jesus declared, "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. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All that the Father ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Part 16 - Matthew 12:43-45 - Playing Whack-A-Demon! Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Nov 16, 2010
    based on 64 ratings
     | 8,494 views

    Even when confronted they were abrasive and uncooperative, malevolent. It took some time to EVICT them, and there was always the danger that they would RETURN.

    Part 16 - Matthew 12:43-45 - PLAYING WHACK-A-DEMON! Many years ago I worked in an organisation called SCILS - Sunshine Coast Independent Living Skills. We worked with people who had mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. David (not his real name) was helped to find a place to rent in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Part 5 - Matthew 10:5-6 - "Why Am I Here? I Don't Remember?" Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 1, 2010
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,942 views

    Often they are HELPLESS AND CONFUSED, SUSPICIOUS, FEARFUL and very dependent on family, and so when a person with Alzheimer's disease is institutionalised, they long to go home. I was reminded about Alzheimer's when I read about God's lost sheep in Matthe

    Part 5 - Matthew 10:5-6 - "WHY AM I HERE? I DON'T REMEMBER?" ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE is a debilitating disease that many people fear as they age. I know I wonder whether I have Alzheimer's at times. It is characterised by forgetting things recently learned. People with Alzheimer's have difficulty with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Follow Me

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Mar 3, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,624 views

    Sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Lent, Year B

    Mark 8: 31 – 38 / Follow Me Intro: Have you ever heard the expression, “to cook someone’s goose”? It actually began as a reference to a man whose last name means “goose” in Czech ---- John Hus. John was the pastor of Bethlehem Church in Prague where 3,000 ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Your Truth!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Nov 25, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,935 views

    Daniel emphasized the words ‘we have failed to understand YOUR truth!’

    Your truth! Daniel 9:13 “all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth.” Daniel emphasized the words ‘we have failed to understand your truth!’ What is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Concerned Spirit Series

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Jul 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,201 views

    Paul’s words to the Roman Christians in his introduction suggest ten marks of true spiritual service. Verse eight showed Paul’s thankful spirit. Verses 9-10a reveal a second mark of true spiritual service and that is a Concerned Spirit. Although he was gr

    A Concerned Spirit Self-righteous service comes through human effort. True service comes from a relationship with Jesus Christ deep inside. Self-righteous service is impressed with the “big deal.” True service finds it almost impossible to distinguish the small from the large ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Building A House Of Worship Series

    Contributed by Chew Chew on May 31, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,526 views

    One of the most beautiful pictures of worship found in the bible is that of a lady name Mary. Her heart of worship and her acts of worship is truly something, which we must, instilled upon our lives if we want to make the church a house of worship.

    Title: Building a house fit for the King: A House of Worship Text: Matthew 26: 7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it upon His head as He reclined at the table. 8 But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, "Why this waste? 9 "For ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Paul’s Guide To Christ-Like Behaviour

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Aug 25, 2015
     | 4,509 views

    When we become believers, our minds are renewed and furnished with the light of God’s mind, and we can see things as God sees them and make godly decisions.

    In 1948, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play Major League baseball. He faced stiff opposition in the form of balls being deliberately thrown at him by pitchers, base runners who dug their spikes into his shins, fans who mocked him and even death threats. Jackie Robinson was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    A Challenge To Action Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 31, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,209 views

    The Church has a responsibility in justice to help the poor.

    Thursday of 31st week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel We call this month of November the month of the poor souls in Purgatory, and are rightly encouraged to pray for them. Not much is known from Scripture about what I call the state of washing up before entering the presence of God. When I ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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