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  • Tim Hinrichs avatar

    Back To School

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Sep 13, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 18,501 views

    We are in training in God's school of Christlikeness. Having already received the diploma, we are transformed by Christ to renounce the past, live godly lives in the present, and look forward to our future with hope and not fear.

    This week we sent our son back to school as he had his first taste of Junior High. Sometimes I look back to my High School years and believe it or not I wish I could do it over again and learn those lessons that I didn’t take so seriously and also not worry so much about things that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Temperance: A Fruit Of The Spirit Series

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Aug 13, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 18,592 views

    Have you noticed that our current generation (especially of Americans) has no concept of control. We are out-of-control. The recent rise in credit card induced bankruptcies, divorce attorneys, and mini-riots are skyrocketing. Road rage, impulse spendin

    Have you noticed that our current generation (especially of Americans) has no concept of control. We are out-of-control. The recent rise in credit card induced bankruptcies, divorce attorneys, and mini-riots are skyrocketing. Road rage, impulse spending, and all sorts of addictions are seen as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Did Jesus Mean By "Whoever Loses His Life For Me Will Find It" Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jul 19, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 34,370 views

    A look at Jesus' difficult (and frequently ignored) teaching that "whoever lose his life for me will find it." What does that mean? What does it look like to live that out?

    WHAT DOES "LOSE YOUR LIFE TO FIND IT" MEAN ANYWAY? It means to pursue Jesus’ path even at the expense of my desires. - Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33; John 12:25. - This is a foreign concept to many Christians. In the American church we largely ignore this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don't Be A Pharisee! Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Aug 7, 2013
    based on 7 ratings
     | 23,230 views

    A sermon examining the danger of becoming a modern day Pharisee.

    DON’T BE A PHARISEE! Matthew 9:11-13 The Pharisees were an influential religious sect within Judaism in the days of Jesus’ earthy ministry. This group was mostly comprised of middle-class businessmen and leaders of the synagogues. Though the Pharisees were a minority within the Sanhedrin (the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Take The Plank Out Of Your Eye

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 27, 2014
     | 10,532 views

    Before we start speaking to an unbeliever, we need to pray, often in secret without saying a word to the person we are praying for in our prayer closet.

    Take the plank out of your eye! Luke 6:41, 42 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42How can you say to your brother, ’Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Crucified & Risen

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 31, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 32,015 views

    Paul tells us that having received Christ as Savior, he was crucified with Christ. Can you say that? Do you understand what that means? It’s more than just saying “He died for me”. It means so much more to be crucified and risen.

    Crucified & Risen with Christ Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. When Jesus died on Calvary's Cross, He bore the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When You Suffer Series

    Contributed by Ron Tuit on Feb 2, 2013
     | 6,689 views

    Everyone suffers in our fallen world. Get used to it! It comes with the turf. But for God’s people, suffering is not merely a consequence of sin: it holds God’s eternal purpose,.

    When We Suffer Romans 8:17-18 OUTLINE: Disciples of Jesus Christ, IF and WHEN you suffer, remember that... 1. Suffering with Christ is part of our inheritance. 2. Suffering with Christ demands sacrifice. 3. Suffering with Christ is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Have You Taken Your Spiritual Temperature Lately?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jun 8, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 17,143 views

    2 Corinthians 13:5 tells us to examine ourselves to see if our faith is what it should be. Like Laodecia, many are unaware of their spiritual temperature. What about you? Have you taken your spiritual temperature lately?

    Have You Taken Your Spiritual Temperature Lately? Revelation 3:14-20 The church at Laodicea was one of two churches in the opening chapters of Revelation that were apparently unaware of their spiritual temperature. The other was Ephesus. Laodicea is a picture of a worldly church that has all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    They Prayed

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 22, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,819 views

    Our prayers should be that of the Publican

    Text: “…everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Luke 18:14). Do you know anyone who has a tendency to exalt himself or herself? Those people who are always praising themselves, applauding themselves or paying tribute to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Black And White Redeemed Together

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 7, 2010
     | 18,629 views

    For Black History Month: We will not be fully redeemed until both black and white understand the elements of self-hatred that are in us and see that we have a Redeemer who will remove those feelings.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC February 2, 1986 When you read the book of Job and read it carefully, when you really let it sink in to you what happened to this suffering man and what he had to say about it, you cannot help concluding that what is most frightening about Job is his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Burned: Destroyed By Desire Series

    Contributed by Kyle Idleman on Sep 27, 2010
    based on 38 ratings
     | 22,906 views

    A sermon from a series on the treachery of sexual sin.

    Do you have one of these in your backyard? It’s a fire pit. They’ve become pretty popular in the last number of years. We have one in our backyard … or we did have. It’s actually here now. (Laughter) My wife after the service last weekend … she was like, “I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Perfect Twins (Grace And Mercy)

    Contributed by Tamela Walker on Sep 1, 2014
    based on 7 ratings
     | 38,032 views

    How our Father in heaven is Gracious and Merciful unto us day by day

    Nehemiah 9:31-32 Nevertheless for thy great mercies 'sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Lent Homily

    Contributed by Z. M. D. Mcgregor on Feb 23, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,425 views

    The following is a 15 minute homily delivered on Feb. 18, 2015, Ash Wednesday at the Church Without Walls, Houston, TX, in the kickoff observance of Lent.

    Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. (Rom 12:1 NAU) I. Reflection: The Christ in Action Our symptoms revealed it. The diagnosis defined it. From vain thoughts to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Roth avatar

    Free Not To Be Me

    Contributed by David Roth on Mar 21, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,798 views

    Lent 5 (B). Christ gave his life as a ransom, freeing us not only from sin, but from our own flesh and the power of the devil. We are now free to serve others, as we live under Him in His kingdom.

    J. J. May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. “Free not to be me” Jesus and his disciples are on their way to Jerusalem. And as they are walking, He is telling them about His upcoming ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Mark Aarssen avatar

    A Whale Of A Tale

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Apr 13, 2015
     | 5,137 views

    The people of Nineveh really were terrible godless, violent sinners. Just the kind of people that God loved and wanted to save.

    A whale of a tale Jonah 3:1-5 NIV 1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 2 Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you. 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city--a visit required three days. 4 ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed