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  • Dennis King avatar

    Do You Disappoint Jesus?

    Contributed by Dennis King on Jan 31, 2023
     | 1,948 views

    The Bible is full of many godly and ungodly characters who disappointed God by disobeying Him. Have you ever thought that you were a disappointment to Jesus?

    The Bible is full of many godly and ungodly characters who disappointed God by disobeying Him. Have you ever thought that you were a disappointment to Jesus? I have. Well, if you have those thoughts, don't feel alone. You can bet many people have had the same distressing thoughts. Many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Follow Me

    Contributed by Roger Shervington on Oct 16, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,178 views

    A sermon to a group of seminary students on fishing and discipleship.

    "Follow Me" A Sermon by Roger Shervington San Francisco Theological Seminary, Southern CaliforniaJohn 21:1-19 I. Introduction Good evening. Our New Testament reading from the lectionary this evening chronicles the final post-resurrection appearance of the risen Lord in the Gospel of John. Let’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Running The Race Of Faith With Perseverance

    Contributed by Robert Sauers on Oct 23, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 18,041 views

    The life of the Christian is compared to a race. How are we able to run this race with perseverance?

    Hebrews 12:1-2: “Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    What It Takes To Be A Perfect Person Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Sep 23, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 3,694 views

    Sermon 5 of 6 from the book of James. The lion of adultery can certainly destroy a marriage. But the "little foxes" of snide remarks, sarcastic comments, cynical observations, angry blasts, and cool responses gut the inside of a relationship and leave i

    What it takes to be a Perfect Person Last summer my wife and I visited NYC for our wedding anniversary. We stayed in Times Square which turned out to be both busy and safe. One of the most noticeable things to me in Times Square and in the whole of New York was that there were no dented Taxi ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Don't Press The Panic Button Just Yet

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jun 9, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,103 views

    A Biblical look at anxiety

    Growing up in northern West Virginia you don’t really give much thought to furious storms let alone tornadoes. When you think of tornadoes you often think about places such as Kansas. About thirteen years ago a series of storms that contained tornadoes swept through the area of West Virginia ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Increasing Our Resolve

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 29, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 5,012 views

    Here are a few guidelines to increasing our resolve that we can glean from the lives of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego when they faced the wrath of the King and the fiery furnance

    Increasing Our Resolve (Dan 3:1-30) In order to overcome the tendency to be impulsive, obsessive or compulsive one needs greater resolve. A person with resolve decides firmly to do something regardless of surrounding circumstances. People who increase in their resolve gain greater mental, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Freedom Is Not Series

    Contributed by George Rhodes on Apr 19, 2006
    based on 71 ratings
     | 9,737 views

    Christians cannot allow their freedom to turn into permssion to lives anyway they’d like.

    Freedom Is Not License, Galatians 5:13 Pastor Trey Rhodes You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. (Galatians 5:13) "Everybody looks for different things in the Ten Commandments. Some look for Divine ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pressing Toward The Mark Series

    Contributed by Paul Marland on Jun 6, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 15,871 views

    Message given to graduates encouraging them to keep their eyes on Christ. It demonstrates how God could transform a persecutor of the church into a preacher for Christ.

    From Persecutor to Preacher Pressing Toward the Mark… Last week, we started a series on the Apostle Paul. If you will recall, prior to his conversion on the road to Damascus, Paul was one of the most feared person within the Christian church. He, being a Pharisee, sought to persecute this new ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    "Cursing & Cussin'" Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Aug 25, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,821 views

    First sermon in a series of the use and abuse of the tongue.

    Communicating with words is one of the distinguishing marks of human existence. It makes possible the clearest level of understanding, the con¬serving and transmission of knowledge from the past, and the sharing of information from one intelligent being to another. Like so many aspects of human ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Extend God’s Kindness

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 30, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,819 views

    God is the God of the second chance. Jonah got to see first-hand the remarkable grace of God, and come to a renewed understanding of His love and grace.

    Jonah 1:1-3 1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." 3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Faith Is ...

    Contributed by Syed Ibn Syed on Apr 5, 2016
    based on 6 ratings
     | 22,892 views

    Three Characteristics of Faith

    Sermon on Faith “We need only a teeny weeny bit of it Yet, sometimes we don’t seem to have enough It doesn’t just see the obvious but takes hold of the unthinkable Sometimes it defies logic yet it’s not blind The courageous love it, the weak shun it, The intellectuals ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are There Weeds In Your Garden?

    Contributed by Jay Mccluskey on Dec 30, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 13,081 views

    This sermon features truths from Jesus’ Parable of the Weeds

    ARE THERE WEEDS IN YOUR GARDEN? Anyone who has ever gardened or landscaped knows the battle with weeds. You don’t plant them. You don’t encourage them. You don’t want them. But there they are. But, literally, they go with the territory And you have to deal with them. Weed and Feed product ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mother’s Day 2024

    Contributed by Abimbola Salu on May 11, 2024
     | 2,491 views

    Mother’s Day is marked on the second Sunday in May.

    Mother’s Day is marked on the second Sunday in May. It’s a day to celebrate Mothers, Mothers- to- be and any woman who has had a significant influence in our lives. Every human being is born of a woman. That makes a woman so unique and incredibly special. Also, most mothers combine motherhood ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pay Tithes, Get Floodgates Open

    Contributed by John Gaston on Mar 1, 2023
     | 2,223 views

    The terminology for how God will reward tithers is extreme.God says He will “open the floodgates of Heaven.” This phrase was first used to describe the amount of water that fell during Noah’s flood (Gen. 7:11).

    PAY TITHES, GET FLOODGATES OPEN Malachi 3:10 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Texas Cowboy Humor 1. Where do cowboys cook their meals? On the range. 2. What advice do cows give? Turn the udder cheek and mooooove on! 3. Why did the bowlegged cowboy get fired? Because he couldn't keep his calves ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Where Are You Putting Your Faith

    Contributed by Richard Cook on Aug 25, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,558 views

    A sermon encouraging people to examine themselves and be sure of where they are putting their faith

    Heb 5:12-14 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal