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  • David Scudder avatar

    How Can We Know If We Are Really Serving God?

    Contributed by David Scudder on Jan 24, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 13,084 views

    How can we know if we are really working for God? We could be doing things that God really doesn’t want us to do, or we could be doing the right things with a wrong motive. How tragic it would be to spend a lot of effort serving God and still not be pleas

    Purpose: To show the evidences of serving God. Aim: I want the listener to pursue serving God in order to glorify God. INTRODUCTION: It is easy to SAY we are serving God when we really aren’t. But, it is also possible to put a lot of effort into doing a lot of good religious things and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Messengers And The Messages Of Christmas! Series

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Dec 16, 2004
    based on 114 ratings
     | 11,208 views

    Part 3 of MERRY CHRISTMAS SERIES! Perhaps the best known of all Christmas stories is found in our text today. For years, Christmas was not Christmas in our life until this story had been read aloud and savored.

    THE MESSENGERS AND THE MESSAGES OF CHRISTMAS Luke 2:8-20 Introduction: Perhaps the best known of all Christmas stories is found in text today. Christmas was not Christmas in our life until this story had been read aloud and savored. We will discuss today the TWO IMPORTANT WORDS related to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Do Not Be Deceived! Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Feb 14, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,179 views

    Deception is all around us. How do we overcome? James has great counsel from God to help us.

    Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren! These are the opening words of today’s text in James chapter 1:16. As I worked through this text over and over this week both to memorize it and to understand it, I realized that James speaks of being deceived three times here in the last part of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Question Of Authority Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Mar 16, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,114 views

    Jesus’ cleansing of the temple intensifies the conflict. Luke uses a series of dialogues to convey the controversy between Jesus and the Jewish leaders. Jesus’ authority is of paramount importance, and His work as teacher and prophet requires validation.

    LUKE 20: 1-8 [JESUS’ LAST WEEK SERIES] THE QUESTION OF AUTHORITY In this last week of Jesus’ earthly life section Luke uses a series of dialogues to convey the controversy between Jesus and the Jewish leaders. The outcome of Jesus’ cleansing of the temple is that the religious leaders again ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Truth That Will Save Our Life.

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Nov 29, 2007
     | 1,910 views

    In a cultgure that prefers to work in shades of grey, the Bible presents a different picture. The choice is clear and the results are real.

    Passage: James 1:19-27 Intro: In our culture, the tendency is for everything to become a shade of gray. 1. it seems that the list of things that are “wrong” has become shorter and shorter. 2. we have become eager to excuse every alleged fault, to redefine our ethics based on polls and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Seven, Part 8

    Contributed by David Taylor on Jan 9, 2014
     | 1,815 views

    Smyrna: Comfort for the Persecuted

    The Seven, part 8 Smyrna: Comfort for the Persecuted Revelation 2:8-11 July 7, 2013 Review: We have seen that the Revelation was written to address specific issues with seven churches in Asia Minor at the end of the first century. We saw in chapter one that John describes a portrait of the Lord ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Part 2 - Unity Without Group Think Series

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Mar 29, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,083 views

    Part 2 of this message looks at the difference between Unity and Groupthink. Unity is based on faith and the knowledge of Christ while group think is based on persuasion and group pressure.

    Unity and Sound Doctrine (Part 2) Unity Vs. Group Think One of the most powerful tools in the enemy’s arsenal is Group Think. There is a big difference between Group Think and Unity and it is just as much the Christian’s responsibility to avoid Group Think as it is to be unified. The Bible does ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Reasons To Believe The Bible

    Contributed by Doug Warren on Sep 21, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,298 views

    To the skeptic who says "Why should I belive the Bible?" this message gives reasons for believing in the Holy Bible.

    Intro: Many today place no trust in the Bible, feeling it is no more important than any other religious book. Someone once asked "Why should I beliieve the Bible?" The following reasons are given in answer to that question: WE SHOULD BELIEVE THE BIBLE: (Bible: the Book!) I. BECAUSE OF ITS ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Finding True Hope In A World Of Uncertainty SermonCentral

    Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 8, 2023
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     | 6,218 views

    In a world where some have no hope, and others cling to false hopes, is there a True Hope we can rely on?

    "No Hope; False Hope; True Hope" - Titus 2:13 Introduction: Faith and Hope are closely related but should be distinguished. Faith is active in the present, while Hope encourages and looks forward to future rewards. Faith comes from hearing the Word of God, while Hope comes from personal ...read more

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    Major Adjustments (Conversion Of Paul)

    Contributed by Ken Ritz on Dec 30, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 12,773 views

    The conversion of Paul demonstrates the adjustments, or changes, that God wants to make in our lives.

    Major Adjustments (Paul’s Conversion) Acts 9:1-9 If you have your bibles, turn to Acts chapter 9. We’re continuing in our series on the top ten bible stories, which you all selected a few weeks ago, and today we’re looking at our first story from the new testament, the story of the Apostle Pauls ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Letting Go Of Our Golden Tickets

    Contributed by Kyle Meador on Nov 30, 2000
    based on 91 ratings
     | 7,030 views

    The church must release our self-righteousness, pride and entitlement if we are going to offer Jesus to our community.

    Letting Go of Our Golden Tickets Remember the classic children’s movie, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?” It starred Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. He’s basic a reclusive owner of a famous candy factory who starts a global craze by offering five children a tour of his factory and a lifetime ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "The Confidence Of Peter And John"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 14, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 3,002 views

    Confidence can be well-placed, or misplaced. The difference in consequences can be eternal.

    On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent. When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, "By what power, or in ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Church Without Walls

    Contributed by Brian Mann on Jan 29, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 22,276 views

    So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every ma

    Sermon “Church Without Walls” Brian Mann I want to talk with you tonight about what it means to be a church without walls. And how we become a church without walls. And what is the reality of being a church with walls. The bulk of our text tonight is from Joshua chapter 6. So if ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Stones And The Stone Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Aug 3, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,674 views

    What it means to be building stones of the house of God.

    The moment of truth arrived one day in the life of Jesus and his disciples. They had been with one another for a couple of years or more, had seen his miracles and heard his teaching. So, one day he asked them: When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    It’s Not Fire Insurance

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 12, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,504 views

    This message discusses how there are people who attend church claiming faith in Christ simply because they want a ticket to heaven, or because they want their fire insurance; but, they have never truly believed in Jesus as Savior and Lord.

    This morning, I am going to talk about the deception of professing Christ as fire insurance and as a ticket to heaven; and so, I’m going to begin with a related illustration. In the December 2001 issue of “Reader’s Digest,” the boxer Muhammed Ali was asked during an interview what his faith meant ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist