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  • Duane Wente avatar

    Faith Changes How We React To Our World Series

    Contributed by Duane Wente on Apr 25, 2025
     | 735 views

    Faith that sits still is not the faith Christ calls us. Transformative faith changes how we react to the world around us. True faith wakes us up, renews our minds, and shines as a light for others to see Christ in us.

    ### **INTRO: Faith That Moves or Faith That Sits?** Video Ill.: Sermon Bumper ### **Opening Illustration: Asleep in the Pews** Drawn from: https://www.preachingtoday.com/sermons/sermons/2017/february/sloth-seriously.html Sloth? Seriously? Brian Wilkerson Imagine sitting in church week after ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Book Of Lamentations – Part 17 – How Can God Be Kind And Compassionate When He Allows Awful Suffering, Misery And Death? - Chapter 3:21-22 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 4, 2025
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    Jeremiah speaks of the LORD’S loving kindness and compassions yet all around is misery and suffering and death, even cannibalism, because of the Babylonian slaughter. How can this possibly be reconciled? Can abject suffering and death and a God of love be put together? Recall is important!

    THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS – PART 17 – HOW CAN GOD BE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE WHEN HE ALLOWS AWFUL SUFFERING, MISERY AND DEATH? - CHAPTER 3:21-22 We continue with Chapter 3, full of short verses and to the point. These are the laments of a defeated and ravished people. [19]. WITHOUT RECALL THERE ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Rescue Plan

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on May 10, 2025
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    Though we are hopelessly lost in the storm of sin and powerless to save ourselves, God in His mercy sent Jesus Christ — fully God and fully man — to rescue us through His perfect obedience, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection.

    God’s Rescue Plan Romans 3:10-12; Psalms 14:1-3; Colossians 1:19-20; Hebrews 10:23-25 Picture yourself lost at sea — no land in sight, tossed about by relentless waves of indifference, selfishness, and rebellion. The wind howls. The sky is dark. You grip whatever you can as each towering wave ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    First Church Book Of Acts Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on May 28, 2025
     | 206 views

    The Church is Rooted in spreading scriptural holiness.

    “First Church Book of Acts Holy Spirit” “When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Psalm 121 - Keeper Of My Soul Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Jun 4, 2025
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     | 1,297 views

    Remeber that God is our support, our safeguard and our saviour

    PSALMS 121 - KEEPER OF MY SOUL The citizens of Feldkirch Austria, didn’t know what to do. Napoleon’s massive army was preparing to attack. Soldiers had been spotted on the heights above the little town. A council of citizens was hastily summoned to decide whether they should try to defend ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Daring To Commit Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Jun 4, 2025
     | 500 views

    As believers in Jesus we must be committed to exalting, embracing, equipping and extending

    DARING TO COMMIT When was the last time to went to an all you can eat buffet? It is funny to watch people in line. They stand in front of the salad area they and think, I really don’t want to fill up my plate; there might be something better later on. Then they go down a little bit further to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Promises, Promises

    Contributed by Steve Sheek on Jul 19, 2021
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    Tree of Life Messianic Congregation. God promised us a garden - we lost it. He promised a land of our own. We lost it. He promised us a Messiah - Don't lose this promise, please.

    20210717 Parsha Devarim – Promises, Promises Blessing Torah: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Reading Deut 1:1-8 Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27 Reading Isaiah 1:21-27 Brit Chadashah: 1 John 4:7-14 Devarim (?????) is both the title for the last book from the scroll of the Torah and the title of the first ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Does God Really Love Us? Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 27, 2021
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     | 4,756 views

    First John 4:7-12 gives us three evidences of God's love for us.

    Scripture All in the Family was a popular 1970s CBS TV series that made the curmudgeonly Archie Bunker a household name. In one scene, Archie’s son-in-law, Michael, and his wife, Gloria, are in the kitchen. Michael is eating a sandwich and Gloria is baking cookies. Gloria asks him, “Michael, do ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Christ Died For Us

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Sep 9, 2021
     | 2,558 views

    These verses describe us as “enemies”, “without strength”, “ungodly” and “sinners”! It was while we were like that Christ died for us. He fought a fight against the devil and won!

    Alba 9-5-2021 CHRIST DIED FOR US Romans 5:6-11 Scott Bayles, who is the minister of Blooming Grove Christian Church in Palmyra, Illinois, admits that he is a comic book geek. In a sermon titled “Super Heroes: Superman” he makes some interesting comparisons to our Lord Jesus Christ that I want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Truth Builds The Church Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 22, 2021
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     | 4,099 views

    Second John 5-13 teaches us ways in which to apply the truth in our daily lives.

    Scripture The New Testament of the Holy Bible contains three letters that were written by the Apostle John. A group of false teachers had infiltrated the churches for which John was responsible around Ephesus. They denied that Jesus was the Son of God and also taught that one needed special ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Sermon # 14 - Seeking God Sincerely Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Apr 17, 2023
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     | 2,594 views

    There are always two categories of people anywhere – those who seek God for personal gain and the ones who seek God for who He really is. Which group do we belong to?

    We remind ourselves that this series of messages are based on Act 11:21“And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.” (KJV) The Lord’s hand is a powerful hand, a hand that helps, a hand that exalts us, and His hand is at work in all areas of our ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    This Way Out

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 28, 2023
     | 1,378 views

    We are imprisoned by sin in exactly the same way that we are imprisoned by gravity. We are prisoners of our own humanity, and it’s a life sentence with no time off for good behavior.

    When I was 12, I went on vacation with my family to a place called Iguazu Falls. Not many people in this country have ever heard of it. It’s only the second biggest waterfall in the world, after Niagara. It’s only the second highest waterfall in the world, after Victoria Falls. It’s at the top NE ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Things I'm Thankful For

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on May 6, 2023
     | 2,812 views

    This is a non-traditional funeral message for my mom, for a largely Christian congregation

    Funeral Mama’s - Things I’m Grateful For I have to admit, this funeral is a little more difficult than many I have done. And I’m not talking about it being difficult because of the emotions that are involved, rather I’m talking about it being difficult because I couldn’t decide what to say. When ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Take It With You--Discipleship

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Oct 1, 2021
     | 2,850 views

    This sermon is about the need to take the gospel message away from the inside of the church and apply it to our lives every day of the week.

    Take It With You 9/19/21 Psalm 15:1-5 James 1:19-27 Have you ever gone to Walmart with their circular baggage area, left the store and left one of your bags there in the store? What do you do when you recognize it’s missing? Or have you been to a store and left something on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    You Are Possible For God

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Oct 7, 2021
     | 2,799 views

    The rich young man is told to give all of his riches to the poor and follow Christ. What does this mean?

    10.10.21 Mark 10:17–27 17 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, one man ran up to him and knelt in front of him. He asked, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God. 19 You know the commandments. ‘You ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran