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  • Wayne Lawson avatar

    Check Your Moral Compass

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Aug 21, 2017
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     | 18,904 views

    The events in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend highlighted racism and fear are still present in our country and communities.

    TITLE: CHECK YOUR MORAL COMPASS SCRIPTURE: II CHRONICLES 7:14 / II CHRONICLES 33:10-16 / II KINGS 23:26-27 / II KINGS 21:16 The events in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend highlighted racism and fear are still present in our country and communities. The carrying of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Parable Of The Prayers Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 10, 2014
    based on 6 ratings
     | 29,081 views

    The focus is humility in prayer out of a realization that righteousness can not be reached by means of our own efforts. Prayers are heard & answered because of God's mercy not because of our self-justifying merits.

    LUKE 18: 9-14 [PARABLES IN LUKE] THE PARABLE OF THE PRAYERS [Luke 11:39-11;54] In this section Jesus tells a story of a Pharisee and a tax collector. Both were sincere and devout. As a matter of fact, one kept the law scrupulously, or thought he did. The other was in a profession in which ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faith In Action Series

    Contributed by Timothy Enns on Nov 12, 2014
     | 8,386 views

    My wife Lindsay, who co-pastors with me preached this sermon in my series and took on this challenging passage about faith and works.James’ readers gave lip service to the faith and then went home and did as they pleased. Applicable for today's church.

    Our passage today from James talks about this often controversial passage from James of faith and action. I would like to read it from Eugene Peterson’s paraphrase (The Message) this morning and then we will look at 3 sections individually from the NLT version. James 2:14-26The Message ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Song Of Mary, Controversial Or What?

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Nov 17, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,131 views

    As Christmas approaches, Mary the mother of our saviour teaches us how we too can get our attitude right with God, and see his blessings unfold. Let us see!

    This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 23rd December 2012 (a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 Psalm 130 Welcome Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    You Reap What You Sow

    Contributed by Shawn Miller on Nov 21, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 29,946 views

    This sermon ties the law of reaping and sowing from Galatians to Jesus words of sowing judgmental-ism and self-righteousness vs. sowing charity and forgiveness and the fruit of both

    You Reap what you Sow Ill. Late one summer evening in Broken Bow, Nebraska, a weary truck driver pulled his rig into an all-night truck stop. The waitress had just served him when three tough looking, leather jacketed motorcyclists - of the Hell’s Angels type - decided to give him a hard ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Salt And Light

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Nov 26, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 17,940 views

    We are called to be the salt and light of the world. Are we?

    Matthew 5:13-16 Salt and Light August 31, 2014 On Sunday, April 8, 1945, German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was taken from a worship service he had just conducted for prisoners to a concentration camp in Flossenburg. He was tried for treason and hanged just a couple weeks before the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Renewing Of The Mind

    Contributed by Aneel Aranha on Nov 29, 2014
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     | 12,547 views

    Would you like to know the will of God for your life? Paul, in his letter to the Romans, tells us that we need to rewire our minds in order to enable us to better discover what that might be.

    “I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Radical Obedience

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Dec 8, 2014
     | 5,296 views

    A sermon teaching the difference between commitment and surrender.

    "Radical Obedience" Matthew 1:18-25 Mat 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus, Son Of God Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 8, 2014
     | 6,457 views

    Peter's confession that Jesus is the Son of God leads to the consideration of who we might say Christ is to us when He is either silent, seemingly late, or tells us "No."

    Jesus, Son of God (Who Do YOU Say that I Am?) Matthew 16:13-17 INTRODUCTION: Have you ever talked to someone who thinks Jesus was a great teacher and a good man, but nothing more? I’ve even heard people claim that Jesus never said he was anything more than a normal human being. I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Exercising Towards Godliness

    Contributed by Jason Smith on Sep 25, 2013
     | 11,127 views

    Godliness is not something that happens over night. It takes work and discipline. It takes exercise!

    Do you remember the last time you left a service all fired up to change? You were determined to be different. "This time," you said, "I mean it; I am going to become the person that God wants me to be!" "No Really! I'm going to change! I won't give in to that temptation. I will read my Bible every ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    My Soul Is Anchored

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Sep 29, 2013
     | 37,495 views

    This messages focuses on our need to be anchored through the hope that God will fulfill every promise that He has given to us.

    My Soul Is Anchored Scripture: Matthew 27:50-51: Hebrews 6:17-19; Introduction The title of my message this morning is “My Soul Is Anchored”. Several years ago I was having dinner with a dear friend who had undergone surgery during a stressful time in her life. During that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Break A Jar Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 29, 2013
     | 7,214 views

    In our Scripture today, we see an example of what happens when a person’s heart is captured by the Light of the World. From this woman, we learn several things about sacrifice and giving

    Break a Jar Mark 14: 1-9 We’re starting a new series called, “Illuminate.” Our foundational Scripture verse is Revelation 21:23 which says, “And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it.” Jesus said, “I ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Hannah's Vow Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Oct 3, 2013
     | 17,327 views

    Prayer, Discouragement, Joy, Commitment

    1 Samuel 1:11 (p. 185) October 6, 2013 Introduction: What is the most painful thing God has told you to accept, or deal with? Something which you cannot fix or make go away? Something you will have to deal with on a regular basis and it might never change. In the new ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Coat Of Many Colors - #7 White Series

    Contributed by Ronnie Thrower on Oct 9, 2013
     | 7,522 views

    This is study about the different color’s that could have been used in Joseph’s coat. Hopefully through this study, we can get a better understanding of the message Jacob (Israel) was imparting to Joseph.

    This is a series of messages on the coat of many colors – Free Power point is available through E-Mail retssi@bellsouth.net Several Illustrations, points, and the main idea for this series of sermons dealing with the coat of many colors was from James May’s sermon, “A Coat Of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    The Wrath Of God

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 10, 2013
    based on 86 ratings
     | 37,368 views

    The wrath of God is too hot to handle. This text shows heat from the wrath of God toward mankind. 1- God’s wrath is revealed from heaven 2- God’s wrath is reserved for the ungodly 3- God’s wrath is restrained from the godly

    INTRO.- ILL.- On one occasion Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, the agnostic lecturer of the last century, was announced to give a lecture on hell. He declared he would prove conclusively that hell was a wild dream of some scheming theologians who invented it to terrify people. As he was launching into ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ