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  • Alvin Hathaway, Sr. avatar

    The Right Attitude Series

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on Mar 19, 2009
    based on 24 ratings
     | 31,793 views

    A right attitude is providential, it is essential, and it is consequential.

    Sunday, July 1, 2007 “The Right Attitude” Text: Matthew 5: 1 - 11 The events of life move rather quickly. And it is said that your attitude determines your aptitude. In fact your attitude towards life drives your philosophical construct of life. If you have a fatalistic attitude, then ca ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Patience Of Love

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
     | 3,645 views

    The third sermon of a post-Easter series on Love

    (Slide 1) Impatience… What comes to mind when you read that word? Or you hear it? Or you see it in action? Or personally experience it? The late W.H. Auden wrote, “Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.” I recently read the story of an ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Greatest Need Of The Church

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 20, 2009
    based on 26 ratings
     | 19,442 views

    The church’s greatest need is to have members who are Spirit-filled and therebye empowered to become world-changers.

    The Greatest Need of the Church II Corinthians 3:12-18 IF I WAS TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU THINK THE GREATEST NEED OF THE CHURCH IS, WHAT WOULD YOU ANSWER? Some church surveys have provided interesting answers, such as: - Better facilities - Friendlier people - Better preachers - Shorter ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    On Making Disciples Series

    Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Jun 13, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,071 views

    Part I of the Four-Part Vision: We focus on what God has asked his people to do: Pass my word on to your children and to your children’s children. Let your lives be permeated with the task of "making disciples"!

    Text: [1] Love the LORD your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always. [8a] Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today…[18] Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. [19] ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    An Up Front Word On Backsliding

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 11, 2008
    based on 105 ratings
     | 9,051 views

    How correctable are you? Does God have permission to speak to your heart? What if what He says to you today requires you to humble yourself? Link inc. to formatted text, audio & video, PowerPoint.

    An Up Front Word on Backsliding Proverbs 14:14 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Backslide.html The word backslider has a negative ring to it. Most people cringe or tighten when they hear the word, just like we do when we hear the names “Judas” or “Jezebel” or when the word “hypocrite” is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Roadmap To Peace Series

    Contributed by Steven Spillman on May 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,734 views

    Peace...“The condition that exists when nations or other groups are not fighting.”

    “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law” (Galatians 5:22-23). The Roadmap to Peace George W. Bush and I were in Israel earlier this month … not together. But I did see his airplane ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ian Johnson avatar

    Think Like Him

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on May 2, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,528 views

    If you feel as though you are going round in circles you probably are, Because God thinks differently than you.

    If you feel as though you are going round in circles you probably are, Because God thinks differently than you. Isaiah 55:8-11 “My thoughts are completely different from yours,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Temptation Of Christ Series

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Feb 8, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 11,312 views

    Part 7 in preaching through the book of Matthew. Looking at the temptation of Jesus.

    Sermon-2/4/07-Matt. 4:1-11-The Temptation of Christ Intro. 2 examples of How to avoid temptation: 1) Joke 2) Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-543 AD) sought to avoid temptation by wearing a rough hair shirt and living in a cave for 3 years, where his food was lowered to him on a cord. He once threw ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Jason Jones avatar

    So That They May Know Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Sep 15, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,644 views

    No. 7 in a series of 8 messages on the church covenant dealing with our care for one another

    Text: 1 John 3:11-18, Title: So That They May Know, Date/Place: NRBC, 9/7/08, PM A. Opening illustration: read first half of letter on p. 90 MacArthur Comm Acts 1-12 B. Background to passage: John is writing to a church involved in a split with its roots in theology. He wrote the book to salvage ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Blake Inscore avatar

    Living Life On Purpose

    Contributed by Blake Inscore on Sep 26, 2008
    based on 36 ratings
     | 23,213 views

    God’s call of Jeremiah reveals that He has a purpose for all, and that discovering that should be our highest goal.

    Introduction: This morning I want us to look at God’s call of another one of His prophets—the Prophet Jeremiah. Last week we saw God call Isaiah through a vision of heaven that prompted Isaiah to Look UP and see the holiness of God—to Look INWARD and see his only sinfulness as well as God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Christmas Courage: The Story Of Joseph Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 28, 2006
    based on 124 ratings
     | 29,398 views

    There are three points to this sermon. 1. God gives courage to ordinary people. 2. God gives us courage to overcome our doubts and fears. 3. God gives us courage to face the future.

    (This sermon is a re-working of “The Nativity Story: The Courage of Joseph” by C. Raymond van Pletsen. I used some of the same wording and illustrations but changed the outline and applications. I only spoke of movies I had seen and since I am not a sports fan changed the ending.) Christmas ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Remembrance Sunday Brooksby 2009

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 8, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,793 views

    God is a "present help in trouble" Ps 46.1

    God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Ps 46:1) Committed Christians over the centuries have paid an important role in our armed forces. They have prayed for their country and they have been leaders in the forefront of battle. One such Christian was Lt. General Sir ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Timm Meyer avatar

    Heaven's Door Is Narrow

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Nov 13, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,288 views

    Pentecost 14 (C) - Heaven’s door is narrow. By only trusting in God’s grace alone will believers live to make every effort to enter.

    HEAVEN’S DOOR IS NARROW (Outline) September 6, 2009 -- PENTECOST 14 -- Luke 13:22-30 INTRO: Today Jesus points out that the door to heaven is narrow. This does not mean that heaven is full. The Lord’s will is to see all mankind saved. But not all people are saved! Why? When left on ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ronald Harbaugh avatar

    As A Result Of The Resurrection, Miracles Still Happen

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Apr 17, 2010
     | 4,544 views

    A sermon for the 3rd. Sunday of Easter, Series C

    3rd Sunday of Easter, April 18, 2010 “Series C” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, through the death and resurrection of your Son, Jesus the Christ, you defeated sin and death, and brought us ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    When Jesus Comes: No Respect Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 17, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,405 views

    Christmas Eve 1988: When Jesus comes as an infant, there is no respect, for he is the child of an unwed mother and is poor. When Jesus comes to the end of his life, there is no respect. But He redeems His status and can redeem ours.

    Comedian Rodney Dangerfield has made en entire career out of a single piece of business and a single punch line: "I don't get no respect". He will regale you with tales of his childhood, when the other kids used him as a punching bag and called him a host of unflattering names, and then he sums it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist