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  • Brian Matherlee avatar

    The Devil Made Me Do It Series

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on May 21, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,708 views

    Part 3 in temptation series. This installment deals with the tactics Satan uses to come against our minds and how we resist and overcome.

    AN APPLE A DAY The Temptations We Face Part 3, The Devil Made Me Do It James 4:7 May 14, 2006 Pastor Brian Matherlee In the movie, On Golden Pond, a man, played by Dabney Coleman is speaking with a Ethel at a dock. Ethel is the mother of the woman he likes. He puts one foot on a boat and ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Dare Not Ever Forget Who You Are

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Apr 29, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,177 views

    Looks at how to learn to live like a winner.

    Victory always assumes an opponent. You are victorious over or against something or someone. We accomplish living like a winner in the face of temptation and adversity. Today we are going to take an in depth look at our battle against temptation and the tempter. As we learn in the Bible the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Waiting For God Takes Guts

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,143 views

    Too much safety is a "bad" thing... We need guts to grow and growth is what’s demanded by our Lord

    Too much comfort is dangerous. Literally. Apparently researchers at the UC Berkeley did an experiment some time ago that involved introducing an amoeba into a perfectly stress-free environment: ideal temperature, optimal concentration of moisture and constant food supply. The amoeba had an ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Emmanuel

    Contributed by Joseph Barraclough on Jan 5, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 14,983 views

    Discovering the importance of the title, "Emmanuel", and how it applies to us today

    Text: Matthew 1:21-23; Isaiah 7:10-14 (referenced in Matthew 1:23) Context of Scripture: Matthew 1:23 is a prophecy from Isaiah 7:14 when Isaiah spoke with the wicked King Ahaz after that Pekah, king of Israel and Rezin, king of Syria had attacked Judah. Pekah had killed 120,000 valiant men of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Are You An Eagle Or A Kiwi?

    Contributed by Joe Burke on Dec 27, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,814 views

    Wake-up and Fly Right!

    Are You an Eagle or a Kiwi? It’s early morning at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in southern California many years ago. The coastal fog is dark, damp and thick as I taxi out in my fighter jet. You literally can see only about a plane length in front of you and the only way you can find the duty ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Be Healed In The Name Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by John Brewster on Oct 20, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,492 views

    Total healing also means total restoration and permanent change from your present condition. Don’t find yourself giving into a spirit of panic when facing a crisis.

    BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS PART 1 Acts 10:38 (NKJV) how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. Jesus healed a broad range of illnesses - in fact, He healed ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Freedom

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 22, 2000
    based on 116 ratings
     | 12,619 views

    Truth Sets you free!

    FREEDOM John 8:31-32 KJV "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." On July 4th we celebrate the birth of a free nation. Our founding fathers recognized that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Disciples Perspective

    Contributed by Damien Spikereit on Nov 27, 2000
    based on 107 ratings
     | 3,459 views

    A First-Person Narrative (Judas) emphasizing the need to serve, instead of being served.

    This has been the longest night of my life! Let me tell you all about it, but before I do, I need to start from the beginning. Really, it all started when Jesus called me about 3 years ago. I must admit, I was quite honored to be called by Jesus. I didn't really understand what he was all ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    When I Was Hungry....

    Contributed by Ken Gehrels on Nov 14, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 5,164 views

    Our response to world hunger & poverty

    “When I Was Hungry.....” Bible Reading: 2 Kings 4: 1-7 PREPARED BY KEN GEHRELS PASTOR CALVIN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH NEPEAN, ONTARIO When I Was Hungry p.1 The biblical account for this evening begins in tragedy and desperation. We can get some contemporary sense of this from the news media, which ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    I Can't Go Home Like This

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Jul 10, 2003
    based on 67 ratings
     | 19,440 views

    I Can’t Go Home Like This

    I Can’t Go Home Like This Gen. 32:24,26 Who is your favorite wrestler? Today’s television wrestlers are professional entertainers -- athletes who have captured the imagination of Americans of all generations. Though their names change from generation to generation television wrestlers, complete ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dwelling In Dagon's Den

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Apr 3, 2005
    based on 47 ratings
     | 14,398 views

    Although we live in troublesome times, and life seems fragile and irksome, we are not alone in the universe. Greater is He who protects us than the forces of evil around us. Evil may appear to prevail, but God will have the final word.

    “Dwelling in Dagon’s Den”, I Samuel 5. Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts I saw a cartoon last week about the popular PBS Antique Road Show. A woman brought in the Ark of the Covenant, and the appraiser gasped, “Where in the world did you get that?!” The ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    The Blessing At Bethesda (It’s Your Season)

    Contributed by William Wyne on Dec 9, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 23,523 views

    This sermon is designed to encourage individuals to have hope for the impossible.

    The Gospel of John presents Christ differently than the other three gospels, they of course almost provides us with a biographical diary of Christ journey. Matthew and Luke found it important to show us Christ in his lineage of persons in the family. In Matthew, his gospel traces Jesus from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Aarssen avatar

    Hearts United By Love Series

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Mar 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,042 views

    Just like the spices in your cupboard God intends that life should be spicy and we see that in the lives of the Patriarchs.

    Hearts United by Love Genesis 45:1-28 Today we close out our brief series of Pass the Patriarchs Please. So far we have discovered who Abraham is and learned about how he was called by the Living God to start a new life and a new nation through his family line. Abraham was 86 when first son ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Stewardship Of Time Series

    Contributed by Troy Horne on Mar 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,153 views

    A consideration of how we can be a steward of our time

    “Stewardship of Time” 1. Everyone, no matter how young or old, no matter how rich or poor, no matter what part of the world you live in, all have the same amount of time. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the months that have 31 days, we all have 31 days. In the months with 30 ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    The Cream Rises To The To Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,270 views

    For most of us, the idea that the Messiah will judge each of us and the idea that God does not change -- and therefore we must adapt to Him and not He to us -- motivates us to surface as His followers. We recognize the wisdom of aligning ourselves to Him

    The Cream Rises to the Top (Malachi 3:1-7) 1. Sometimes people say, "It doesn’t matter what we believe, as long as we all believe there is one God?" 2. We were shocked to hear about the polygamous sect in Texas this past week. 3. According to the Associated Press, "Authorities searching the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible