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  • Jason Jones avatar

    Qq & Aa Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 4, 2025
     | 240 views

    This morning we are going to see some truths that get to the heart of the religious establishment’s problem with Jesus: his authority.

    Background to passage, Matthew 21:23-27: Last week of Jesus’s life. Follows Sunday’s prophetical and demonstrative entrance into Jerusalem, Monday/Tuesday’s indictment of the temple practices, the living parable of the cursing of the fig tree, and now he is teaching in the temple on Tuesday ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 4, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,773 views

    This sermon explores the transformative power of faith, using the story of Bartimaeus to inspire believers to be bold and believe before seeing blessings.

    Good morning, beloved family of God, it's a joy to gather together in the house of the Lord. We are here to open our hearts and minds to the wisdom and guidance of God's Word. We are here to listen, to learn, and to lean on each other as we grow in faith. Today, we will be turning the pages of our ...read more

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    Captive To Sin (Pt. 2)

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 18, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,016 views

    Lot was released from his chains and chose to go back to his inprisonment to sin. Christians, who have been freed from sin, often choose to go back.

    July 29, 2001 Genesis 14 ¡§Captive to sin¡¨ pt. 2 INTRODUCTION The Arizona highway patrol were mystified when they came upon a pile of smoldering wreckage embedded in the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The metal debris resembled the site of an airplane ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bartimaeus The Son Of Timaeus

    Contributed by Gbemisola Fafowora on Jun 9, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,034 views

    Bartimaeus was a blind man, Jesus appeared on the scene and healed him.

    The word of God records to us in the book of Acts 10:38, how God anointed His Son Jesus Christ with power and He went around doing good and healing all those that were oppressed by the Devil. Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with great power; and He went ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Salvation Army In The 21st Century: Five Battlefronts We Face

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jun 21, 2021
     | 2,524 views

    God is on the move! As we rally in The Salvation Army to build our base of soldiers, to enlist troops to fight on the frontlines of the battlefields of this world

    God is on the move! As we rally in The Salvation Army to build our base of soldiers, to enlist troops to fight on the frontlines of the battlefields of this world, with the cross of Jesus Christ as our banner, we gather our troops, across the frontlines of the salvation war, gathered in foxholes ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Pressing Into Jesus Series

    Contributed by Joel Preston on May 14, 2012
     | 10,564 views

    In Mark 5, we see Jesus going from one seemingly hopeless situation to another. Our text is a “Markan sandwich” where two stories are pressed together. In it we are introduced to two very different individuals with one thing in common - they were willing

    The Gospel of Mark #14 – “Pressing into Jesus” Mark 5:21-43 Intro – 1. ILL – A New Yorker was driving through Texas when he collided with a truck carrying a horse. A few months later he tried to collect damages for his injuries. “How can you now claim to have ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    An Authentic Church Shares Christ

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Nov 6, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,241 views

    Today we're going to use several familiar passages of Scripture to stress the importance of us sharing Christ with the world. Telling others about Jesus is what helps to make a church be an authentic church. Authentic, because we truly care about other's salvation.

    It is mind boggling to think about how much information is shared through social media. People record videos, they filter photos, and they post updates. It's common in today's world for people to share private moments and public thoughts about anything and everything--- almost. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faith Described Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Aug 8, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,067 views

    Faith brings a confidence in God’s promises and shows trust in His character.

    LEAVING A LEGACY SERIES HEBREWS 11:1-3 FAITH DESCRIBED The author of Hebrews has just said in 10:39 that “we are not of those who shrink back to destruction but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.” The readers of this epistle were tempted just as we are, to place their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus V Legion: A Hellish Stoush! (A Sermon On Luke 8:26-39)

    Contributed by David Smith on Oct 25, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 14,306 views

    I do personally believe that the greatest thing that holds people back from following Jesus, and that so often holds us back from truly giving ourselves to Him, is fear.

    Those of you who tune in regularly to my online forum will know that there’s been a lot of discussion lately about Christopher Hitchens’ new book, "God is Not Great - how religion poisons everything". The publishers, Allen and Unwin, had sent me a review copy that I passed on to someone else on ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    A Tale Of Ten Lepers (A Sermon On Luke 17:11-19)

    Contributed by David Smith on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 24,209 views

    We want to get on with life, and we should move forward with joy, but we must remember too to look back in thankfulness! Moving forward in faith while looking back in gratit...

    I remember hearing of a rural vicar in England whose bicycle went missing. The man relied exclusively on his bicycle to get around his little parish, and he knew things like bicycles didn’t just disappear into thin air, so he put two and two together and figured out that someone in the parish - ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    The Way We Were

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 27, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,193 views

    Hebrews wanted to go back to Egypt to their OLD normal when they were in the wilderness. In our case, following Corona Virus, will we go back to OLD ways or find a NEW NORMAL?

    1. We hear a lot about the “New Normal” a. We experienced it after 911 – Homeland Security with inspection lines in security b. Right now we are headed into an unknown future – 6’; face masks; rubber gloves (maybe return to ladies’ gloves of the 50’s); change in blowing out birthday candles – ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Hope Of Resurrection Series

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Apr 22, 2022
     | 1,731 views

    Resurrection means you've died and came back to life. The resurrection is the event that changed all of history. Because when Jesus had come back to life, it changed everything.

    He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee. - Luke 24:6 Today we will meditate on the title of “Hope of Resurrection.” How the resurrection gives us hope. When Jesus Christ was crucified in 33 AD, there were only about 120 followers. They were meeting ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Looks Of Love Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 14, 2012
     | 5,014 views

    In our worship to God we Look UP to Him; Out to Others; In to Ourselves; and Back into the Past as we press forward with God.

    1. Counting at Church A little boy asked his father what was the highest number he had ever counted. Replying that he didn't know, the father asked his son his highest number. It was 973. "Why did you stop there?" wondered the father. "Because church was over." 2. It is a shame that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Desire - Only Met In Jesus Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Feb 26, 2013
     | 5,493 views

    The deepest desires of our hearts are meant to be met as we experience God's glory, but fulfillment of our desires has often been hijacked by cheap imitations provided by our culture.

    In preparation for today’s message, continuing our exploration of the glory of God, I read a sermon by CS Lewis entitled “The Weight of Glory”. And it launched me down a path that I am going to attempt to describe, and hope that you might accompany me on, this morning. Now, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Making Life Count

    Contributed by Richard White on Feb 24, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,318 views

    What will we leave behind, what will be our legacy. Even in the face of death, Paul’s concern was for his young protoge Timothy.

    Making LIFE COUNT 2 Timothy 2:1-2:13 I still remember the exact moment when I realized that I was truly an adult. It wasn’t my 18th birthday, or when I enlisted in the Navy a few years later. It wasn’t even when I got married a year after that I first realized I was an adult when I was 22 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ