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  • Greg Nance avatar

    What About The Children?

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 21, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,017 views

    What does God’s word say about children and our responsibility to them. Who are the children anyway?

    Today’s lesson is about family. Specifically I want to talk about children. Let me start with a childhood story and see if I can connect with some of you kids here today. When I was growing up in North Alabama, I remember every year around this time Mom, Dad and all us kids would pile into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Tell Us Pleasant Things

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 41 ratings
     | 10,208 views

    The rebellious want to believe a lie, escape responsibility and avoid God, but the people of God are called to model truth and love.

    Very often, on my day off, I enjoy going to the state forest near Loudonville and hiking through the woods. I put something to eat and drink in my pack and head out. I am energized by being alone where there are no phones or other means of communication — except the best communication one can ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    America Under Attack: "Will We Ever Be The Same?"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 11, 2001
    based on 118 ratings
     | 3,362 views

    What is the primary responsibility of Christ’s church in a time like this? A commentary on the events of Sept 11, 2001

    As I begin typing this sermon, it is 2:15 p.m. in New York City and Washington D.C., Tuesday, September 11, 2001. People there are wandering the streets with their arms dangling at their sides, occasionally glancing up toward the open skyline where only 6 hours ago the two towers of the World ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    The Call Of The Watchman Series

    Contributed by Michael Erickson on Jul 21, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,315 views

    This sermon deals with the call of the watchman and our understanding of who sent us, to whom we are sent and the responsibility of outcome.

    After I got out of the military, I worked as a supervisor at a Juvenile Detention Center in Medical Lake. It was a brand new facility and we were responsible for opening the doors on the very first day. It really was exciting being in on the ground floor. As a group we went through training ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Challenges Of Being A Cheerful Giver

    Contributed by Joseph Betz on Nov 22, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,260 views

    Lay Sermon on Stewardship. The focus is on the historical and social responsibility of being a Christian and giving and does not mention biblical tithing.

    "The Challenges of Being a Cheerful Giver" Sermon Preached by Joseph A. Betz Setauket Presbyterian Church, NY October 22, 2006 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15 The Apostle Paul writes, "God loves a cheerful giver." The original Greek word he used was hilaron for cheerful, which translates into ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Incredible Confidence

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Sep 28, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,946 views

    David’s response when confronted with his terrible sin was to run to the very one he had offended.

    Passage: Psalm 51 Intro: It’s hard to imagine a believer who had messed up worse than David. 1) life filled w/ God’s grace, David blew it. 2) lusted after and committed adultery with a good friend’s wife, Bathsheba, who got pregnant. 3) lured Uriah home to explain pregnancy, but Uriah ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    It's Up To You!

    Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 87 ratings
     | 19,070 views

    None of us likes to take responsibility. We can always find someone else to blame our problems.

    It’s Up To You! None of us likes to take responsibility. We can always find someone else to blame our problems. We all have heard about the woman ordering coffee at a McDonalds drive thru and she spilled it on her and she sued McDonalds for giving her hot coffee. We find a man ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Great Banquet

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,820 views

    An examination of the slavation God has offered us; it’s benefits, and the responsibilities of those who are His disciples.

    THE GREAT BANQUET - Read Luke 14:15-24 As we look at this passage of Scripture, we notice Jesus telling a parable about a man who prepared a large banquet. I mean, this man pulled out all the stops. He fixed things up nice. He had the caterers prepare the meal. His servants decorated the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living As The Hope Of Glory Series

    Contributed by Allen Calkins on Nov 24, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,897 views

    If "Christ in You" is the hope of glory, we need to realize the tremendous responsibility that is ours to represent and proclaim Christ in the world.

    Living as the Hope of Glory Colossians 1:25-29 INTRODUCTION One of the most frequently used words among Christians is the word “church”. Just think about how many times TODAY you have used this word. And yet, even though we use this word a great deal, I wonder sometimes whether what we mean ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Rendering Unto God What He Is Due

    Contributed by James Cloud on Apr 11, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,977 views

    In this life we tend to focus on things which have no weight in eternity. This homily expresses the need for personal responsibility.

    Tonight’s thought is something that has been increasingly becoming somewhat of an obsession for me as a priest. I have been struck with the feeling that there is something coming very soon which we will all be affected with. My personal feelings have been running the gamut of sadness, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    How To Avoid The "Slow Fade" Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 8, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,706 views

    Daniel's response to his vision demonstrates how to avoid having our relationship with God slowly fade away.

    Go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Daniel 8 as we continue our journey through the Old Testament prophets. This morning, rather than read the entire passage all at once at the beginning, we’ll deal with our passage section by section. As always, the first thing that we want to do is to put ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sins Which Must Be Judged Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Feb 21, 2010
     | 4,333 views

    Believers are responsible before God to judge sin in their lives, dealing swiftly with evil so that they can serve unhindered.

    MARK 7:20-23 SINS WHICH MUST BE JUDGED “Jesus said, ‘What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Effectual Fervent Prayer

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Nov 20, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 48,047 views

    Prayer is both an incredible privilege and an awesome responsibility. It can move the hand of God in situations where there is no other hope.

    Effectual Fervent Prayer James 5:16 KJV Prayer does not equip you for greater works. Prayer is the greater work. ---- Oswald Chambers As mature Christians we are naive to ignore or deny the reality of spiritual conflicts between good and evil and our role in them as believing saints. Our main ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • David Moore avatar

    Whom Do Ye Say That I Am? Series

    Contributed by David Moore on Nov 7, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 16,212 views

    This is the fourth message in a series looking at questions Christ asked. It underlines the responsibility of everyone to answer for themselves as to the Person of Christ.

    A Series of Queries Whom Say Ye That I Am? Text: Matthew 16:13-15 Introduction: One of my favourite stories, (whether it is true or not I cannot really say – the Irish love telling “stories”), is about the golfer Seve Ballesteros when he was playing in the Irish Open Golf Championship at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do We Serve God Only To Reach Heaven?

    Contributed by Michael Durst on Dec 6, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,509 views

    This sermon challenges people to examine their motivations for being Christian. Is it just to avoid hell? Or is it a natural response to the Love of God?

    I want to talk with you today about a man named Moses. I don’t know, but you may have heard of him before, I’m not sure. Moses is a man who follows the Lord. Moses is a man who works hard, and who tries to help others follow God. I had the chance to met Moses about a year and a half ago. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness