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  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Avoiding Three Common Misuses Of The Bible

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 30, 2010
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     | 4,807 views

    Jesus points out some of the ways that the Pharisees, Herodians, and Sadducees are not interpreting the Word right.

    Three Common Misuses Of The Bible: 1. The highest use of your Bible knowledge is winning a theological argument. - Matthew 22:15-22. - For many people, the ultimate use of their Bible knowledge is the ability to show others (both Christians and non-Christians) that “I’m right and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Believe Me: I Doubt It

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 10, 2025
     | 89 views

    Belief and doubt often coexist in the same faithful heart. This sermon shows how God speaks through Scripture, meets us in our questions, and calls us to walk by faith with open Bibles and tender hearts.

    Introduction – When Doubt Knocks A young man knelt before his beloved, ring in hand. “Sweetheart, I love you so much. I want you to marry me. I don’t have a car like Johnny Green. I don’t own a yacht like Johnny Green. I don’t have a house as big as Johnny Green’s. I don’t have the money of ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Fading Light

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 14, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,058 views

    The light we have in Christ is a fading light; we are not assured that history as we know it will remain, and it may be nearing its end. Feel the urgency of following and using that light while we can.

    A foursome on a golf course, in the late afternoon. It's getting late, and the sun is beginning to go down. Harder and harder to see the flags in the distance, more difficult to tell just where the fairway leaves off and the rough begins. They have two choices: either they can decide to call it a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prayers For Our Nation Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Dr. Lewis W. Gregory on Nov 3, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,883 views

    I urge you to pray in accordance with God’s Word so that God’s will might be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Man’s words will all fade away, but the Word of the Lord shall stand forever!

    “How has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly appealing to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings? In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible to danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Three Tough Questions To Ask Yourself As A Christian

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 23, 2021
     | 2,898 views

    I often wonder where my fellow believers stand, especially those who I stand along side of in the church. We live in a day and age where there is much compromise and strife within the church.

    I often wonder where my fellow believers stand, especially those who I stand along side of in the church. We live in a day and age where there is much compromise and strife within the church. The church as a body of believers is struggling to understand how to deal with culture. Some seek to ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Jon Daniels avatar

    Why Should I Trust The Bible? Series

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on Oct 3, 2023
     | 1,644 views

    Based on 2 Timothy 3:16-17 & Hebrews 4:12 - Challenges hearers to consider the trustworthiness of the Bible.

    “WHY SHOULD I TRUST THE BIBLE?” 2 Tim. 3:16-17; Heb. 4:12 FBCF – 9/30/23 Jon Daniels INTRO – Kids’ song – “The B.I.B.L.E., yes, that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word of God. The B.I.B.L.E.” Or the old hymn written in 1787: “How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Part Of "i Am The Way, The Truth, And The Life" Do You Not Understand?

    Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Mar 29, 2022
     | 1,670 views

    Jesus Christ made it clear to His disciples in the Upper Room and to everyone that He and He alone provides us access to God the Father. There is no other way to God and salvation except through Him. The issue is settled.

    Just who do we think we are to question the Sovereign Lord God Almighty, Creator and Sustainer of all things (Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-4; Colossians 1:16-18) as to how He has solemnly decreed from all eternity the means by which He has chosen to redeem our sorry, self-centered, malevolent, cruel, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Profitable Faith

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Nov 30, 2010
     | 3,397 views

    James divided/isolated/separated salvific faith from conceptual faith on the basis of works. But What distinguishes the two? Faith that profits enables...

    PROFITABLE FAITH—James 2:14-26 Attention: Pre- TV ‘Horders’ era—The house on Old Kibbee Rd./packed to the ceiling with boxes—year after year same situation. Hoarders—So many things which are “profitable” to them that they miss the goodness of life & ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Firm Foundation

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,349 views

    Where tradition strays from Scripture’s teaching then tradition must give way and change.

    “ Firm Foundation” Galatians 1:6-9 Before we read to day’s text let me lay a little groundwork for this message, Most of us have heard of Martin Luther, Born in 1483 in Eisleben Germany, He became fully immersed in the traditional Catholic faith. His great intellectual bent ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Sword Of The Spirit

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 29, 2014
    based on 8 ratings
     | 10,295 views

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    Sword of the Spirit Ephesians 6:17b http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/SwordOfSpirit.html Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. It has all been defensive gear thus far. Now, how about an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Simon Bartlett avatar

    Joshua And The Walls Of Jericho

    Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Jul 22, 2020
     | 10,245 views

    This is a great children's story. But as adults, it prompts some difficult questions. Is it even true? How could God destroy an entire city? It's also a wonderful example of God's people overcoming a seemingly-insurmountable obstacle through faith and obedience.

    JOSHUA AND THE WALLS OF JERICHO INTRODUCTION We’re moving from our series on prayer to a new series called ‘Bible Stories for Grown-Ups.’ There are some famous stories in the Old Testament which we may have heard as children, perhaps at home or at Sunday School. In this series the idea is to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Go! And… Believe The Word: The Bible Is The Infallible Word Of God Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 12, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 398 views

    The Bible, the infallible Word of God, is not merely a record of what God said once, but the living Word of God still speaking today - God’s revelation to humanity. It is God’s heart and God’s truth, given so we can know Him and live for Him.

    Go! And… Believe the Word: The Bible is the Infallible Word of God Introduction — The Voice of God in Your Hands Church, let me begin with a picture. Imagine you receive a personal letter from the King of Kings. Not typed up by a secretary, not relayed through a messenger, but written by His own ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Charles McCall avatar

    A Friend In The Midnight Hour

    Contributed by Charles Mccall on Jul 6, 2003
    based on 139 ratings
     | 25,055 views

    When something unexpected happens late in the midnight hour of our lives, we have in friend in Jesus Christ who can come to our rescue.

    St. Luke 11:1-13 Topic: A friend in the midnight hour In these passages of scriptures, we see Jesus Christ in a certain place praying to His Father in heaven. As He prayed to his Father in heaven, one of his disciples watched and heard Jesus praying, and when Jesus finished praying, that same ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Encountering God's Purpose Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 20, 2010
    based on 37 ratings
     | 23,078 views

    These verses summarize the Book's strategy, subject, & purpose. The strategy was to use selected works or "signs" of His subject, Jesus, which illustrate Jesus' character, demonstrate His power, & relate Him as the answer to man's great needs.

    JOHN 20: 30-31 ENCOUNTERING GOD'S PURPOSE For many scholars these last two verses of chapter 20 constitute the conclusion of John's Gospel with chapter 21 being John's personal appendix. These verses summarize the Book's strategy, subject, and purpose. The strategy was to use selected works ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stephen E. Trail avatar

    Multipying By Addition Or How Churches Grow

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Apr 7, 2013
     | 4,775 views

    A sermon detailed why the NT church grew and what we can do to grow too.

    “Multiplying By Addition or How Churches Grow” Acts 2:41-47 Act 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. I’ve been a minister now for better than 39 years and one of the main focuses of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist