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  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    The Age Of Baptism

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 19, 2022
     | 1,290 views

    We don’t need to be divided over the topic of baptism. Biblically, there is room for our preferences without disunity, if we ask simple questions. What does the Bible really require? What does the Bible leave up to us?

    We don’t need to be divided over the topic of baptism. Biblically, there is room for our preferences without disunity, if we ask simple questions. What does the Bible really require? What does the Bible leave up to us? Let’s look more deeply into baptism than narrow ideas may allow. Age of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Preparing For The Coming Of Christ Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 5, 2016
     | 4,067 views

    An authentic faith – which is never comfortable or completely personal – always involves a deep desire to change the world

    Thursday of the 31st Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel We stand now very close to the conclusion of our liturgical year, our holy year of grace and mercy that concludes on the Feast of Christ the King. I’m doubly blessed because I get to celebrate Christ the King Sunday twice. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Saint Nicholas And The Gospel Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 2, 2018
     | 2,815 views

    Let’s take this story as a challenge to become more compassionate to the destitute, and provide for their education, food and shelter so they may grow spiritually, physically and emotionally in Christ.

    Thursday of the First Week of Advent 2018 Beginning any new liturgical season, we try to shake off our slumber and be more present to the Lord whom we worship. We know that we must change so that we can become more like Jesus and Mary, and so we listen to the Word of God with particular attention. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Solemnity Of The Most Holy Body And Blood Of Christ: Corpus Christi

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 29, 2024
     | 730 views

    Being inspired by the Eucharist by two women.

    Corpus Christi Sunday is about clarifying and being inspired by the Eucharist: E.g., During the Fraction rite at Mass, before the “Behold the Lamb of God,” I break the large consecrated host and put a particle into the Chalice. However, since the altar microphone is an older model, it must be ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    James And John And The Near Occasions Of Sin Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 8, 2021
     | 1,491 views

    We must work hard to avoid situations in which our buttons are pushed, or our “triggers” are pulled.

    Twenty-ninth Sunday in Course 2021 Temptation. If any of us might claim never to have been tempted to do something morally evil, I’d just suggest that you haven’t been paying attention. We are tempted all the time. Turn on radio, TV, Internet, you are assailed by ads. Most of them tell you to buy ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle B; 4th Sunday, Year B.-- Deliverance Ministry

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 29, 2021
     | 1,952 views

    It’s powered by the love flowing from Christ’s wounded side on the Cross; it’s the Power-source of deliverance and healing ministry.

    “He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.” Jesus spoke in the imperative when he said, “Quiet! Come out of him!” 1.Authority is internal—in the Greek it means "out of (one's) essence"—essential. Like Jesus, whatever we do should be a demonstration, not of external ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    No Screaming, Lots Of Listening

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 8, 2025
     | 291 views

    We might make the fiery preacher John the Baptist into our kind of Messiah. Energize by screaming at folks.

    Feast of the Baptism of Jesus 2025 Sometimes in our reflections we might think that if God just made a few changes in the way He engineered our salvation, things might have gone better. Isaiah predicts that the Messiah would come gently, not screaming His message, giving people who were broken and ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Things Above Vs. Everyday Idolatry

    Contributed by Dr. Abraham Obadare on Jun 12, 2025
     | 203 views

    Once we used to live in worldliness, but our lives in Jesus are now different. This means we are dead to the old lifestyle and are now alive in Christ.

    Reviewing Col. 2:9-23, we realize that in Christ: Dwells all the fullness of the Godhead (verse 9), being the head of all principalities and power (10) We are complete (verse 10) We were circumcised spiritually – without hands, cutting off the works of the flesh – sin (verse 11) We died and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How To Overcome Intentional And Unintentional Hypocrisy

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,244 views

    1. Recognize any personal or organizational Pharisaical tendency to view people through the law rather than through grace.

    1. Recognize any personal or organizational Pharisaical tendency to view people through the law rather than through grace. The Pharisees' values were rooted in their traditions, laws, and culture. They found a great sense of their identity in their clique. They resented anyone who failed to live up ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Life Of Praise Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Nov 7, 2000
    based on 177 ratings
     | 15,854 views

    Christianity is much more than an academic exercise or an experiential happening – it is a lifestyle.

    A LIFE OF PRAISE 1 Peter 4:1-11 Introduction: 1. How much commitment does it take to be a Christian? Christianity is much more than an academic exercise or an experiential happening – it is a lifestyle. There is clear teaching in the New Testament thatGod wants more than rote obedience, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time - Year C. In Defense Of The Pharisee And Tax Collector

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 25, 2025
     | 128 views

    Jesus indicates that the Pharisee's virtue was destroyed by pride, but he certainly was objectively living a good moral life.

    Let’s see what the Pharisee did right, and the tax collector— The Pharisee prayed- 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity --greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' Jesus indicates ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Parables Of The Kingdom – The Third - The Mustard Seed - Part 2 Of 4 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 15, 2025
     | 110 views

    Now we look into how paganism was sanctioned in the church. It happened under Emperor Constantine who married church and State. Pergamum means married twice. This Part considers much that Constantine did in making the mustard tree a monstrosity.

    PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM – THE THIRD - THE MUSTARD SEED - PART 2 of 4 We continue from Part 1 and learn what the Parable of the Mustard Seed really means. The accepted meaning of the parable is not consistent with the scriptures as we began to see in the first Part. {{Matthew 13:31-32 He ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Stark avatar

    The Continuing Ordinance Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 10, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,806 views

    A study of the Lord's Supper, instructing the assembly as to what we are doing.

    “I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Is Big Enough To Conquer My Sin Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 20, 2019
     | 4,833 views

    In Colossians 2:11-15, the Apostle Paul shows three ways how "God is Big Enough to Conquer our sin". In Christ, the debt of sin is fully paid, and we have: 1) Complete Salvation (Col. 2:11–12), 2) Complete Forgiveness (Col. 2:13-14), and 3) Complete Victory (Col. 2:15).

    Colossian 2:11-15 11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Truths Worth Fighting For

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 26, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,901 views

    Some truths, those that define the Faith of Christ the Lord, demand that we stand firm in defending them against distortion. The faithful depend upon each of us as followers of Christ to defend the Faith, speaking the truth in love.

    “Some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, ‘Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.’ And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist