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  • Michael Luke avatar

    Guideline #3: Have Christ-Centered Leaders Who Lead By Example Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Oct 15, 2003
    based on 57 ratings
     | 18,389 views

    A look at the neccesity of having Christ-centered leaders who lead by example.

    SERIES: “GOD-GIVEN GUIDELINES FOR GROWING A GREAT CHURCH” (Based on Bob Russel’s When God Builds a Church) TEXT: 1 PETER 5:1-4 TITLE: Guideline #3: “HAVE CHRIST-CENTERED LEADERSWHO LIVE BY EXAMPLE" INTRODUCTION: A. Tom Landry was head coach for the Dallas Cowboys for almost 30 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Life Is A Test Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Oct 15, 2003
    based on 80 ratings
     | 16,415 views

    Saul, Pt. 3

    LIFE IS A TEST (1 SAMUEL 13:5-15) There are many tests in life: death of loved ones, getting the pink slip and losing a stable job, to name the most stressful. One of the most stressful periods of my life was when I returned to full-time continuing theological education. My savings dried up after ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Servanthood - The Path To Greatness

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Nov 11, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,987 views

    How to be great in the eyes of God.

    Servanthood ¡V The Path to Greatness How to be great in the eyes of God Matthew 20:20-28 Introduction: John C Miller in his book The Question Behind the Question tells the following story: It was a beautiful day in downtown Minneapolis when John Miller stopped into a Rock Bottom restaurant for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "The Testimony Of The Sheep.”

    Contributed by Levi Wright on Jun 16, 2007
    based on 51 ratings
     | 22,150 views

    The Lord is the Chief Shepherd and we will never want for anything when we follow Him down the pathway of righteousness.

    Banner of Praise Ministries Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Rev. Dr. Levi Howard Wright, Pastor & Founder Subject: “The Testimony Of The Sheep.” Text: Psalms 23:1-6 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Judgment, Salvation: No Kidding, Better Than Fishing Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,472 views

    The Gospel is an exclusive messge, not an inclusive message. We must Repent, Believe, Follow or we are not in the kingdom of God. This exclusive message shows Jesus is the only way to salvation.

    You may have heard about the two guys from Texas, who came up to Alaska do some ice fishing. They landed in Anchorage, but didn’t bring any fishing gear. So before they did their ice fishing they stopped by a Wal-Mart to get some supplies. They asked the clerk if he had any ice picks and the clerk ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Give Time Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,586 views

    Ephesians 5:16 shows us the 1) Gift of Time and the 2) Grappling with Time

    You may not realize it, but your appreciation of time this morning goes well beyond the challenges of adjusting to daylight-savings time. There was a time when time was a relatively simple thing. People were born, grew up, grew old and died. Days, seasons and years past. Then along came Newton and ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Paul And Anania: From Goodness To Going

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 25, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,222 views

    God’s call is for those of us who think that looking good is sufficient to go share the Gospel; and to those who are discipled to be alert to the potential in those whom God has placed in our paths.

    I heard this week about a very, very special automobile. It was built in the 1920’s by the Italian manufacturer Bugatti, and it was designed to be sold to the outrageously wealthy. This car was equipped with 450 horses under the hood; it was some 22 feet long and weighed about 6000 pounds. It was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Selfridge avatar

    Do We Give Thanks Because God Loves Us?

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Nov 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,623 views

    How to give thanks

    With the help of an outline by David DeWitt but my illustrations. DO WE GIVE THANKS BECAUSE GOD LOVES US? 1 CH 16:34 Snoopy is outside, lying on top of his doghouse, smells that aroma, & he is thinking, “It’s Thanksgiving Day. Everybody eats turkey on Thanksgiving Day.” So he lies there, watching ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Overcoming Addictiions

    Contributed by Jb Hall on Nov 28, 2009
    based on 12 ratings
     | 15,743 views

    Biblical prescription for overcoming any addiction.

    “Overcoming Addictions” Romans 6:14 By: Pastor J. B. Hall Introduction: Addictions are at epidemic proportions in today’s world. Today’s addictions include a wide array of deviant behaviors; and range from drug and alcohol abuse, to addictions to pornography, gambling, excessive spending or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Nichols avatar

    What To Do With Failure....lessons Learned From Peter Series

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Nov 29, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 20,062 views

    You have two options in dealing with failure - Growth or Paralysis. Peter chose growth!

    TEXT: Luke 5:1-11 TITLE: What to do with failure - Peter SERIES: When Life Gets Messy… TOPIC: Failure OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, October 18, 2009 PROP.: INTRODUCTION: Good morning! We are currently in a sermon series simply called: When Life Gets Messy. Because when life gets ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    The Passion Of Self-Gratification Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 30, 2009
    based on 55 ratings
     | 27,642 views

    God’s wisdom gives peace but the churches to which James wrote were experiencing chronic hostility & sharp confrontations. They fought, coveted, quarreled & condemned others to obtain their desires. They were dominated by self-will

    JAMES 4: 1-5 THE PASSION OF SELF-GRATIFICATION [Romans 7:14-25] Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote of a man who was dominated by the driving desire for self-gratification. To possess land was his highest pleasure. Someone promised him that he could own all of the land he could walk around ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Roper avatar

    Jesus Our Prince Of Peace

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Dec 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,189 views

    We have peace with God, then we have the peace of God. We also look into how peace comes to us and the price of peace.

    Jesus Our Prince of Peace Down deep inside all of us long to have a great desire to be at peace, within ourselves, within our families and all those we interact with. Humanity’s quest for peace is illustrated by the architecture constructed in symbolic fashion in many countries. If the Statue ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Mark Armstrong avatar

    A Faith That Lasts Series

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,888 views

    The necessity of ongoing faith in Christ Jesus.

    Imagine going into a BANK, innocently filling out a withdrawal slip, and within MINUTES being arrested by the police. When RON SCHATZ filled out a withdrawal slip in an American bank, he had no idea that HANDCUFFS would soon be place upon him. It took a while to straighten out the story. The teller ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    No Less Than Great

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jun 2, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,358 views

    Looking at Daniel and his 3 friends, we have a blueprint for how to live in today’s soceity.

    When God gave the Ten Commandments to those people just out of bondage in Egypt, He was telling free people what they must do to remain free. He was telling them there were many forms of bondage other than slavery in Egypt, and we all know that. The Word of God tells us other truths also. One is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Freedom's Harvest Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 27, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,132 views

    This message on giving encourages believers to share, reap, and share some more because of our freedom in Christ.

    Freedom’s Harvest (Galatians 6:6-10) On the wall of President Lyndon Johnson’s White House office hung a framed letter written by General Sam Houston to Johnson’s great-grandfather, Baines, more than 100 years earlier. Baines had led Sam Houston to Christ. Houston was a changed man, no longer ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free