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  • David Simmons avatar

    Love: God's Divine Initiative

    Contributed by David Simmons on Feb 22, 2002
    based on 96 ratings
     | 8,825 views

    What does it really mean to love? Jesus’ own incarnation gives us the answer.

    BEING IN LOVE I had been dating Tara (now my wife) for some time before I finally got the nerve to say it – you know – those big three words that mark the point of no return in a relationship. We had been out on a date, and I had pulled up to her dorm and was about to let her out when I said to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Eulogy Ethelene Hall

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 23, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 8,072 views

    This is a eulogy for a Christian woman who was a 40 year member of the church and died at age 81.

    Ethelene Amelia Hall 2/22/2002 Death first appeared in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve disobeyed God. It was a frightening concept to them and has been for most of humankind ever since. But even before Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Johnny Small avatar

    You Of Little Faith

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Mar 8, 2002
    based on 119 ratings
     | 16,597 views

    Why aren’t miracles being done in our lives and why are our prayers not be answered.

    You of Little Faith Do you have trouble or joy in your life? Do you have sickness or health? Do you have anger or peace? Do you have hatred or love? Do you have Jesus in your life and is He the Lord of your life or have you pushed Him back on the back burner of you life? It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Leadership

    Contributed by Eric Snyder on Mar 8, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 17,834 views

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    Leadership Eric A. Snyder, Minister, Farwell Church of Christ Exodus 17: 1-7 July 8, 2001 Out West, a cowboy was driving down a dirt road, his dog riding in back of the pickup truck, his faithful horse in the trailer behind. He failed to negotiate a curve and had a terrible accident. Sometime ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Hidden Treasure And The Pearl Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Mar 13, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,795 views

    Jesus; the treasure beyond measure and the pearl of great price. How you’ve gotta buy the WHOLE field to have Him.

    The hidden treasure and the pearl Mt 13:44-46 WBC 24/2//2pm Intro Parables!: A quote from Keith Allam: "I initially thought how on earth am I going to get any meat out of this (study on parables) as we had already covered this in the previous study. Time was moving on and by Monday night I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Guess Who Came To Dinner

    Contributed by Milton Bradford on Mar 15, 2002
    based on 170 ratings
     | 17,202 views

    The woman who anointed Christ regardless of what others knew or thought about her, and her act of love is memorialized by Christ. I believe that scripture shows us this woman has a name -- Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus.

    By Pastor Milton O. Bradford, Good Hope Baptist Church Cleveland Ohio Luke 7:36-50 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Marks Of A Martyr

    Contributed by Steven Kellett on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 146 ratings
     | 27,237 views

    Three characteristics of Stephen - the first Christian Martyr - that should be true of all believers.

    One dark January evening in 1944 Bruce Porterfield sat down in his home in Lansing, Michigan, to read the paper after a hard day’s work. The story of how five missionaries had presumably been killed by Stone-Age Indians in Bolivia caught his attention. That evening he committed himself to follow in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Contend For The Faith Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 21, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,320 views

    A message concerning the need to recognize false brothers and remove them from the church.

    Contend for the Faith Jude October 21, 2001 Introduction Have you ever had someone from your own family voice their opinion that you are out of your mind? Here you are, out there trying to do what you think God has you doing, whether it is in full-time ministry, or ministry in a job setting, ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Purple Passion

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 22, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 10,984 views

    We can become passionate about Kingdom work if we will first listen eagerly to God’s word; then take a step of commitment (feelings follow facts and faith); and maintain the passion by surrounding ourselves with God’s people. Then we will prevail in our

    Passionate people are frightening, and yet I admire them. I like passionate people, whose feelings run very deep. But they are scary. They remind me that it is possible to go out of control and to commit to things so intensely that we lose sight of everything else. That scares me. That sort ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Look At The Law Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 138 ratings
     | 15,854 views

    Part 7 of Sermon on Mount Series, looks at how our requirement is above the law

    Matthew 5:17 (NIV) "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. I am convinced that Christ stated this specifically for all those well intentioned people who are forever saying, "I’m not under law, I’m under grace." ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Watch How You Are Looking Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 86 ratings
     | 6,965 views

    Part 8 of Sermon on Mount series, controlling our lust.

    Adultery, what a nasty word. It’s no wonder people don’t call it that, they refer to it as an affair of the heart, a fling, illicit love even an extramarital relationship, anything but adultery. After all every one is doing it, aren’t they? Well I know of one person for sure who isn’t. On the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    How To Come Back When You're Down

    Contributed by Gary Macdonald on Nov 1, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 11,269 views

    Everybody sins. But the Christian has a unique place to turn that will take him past his sin and on to forgiveness.

    How To Come Back When You’re Down By Gary MacDonald Everybody sins. But the Christian has a unique place to turn that will take him past his sin and on to forgiveness. Read Scripture Passage: Psalm 51 The devil tempts you to sin by suggesting to you that, "You can get away with it." Then, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • John Hamby avatar

    How Are We To Relate To God? Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Nov 14, 2001
    based on 48 ratings
     | 12,029 views

    A look at the first four commandments concerning how man is to relate to God.

    Ten Commandments - Part 2 “HOW ARE WE TO RELATE TO GOD?” Exodus 20:1-11 By the time of Jesus the Ten Commandments had been expanded into a list of 618 rules of conduct. It was an impossible burden of confusing and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    The Prayer Of Jabez, Part 1

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Nov 18, 2001
    based on 86 ratings
     | 4,681 views

    Despite some pitfalls in Dr. Wilkinson’s presentation, the prayer of Jabez is an inspirational and useful tool for believers.

    "And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested." -- 1 Chronicles 4:10, NKJV All of us struggle ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    The Loveliest Lynchee Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 4, 2001
    based on 69 ratings
     | 10,159 views

    The poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks, recently deceased African-American poet, illustrates how a commitment to justice begins with hope, turns to a sense of responsiblity, rises to act, but also acknowledges the depth of human sin.

    The dateline was to be Little Rock, Arkansas, September 1957. The story was to be about the vicious hatred of a city whose people were resisting justice and terrifying school children. Little Rock, Arkansas, where Governor Orval Faubus had become the symbol of massive resistance, and where an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist