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  • Sherm Nichols avatar

    Invaluable Life

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,561 views

    Having a proper view of the importance of human life will help us make decisions that honor God’s priorities

    We have in our bulletin a list of people who are serving in the military. It’s there for us to remember to pray for them, by name. It’s also there as a reminder that we should be thankful for them and their families. Many of them are deployed and serving in Iraq. We’d all love for them to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What's More Important? (Memorial Day)

    Contributed by Troy Richards on May 7, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,930 views

    A sermon for memorial day asking what we do to remember our faith and how we need to not place the memorial over what we should be remembering.

    -welcome to NewSong on Memorial Day, or Race Day, whatever your fancy. -so today I want to talk about memorials and some we have as Christians. I know most of these you’ll have heard of, but I want to just take a second and take a moment, take time out while I’m talking, and think about what these ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Bitter Root Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 22, 2008
    based on 66 ratings
     | 24,385 views

    Churches should be a place filled with gentle and loving people who wouldn’t be a place of anger and conflict. But too often, churches are known as places of conflict and pain. How should a Christian leader deal with this issue?

    OPEN: In Winchester, Ohio there’s a church called the Bethlehem Church of Christ. It’s been in existence for over 150 years, and over the years different events have been recorded in their “history” book. One of their recent ministers was reading back over the different entries in this book when he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Qualities Of An Elder, Pt. 1 Series

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Mar 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,171 views

    What type of man makes a good elder/shepherd? This sermon begins to take a look at the Biblical teaching of Titus 1.

    He was not an oil-on-canvas, not a die-cast martyr, a flannel graph figure, or a religious notion. He was man. He was God. And he still is, this Lamb of God. God was pleased to focus all his Love, and all his Truth into this caller and leader of fishemen, and tax collectors and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Gift That Started It All Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Nov 21, 2007
    based on 59 ratings
     | 17,973 views

    Gift giving at Christmas started with God the Father’s gift to us of His Son.

    --*ILL>A ten year old girl named Jenny went with her family and friends to see the Christmas light displays around the city. At one church they stopped and got out to look more closely at a beautiful nativity scene. Her grandma said to her, “Isn’t that beautiful! Look, Jenny, at all the animals, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Does He Fuel Your Fire? Series

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 1, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,746 views

    This is the 3rd of 8 "Health Signs" of a Growing church, "Passionate Spirituality." Our Pursuit of him makes all other pursuits pale in comparison. This series adapts the theology and theory of the work "Natural Church Development" by Christian Schwarz,

    Does He Fuel Your Fire? Philippians 3:7-11 Healthy Condition #3: Passionate Spirituality (Had this listed on a power point) If you’ve been calling yourself a Christian, you should stop. If you have ever encouraged someone to become a Christian, you should never do that again. WHY? "85% of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Look For The Messiah

    Contributed by Steve Moldenhauer on Mar 31, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,309 views

    Message that contrasts the parallels of Psalm 24 to Jesus entrance on Palm Sunday.

    INTRODUCTION: I have preached many sermons from the Gospel accounts about Palm Sunday. Today I want to step back and look at another journey into Jerusalem 1,000 years earlier. David is the author of Psalm 24. It is a psalm composed by him, some believe, as the Ark of the Covenant was brought ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Have A Ministry That Endures Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Nov 16, 2013
    based on 11 ratings
     | 17,194 views

    A sermon examining the way to persevere in ministry.

    HOW TO HAVE A MINISTRY THAT ENDURES Acts 21:8-9 (The following is a message that was delivered at a local pastors conference) I grew up in a church that had an average pastoral tenure of less than two years. As a result, I developed relationships with many men in ministry who have had a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    They Don't Like Him Very Much Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 15, 2013
    based on 36 ratings
     | 23,497 views

    Why would the world hate Jesus? What is there about His message that makes them so upset? Uses the advertisement against Christmas the American Humanist Organization used 5 years ago to explore those questions.

    OPEN: About 5 years ago, the American Humanist Association spent $40,000 in December for an ad campaign in Washington D.C. that attacked God during the Christian season. Now, that’s not what the spokesman for the humanist group said they meant to do: "Our reason for doing it during ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    True Wisdom Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 14, 2014
    based on 56 ratings
     | 32,451 views

    Aspects of true wisdom; where it comes from and what it does. 1- True wisdom comes from God 2- True wisdom gives discernment 3- True wisdom saves from wickedness

    INTRO.- ILL.- ATLANTA – December 2013 - It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Ira Curry. The Stone Mountain woman purchased one of two winning jackpot tickets in December 17th’s $648 million Mega Millions drawing. She claimed her prize Wednesday morning at Georgia ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Caleb: A Man Favored By God

    Contributed by Clay Gentry on Aug 7, 2013
     | 23,982 views

    God loves everyone, nevertheless there are those whom He has favored more than others. In this lesson, well explore the story of Caleb and learn why God favored him and how He will favor you.

    Does God have favorites? Oh I know He loves everybody. John 3:16 settles that argument. We also know that He does not show partiality toward men but calls all of every nation (Acts 10:34). And yet, when we survey the annuls of scripture, we clearly see that God was drawn to certain individuals more ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Forgiven & Forgiving Series

    Contributed by Josh Foster on Feb 26, 2014
     | 5,325 views

    Our relationship with God begins with forgiveness; but forgiveness is at the heart of relationships with fellow Christians. Forgiveness is not a commodity that we receive. It impacts our life to the degree that we want to share what we've received.

    WAC2BL: Forgiven & Forgiving Scripture Text: Colossians 3.12-14 INTRODUCTION I’ve been thinking-about some of the most-highly-rated television shows over the past 30 years: Star Trek, M*A*S*H*, Cheers, Seinfeld, Lost. Of some-of these-shows, I’ve been an avid-fan ~ and ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Women Accompanying Jesus

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 11, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,972 views

    An analysis of the short summary of Jesus' ministry in Luke 8:1-3 will teach us some key principles for ministry.

    Scripture Jesus began his public ministry in the northern part of Israel, in the region known as Galilee. Some Bible scholars say that his ministry in this region lasted about 16 months. The Gospel writers did not record everything about Jesus’ ministry. In fact, Jesus’ ministry was ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Oh Christian, Where Did You Learn That?

    Contributed by David Leach on Jan 13, 2014
     | 1,730 views

    For all our exposure to the Bible, we Christians do pick up some incredible, often self-justifying, but ruinous theories about God.

    Oh Christian, where did you learn that? For all our exposure to the Bible, we Christians do pick up some incredible, often self-justifying, but ruinous theories about God. Some of the more common theories include: The Christian who says “I don’t really consult God, I don’t know ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Born Again. Now What?

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 19, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,684 views

    We’ve all heard and used the phrase "Born Again" but just exactly what does that mean?

    Born Again Born Again! What a neat, overused, misused, abused, redundant, nonmeaningful term. If you google “Born Again Celebrities” you get a wide range of folks. Some like Amy Grant and Johnny Cash you might suspect, others like Mr. T I had forgotten about. I had heard that Jane Fonda had ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan