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  • Rick Crandall avatar

    Be A Christian Who Cares

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Aug 24, 2013
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    How can we be Christians who care? 1. Go beyond what's familiar. 2. Go beyond what's fair. 3. Go beyond putting ourselves first. 4. Go beyond our fears. 5. Go beyond by faith.

    Be a Christian Who Cares 2 Kings 5:1-15 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - July 28, 2013 INTRODUCTION: *It's always a good idea to look back over life and think about the people who have made a difference: People who helped us in a time of need. *People who blessed us. -Opened new ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    All In Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Aug 26, 2013
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    God's Power, Following Christ, Love for others

    ALL IN 1 Cor 9:19-23 (p797) August 25, 2013 INTRODUCTION: I want you to try something (and if you’re like me I’m barley co-ordinated enough to do it)…Cross your arms as you normally would, now look down and see which arm is on top…half of you probably see your ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Best Friend We Can Ever Have: Jesus Christ Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Aug 31, 2013
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     | 10,436 views

    Are you friends with Jesus? 1. This is our God's desire. 2. This is our greatest decision. 3. This is our greatest delight.

    The Best Friend We Can Ever Have: Jesus Christ John 15:9-16 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - August 18, 2013 *Friends are great. In the third grade, my best friend was Zach Smith. We caught all the old-west bank robbers together, killed all the bad Indians together, won World War ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living With The End In Mind

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 4, 2013
     | 11,490 views

    How do we live life so that the preacher doesn’t have to lie at our funeral? How do we live life so that we have very few regrets? How do we live life so that the brief days that we have in this life are lived to the fullest?

    LIVE WITH THE END IN MIND 2 Timothy 4:6-8 INTRODUCTION… http://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2013/07/02/the-t-shirt-turns-100/ According to Forbes Magazine and other clothing aficionados, 2013 marks the 100th birthday of the t-shirt. I thought t-shirts had always been around since ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Scalpel And The Surgeon Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 8, 2013
    based on 28 ratings
     | 41,824 views

    God's Word has the power to cut away dead skin from our hearts. But how can it do that in our lives... and why doesn't it work in everyone's life?

    Cosmetic surgery has become very popular in our present day society. In one of the books I read a year ago, I ran across some unique surgeries that people actually pay money to have done to their bodies: • Back in 2010 more than a million American women underwent lip augmentation surgery. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Feeling Forgotten

    Contributed by John Beukema on May 1, 2013
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     | 14,862 views

    If you have ever been abandoned and disappointed by other people, if you have ever felt forgotten by God, Genesis 40 has a word for you.

    (A few years ago, I called the IRS. I was really anxious to have them correct a mistake they’d made. They were saying I only had one daughter, when I knew perfectly well that I had two. In fact, the daughter they said didn’t exist was the one that was costing me the most money. All ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Time To Grow Up Series

    Contributed by David Owens on May 8, 2013
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     | 12,980 views

    Paul explains that returning to the Law is not a step toward maturity, but a step backwards to childhood.

    Introduction: A. Children love to answer the question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” 1. I read an online article where the writer asked a 2010, a preschool class the question about what they wanted to be when they grew up and here are some of their answers: “When I ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    True Love Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on May 14, 2013
     | 7,979 views

    True love sees the need, feels the need and meets the need.

    In nearly 27 years of pastoral ministry, I have been asked some tough questions about the Christian faith. One of the toughest questions regards the problem of evil and why a good and all-powerful God allows people to suffer in this world. Peter Kreeft, a Christian apologist and philosopher, has ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Bad Choices Series

    Contributed by Erik Estep on May 16, 2013
     | 10,427 views

    Today in our passage of Scripture we’re going to see 2 men compared w/one another. One man took advantage of his eternal opportunities and the other man didn’t. The result is one man found joy while the other man found disappointment. -One man f

    “Bad Choices” Luke 16: 19-31 Intro: A Sunday school teacher told his class the story in the Bible of the rich man and Lazarus. He explained that the wealthy man had wonderful clothes, lived in luxury and had all the food he could eat; but he had no compassion for Lazarus, who was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pt. 1 The Foundation Remains Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Jun 10, 2013
     | 5,118 views

    The first social institution / union God established was the home / family unit with Adam & Eve reigning as king & queen of the earth: stewards of God’s creation. Satan’s first plan of attack was to come between husband & wife.

    Rebuilding Broken Families 1 The Foundation Remains Feb. 3, 2013 A 18 Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky , and brought them to the man ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    A Word To The Wise On Listening To Your Papa Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 16, 2013
    based on 68 ratings
     | 29,089 views

    What do we dads for? In a society that regards fatherhood as irrelevant, why would God believe in fathers?

    OPEN: Have you ever noticed how little children pepper you with questions? I read the story once about a little four-year-old who did that to his mom. "Mommy, where do babies come from? Not quite sure she wanted to get technical with her son just now, she replied: "The stork." “Oh, ok. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Generous Or Greedy Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jun 17, 2013
     | 7,632 views

    A series looking at what we do with our possessions.

    Generous or Greedy Luke 12:13-21 April 14, 2013 SHOW VIDEO ~ Do you remember watching NASA launches? They were so exciting as you would be listening to Houston talking and to the astronauts. It was reality television at its best. Finally you’d hear the countdown. Isn’t that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Church Leaders And Ethics

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Feb 23, 2013
     | 25,079 views

    Ministerial ethics are the standards, principles, and broad guidelines that Christian leaders must observe. Ethical practices are upright, honorable, moral, lawful, above-board, and full of integrity. The conduct and lifestyle of modern-day Christian

    Church Leaders And Ethics 1 Timothy 3:14-15 - These things I write to you….so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. Ministerial ethics are the standards, principles, and broad ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Stepping Out Of Our Comfort Zone Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Mar 11, 2013
     | 9,615 views

    The people of Jerusalem eagerly desired to move away from the sins of their past and wanted to avoid another exile type experience, so they made a commitment to God, to surrender to His will and be obedient after they had confessed their sin and the sin o

    Sermon Brief Date Written: March 8, 2013 Date Preached: March 10, 2013 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: Building with God Sermon Title: Stepping Out Of Our Comfort Zone Sermon Text: Nehemiah 10-11 [ESV] 28“The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    Shofar So Good Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Mar 20, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,689 views

    Today is the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish spiritual new year.The main them of Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets) is repentance.One of the most significant moments of Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the shofar, ram’s horn.

    Shofar So Good - Our Hebrew Heritage Series September 16, 2012 Chester FBC, Chester, IL Dr. Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: A Show Rosh Hashanah video B Today is the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish spiritual new year. 1 The main them of Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets) is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist