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  • Victor Yap avatar

    The Father Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 27, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,227 views

    The Life of Abraham, Part 8 of 10

    THE FATHER OF FAITH (GENESIS 22:1-18) At 3:00 a.m. one cold morning a missionary candidate walked into an office for a scheduled interview with the examiner of a mission board. He waited until 8 a.m. when the examiner arrived. The examiner said, “Let us begin. First, please spell baker.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Why Do You Ask? Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 29, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,821 views

    Neither conservatives nor liberals are really interested in learning; all want their opinions confirmed. Jesus teaches us how to deal with both by asking questions to test the argumentative spirit, to test honesty, and to get people to listen to their ow

    Some folks want their religion to confirm everything they’ve already committed to, but other folks want, or say they want, a religion that will challenge to change. And there isn’t much common ground between these two types. Or is there? Some folks want their religion to confirm everything ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 29, 2003
    based on 49 ratings
     | 5,887 views

    Jesus: Friend of Sinners, Part 2 of 7.

    BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN (LUKE 7:36-50) I had known for quite a while an elderly man who had two sons. The older son was the valedictorian of his school, a researcher at a Forbes 500 company and a visiting professor at a graduate school. The younger son paled in comparison; he was an average ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    It Was A Setup Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 30, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,155 views

    We set ourselves up for failure if we are afraid to risk using all we have been given, if we are shy about our average-ness, and especially if we are ashamed of our poverty. Sermon for Martin Luther King Sunday

    On one of our trips to Louisville to see about my mother-in-law, we stayed at a motel right next to a Baptist church. It happened to be a church which had been started as a mission congregation by my home church back when I was a teenager. I told Margaret that I remembered that vacant lot between ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It Happened At Night

    Contributed by Norris Harris I on Apr 12, 2003
    based on 85 ratings
     | 16,238 views

    Between where we are now and where the Lord intends to take us, Between us and that Higher Plane of Living, Stands Some Sea of Challenge that Must be Crossed! The only way to get to the Capernaum of Excellence from the Bethsaida of Mediocrity is by way of

    I need not pause to suggest how delighted I am to be in your midst. In the midst of erudite scholars like yourselves, I felt I ought to at least have an interesting introduction that sounded impressive with some big words. So I, like Al Louis Patterson who pastors the Corinth Church in Houston, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Shall Receive The Spirit (Acts 1, Pt 2) Series

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Apr 12, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,046 views

    The inerrant Scriptures teach that Holy Spirit has come upon the church, the renewed Israel, to empower the gospelizing of Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the remotest part of the earth.

    Outline: The chapter breaks down into three sections. The Prologue of the Physician The Promise of Pentecost The Prophecy Passes 1. The Prologue of the Physician 1:1-3 Acts 1:1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 until the day in which He ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Holy Spirit's Community Series

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Apr 12, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,731 views

    In leading to this first community produced by Jesus through the Spirit, we have seen that Pentecost is likened to the Shekinah glory: As the glory of the Holy Spirit filled the earthly tabernacle, and then the Jerusalem temple, the church born at Penteco

    INTRODUCTION The great church historian, Phillp Schaff, whose library is here in Lancaster said: "As to the numerical strength of Christianity at the close of the first century, we have no information whatever. Statistical reports were unknown in those days. The estimate of half a million among ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Christmas Collision Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 15, 2003
    based on 224 ratings
     | 21,781 views

    I don’t know what kind of calamity you’ve experienced but I do know the words “Christmas” and “collision” go together.

    The Christmas Collision During the summer of 1977 I was in the front seat of my friend’s car as we were out for a drive, listening to some music at a pretty high volume. My job was to keep the tunes coming and his job was to drive. As I was bending over to search for another 8-track tape (I told ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Big Lie Series

    Contributed by John Ingham on Apr 15, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 9,139 views

    Satan Wants us to believe his Big Lies

    THE POWER OF THE BIG LIE Mark 11:7-26 Preached at Christian Life Worship Center Sunday morning April 13, 2003 By John W. Ingham Introduction: 1. Read Scripture Text. 2. The Road to Baghdad began on April fool’s day, April one, but Saddams’ forces ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Joy In The Morning

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Apr 17, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 26,928 views

    There is something special to God about the early moments of the morning, and resurrection Sunday was the most special of them all.

    Introduction I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Sing unto ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lord, How Am I Supposed To Love This Woman?

    Contributed by Cedric Portis on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 91 ratings
     | 33,157 views

    Women learn to submit to their husbands by watching their husbands submit to God. If a husband is not submitting to God, more than likely there will be a problem of submission in his home.

    Lord, How am I supposed to love this woman? 3/23/03 Minister Cedric Portis Ephesians 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Face In The Crowd.

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 21, 2003
    based on 72 ratings
     | 8,649 views

    This message asks; Who would you have been on that first Easter?

    Now they call it the via da la Rosa, the way of sorrows, then it was just another street. And as Christ made his way up the crudely paved streets to Golgotha the crowd pushed and shoved to get a glimpse of the one who was called king of the Jews. The way was packed as Jews from all over the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    When God's People Pray

    Contributed by Mark Mccool on Apr 21, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 16,688 views

    We know we should pray. In fact, Jesus, in His Word even taught us "how" to pray. But what really happens "when" we pray? This is a faith builder and will encourage your desire to pray even more!

    “WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE PRAY” Mark McCool TEXT: Matthew 6:6-13 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Jesus Christ. You Can Kill Him. But You Can't Even Hope To Contain Him.

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 25, 2003
    based on 77 ratings
     | 12,009 views

    how Peter confronted the Jews on killing the author of life, and how we are to use witnessing opportunies to do the same

    April 27, 2003 Acts 3:12-20 12 When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Struggling For Strangers

    Contributed by Chris Talton on May 13, 2003
    based on 84 ratings
     | 4,542 views

    Paul warned the Colossians about the danger that they were in of being led astray to false doctrines. That warning is valid for today.

    May 4, 2003 Colossians 2:1-5 “Struggling for strangers” INTRODUCTION A little boy was lost inside a busy shopping mall. He was standing in the aisle of a department store just crying and crying, "I want my mommy.. I want my mommy." People who passed by felt sorry for him and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist