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  • Luciano Lombardi avatar

    The Greatest Gift Of All Time: Being Known By Someone

    Contributed by Luciano Lombardi on Mar 9, 2001
    based on 91 ratings
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    In a day and age where people evaluate each other by what they know, God has revealed to men and women the privilege of being known by someone.

    The Greatest Gift of All Time: To Be Known By Someone Subject: Friendship Theme: Friendship with God and Others Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-18 Time: Sunday Morning March 11, 2001 Question: Have we realized this Greatest Gift? Introduction: In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Brother’s Karamazov, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A- The Beatitudes

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 31, 2026
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    God is recognized in new manner.

    The problem with happy is that it is linked with happenstance—it depends on what is happening to you. If you want to feel happy for a lifetime, become a Gardner, if you want to feel happy for a moment, eat a carb! Perfect happiness is “blessed” as is the Beatific Vision, and that is where the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    How The Spirit Brings To Mind Truth At The Right Time

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 9 ratings
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    How the Spirit Brings to Mind Truth at the Right Time

    John 14:25-27 Theme - The Spirit refreshes our memory bringing relevant truth to our minds, at the proper time. Are you aware of the many ways that the Spirit brings vital truth to your attention during important decision-making times? Plato once said, "Truth is the beginning of every good ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Prize Every Time - Which Way Will You Run Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 30, 2005
    based on 66 ratings
     | 21,429 views

    Many Christians don’t understand the prize they should be running for. Do you?

    (synopsis: I Corinthians 9:19-27 tells us that Paul was running toward a prize. A goal that each of us should pursue) OPEN: Hall of Famer Bob Feller was a major league pitcher for the Cleveland Indians back in the 30s, 40s and 50s. He was signed up in 1935 when he was only 16 years old, and in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Sower, The Seed, And The Soil (Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time)

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Jul 1, 2020
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     | 11,680 views

    Now a days, we grow up in the post-truth world listening to the manufactured lies, reading the systematic propaganda of fake news, and proclaiming the same with the help of high profile people in society to achieve their own purpose.

    The Sower, the Seed, and the Soil (Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time) Isaiah 55:10-11, Romans 8:18-23, Matthew 13:1-23 Reflection The Sower, the Seed and the Soil Dear sisters and brothers, Now a days, we grow up in the post-truth world listening to the manufactured lies, reading the ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A- Salt

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 28, 2022
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    Salt is not for itself; it is seasoning for food. In the same way the disciples are there not for themselves but for the earth

    During the children’s service, the pastor was explaining that Christians are the “light, salt, and leaven” of the world. The children understood “light” and “salt,” but when the pastor asked them what “leaven” is, they were silent. Finally, young Michelle Williamson spoke up: “It’s what comes after ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Twelfth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A - Year A -- Sparrows

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on May 4, 2020
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    SPARROWS AND STORIES OF PROVIDENCE

    In Granville, Ohio, there was a woman who was going through some difficult times. She thought that she would never experience joy in her life. However, one day when she was sitting in her kitchen crying, she noticed a small sparrow. Somehow it had gotten into her kitchen. Anyhow she opened the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Fourteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time: Three Kinds Of Yokes

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 13, 2023
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    Jesus’ yoke is a "system of instruction, admonition, and discipline."

    There are three kinds of yokes: an egg yolk, the yoke of a shirt around the neck of the garment, and a yoke mentioned in our Gospel today, which is a wooden bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at their necks for working together. Biblical and Jewish faith calls religious instruction a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The God Who Holds The Future

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 4, 2024
     | 3,630 views

    The future is in God's hands. God is watching over His elect. We are to stay vigilant and faithful to God.

    Matt 24:15-28 - The God Who Holds the Future One common fear we have is the fear of the future. We worry about what is to come. • We fear because we do not know what can happen and we are not in control. • The things we worry about may not even happen but the thought of it can rob us of joy and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    I Will Follow You Series

    Contributed by Anthony Craver on Sep 27, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,158 views

    Ruth was faithful to follow Naomi, in spite of difficult circumstances!

    I Will Follow You Ruth Chapter One I. Introduction Tonight we begin a four week study of the book of Ruth. Ruth was a remarkable woman. She was from the land of Moab. The Moabites had been a thorn in Israel’s side for a long time. Even though Ruth was born in a land and of a people that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    The Call Of Jeremiah

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 13, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,513 views

    Jeremiah was called to a most painful and difficult ministry and was faithful.

    The Call of Jeremiah Jeremiah 1:4-10 We will take a look this morning at the call of the prophet Jeremiah who served in one of the most painful times of the history of Jerusalem and Judah. He got to see the backsliding of the nation from the reforms King Josiah had put in place to the seige of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Get Out Of The Boat: Finding Faith In Fearful Times

    Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Sep 14, 2020
     | 5,443 views

    When Peter stepped out of the boat in faith

    Get out of the boat: Finding Faith in Fearful Times Proper 14 This story is one of those few times in the Gospels, where the disciples are not with Jesus. Matthew says that Jesus told the disciples to get in a boat and go to the other side of the sea of Galilee while he went to pray and rest. ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Wonder Bread, Part 3 Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,595 views

    Discipleship might be difficult, but, in the end, it will be worth it.

    [For free weekly sermons by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com] THE BIG IDEA: Discipleship might be difficult, but, in the end, it will be worth it. TRUE & FALSE DISCIPLES “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” (v. 60). Jesus’ teaching was not hard to understand, but hard to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Held In His Hands: Finding Grace In Our Finiteness

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Oct 22, 2025
     | 110 views

    This sermon grew out of my meditation on a difficult day.

    “Held in His Hands: Finding Grace in Our Finiteness” Text: Psalm 103:13–18 (CSB) Introduction – When We Hit the Wall You ever have one of those days where everything just seems to catch up to you? Where your body aches, your nerves fray, and you suddenly realize… you’re human. Finite. Fragile. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    "How Does Your Garden Grow?"

    Contributed by David Henderson on Aug 24, 2015
     | 3,350 views

    Patience is a difficult thing to get. We must practice..

    How Does Your Garden Grow? OBJECTS: Packages of garden seeds. THEME: Waiting patiently upon God. SCRIPTURE: But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Romans 8:25 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist