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  • David Dunn avatar

    It's All About People

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 25, 2025
     | 144 views

    God calls us to release control, embrace peace, magnify good, and trust Him to change people while transforming our hearts.

    Introduction One interesting thing about people — they are everywhere. You can’t get away from them. Think about your day today: the barista handing you your usual beet root kale smoothie. That driver who cut you off on the freeway. The e-mail you got earlier from a coworker. The text you sent to ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Will You Celebrate Christmas? Series

    Contributed by Andy Barnard on Dec 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,452 views

    Christmas is not a joyful time for everyone. If you have lost a loved one, or had some other tragedy, will you still celebrate Christmas?

    Will you celebrate Christmas? Tis the season to be jolly Medical Journal 18 Dec 2005: “This is a period of frenetic activity, a time when people are trying to juggle work, an increase in social obligations, shopping, decorating, wrapping, entertaining and staying on budget. All this leads to a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Turning The Other Cheek - By Michael Prabaharan Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Mar 14, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,522 views

    The Sermon on the Mount is an invitation – to taste and see this God, to join his club and deepen his kind of life skills.

    Turning the Other Cheek I’ve been trying to figure out a realistic application for turning the other cheek ever since as a young person a mentor of mine once pointed out to that to teach his son this attitude was a license to getting him bullied at school. No way am I going to encourage my son ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Peas And Carrots Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 19, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,910 views

    Exposition of Acts 11:1-18 about the preservation of unity in the early church in the wake of Cornelius’ conversion and Peter’s return to Jerusalem

    Text: Acts 11:1-18, Title: Peas and Carrots, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/24/08, AM A. Opening illustration: Forest Gump, peas and carrots B. Background to passage: As we mentioned last week, the entrance of the Gentiles into the Christian community through the providentially arranged meeting of Peter and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Types Of Ministry

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 19, 2018
     | 4,550 views

    Let us look at some types of ministry: Burn out, Long nose, Compassion, Gap standers, Praiser, Seed providers, Prayer warriors, Tent makers.. we need to develop in all areas.

    TYPES OF MINISTRY? By Wade Martin Hughes Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com THE PROBLEM OF THE HEART? Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Ministry takes many forms. My simple definition of ministry is something like ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    I Am Commissioned With Authority Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jun 13, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,686 views

    Do you have authority against the forces of this world?

    “I Am Commissioned with Authority” Series: Identity: Becoming Who We Are June 4, 2017 – Brad Bailey Intro Let me ask you to consider this question: Do you have authority against the forces of this world? That is the question we dare ask as we continue our focus this season in identity… on how God ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jesus The Lover Of The Unlovable

    Contributed by Dennis Bliss on Mar 9, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,930 views

    A lenten reflection on the dangers and implications of predjudices in our faith communities.

    Today’s gospel proclamation reminds us that Jesus of Nazareth is the consistent lover of the unlovable The Saviors persistently disregards all socio- cultural norms and stereotypes of his day that differentiated between us and them. There was much about this itinerant Nazarene that was ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Marks Of The Christian Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Dec 4, 2024
     | 648 views

    The Marks of the Christian found in Romans 12

    The Marks of the Christian Life December 4, 2024 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Romans 12:9-21 It’s such a joy to gather together in the Word, especially when the world tries to crowd out our time in it. We’re refreshed and hungry for the truth of God’s Word. We’ve been working ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Overcoming Challenges To Your Leadership

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 3, 2003
    based on 49 ratings
     | 3,842 views

    The apostles were blessed by God with great growth in their fellowship as a result of their Spirit applied solutions to a prickly problem. Dr. Luke wrote, Then the word of God spread and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem.

    1. Remember that there are plenty of cycles of ups and downs in every relationship, ministry and group. While the first century church grew in maturity they were faced with the tensions between Grecian and Aramaic speaking Jews. The differing tribal perspectives meant that Grecian Jews felt that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Love The Lord Your God: Parenting Beyond Your Capacity

    Contributed by Andy Payne on Oct 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,763 views

    The reality is there is no perfect family. There is no perfect parent, parenting style, or parenting trick. “... God is more interested in using broken people than He is creating a better picture.”

    Love the Lord your God Family Camp 2010 Intro: Perfect parents Parenting Beyond your Capacity Book by Reggie Joiner & Carey Nieuwhof “God isn’t holding up a perfect picture; He’s writing a bigger story.” Images of what the ideal family is Flood of parenting books, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andy Stanley avatar

    Once And For All Series

    Contributed by Andy Stanley on Aug 24, 2011
    based on 27 ratings
     | 52,931 views

    We are finishing up this 6-part series.

    We are finishing up this 6-part series. If you’re ready for us to move on, we’re moving on after this. We’re pretty excited about this, and as we wrap up, for those of you who have not been with us for any of this series, I want to review really quickly. The title of the series is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Benjamin Utomo avatar

    Anxiety (Part 1): Understanding Anxiety, Its Symptoms, Types, And Cases In The Bible Series

    Contributed by Benjamin Utomo on Oct 7, 2021
     | 5,308 views

    Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S. That is why we need to understand what anxiety is, its symptoms, various types of anxiety, and the factors that cause it before we learn to deal with it biblically.

    Intro: A pastor in the countryside was retiring after 35 years of serving in the church. As he came to clear out his bedroom, he found a small bowl with five eggs and $1,000 in it. Baffled, he called his wife, "Honey, what is this little basket under the bed with five eggs and $1,000 in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    You're Not Simple, And Neither Is God

    Contributed by Michael Blitz on Jun 14, 2025
     | 183 views

    People want a "simple religion" and want to make God simple. Yet we ourselves are not simple at all, so how could our Creator be? Though God is complex, in Trinity, he displays for us love within that union, a love which models for us the love we should have for each other.

    Good Morning. Give me a simple religion. It’s what a lot of people want, and it’s what a lot of people have tried to turn Christianity into through the years. Of course, if someone calls US simple, we are very offended. Yet somehow, we think the God who made us has to be simpler than we are. I am ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Art And Science Of Evangelism

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2001
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,706 views

    Jesus used both the art and science in His evangelism and we should too!

    Art and Science of Evangelism Introduction - Have you ever known a physician who practiced both the art and science of medicine? Perhaps you will enjoy hearing about a friend of mine who has mastered both aspects of cross-cultural medicine in Nigeria. Last year, the physician went to a remote ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Dear God, Why Don't You Do Something?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 18, 2022
     | 2,444 views

    Habakkuk was frustrated with the lack of faith and the immorality in the Israelites. God had an answer for him and for us.

    11.20.22 Habakkuk 1:1–3, 2:1-4 1 The threatening oracle which the prophet Habakkuk saw. 2 How long, LORD, must I cry for help, but you do not listen? I call out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save! 3 Why do you cause me to see injustice? Why do you overlook misery? Devastation and violence ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran