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  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Eucharistic Fix- Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 29, 2018
     | 3,938 views

    In the study, one person related not having a fear of death, and another related that death and resurrection are a continual process following the psychic deaths she had while in her addiction.

    20B I want to continue with an article I read from a university in Santa Barbara about Catholic Mass and its healing implications for the addicted person. In the study, a psychological sense of alienation and loneliness appears to be a common experience for the addict, because the drug of ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Bible, Our Foundation, 6.jesus A Man Of The Bible Series

    Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Apr 24, 2015
     | 3,012 views

    If Jesus used Scripture to fight the Enemy, should we not?

    5. The testimony of Jesus. There is no competition between Jesus and His Word for highest authority. The living Word and the written Word are one. It was Jesus the Son as a member of the Godhead from eternity, Who spoke all the Words of Scripture to the writers of it. To hear from the Bible is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Revolution Of Tenderness Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 21, 2015
     | 3,648 views

    An opportunity exists in the world to turn away from solipsism and bring all humanity into communion.

    Thursday of 5th Week in Lent 2015 Joy of the Gospel Abraham is, as the Roman Canon says, our “father in faith.” He believed that, old as he and Sarah were, they would have a child, and by the power of the Lord, Sarah conceived and brought forth Isaac. But Isaac was not the real child ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    What Is The Revolution Of Tenderness? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 4, 2015
     | 3,361 views

    We are a people called to incarnate the mercy of God.

    Thursday of Easter Octave 2015 Joy of the Gospel Today, as we still enjoy the glow of the Easter celebration–every day this week is a reprise of Easter day–the Church gives us two stories that are “aftermaths.” The first is Peter’s sermon to the Jews of Jerusalem ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Harden Not Your Hearts Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 10, 2015
     | 3,714 views

    Not to share one's wealth with the poor is stealing from them.

    Thursday in the First Week in Course 2015 Joy of the Gospel The two NT readings we have heard today are linked by a single notion expressed in the words “moved with pity.” Jesus looked on this poor leper and, in the Greek, became splagchnistheis. This is something we have all ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Centrality Of Scripture

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 29, 2013
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     | 5,542 views

    What Scripture is, who is its Author, and what it is for.

    THE CENTRALITY OF SCRIPTURE. 2 Timothy 3:14-17. 1. Three times Paul addresses Timothy with an emphatic “you therefore" (2 Timothy 2:1) or “but you” (2 Timothy 3:10; 2 Timothy 3:14). In the fist instance, this sets Timothy alongside those who refreshed Paul in his imprisonment (2 Timothy ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Light That Shines In Darkness

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Mar 3, 2014
     | 6,412 views

    There is a light that shines in dark places.

    The Light that shines in the Dark Places 2 Peter 1:16-21 1. This text is based on eye witness accounts of who the Light is. • This reading is convincing the non-believers of the Divinity of Christ as the Anointed one, the Christos, the Messiah Gods Son, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Eternal Enmity And The Conquest By Jesus Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 22, 2021
     | 1,511 views

    Mary's offspring, Jesus Christ, Son of God and her son, would defeat Satan and all the evil spirits and restore those who believe in Him to our original state in the image of God.

    Monday after Pentecost If the story weren’t of the greatest tragedy in human history, this reading from the early chapter of Genesis would almost be a French farce. We see just before these verses the virgin Eve (she is so seen by the Church Fathers) succumbing to the seductive voice of a serpent, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    When The Spirit Breaks The Letter Series

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 13, 2021
     | 1,878 views

    Did the disciples break the law at times? Can we sometimes break the letter of the law while keeping the spirit or intent of the law?

    Did the disciples break the law at times? Can we sometimes break the letter of the law while keeping the spirit or intent of the law? Let’s look at an example using the law of the road? Imagine I come to a cross-road stop-sign way out in the country, and I can see a long way down the road to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Say Nothing

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Mar 31, 2021
     | 1,857 views

    Does fear keep us from sharing the Good News of the Gospel?

    Mark 16: 1 – 8 / Say Nothing Intro: The little boy was not happy about going to church on Easter Sunday. His new shoes were too tight, his tie pinched his neck and the weather outside was just too beautiful to be cooped up inside . . . so as he sulked in the pew his parents overheard him ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    When We Pray In The Name Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 1, 2021
     | 1,545 views

    Do we really get everything we ask for in prayer?

    Feast of Ss Philip and James 1 Cor 15; John 14 We are confident in the almighty power of Jesus Christ, our Risen Lord, because His Blessed Resurrection is the guarantee of that power, and of His saving will for all people. And of His sacred words, too, right? But is there anything in the Gospels ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Clear Consciences Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on May 27, 2019
     | 3,582 views

    is Jesus Christ who can cleanse our consciences from dead works; what do we have to do?

    Let’s continue our worship of God by listening and learning from His Word…. open your Bibles to Hebrews 9…….. Let us remind ourselves again why this letter was written by God: Hebrews about 2000 years ago became Believers of Jesus Christ as they witnessed or heard about the death and resurrection ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Reflections On The Introit Sign Of The Cross Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 8, 2019
     | 2,108 views

    Let the cross embrace us.

    Tuesday of the 2nd Week in Advent 2019 The Sign of the Cross Those of us that are daily immersed in the Word of God, specifically in the Sacred Scriptures, sometimes forget that what we read each day are revolutionary words. They are revolutionary words intimately associated with the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time- Cycle B; 5th Sunday Year B-- Simon’s Mother-In-Law Lay Sick With A Fever

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 5, 2021
     | 1,932 views

    “Our fever is passion, our fever is lust, our fever is anger”

    Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. “Our fever is passion, our fever is lust, our fever is anger” (St. Ambrose, Expositio evangelii sec. Lucam, in loc.). St. Ambrose is talking about concupiscence, which is not sin but it’s what makes sin seem attractive (No. 2515). An illustration ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    What Is Truth?

    Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Oct 5, 2022
     | 959 views

    The bread of life is the truth of the ways of the LORD. This is the original message of Jesus. He brought us the truth (bread) of the way the LORD works. Bread was used as a metaphor for truth.

    What is Truth John 6:35-40 Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. 36 “But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37 “All that the Father gives Me ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist