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  • Ken Alford avatar

    Storm Proofing The House Series

    Contributed by Ken Alford on Aug 17, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 8,548 views

    A LIFE IS ONLY AS STRONG AS THAT ON WHICH IT RESTS.

    July 16, 2001-- AM STORM PROOFING THE HOUSE Matthew 7:24-27 INTRODUCTION: (1) During a thunder storm in the midwest, my parents turned on the TV to watch for tornado warnings. Just as the screen flashed a warning, a limb crashed outside the living room window. Mom bolted toward a safer spot in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Hays avatar

    Everyday Worship

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 178 ratings
     | 7,451 views

    God desires more than Sunday worship -- He wants our worship to be an every day experience.

    Everyday Worship Romans 12:1-2 I am constantly amazed at all the fuss made over those whose faces fill the screen on Inside Edition, Nightline, 60 Minutes, 20/20, and the evening news. The lists of names are endless, the crimes committed are incomprehensible, and the impact on the lives of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mike Hays avatar

    ...for The Sins Of The World!

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 57 ratings
     | 4,840 views

    Jesus died for our sins and His death and resurrection have set us free.

    "...For The Sins Of The World!" 1 John 2:1-2 The passion of every follower of Jesus should be to absolutely turn away from every act, thought, and attitude that grieves the heart of Almighty God as if they were a den of poisonous snakes ready to strike at any moment. We should be made so ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    The Real Enemy

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 101 ratings
     | 20,678 views

    Our real enemy is Satan.

    INTRO.- ILL.- Two boys were walking home from Sunday School one Sunday morning. THEY DIDN’T STAY FOR CHURCH! Shame on them. Their SS lesson had been on the subject of the devil. One boy said to the other, "What do you think of this devil business?" "Well," the other boy replied, "You know how ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Making Things Right When Things Go Wrong 

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 171 ratings
     | 57,694 views

    The Lord can make things right when things go wrong.

    INTRO.- ILL.- A man by the name of George owned an apartment complex and had just completed the exterior brick work on the 2nd floor. He had some bricks left over and was trying to decide the best way to get the load of bricks back down to the ground level without breaking them. He noticed a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bill Lobbs avatar

    Lesson Of The Loaves

    Contributed by Bill Lobbs on Oct 19, 2000
    based on 459 ratings
     | 89,802 views

    In the miracle of the loaves and fishes there are five valuable lessons applicable for daily Christian living.

    Lesson of the Loaves Pastor Billy G. Lobbs Theme: Lessons learned from the feeding of the Five Thousand Text: John 6: 1-13, (KJV) "After these things Jesus were over the sea of Galilee which is the sea of Tiberius. And a great multitude followed him, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    This Is Love

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 9, 2001
    based on 179 ratings
     | 23,089 views

    The apostle Paul describes the "most excellent way" of love.

    THIS IS LOVE I Corinthians 13:1-13 INTRO.- ILL.- Here are some children’s ideas about love. - Glenn, age 7 - If falling love is anything like learning how to spell, I don’t want to do it. It takes too long. (loving people takes a long time. It should take a lifetime. We should love people ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Making Good Resolutions

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 17, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 5,139 views

    How do you make good New Year’s Resolutions?

    Making Good Resolutions Providential Planning James 4:13-17 In James 4, James pictures a typical Jewish Merchant, making resolutions for the next year. James concludes by saying in verse sixteen, that boastful resolutions are “evil.” Our immediate reaction is, “what is wrong with making plans ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Timothy Peck avatar

    Don't Confuse Doing With Believing Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Feb 27, 2001
    based on 115 ratings
     | 10,010 views

    What happens in our lives when we confuse doing with believing in our relationship with God.

    Two people can do the exact same thing for entirely different reasons. For example, imagine seeing two different women doing housework: doing the laundry, vacuuming the carpet, picking up the toys. Just by looking at them, it appears that they’re exactly the same. But one is a stay at home mom, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Overcoming Discouragement Series

    Contributed by Robert Robb on Mar 15, 2001
    based on 117 ratings
     | 14,353 views

    Haggai encourages God’s people who have become discourged in God’s Work

    Studies in Haggai Study 6 Ch 2v 1-9 Introduction One of the greatest joys that a minister of the gospel can experience is to see his ministry bearing fruit in the lives of his people. To see for example men and women brought through the preaching of the Word to the point where they become acutely ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Sex--Something Good Something Bad

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 91 ratings
     | 5,202 views

    This sermon deals with the how the improper use of sex is destroying the African American Community.

    " Sex: Something Good Going Bad" 2/21/97 Proverbs 7:6-27 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 There is probably no other group in America, that has the testimony of the power of God working in a race of people for deliverance than do we as ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Mike Hays avatar

    The Parable Of The Participants And The Spectators

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Apr 2, 2001
    based on 180 ratings
     | 10,369 views

    In Matthew 25 Jesus gives us His only picture of the final judgment. In the parable of the Sheep and the Goats those who are the "blessed" ones are those who loved the least of these in society.

    The Parable of The Participants and The Spectators Matthew 26:31-46 Years ago, a Missouri congregation listened to a young preacher who had walked twenty miles to deliver the sermon. Tired and hungry, this young man faltered, floundered, and failed. The people were unresponsive; they did not know ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Derek Helt avatar

    Is Divorce Okay? Series

    Contributed by Derek Helt on Nov 7, 2000
    based on 375 ratings
     | 26,948 views

    Divorce touches Christians as much, or more, than it does those outside of the church. How should we deal with it?

    Is Divorce Okay? Text: Mark 10:1–12 Derek Helt One time a couple of years ago my wife and I were talking with a friend of ours. Our friend happens to be a single mother with two children. In the course of our conversation, she began telling us about her marriage to the father of her children. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bill Lobbs avatar

    Dealing With Anger

    Contributed by Bill Lobbs on Nov 7, 2000
    based on 381 ratings
     | 70,295 views

    Learning to control your anger before it controls you.

    Pastor Billy G. Lobbs Theme: Learning to control your anger before it controls you. Text: Ephesians 4: 26 - 27 (NLT) "And don't sin by letting anger gain control over you. Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a mighty foothold to the devil." Introductory ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mike Hays avatar

    Responding To God's Amazing Grace

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Nov 16, 2000
    based on 84 ratings
     | 5,317 views

    Stewardship sermon.

    Responding To God's Amazing Grace Romans 5:1-11 We are now entering the time of year when we as a church look to the upcoming year, when we reevaluate all of the ministries in the church, and when each of us as individuals reevaluate our stewardship of God's gifts given so freely to each of us - ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ