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  • David Elvery avatar

    Time To Be Circumcised Again Series

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 27, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,688 views

    Preparing ourselves for a new year of service by circumcising our lives inwardly

    Luke 2:21-26 – Time to be Circumcised - AGAIN With the new year now upon us, we enter an interesting time where people begin to think about making a new start. New Year’s resolutions crop up all over the place. Listen to these New Year Resolutions from a cat … Cat’s New Year Resolutions o I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Approaching The Midnight Hour

    Contributed by James May on Dec 20, 2005
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     | 12,291 views

    At the midnight hour, when the darkness seems to overwhelm us, and the light seems so far away, it the time when cry will come from Heaven - and we shall see Lord in all His glory.

    APPROACHING THE MIDNIGHT HOUR By Pastor Jim May On a lonely hillside outside of a little town of Judah by the name of Bethlehem there sat some shepherds, huddled around a campfire, burning to drive away the cold and the darkness of the night. That darkness was just a symbol of the true darkness ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Protection For The Way Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 23, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,931 views

    Because of God’s protection we have hope.

    “Go in Peace: Protection for the Way” Ps. 23:5 “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.” The psychoanalyst Victor Frankl and his friends were imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. It was winter. They had been marched off to work in the morning, spent the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Can I Get A Lift?

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 6, 2009
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     | 8,179 views

    August 1989: If we want to be lifted up out of our unhappiness through worship, we must bring our whole selves to the worship experience and must pray passionately even our negative wishes.

    I recently became aware that some folks shop for a church much as you would shop for a car or a home appliance. In talking with some people about joining our church, they said that they were shopping – that’s their word, not mine -- that they were shopping for a church by systematically attending ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Father’s Provision For Purification Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 3, 2011
    based on 28 ratings
     | 19,231 views

    In response to repentance & faith in Jesus, God cleanses you both inside & out. Sorrow over sin is not an end in itself. Those who repent & follow God find He revives the heart of the contrite & blots out their sins.

    ZECHARIAH 13: 1-6 THE FATHER’S PROVISION FOR PURIFICATION Following the great outpouring of the Spirit who brings spiritual illumination, recognition of the Crucified One, and the resulting sorrow of repentance (12:10-14), the Spirit then brings cleansing. Sorrow over sin is not an end in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Light To Lighten The Cloud Atlas Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Feb 4, 2013
     | 5,478 views

    A sermon for Candlmass inspired by David Mitchell's novel "Cloud Atlas". I only discovered the day after giving this that Cloud Atlas is about to be turned in a Hollywood Blockbuster.

    This is Cloud Atlas. [show a physical copy of the book]. I wonder, have you read it perhaps? Or perhaps you heard about it when it was shortlisted for the booker prize. I remember when I read it - it’s not a book you forget. There are six stories in it, and each story breaks off half way ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    What Would You Do?

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Feb 13, 2013
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     | 10,956 views

    A homeless man walks into a bar. What would you do? (Sermon based on TV show What Would You Do? , the episode centering on the treatment of the homeless.)

    Show video from You Tube “WWYD? - No shoes, no shirt, no pants, no service!” I cannot watch this video without being overcome by emotions. I am forced to ask myself “What would I do?” Would I have been one of the many to sit and watch as this person is cast out of the bar? Would I have turned my ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Taking Time To Understand The Lord’s Supper. Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Mar 8, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,796 views

    This message is the first in my Easter Series for 2013, and looks at the Lord's Supper; its institution by Christ, and its teaching by Paul. This message was preached in preparation for our monthly communion service.

    EASTER 2013 SELECTED VERSES TAKING TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE LORD’S SUPPER. PROPOSITION: WE NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LORD’S SUPPER! INTRODUCTION: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OBSESSED WITH THE CALENDAR AND HOLIDAYS, MARCH IS THE MONTH OF EASTER. THE LAST SUNDAY OF THIS MONTH IS ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sweaty Devotion

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Mar 18, 2013
     | 2,639 views

    Exposition of John

    Text: John 13:1-17, Title: Sweaty Devotion, Date/Place: NRBC, 3/17/13, AM A. Opening illustration: Cleaning up my dog’s vomit, maybe even having Buddy come in on the stage with me. B. Background to passage: The public ministry in the sense of preaching, teaching, and miracles in over. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mary: Learning To Trust God In Times Of Crisis Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,551 views

    In the midst of such a crisis, what is Mary to do? She really had three choices that day: she could turn her back on God because the God she knew and understood would never allow such a thing to happen to His own son, her son. She could take matters into

    Mary: Learning to Trust God in Times of Crisis John 19:16-27 Belong to this group and you’re a member of one of life’s most pain-filled communities. It’s a select group with one of the most painful rites of passage imaginable. To enter this fellowship, you have to experience ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Finding Meaning In A Meaningless Life"

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on May 15, 2013
     | 5,321 views

    Discovering how the woman at the well found meaning in life.

    “Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Life” May 19, 2013 John 4:2-26 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John. 2 But in fact Jesus was not baptizing. His disciples were. 3 When the Lord found out about all this, he left Judea. He went back to ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Two Words Every Family Member Needs Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Jun 9, 2013
     | 4,709 views

    Message dealing with two words for each family member: husband, wife, & children. If we follow these we will have a nurturing family.

    Title: A Nurturing Family Theme: To show that each person in the family has a role to play and if we fulfill that then we will have a great family. Text: Ephesians 5:22 – 6:4 Ephesians 5:22-33 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. (23) For the husband is head of the wife, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Galatians 1:6-12 The Gospel

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Oct 18, 2013
     | 8,310 views

    Paul had explained to these Galatians converts that in Christ Jesus we are saved by grace through faith in His finished work on the cross, and not any thing pertaining to the Mosaic law.

    Galatians 1:6-12 THE GOSPEL 10-12-13 Today we're going to talk about "the gospel" for a few minutes, what it is according to God's word. The word "gospel" is found 114 times in the N.T. ~ 12 times in Galatians. ------ ~ ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Aaron's Rod, Easter Message

    Contributed by Dwight Jones on Apr 3, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,707 views

    Moses representing the Law of God, stands before Pharaoh i.e. the devil, and when everything is on the line, literally laid on the ground, the rod of Aaron i.e. the power of the Priesthood simply swallows the representation of the enemies ability

    Numbers 17:1-8 (KJV) 
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Beatitudes And The Law

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Sep 3, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,608 views

    Now a lot of times today we get asked about Moses and the Law? Questions like are we still obligated to obey that law How should we respond?

    Charlie was a regular visitor at the racetrack. One afternoon he noticed an unusual sight. Right before the first race, a Catholic priest visited one of the horses in the stable area and gave it a blessing. Charlie watched the horse race very carefully, and sure enough the blessed horse came in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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