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  • Jon MacKinney avatar

    Overcoming The Fear Factor

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Sep 28, 2007
     | 2,053 views

    There is an "x" factor thorughout history, and in our lives, whose presence is the difference between success and failure, blessing and cursing, life and death.

    Passage: 1 Samuel 17:1-58 Intro: A favorite sermon style at this church is when PJ does math!! 1. don’t worry, I checked it all out with the coach of the State champion Math Counts team. 2. going to look at this familiar story of David and Goliath, but add this mathematical twist. 3. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Scott Chambers avatar

    Faith Endures Despite The Disappointments Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Oct 2, 2007
    based on 26 ratings
     | 18,912 views

    This message explores Joseph’s example of faith that endures disappointments.

    Have you ever wondered what determines if a person will or will not be a success? What are those vital ingredients necessary for success? For decades many considered the intelligence quotient or IQ test to be an important measure of potential. However, through the years we have seen many people ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "A Cinderella Story"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 25, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,448 views

    Obstacles can only be overcome by faith.

    1 Samuel 17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49 Mark 4:35-41 “A Cinderella Story” Certainly the Bible makes it quite clear that God’s power is able to come out of the so-called “least of these,” and therefore anyone of us can do mighty things for God through faith! And the story of David defeating the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    A Grieving Friend, A Dead Girl And A Sick Woman

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 30, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,934 views

    This sermon examines three stories of faith as found in 2 Samuel 1:1, 17 - 27 and Mark 5: 21 - 43.

    Mark 5: 21 – 43 - A Dead Girl and A Sick Woman 2 Samuel 1:1, 17 - 27 Intro: This week has been a particularly difficult one for me. It seemed as though every time I started one project or task something or someone would interrupt and I was off in a different direction. That’s sort of how I ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Marcan Sandwich

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 1, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,330 views

    Two stories of faith from different social strata showing how important it is to allow Jesus to touch us and we in turn to touch others

    02-07-06 NC/NR The Marcan Sandwich Tom Wright the Bishop of Durham in his book “Mark for Everyone” describes this passage as a Marcan sandwich. For into the story of the raising of Jairus’ daughter, Mark interweaves the story of the healing of the woman with an issue of blood. And as it turns ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Ronald Law avatar

    The Myth And The Magic, The Moment And The Master

    Contributed by Ronald Law on Jul 6, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,888 views

    Objective:- Show congregation that Christianity is more than a religion or a magical solution to their problems, it is a relationship.

    Mark 5:24-34 The Myth and the Magic, The Moment and the Master Objective:- Show congregation that Christianity is more than a religion or a magical solution to their problems, it is a relationship. Introduction The story of the woman who reached through the crowd and touched the hem of His ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Travis Johnson avatar

    How To Face Life's Difficulties

    Contributed by Travis Johnson on Aug 2, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,963 views

    The example of David shows how we should face the difficulties of life that come our way.

    HOW TO FACE LIFE’S DIFFICULTIES 1 Sam. 17:45, Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword & with a spear & with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. ESV Intro: Almost everyone knows ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Rodney Fry avatar

    Touch The Hem Of His Garment

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Oct 14, 2007
    based on 48 ratings
     | 13,767 views

    The Hem of His Garment Songs, pomems, sermons on the hem of His garment This is the story behind that statement The Story of a Woman in Great touble Desperation, Determintation, Deliverance, Declaration

    Touch the Hem of His Garment Luke 8: 43-48 The Hem of His Garment Songs, pomems, sermons on the hem of His garment This is the story behind that statement The Story of a Woman in Great touble Desperation, Determintation, Deliverance, Declaration Touch the hem of HIS garment I. A Woman’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Chambers avatar

    Faith Moves Beyond Our Comfort Zone And Takes Risks Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Oct 14, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,840 views

    A sermon that examines the risk taking faith of Rahab.

    What causes ordinary people to take risks? What prompts people to gamble or engage in extreme sports such as skydiving, hang gliding, scuba diving, auto racing, rock climbing and whitewater kayaking? Psychologists have determined that it is more a personality trait rather than a behavior. Some ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Faith Obeys Even When God Doesn't Make Sense Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Oct 23, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,803 views

    Message on the example of faith seen in Joshua at the battle of Jericho.

    There are times when what God tells us to do just doesn’t make sense. It has been this way ever since man first walked on the face of the earth. For example, Adam and Eve were told not to eat the fruit from the tree in the center of the garden. This just seemed unreasonable to them. Not only did ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rick Bezanson avatar

    When The Son Of Man Appears

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 26, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,753 views

    Jesus makes three points regarding the end of time: we should not be focused on this world, that his return is universal…it includes all people, and that we need to be alert at all times.

    In Luke chapter twenty-one, verse twenty-five to thirty-six Jesus makes three points regarding the end of time: we should not be focused on this world, that his return is universal…it includes all people, and that we need to be alert at all times. First Jesus says,” Do not let your hearts be ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Greg Cooper avatar

    Hero's Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Greg Cooper on Oct 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,233 views

    AN AVERAGE PERSON THAT DOES ABOVE AVERAGE THINGS

    TITLE: HEROES OF GOD TEXT: HEBREWS 11:6-7 INTRO: In the 1980’s there was a popular song that said “I need a hero” if there was ever a day and time that this world needed a hero it is now. The commercial for cheese had the world falling apart and underdog under a table eating a block of cheese. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Melvin Shelton avatar

    Abraham, David And Justification

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Nov 5, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,363 views

    There was a man said to many of his friends one time that he knew he would go to heaven when he died. Now I believe it is very possible to know if you are going to heaven after this life but not in the way he said he was going. He said that he knew that h

    Abraham, David and justification Romans 4:1-8 There was a man said to many of his friends one time that he knew he would go to heaven when he died. Now I believe it is very possible to know if you are going to heaven after this life but not in the way he said he was going. He said that he knew that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Willie Fagg avatar

    Because Of The Storm

    Contributed by Willie Fagg on Nov 20, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,621 views

    Encouraging Sermon

    Because of the Storm Matthew 8:23-27 1. The Situation The Were In A. They were following Jesus. B. They were in a boat. (A tight place with nowhere to run) 2. The Storm That Came While They Were Following Jesus A. It was a sudden storm. (No warning) B. It was a dangerous ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Don Jones avatar

    Hosanna To Hallelujah Part 2

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,259 views

    The psalmist repaid the Lord’s deliverance with worship, service, sacrifice, thanksgiving, and obedience. He was able to proclaim Hallelujah, Praise the Lord.

    Hosanna to Hallelujah - Part 2 Psalm 116:12-19 Our Reply The soldier’s first article of faith is summed up nowhere more eloquently than in an 1865 letter from William Tecumseh Sherman to U.S. Grant: "I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come--if ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist