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  • Brian Bill avatar

    Giving God Your Best Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 7, 2003
    based on 91 ratings
     | 42,731 views

    God does not want us to be apathetic when it comes to adoring Him. He would rather have no worship at all than for us to come with paltry praise.

    Giving God Your Best After listening restlessly to a long and tedious sermon, a 6-year-old boy asked his father what the preacher did the rest of the week. “Oh, he’s a very busy man,” the father replied. “He takes care of church business, visits the sick, works on his sermon, counsels people…and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fasting Series

    Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jun 22, 2022
     | 2,442 views

    This sermon addresses the reality that Jesus fasted so we should fast. Jesus understood the importance of fasting when it came to spiritual warfare, and he also understood the importance of fasting when it came to intimacy with God. It is a spiritual practice that still has validity for today.

    Good morning. We are continuing our series called Learning to Live Like Jesus. A series that is based on the extended passage known as the Sermon on the Mount. The past few weeks, we have been looking at chapter 6 that really speaks of the obstacles to living life in the kingdom. A few weeks ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Best Is Yet To Come

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 24, 2025
     | 223 views

    Jesus delays out of mercy, calling His church to repent, unite, and trust His righteousness as we stand at eternity’s border.

    INTRODUCTION — A SIGNAL FROM FAR AWAY Forty-five years ago, NASA launched a space probe the size of a small table—Pioneer 10. Its mission was modest: fly past Jupiter, take a few photographs, and send them home. At the time, nothing built by human hands had ever gone beyond Mars. The plan sounded ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • Michael Stark avatar

    A Harvest Of Righteousness Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 13, 2008
     | 11,849 views

    Biblical peace is both the soil in which righteousness grows and the fruit that comes from a peaceable life.

    JAMES 3:18 A HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS “A harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” Canadians pride themselves on their perceived role as peacekeepers serving under United Nations mandates. Since Lester Pearson proposed an international peacekeeping force to supervise ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    From Chaos To Order Series

    Contributed by Douglas Dudley on Apr 7, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,351 views

    The Book of Genesis provides the beginning of our faith.It is fundamental to understanding all the rest of the Bible. It begins with God bringing order out of chaos. Sermon based on a book by Ruben Shelly.

    FROM CHAOS TO ORDER Text: Genesis, Chapter 1 Introduction. Vince Lombardi is a Hall of Fame Coach. Some say he was the greatest football coach ever, and if there are others in his class, it would not take long to call roll. Lombardi is recognized as a great coach, because he won one NFL ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Jesus The Teenage Rebel

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,554 views

    What was Jesus like as a young person?

    Jesus The Teenage Rebel “I wish there were a couple hundred more verses at the end of Luke 2… (PUT IT IN CONTEXT!) - as a youth pastor, more stories about Jesus teen years. some indication of how He related to His peers. of how He and His parents got along. - somehow we get this idea that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Cassara avatar

    "Dealing With Our Anger" Series

    Contributed by Michael Cassara on Sep 8, 2001
    based on 68 ratings
     | 14,951 views

    Learn from King David how to control your anger

    SEEKING GOD FAITHFULLY- A LOOK AT THE LIFE OF DAVID Message #7 "Dealing With Our Anger" 1 Sam 25 INTRODUCTION After sharing last week’s message about David and how he successfully fought the temptation to get even with Saul and retaliate against Saul for all the wrong Saul did to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Choices

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 4, 2009
    based on 19 ratings
     | 16,513 views

    This is a sermon dealing with how we go about making choices. I preached it in response to our church’s decision over changing denominations.

    Choices Genesis 13:5-18 Luke 9:18-27 In order for us to have arrived here today, we all had to make choices. A choice to get up. A choice to get dressed. A choice to leave the house. A choice to take a certain route. A choice to enter the building. A choice to take a seat and a choice ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "o Little Town Of Bethlehem" Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Dec 19, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,132 views

    We need to go to Bethlehem … the Bethlehem of long ago. We need to find the peace and hope that was born there in Jesus Christ … and Advent and hymns like Brooks’ “O Little Town of Bethlehem” can take us there in mind and heart, amen?

    On Thursday, November 29, the people living in and around Anchorage, Alaska, went about their lives as usual – working … shopping … watching TV … talking on the phone ... making plans … surfing the net … hinging out with friends. Just going about life. Totally unaware that 3.9 billion – that’s ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    You Know... It Don't Come Easy!

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Sep 3, 2013
     | 5,631 views

    The basis of godly humility is rooted in the realization that none of us brings anything to God's table.

    Title: You Know It Don’t Come Easy Text: Luke 14:7-14 (14:1-6) Thesis: Unlike arrogance, Godly humility plays well in the mind of God and the public eye… (but) The basis of godly humility is rooted in the realization that none of us brings anything to God’s table. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Have Peace Of Mind Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Feb 25, 2016
    based on 6 ratings
     | 32,465 views

    This sermon looks at the life of Moses and how he answered four questions. 1. “Who am I?” (v. 24) 2. “Who do I want to be?” (v. 25) 3. “What is important in my life?” (v. 26) 4. “How am I going to live?” (v. 27)

    How To Have Peace of Mind We live in a very uptight world. This is an age of tension. This is an age of anxiety. We all face situations that make us tense and rob us of peace of mind. A major cause of heart attacks and high blood pressure is tension and stress. Most tension is really the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Randy Santiago avatar

    Higher Ground

    Contributed by Randy Santiago on Jan 9, 2001
    based on 124 ratings
     | 24,878 views

    Vision

    Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish." The NIV translates it different but equally as powerful. "Where there is no revelation, the people cast of restraint." "Where there is no vision the people wander aimlessly." "Where there is no vision the people fall apart; they ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Keith Miller avatar

    What Did Jesus Really Say About Himself? Series

    Contributed by Keith Miller on Jul 6, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,380 views

    This sermon looks at eight of the “I Am” passages in the Gospel of John for the purpose of seeing what it was Jesus actually said about Himself. This sermon addresses Dan Brown’s claim that Jesus never really claimed divinity.

    Who Did Jesus Really Claim to Be? John 8:48-59 Introduction Here is another quote from Dan Brown’s, The Da Vinci Code: “Jesus was viewed by his followers as a mortal prophet… a great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless. A mortal.” This is pretty much the general opinion concerning Jesus. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    How Can I Be Happy?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 27, 2006
    based on 28 ratings
     | 6,162 views

    Happiness blockers: 1. A demanding spirit that insists life should be good and easy. 2. A lack of play. 3. Basing your happiness on circumstances rather than trust.

    Singer and diva, Madonna, is one of the wealthiest people in show business and has openly flaunted her self-indulgent lifestyle. A couple of years ago she was asked in an interview if she was happy. Her response was: “I don’t even know anybody who is happy!” Not only was she not happy, but she ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • D Marion Clark avatar

    Judging Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Sep 16, 2012
     | 5,330 views

    What is and is not rightful judging.

    Introduction Have you ever listened to a conversation in which, though no one has actually said it outright, nevertheless you sense a lot of tension? The participants may be talking about one issue, but it is evident that an underlying issue is really what the conversation is about. That is ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed