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  • Loyd C. Taylor avatar

    Mud Sitting

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Feb 23, 2024
     | 1,466 views

    I used this sermon for our "Friend Sunday." My main text was Proverbs 18:24, although I used several other texts as time permitted. After a little humor, and prayer I told the illustration about "Mud-sitting."

    Mud Sitting Text: Proverbs 18:24 Date: February 18, 2024, BFBC Friend Sunday at 11 am A little Humor: Just Have to Outrun You Two friends were out hunting in the northern U.S. Suddenly one yelled and the other looked up to see a grizzly charging them. The first started to frantically put on his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • GUY GLASS avatar

    Pack Your Pew

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Jan 30, 2024
     | 2,098 views

    This message was preached for our "Pack Your Pew" Sunday with the emphasis of why coming/going to church was important. One of my emphases was that coming here is not nearly as important as going somewhere.

    PACK YOUR PEW Why Do I Need To Go To Church Anyway? Hebrews 10:25 OPENING ILLUSTRATION: This story deals with a rather old fashioned lady, who was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Timothy Darling avatar

    Compete According To The Rules Series

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Aug 10, 2008
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     | 6,010 views

    We cannot be victorious in Christ unless we compete according to His rules: endurance, integrity, loving His word.

    Compete According to the Rules One World, One Dream 2 Timothy 1:3 – 7 (Lin Hao Clip) There is a nobility in willingly facing pain when it is necessary. Athletics is a peaceful expression of that virtue. Training Training was an important part of the ancient Olympic games. These days, training ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Larry Vollink avatar

    A Relentless God!

    Contributed by Larry Vollink on Nov 13, 2020
     | 2,507 views

    The Apostle Paul was relentless in his ministry as he wrote to the Corinthians in his description of what he accomplished for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ. He challenges them and his young preacher comrade, Timothy, to do the same -- to finish strong!

    R E L E N T L E S S ! 2 Corinthians 4:6-11; Hosea 11:8-12; James 5:16-18 Introduction - Who is Larry Vollink? …. Retiring after 50 years! - Who is the Apostle Paul? … read his resume ! (2 Cor. 11:21-31) - What do we have in common? Commercials, books, movies, songs, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Which Will It Be?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 24, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
     | 25,191 views

    Everyone of us has the capability of displaying a spirit of generosity & kindness & goodness. There are other moments when we are hateful & hostile & greedy. And in each of us are those 2 diverse natures.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2015) Years ago, when our children were small, I learned a lot about being a parent. But then, as they got older, I began to forget what it was like to have young children around the house. But now, with ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Greatness

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Sep 23, 2024
     | 406 views

    A sermon for the season after Pentecost, Year B, lectionary 25

    September 22, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Mark 9:30-37 Greatness Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Soon it will be October. That means one thing: baseball playoffs! As the weeks of October progress, the field ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Larry Vollink avatar

    Our God Is Relentless! (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Larry Vollink on Dec 16, 2020
     | 1,447 views

    From cover to cover, the Word of God shows how relentless our God is, and He wants us to do the same as He sends us His Spirit to live inside us!

    Introduction - Who is Larry Vollink? …. Retiring after 50 years! - Who is the Apostle Paul? … read his resume ! 2 Corinthians 11:21-31 - What do we have in common? Commercials -- the lady who was fighting cancer; the presidential candidate described as "relentless." Books ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Phil Anderson avatar

    "Who Is This?" Series

    Contributed by Phil Anderson on May 17, 2004
    based on 71 ratings
     | 7,626 views

    Answering the disciples’ question of, "Who is this?" after Jesus calmed the storm. This sermon was designed for seekers to find out in some detail just Who Jesus really is.

    “Who Is This?” Mark 4:35-41 MK 4:35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Andrew Chan avatar

    Our Weapons For Battle Series

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 5,978 views

    Recognizing spiritual conflict in our daily physical world requires spiritual weaponry - We have what it takes to take on the devil with God on our side and the weapons He supplies.

    Understanding Spiritual Battle: Our weapons for battle Text: Eph. 6:14-20 Big Idea: We have what it takes to take on the devil with God on our side and the weapons He supplies Our culture is much like the man who asked his wife what she’d like for her birthday. "I’d love to be six again," she ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Ed Wood avatar

    The Will To Win

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 14, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,824 views

    A message based on the Olympic Games. This message deals with life situations.

    THE WILL TO WIN Psalm 37:3-9 INTRO: How exciting it was to see Olympians who succeeded in Seoul return four years later at Barcelona and do it all over again—swimmers like Matt Biondi and Janet Evans, athletes like Jackie Joyner-Kersy, and runners like Carl Lewis. Then there was Pablo Morales, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Deliberate Unity

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 20, 2016
    based on 8 ratings
     | 21,442 views

    Unity in His church is important to God... but do you know why? (Preached at a Unity Service with English, Spanish and Burmese speaking worshipers)

    (I went over to the thermostat on the wall that we have on stage) Over here on the wall we have a box. I look closely here and I see a number. It says “70”. What does that mean? That’s right – it means that that’s the temperature here on stage. Now is that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Charles Whitmire avatar

    Pursuing Gold: Prayer Series

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Aug 17, 2008
     | 2,845 views

    This is the first in an Olympic Themed series of messages on the spritual disciplines.

    This week we are starting a new Olympic themed series called Pursuing Gold. I’m sure many of you, lime me, watched in awe last night as the USA men brought home another swimming Gold. Their relay win also gave Michael Phelps his eighth gold medal of these games - the most ever by any one person in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Glorifying God By Fellowship Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 9, 2005
    based on 46 ratings
     | 7,318 views

    Our ultimate goal in life is to glorify God. One way in which we glorify God is by loving other believers. This sermon explores different levels of relationship, three that are inadequate, and one that demonstrates that we belong to God’s family.

    Scripture One November day in 2002, Jim Sulkers, a 53-year-old retired municipal worker from Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada), climbed into bed, pulled the covers up, and died. Nearly two years later, on August 25, 2004, police who had been called by concerned relatives entered Jim Sulkers’ apartment ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Todd Riley avatar

    8 Special Blessings That Those Born Jewish Have

    Contributed by Todd Riley on Apr 16, 2002
    based on 50 ratings
     | 3,868 views

    An exposition of Romans 9:1-5

    Islington Baptist Church April 14, 2002 Romans 9:1-5 Scriptures: Romans 3:1-8, Philippians 3:1-9 8 special blessings that those born Jewish have In Romans 3:1 Paul asks this question: “What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?” Paul’s answer ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Daniel Habben avatar

    What’s So Special About This Place?

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jun 7, 2010
    based on 11 ratings
     | 10,663 views

    What’s So Special About This Place? 1) God speaks to us here. 2) God listens to us here.

    It looks like a shack perched precariously on the side of a forested hill. There is no hot water so there is no place to shower or bathe. The outhouse is just a couple steps from the front door but night-time visits still require a flashlight. When Sarah first saw “the cabin,” I’m ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran