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  • Shine Thomas avatar

    Facing Life's Storms Series

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Feb 2, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 27,918 views

    How to respond when storms come in our way? Why do we go through storms in life? A Biblical perspective to face our day to day problems and challenges.

    Message: Facing Life’s Storms Series – Miracles of Jesus Scripture: Mark 4: 35-41 Introduction: Have you experienced storms in your life? Times when things just did not make sense. Times when our problems seemed big and faith seemed so small. Times when we feel scared that we are going to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Justification Through Faith Leaves No Room For.... Series

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,078 views

    This sermon unpacks justification through faith alone Paul responds to his critics and unpacks justification through faith and its relationship with the law, Jew , Gentile and answers the charge of antinominism.

    Rom 3:27 – 31.” JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH LEAVES NO ROOM FOR ….. PAUL WASN’T WITHOUT HIS CRITICS TO JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH ALONE SO HERE HE ADMINISTERS HIS MEDICINE TO ANSWERS THOSE CRITICS IN A FORM OF A DIATRIBE. AS HE HAD DONE EARLY TO SHOW THAT JEW AND GENTILE ARE ALL UNDER ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Shout For Joy Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jul 11, 2013
    based on 81 ratings
     | 46,411 views

    How should we respond to our great God? 1- We shout for joy 2- We worship with gladness 3- We know (or recognize) He is God

    INTRO.- Shouting can be good but it also be bad. It depends on where you are shouting and to whom. ILL.- JACKIE KLEIN is a devoted mother of two little boys in the suburbs of Portland, Ore. She spends hours taking them to soccer and Cub Scouts. She reads child-development books. And she is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Wisdom's Shouts Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jun 9, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 18,144 views

    Here true wisdom is the revealing of the mind of God. Wisdom is shouting out to humanity and humanity seems to pay her no mind. But the real question is are you hearing and responding to wisdom's call?

    PROVERBS 1:20-23 WISDOM'S SHOUTS Wisdom is depicted as a beautiful and noble queen standing in the crowded plaza of humanity. There she lifts up her lovely and authoritative voice to those passing by. The personification here of wisdom was meant to give some kind of tangibleness to what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lavished With Love! Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Oct 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,579 views

    The love of God is more than we can understand, but he has lavished it upon us! How do we understand that, how do we respond to that?

    How great the Fathers love; lavished! There are some truly magnificent things that can happen in a person’s life. The foundations of true friendship as you meet people for the first time and you know that there will be a bond between you. I have friends like this that after years we can get ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Knowing Your Message And Knowing The Need Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Oct 19, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,203 views

    This message is a challenge to knowing the message of the gospel in order to respond to the need of the people. Biblical truth is never just for information, but transformation. The simple truth conveyed in this message is -- IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO EXALT T

    KNOWING YOUR MESSAGE AND KNOWING THE NEED INTRODUCTION: THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE REVEAL THE MOVING OF THE EARLY CHURCH – SOME 120 PEOPLE INTO OVERDRIVE! THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME – JUST AS CHRIST PROMISED, THE PEOPLE HAVE ASSEMBLED AS A RESULT OF THE NOISE. ACCUSATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, AND NOW ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Nebuchadnezzar's Testimony Meeting

    Contributed by David Wilson on Sep 16, 2015
     | 7,572 views

    Nebuchadnezzar has a powerful encounter with God and responds with praise! One of the reasons our testimony meetings in churches are so blah is because our people are not encountering God as they should be!

    Nebuchadnezzar’s Testimony Daniel 4 GOD IS IN CHARGE AND HOLDS AUTHORITY OVER ALL! When we speak of the sovereignty of God we should be humbled—remembering that He is in charge and we are not. Speaking of the sovereignty of God can bring great confusion, for if God is really in charge ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Nature Of The Gospel Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 23, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,048 views

    If the gospel is good news why doesn’t everyone respond with joy? Jesus says he tells parables to filter out those who can't understand.

    Do you see what I see? When you look at this picture, I wonder what you see? A young lady in silhouette, or a cartoon man playing the saxophone? There’s only one picture, but people see different things. By the end of Mark 3, the disciples must be wondering the same thing about Jesus. How ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Broken Dreams Restored Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 11, 2013
    based on 8 ratings
     | 22,361 views

    The way David responded to God's correction and the new Word from the Lord is a good example to follow for any Christian. For David could then be over whelmed by a sense of God's grace & goodness.

    2 SAMUEL 7: 18-29 [The Life of David] BROKEN DREAMS RESTORED [Psalm 73:25-28] While David's proposal has been turned aside, God's acceptance of David's desire is not denied. God takes the desire of David's heart to build Yahweh's house and sovereignly declares that He will build an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Three Questions To Consider Concerning The Resurrection

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Apr 23, 2011
     | 8,893 views

    This sermon addresses three questions concerning the resurrection of Christ: "Why was the resurrection so important?", "How are we expected to respond to the resurrection?", and "What should the church do in light of the resurrection?"

    THREE QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER CONCERNING THE RESURRECTION Text: Mark 16:1 – 20 Have you heard the story about the eight-year old in Sunday School on Easter Sunday? Johnny’s family weren’t regular church attenders…as a matter of fact, they only went to church on Easter ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Vocation Of Human Development Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 18, 2009
     | 3,068 views

    The vocation to human development comes from God, but prophetically also comes from those who are least developed; we must respond by sharing Christ with them or they are not fully developed.

    Feast of St. Matthew Sept 21, 2009 Caritas in Veritate The call of St. Matthew is, in a sense, the call of every Christian. We have looked upon human development as a call to grow the entire human person, and the entire human family, toward its full meaning. This is an integrated development of ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Why Didn't My Mountain Move Pt. 5 Series

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on May 11, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,662 views

    When a parishoner asked why didn't my move, a pastor responded some mountains are to be climbed, some are to be conquered, some are to be commanded. This message is about mtns that are cordoned off.

    Why Didn't My Mountain Move pt. 5 Intro: Part 5 of a series of messages on: WHY DIDN'T MY MOUNTAIN MOVE? This series was birthed on a question a woman asked her pastor, when her sick child died... "Why didn't my mountain move? I prayed, I believed, I spoke to the mountain, but my child died." ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Who's In Charge Here? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 9, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 22,607 views

    Conflicts often arise when people forget who's in charge. So, who is in charge and how should we use that knowledge in how we respond to our earthly authorities?

    OPEN: August 1994, as a Korean Air jet plane was landing it skidded across a rain soaked runway and rammed a safety barricade. There were 160 passengers on board and just before the plane exploded into flames they all escaped to safety. What was the cause of the accident? According to news ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How To Handle An Unjust Attack (I) Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 25, 2017
     | 6,564 views

    Have you ever been verbally attacked and it seemed to come out of nowhere? This message shares understanding about what may be going on and how the Christian is to respond to unjust attacks.

    Mark 10:29-31 10/23/16 I take as our subject this afternoon, “How to Handle an Unjust Attack.” Have you ever been verbally attacked and it seemed to come out of nowhere? Have you ever been blindsided by someone you thought was your friend? Have you ever with all good intentions spoken the word of ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    What Did Jesus Say About Evangelism? Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 25, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 22,265 views

    This message is designed to stir Christians toward evangelism using the words of Jesus. The message addresses how we should view unbelievers and how we are to respond to the opportunities that are before us.

    Luke 10:1-4 11/20/16 Last Sunday I talked about an increased emphasis on evangelism. This morning I want to talk about three instructions Jesus gave His followers concerning the harvest. Let’s begin by turning to John 4:35. Here Jesus says to His disciples, “Do you not say, ‘There are still four ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic