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  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    We Must Be God’s Light

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 17, 2012
    based on 10 ratings
     | 17,873 views

    There is a world living in darkness that needs to see that light on a hill, that needs to hear the word of life - to hear that they can be born again into an inheritance that can never spoil, fade or pass away.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK A. Eleven years ago this past week the skies of New York, Washington, D.C. & Pennsylvania were punctured by hijacked airplanes in a diabolical plot to pierce the soul of our nation. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    When God Turns Off The Lights

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Oct 5, 2012
    based on 53 ratings
     | 29,188 views

    Have you ever felt like there was no light at the end of the tunnel & that God was far away? When you’re hurting & need God most, it may be that you can't sense His presence. The question is what will you do when God turns off the lights?

    When God Turns Off the Lights Isaiah 50:1-3, 10-11 Have you ever felt like there was no light at the end of the tunnel? Have you ever felt that God was far away? When you are hurting and need God the most, sometimes it may be that you can't sense His presence. The question is what will you do ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Surber avatar

    Candle Light Christmas Eve Meditation

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Dec 23, 2008
    based on 48 ratings
     | 24,897 views

    This is a concise meditation for a Christmas Eve Candle Light Service.

    Christ, Luke 2:1-20, 52 Illustration A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Light The Candle: Jesus Has Come

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 24, 2008
     | 6,866 views

    For Christmas Eve, just prior to the lighting of the Christ Candle. When we take our light from the Light of the World, we will be changed and we will leave traces of that change behind us.

    One of the world’s great natural wonders is Mammoth Cave, in my home state of Kentucky. In Mammoth Cave there are more than 300 miles of caverns, there are mineral deposits that supplied the American army during the War of 1812, there are fish that have no eyes and need no eyes since they live ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stephen Smarowsky avatar

    What Type Of Salt And Light Are You? Series

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jul 3, 2008
    based on 24 ratings
     | 49,523 views

    The scriptures do not say, “…become the salt and the light.” Jesus says, “You are the salt…You are the light.” So, what type of salt and light are you, I ask?

    What Type of Salt and Light Are You?: Matt. 5:13-16 Introduction: God refers to believers as the “salt” and “light.” Too many Christians fail to appropriate the benefits, privileges, and responsibilities of being salt and light. As a result, millions suffer because they continue to conform to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Living In The Light! "What's Wrong With Halloween?”

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 29, 2009
    based on 45 ratings
     | 13,637 views

    Halloween is one of those days that is viewed by different people in different ways. Within every church there are different views and opinions. This message is not about opinion, it is about truth, the truth contained in God’s Word the Bible, the truth

    Ashingdon AM 25 10 2009 Living in the Light - What’s Wrong with Halloween? Ephesians 5:11-5:17 Deut 18:9-12 Late one dark night, two men were walking home after a party. They were tired and desperate to get home So they decided to take a shortcut through a cemetery. They got to about the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Richard Schwedes avatar

    God's Light Shining Through Darkness

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jan 27, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,751 views

    A sermon with an Australia Day emphasis, that reminds us how God’s light is constantly breaking through darkness to save people.

    How was your Australia Day? How did you spend your Australia Day? Yesterday I was the official pastor at the Australia Day celebrations for the City of Burnie. At this event a number of people became citizens of Australia And one of the things that surprised me, was despite it being a secular event ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dr.W.Samuel Legon avatar

    Some Christians Have Dim Lights

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Aug 6, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,110 views

    Where were you when the lights went out.

    SOME CHRISTIANS HAVE DIM LIGHTS Matt: 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Many Hands Make Light Work Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 22, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 43,864 views

    The Hebrews pair up the practical human effort with the practical Godly effort to address the dire circumstances they find themselves in.

    In February of 1945 Joe Rosenthal pulled out his camera and clicked a photo that would later become the most reproduced photograph in the history of photography: Five young Marines planting the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima. The photo of these young men raising the flag was splashed ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    We'll Leave The Light On For You Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Mar 9, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,359 views

    45th in a series from Ephesians. How to live as light in the midst of darkness.

    Most of us are probably familiar with the advertising for Motel 6 that ends with the advertising tagline, “We’ll leave the light on for you.” The image that those ads are trying to create is that Motel 6 is a place of hospitality, refreshment and rest for weary travelers. As we continue in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Selfridge avatar

    We Must Believe To Receive The Light

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on May 21, 2008
     | 3,410 views

    We have to believe if we are goingto be.

    Michael Josephson writes that character counts. “Let’s face it: It’s not easy to become a person of character. It takes a good heart, but it also requires wisdom to know right from wrong and the discipline to do right even when it’s costly, inconvenient, or difficult. Becoming a person of ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Arliss Beavers avatar

    Ye Are The Salt Of The Earth And The Light Of The World

    Contributed by Arliss Beavers on Jun 5, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,742 views

    When we witness and apply salt to preserve mankind, salt should sting. Light invades darkness. Salt invades the meat without asking its permission.

    5-18-08 Salt of the Earth, Light of the world Matt 5:1-13 (particularly verse 13) Salt preserves - salt keeps from spoiling - salt also stings *** - does our witness ever produce a sting? - Similar to light, which invades darkness. light never asks for permission to invade darkness - salt ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Advent: The Magi Seek The True Light Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Nov 30, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,964 views

    The Christmas Star and the infant Jesus appear insignificant to the human eye, but both in parallel have hidden power and might. The Apostle John explains how.

    Second passage reference Matt 2:1-12. The Gospel of Matthew tells us the story of the Magi, this group of astronomers from the East who follow a new star, and seek to find who the star belongs too. The Magi know that this star is not just any star, they know it is significant beyond anything they ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Thomas Gaskill avatar

    The Lord Is My Light And My Salvation

    Contributed by Thomas Gaskill on May 12, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 37,019 views

    Light eliminates fear and empowers to live. Christ is our light.

    THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION Psalm 27 Thomas A. Gaskill January 23, 2011 [I listed this sermon under full text but it is a mixture of full text and outline] Begin by reading Psalm 27 in its entirety. Summarize what is going on. Psalms 27:1,4,8,13,14 A Psalm of David. (1) The LORD is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Roger Nichols avatar

    Light Following, Darkness Shattering Disciples

    Contributed by Roger Nichols on Jan 22, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,989 views

    A sermon for the 3rd sunday of Epiphany, Year A from Matthew 4: 12-25

    Matthew 4: 12-25 Darkness shattering, light following, Disciples I was washing dishes Friday night, [Yeah, I do that sort of thing] And everything suddenly Went dark. Our electric power, Along with the electric power of a few neighbors, Went out. You know what the first thing I did ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist