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  • Bobby Stults avatar

    The Authority Of Jesus Is Challenged Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Sep 3, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 17,852 views

    In our study of Luke, in the beginning of chapter 20 we find the religious leaders desparate to discredit Jesus and they openly challenge His authority!

    Read Luke 20:1-8… Set the stage: Chapter 20 continues the final week of Jesus, after He has entered Jerusalem and after He has made a scene in His clearing of the Temple and chided the money changers and crooked business practices that took place in the Temple! On a side note, when Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living As A Slave When You Are A Son Or Daughter

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,569 views

    Many well-meaning Christians today get involved in legalism in a desire to become better Christians. Legalism means "a relationship that is governed by rules or by law."

    Text: Galatians 4:1-18 (NASB) Introduction: Many well-meaning Christians today get involved in legalism in a desire to become better Christians. Legalism means "a relationship that is governed by rules or by law." Their motives may be right, but their method is wrong. At Galatia, these ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Kingdom Is Like . . .

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jul 26, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,147 views

    Five parables summarize for the Christian our relationship to the Kingdom of God.

    Matthew 13: 44 – 52 / The Kingdom of God is like . . . (Part 2) Intro: Have you ever wanted something? I mean really longed for it? Desired, needed, craved, hungered for something so bad that it hurt? I. The first 2 parables deal with growth for seemingly modest or insignificant beginnings. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Jesus At The Right Hand: Basis For Living A Life That Honors God And Serves Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 27, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,890 views

    Jesus wants to rule in our lives from heaven; if we follow our heavenly ruler, we will nurture well-lived lives on earth as a result.

    Jesus At the Right Hand: The Theological Basis for Living A Life That Honors God and Serves Others (Colossians 3:1-4) 1. The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees was absent but had not phoned in sick one day. Needing to have an urgent problem with one of the main computers resolved, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Arrogance Of The Ignorant

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 12, 2023
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     | 2,507 views

    Ignorant people attempt to mask their lack of knowledge through arrogance. Jesus pierced the facade of the Sadducees by pointing to what was written in the Word of the Living God.

    “Sadducees came to [Jesus], who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. There were seven ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Word's Dwelling Place Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Mar 15, 2016
     | 5,233 views

    Verse 16 teaches us what should be dwelling inside us so that we can wear the right clothing and attain the rule of peace.

    Colossians 3:16 The Word’s Dwelling Place 1/25/15 D. Marion Clark Introduction As we move along in our passage of Colossians 3:12-17, we have so far learned what to wear, what to put on so that our clothing matches, and what to be ruled by. Verse 16 teaches us what should be dwelling inside ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Call To A Collapsing Country

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 25, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 8,051 views

    This message deals with the futility of religious activity apart from obedience to God, and the similarities between the conditions of Israel during the days of Jeremiah and the churches of today.

    Call To A Collapsing Country Text: Jer.8: 1-12 Intro: The nation of Israel had enjoyed God’s blessings in an unprecedented way. God had personally chosen them to be His people from among all the peoples of the earth. According to the Scriptures, this was not due to any special attractiveness ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Salvation? Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on May 25, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,512 views

    What does it mean to be saved? How does this happen? Jesus speaks candidly about it in John 3 to a religious leader seeking truth.

    Sermon Brief Date Written: May 18, 2010 Date Preached: May 23, 2010 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: Great Questions of Our Faith Sermon Title: What is Salvation? Sermon Text: John 3:14-17 [ESV] 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Pharisees: Stuck In Correctness Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 30, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,214 views

    It is easier to be smug than satisfied, to be correct than compassionate, to be religious than real. What we need to do is to cry, "Lord forgive my sin."

    The surest formula for unhappiness is have to be right, all of the time. If you are expected to be one hundred percent correct, never making a mistake, no blunders allowed, then you are asking for a serious heart attack, for high blood pressure, and for plain old unhappiness. It’s an awesome burden ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Close To The Kingdom

    Contributed by Bernard Dawson on Nov 23, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,504 views

    An examination of a biblical character demonstrating the need of a vital relationship with Jesus Christ and not just a respectable alignment with a popular religious understanding.

    CLOSE TO THE KINGDOM Scripture: Mark 12:28-40 Jesus had skilfully answered the Pharisee’s questions and avoided their trap. (v.13) The scribe in today’s lesson was quite pleased with the answers and stepped forward with some questions of his own. Scribes were professionals whose occupation was to ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Matthew Rogers avatar

    Why Worship Jesus?

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 20, 2002
    based on 128 ratings
     | 6,234 views

    With so many religious options available, why worship Jesus? Why look to Him only? A message for Palm Sunday.

    Palm Sunday April 8, 2001 What a spectacle it must have been. A grown man on a donkey is treated to the reception of a king. That’s how Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Surrounded by a crowd who shouted Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. They wanted to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Reflecting God's Holiness

    Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 22, 2002
    based on 131 ratings
     | 8,297 views

    In a modern world of religious compromise, is the biblical concept of personal holiness even possible? It is...John tells us how.

    REFLECTING GOD’S HOLINESS I Jn. 2:3-6 INTRO. We have been studying about the importance of having true fellowship with God. It is possible to be saved and still not have a personal, daily walk with Christ. It is also possible for someone to "say" they have fellowship but not really have it. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Standing In The Gap

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
    based on 26 ratings
     | 11,559 views

    Facing the election of 2008, the morality crisis of leaders (secular and religious), the need for intercessors, as seen in this text, is great among us.

    Standing in the Gap Ezekiel 22:23-31 Ministry takes on many faces, my friends. It can be as deep as sitting in an ICU waiting room, holding the hand of someone whose loved one has just died. It can be as simple as offering a glass of cold water to someone who is thirsty, or a word of good cheer ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Roper avatar

    Abide In Me

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Nov 28, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 45,471 views

    Jesus calls us to abide in him to avoid spiritual vagrancy, against intermittent consecration, against a spasmodic religious life.

    Abide In Me John 15:4-7 After the Crusades, Western Europe received a number of supposed holy relics, including a tooth of Goliath, Wood from Christ Cross, and a bottle that held the breath of Christ. Of course, no one today takes such relics seriously. If we did have the breath of Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Malachi 2.10-16 Series

    Contributed by Alan Mccann on Nov 7, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,659 views

    The challenge is are we faithful and does my religious observance actually reasonate in my daily life or am i a hypocrite

    Malachi 2.10-16 Schizophrenia is apparently a quite frightening illness to watch but to the person suffering from it the world seems perfectly normal. In the passage before us this evening God through the prophet Malachi exposes the schizophrenia of the people of God. As you know from last week ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican