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Are You Really Listening

Contributed by John Hamby on Mar 12, 2014

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What does the preacher have a right to expect from his listeners?

A Study of the Book of Acts Sermon # 21 ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:24-48

Denomination: Baptist

Message introduces a series examining the Gifts of the Spirit. In the first half, the series entitled Foundations for Worship is reviewed, teaching the relational nature of the gifts. In the second half, God's purpose for the gifts is explained.

Intro Today, we begin a series on the gifts of the Spirit. This is a challenging subject because the goal is not just more knowledge about the gifts but knowledge that releases us into the actual exercise of the gifts in our personal lives and in the corporate life of this church. “Be ye doers of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, John 4:23-24, Matthew 5:23-24, Exodus 25:1-22, Luke 23:8, Acts 1:8, Mark 16:15-18, 1 Corinthians 14:3 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

Dream Big Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 15, 2022

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Dream a dream so big that only God can fulfill it

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:14-33

Denomination: Baptist

How To Find A Great Church - And What You Might Expect To Find There

Contributed by Dennis Casanova on Aug 5, 2004

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Many have noted to me that they wish they could find a really great church - one that might truely inspire them. These are my opinions and those of a great many others who have written on the topic. I hope you find them of use.

How to Find A Great Church - and What You Might Expect to Find There Salvation is by Grace and through faith in Jesus but the offerings of a great church can be of immense value in furthering your walk with the Lord and most importantly meeting your true obligations as a good Christian. I am ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Can Have A Christ - Like Character Series

Contributed by Dan Stires on Apr 9, 2008

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Every believer needs to be changed from the inside out and bringing our character to conforming with the character of Jesus.

You can have a Christ-like Character Romans 12:1-2 “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Nazarene

Worship God In Spirit And Truth Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 20, 2007

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True worship begins as 1) A Response to Contact with the Living God 2) Not limited to a Specific Location 3) Only as Valuable as Who it is Based on and 4) Is all About the Attitude of the Heart.

Rico Tice makes an interesting observation in his book, Christianity Explored: “I didn’t have a particularly religious upbringing myself. In fact, my experience of Christianity was limited to a few dull sermons, slightly spooky people in strange garments, hanging about in dank halls and religious ...read more

Scripture: John 4:19-24

Denomination: Other

Serve Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 29, 2017

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Fourth in a series on our church's Discipleship Path. The church works best when every member works

ENGAGE In just a week, the Super Bowl will be on television. And while a lot of people will tune in to watch the game, many more will be watching primarily to see the commercials. And undoubtedly there will be some car commercials among all those high priced ads. While I don’t know exactly what ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16

Denomination: Baptist

Leave It All On The Field Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Mar 26, 2016

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The focus of worship is God and what He wants. This sermon drives that point home to end this series.

I hope this series on worship has been helpful over the past month. At least it may have helped put you in the mood for football season! I’ve been pretty upfront about the goal here – to get us out of the armchair, and onto the field – not on Thanksgiving afternoon, necessarily, ...read more

Scripture: John 4:21-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Satan's Only Hope

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Mar 30, 2017

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Satan cannot defeat us. His only hope is that we will give into our emotions and defeat ourselves. Sermons uses a sports' analogy to bring home this point.

Satan's only hope John 14:27 • What enables us to have this peace? John 14:1, 21-26 • What does this peace produce? John 14:30, 16:33 ? Why did Jesus to overcome the world? I John 5:4, 5 • John 20:19, 21, 26 – “Peace be” Sometimes sporting events are good analogies of spiritual principles. The ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Keep God On Our Side 2 Kings 18:1-7

Contributed by Don Campbell on Jun 29, 2024

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Many people claim God is on their side in politics, religion, and even sports. God is on the side of humanity, for God so loved the world he gave his Son.

HOW TO KEEP GOD ON OUR SIDE 2 Kings 18:1-7 INTRODUCTION A. Many professing Christians believe God is on their side in religion, politics, and even in sports. B. God is on the side of his creation (John 3:16), but it is up to his creation as to whether we keep him on our side (Isa ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 6:11-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Learning To Play Hurt #2 Series

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 15, 2004

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Just think of the examples of sports hero’s that had to play their best games hurt. Well, you may have to learn to keep on even when you are hurt.

LEARNING TO PLAY HURT? (This is part two of a two part series) By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Many of the thoughts and illustrations in this series I adapted from a sermon by Pastor Wayne B. Smith of Lexington, KY. TEXT: John 6:60 THIS IS A HARD SAYING... John 6:66 From that time ...read more

Scripture: John 6:60-66

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Commitment Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Nov 3, 2014

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Jesus is calling the church to commitment. We are committed to our sports teams, hunting, fishing, pleasure and entertainment. Jesus calls for commitment and repentance. It is a call for being in the world but not of the world.

Intro: The words that Jesus share with the church in Laodicea are hard words. Sometimes it takes hard words to awaken those asleep. It will help us understand Jesus words if we know more about the city the church was in. The city of Laodicea was founded by Antiochus II in 253 B.C. It was named ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:14-22

Denomination: Baptist

Strength To Surmount Impossible Situations

Contributed by David Radcliff on Mar 14, 2016

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Each sport has experienced their Miracle Teams, like the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey Team. All facing what seemed to be impossible situations and insurmountable odds, but they overcame.

Strength To Surmount Impossible Situations Genesis 17: 1-8 On Jan. 3, 1993, the Houston Oilers lost to the Buffalo Bills by a score of 41-38. Not so unusual except Houston had a 35-3 lead, or a 32 point lead halfway through the 3rd quarter of the game. Each sport has experienced their Miracle ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Olympic Glory

Contributed by Jason Jones on May 16, 2011

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Exposition of 1 Corinthians 9 regarding running the Christian life race to win the prize. Do you run to win? Are you in the Christian life to spectate? Is your Christian life just flailing along in laziness, flabbiness, outta shape, and without clear p

Text: 1 Cor 9:23-27, Title: Olympic Glory, Date/Place: NRBC, 5/15/11, AM A. Opening illustration: Shoot for an “A” next time…British athletes 10,000 training for Olympics B. Background to passage: On the heels of his two chapter discussion on the willing limitation of Christian ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:23-27

Denomination: Baptist

Secret Fasting Series

Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Jan 7, 2002

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When I fast I’ll focus exclusively on God.

June 24, 2001 Secret Christianity – Part 3 INTRODUCTION There has been a lot of talk about consumer privacy lately. Have you gotten any of those statements in the mail recently? Our life insurance company, our bank, the company that holds our retirement account – all sent us statements on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:16-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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