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    Walk In Newness Of Life PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 4, 2025
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     | 159 views

    Through union with Christ’s death and resurrection, believers receive a new identity, freedom from sin, and the power to live transformed lives.

    Friend, take a deep breath. The God who raised Jesus Christ from the dead is nearer than your next heartbeat. He is not reluctant. He is not distant. He is ready—ready to speak life where you’ve heard only the rustle of regret, ready to steady trembling hands and tired hearts. I think of a ...read more

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    The Sinner And The Saint PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 25, 2025
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    True acceptance with God comes not through self-righteousness or comparison, but through humble confession and receiving His mercy offered in Jesus Christ.

    Some stories slip into the room and sit right beside us. This is one of them. It whispers to the weary, “You can put down the mask,” and it nudges the proud, “You can put down the measuring stick.” Picture it: two people walk into God’s house—one with a polished prayer and a proud posture, the ...read more

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    Stewardship Begins With Prayer PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 30, 2025
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    Prayer transforms worry into peace, gratitude turns scarcity into joy, and intentional generosity creates lasting impact when we bring everything to God with open hearts.

    Some days it feels like life is lived in the space between sighs. Between the doctor’s call and the next appointment. Between a stack of bills and a thin bank account. Between what we hoped for and what is here. In those spaces, God is nearer than breath. He leans over the rail of heaven, ...read more

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    We've Fallen And We Can't Get Up PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 4, 2025
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    Even in our darkest disappointments and brokenness, God’s hope and faithfulness remain, inviting us to trust Him when everything else falls apart.

    Sometimes life feels like a city under siege. You plan, you pray, you press on—and then the bottom drops out. The letter arrives. The job shifts. The news blindsides. You look around and the familiar skyline of your world seems changed, scarred, and smoky. Have you ever stood there, heart in your ...read more

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    Relationships: As Easy As 1,2,3!

    Contributed by Christopher Goelzer on Jan 20, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 12,076 views

    Encouraging and empowering believers to use the relationship they have with God to mirror every relationship.

    NIV 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you. 12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13 All the saints send their greetings. 14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Cultivating A Grateful Heart

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 21, 2004
    based on 128 ratings
     | 28,217 views

    If I am going to cultivate a grateful heart, I need to change my focus: 1. From what I don’t have to what I do have. 2. From getting a blessing to being a blessing. 3. From earth to eternity.

    One of the great mysteries of our culture is that we are the most privileged and prosperous people who have ever lived on the face of the earth — past and present — and yet many Americans are not happy. We have more of everything, and yet we are not content. Even when good things happen we ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Why The Cross?

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 194 ratings
     | 24,436 views

    Paul is adamant that the preaching of the Cross is central to the Gospel and what is should mean to believers.

    There’s a striking phrase in St Paul’s letter to the Galatians: “God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (6:14). When we come across that sort of statement it can be helpful to ask the question, “Why did Paul write like that?” To ask ourselves, “Why the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Call To Contend Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 24, 2010
    based on 14 ratings
     | 15,787 views

    Jude’s letter is a call to contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. In today’s lesson we observe the call to contend for truth against heresy.

    Scripture Two weeks ago I began a new series of studies on the Letter of Jude, which I have titled, “Contend for the Faith.” The first week I introduced you to the Letter of Jude. I briefly touched on questions that arise whenever we begin a new study of God’s Word, such as: Who wrote the letter? ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Veni, Vidi, Velcro Series

    Contributed by Joel Smith on May 24, 2009
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     | 3,540 views

    I came, I saw, I stuck. Choosing Velcro over Teflon.

    The Baptist Standard of last year made this sad prediction: “The Southern Baptist Convention is dying rapidly, and resistance to change could kill more than half the denomination’s churches by 2030, SBC President Frank Page said. Unless something is done to reverse the downward trend, Southern ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus: Our Thirst-Quencher

    Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Oct 12, 2008
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     | 6,404 views

    Only Jesus quenches our thirst.

    John chapter 4. 35-year-old Bill Jenkins had become very thirsty. Having gotten lost from the rest of the desert expedition, he was exactly 4 days in the hot desert sun without any water before he was rescued. He kept a diary during this time and recorded that at the end of the first day without ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Because He's God!

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 5, 2009
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     | 9,226 views

    People question the sovereignty of God...but that doesn’t change His sovereignty!

    21Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Which Gospel

    Contributed by Mike Parry on Jun 16, 2006
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     | 1,770 views

    This was part of our Da Vinci Code sermon series. We examined the Gnostic gospels, using primary sources and the early church fathers and contrasted them with the New Testament Gospels.

    “Which Gospel” Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code FCC – May 28, 2006 Introduction: Today we are wrapping up our 4 week sermon series on the Da Vinci Code. Why have we been talking about a book of fiction? Do you know that a week ago, the movie’s opening weekend brought in $77 million…that is second ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Overcoming Through The Word Of Our Testimony

    Contributed by Simon Page on Jun 23, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
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    How Christians can overcome the world and Satan!

    We have this Treasure in jars of Clay! REV 12:11 “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” Y’know, if we don’t recognize that we are in a spiritual war, we will be enslaved by all ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Meeting God When You Are Thirsty Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 18, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,083 views

    God created us with a thirst only he can satisfy.

    Introduction Sermon #9 in a Series on the Gospel of John An albatross (known as a sign of good luck) arrived in the nick of time to lead the ship out of the destructive ice field: At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the fog it came; As if it had been a Christian soul, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Dragon-Slayer! (Part 2)

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 31, 2011
     | 3,016 views

    Through Jesus Christ we have victory over sin and evil; this series of 3 sermons describes the nature and sources of that victory.

    DRAGON-SLAYER! (PART 2) Rev. 12: 10-11, 17 Sermon Objective: Through Jesus Christ we have victory over sin and evil; this series of 3 sermons describes the nature and sources of that victory. Supporting Scripture: Proverbs 24:16; Isaiah 1:18; Matthew 3:11; Luke 22:31-32; John 12:32; Romans ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene