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  • Douglas Sherwood avatar

    “a Life Not By Chance!” - 10th Anniversary Sunday At Ccc Series

    Contributed by Douglas Sherwood on Oct 10, 2015
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    Before John the Baptist was born God had a plan . . . . We read about it, and believe it to be true, yet are we willing to believe God could have a plan for us as well?

    Coastal Community Church is now 10 years old. That is amazing, and amazing to see what God has done over the last 10 years! Nearly 100 people over this same period that have made professions of faith! Including two last night! As you saw in the slide presentation, and as I was reminded just how ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Turn Away From False Alliances And Rely Only On The True God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 20, 2020
     | 2,139 views

    God subjected Himself in the person of Jesus Christ, the God-man, to ridicule and torture and death, so that after rising from the dead, He could form a people.

    Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Course 2020 If a far-seeing leader in the Middle East back in the centuries before Christ had wanted to found a city or territory for his people, he would have chosen a place with natural defenses, like the island of Tyre in the Lebanon area. Tyre survived as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Restoring The Marriage Covenant Between God And His People Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 4, 2020
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     | 2,241 views

    What is the end we are pursuing as a nation as we work our way out of this prison?

    Tuesday of the 14th Week in Course 2020 Plague Year Homilies The prophet Hosea saw more clearly than many of the other Israelite prophets that the many problems facing the breakaway kingdom of Israel boiled down to infidelity. The covenant that God had made with them in the desert hundreds of ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Looking Forward

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Dec 29, 2023
     | 1,532 views

    Two folks in the text look forward to the revealing of the Christ. Let us look forward as well.

    Luke 2:22-40 Looking Forward 1. Looking Forward that’s what Simeon and Anna have been doing for years * We look forward to Christmas but Christmas is over * All the pressure preparations, presents its over * Family gatherings are over until another Christmas * Simeon looked forward to see the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    No Screaming, Lots Of Listening

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 8, 2025
     | 241 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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    The Solemnity Of The Most Holy Body And Blood Of Christ: Corpus Christi

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 29, 2024
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    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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    Things Above Vs. Everyday Idolatry

    Contributed by Dr. Abraham Obadare on Jun 12, 2025
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    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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    A Life Of Praise Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Nov 7, 2000
    based on 177 ratings
     | 15,744 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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    How To Overcome Intentional And Unintentional Hypocrisy

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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     | 5,195 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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    Do You Know What You Are Worth?

    Contributed by Donald Carpenter on Jan 18, 2003
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     | 3,845 views

    People look at their past full of sin and tragic mistakes and become overwhelmed with their sad state. Our passage today gives us hope!

    Do You Know What You Are Worth? I Corinthians 6:9-20 Text: I Corinthians 6:20 Introduction: There is a lot of heartache and misery in this little town. As I knock on doors and speak with people face to face, I am amazed how many people are drowning in a pool of misery. People look at their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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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
     | 68 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

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    God Is Big Enough To Conquer My Sin Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 20, 2019
     | 4,767 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
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     | 2,845 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

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    In Memoriam Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Apr 29, 2021
     | 2,292 views

    Is the Lord's Supper an act performed by rote, or do we worship the Lord through this act? The Meal is designed to actively bring to mind the sacrifice of our Saviour, bring us to the point of worship.

    “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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    The Continuing Ordinance Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 10, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,711 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