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  • Chris Edmondson avatar

    Homosexuality Series

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 28, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 13,854 views

    A Biblical and logical look at arguments against Hmosexulaity and how the Christian should respond to those who choose this sinful lifestyle.

    Homosexuality Hot Potatoes that Make People HOT!!, Part 2 It goes without saying that this is not the easiest topic to talk about. For most people, just hearing the word homosexual makes them very uncomfortable. Not only is this an uncomfortable issue, but is also highly emotionally charged. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Flowers avatar

    Dating Before And After Marriage Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Jun 4, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,040 views

    Dating: Before and After Marriage. Part 1 in series Relationships That Work. This sermon looks at how unmarried and married couples can date better.

    Dating, Before and After Marriage Relationships That Work, part 1 Wildwind Community Church David K. Flowers May 20, 2007 I Googled the word “love” this week. You know how many results came back? Exactly 1 billion, 60 million. One billion, sixty million! Interesting stuff. There was ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Levi Wright avatar

    "Do You Have The Dunamis Power To Heal”

    Contributed by Levi Wright on Jun 16, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 17,873 views

    It’s the Dunamis Power of the Holy Spirit that heals people. The Lord promises us that by His stripes we shall be healed of all of our sins and diseases.

    Banner of Praises Ministries Rev. Dr. Levi Howard Wright, Pastor & Founder “DO YOU HAVE THE DUNAMIS POWER TO HEAL” Acts 10:37-38: "You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached-- how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Winning Your Kids To Jesus Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 17, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,704 views

    6 of 6 messages. This was delivered on Father’s Day and focused on dad’s setting priorities.

    Winning your Kids to Jesus Father’s Day June 17, 2007 There was a little first grade girl who wondered why her father brought home a briefcase full of work every evening. Her mother explained, "Daddy has so much to do that he can’t finish it all at the office." "Well, then" she asked, "why don’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ray Pritchard avatar

    When You Pray, Never Give Up

    Contributed by Ray Pritchard on Jul 3, 2007
    based on 40 ratings
     | 20,665 views

    It is good and important that we not give up. God is greatly glorified when we do not give up.

    When You Pray, Never Give Up Luke 18:1-8 My goal in this sermon is very simple. I hope to convince you of the importance of persistence in prayer. I want you to see that God is greatly glorified when we continue in prayer over a long period of time. Or to say it another way, I want us to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Brian William avatar

    Back To The Basics: God Series

    Contributed by Brian William on Sep 12, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 15,643 views

    First in the Back to the Basics series, exploring the foundational principles of the Christian faith. This sermon addresses the question, "What do Christians believe about God?"

    Several years back, N. T. Wright, who is now a world class New Testament scholar and a bishop in the Church of England, was a young chaplain at a university. His responsibility was to care for the spiritual wellbeing of all the students at the college. Pretty often, He’d encounter students that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • John Gullick avatar

    Innovation - Being A Christian Innovator.

    Contributed by John Gullick on Sep 12, 2007
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    How to be a christian innovator. Using the faith passage from hebrews it discusses how god is an innovator and how through faith we can be as well. (The Swiss pocketknife illustration at the start can be supported with illustrations from a simple web s

    Carl Elener began with a presenting difficulty. The problem was unemployment – He knew that no ordinary method would deal with the problem there was a need for something so creative so different to anything anyone had ever thought of before that would turn the situation around. So he invented the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Approaching God With Confidence Series

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Sep 23, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,594 views

    How do we approach God? What are the things that keep us from entering His presence? What enables us to come to God with full confidence?

    Sermon for CATM – September 23, 2007 - Approaching God with Confidence Hebrews 4:14-16 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Point Of Pleasure

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Sep 30, 2007
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     | 2,938 views

    The point of pleasure is to point us towards heaven - a Good God always makes good things - Sex, Drink, Food, etc. Satan wants to twist them - But if we would have joy, we must learn to choose God.

    Title: The Point of Pleasure Text: Nehemiah 8:10 MP: God has nothing against pleasure – he’d just rather give you joy. SERMON NOTES: “THE POINT OF PLEASURE” 1. Pleasure p_oints__ us towards h_eaven_ Gen 1:26 – We were designed for relationship Intimacy is a foretaste, Sex is a shadow The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eric Bain avatar

    American Idol

    Contributed by Eric Bain on Oct 27, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,260 views

    This is a very interactive sermon that looks at what an idol really is in our contemporary culture. It’s different than you might think!

    American Idol Exodus 20:4-6 © 2007 Eric Bain NOTE: This sermon is available in audio format at www.sanctuary-church.com NOTE II: For this message I passed out tiny containers of Play-doh to everyone in the congregation. I had them make sculptures representing their "idols." At the end of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    "Does God's Patience Wane?"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 8, 2007
     | 2,780 views

    As the pages of God’s ’calendar’ turn, for each one there is day fixed for the end of patience and the beginning of eternity.

    “Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Jonathan Falwell avatar

    A Lifelong Journey With Christ

    Contributed by Jonathan Falwell on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,458 views

    As we finish our journey through the book of Joshua, we see the great encouragement but also the great challenges before us.

    A Lifelong Journey with Christ Today, we conclude our journey through the book of Joshua. Today, we finish our study of what has been a great encouragement to us all. But has also been a great challenge to us. We have discussed the work of the mighty hand of God on the life of Joshua. We have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    2 Big Questions

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,247 views

    Encouragement for those times when God seems silent.

    Two Big Questions John 11 This story in our text is probably one of the most familiar stories in the New Testament. It is the story of the death and resurrection of Lazarus, and we’re all familiar with that ... how Jesus called Lazarus back from the dead. But I want you to look at perhaps an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Dykes avatar

    When God Shuts One Door, He Opens Another Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 11, 2006
    based on 47 ratings
     | 185,911 views

    Sometimes our disappointments in life can become God’s appointments, so don’t let closed doors bother you. The things we think of as failures and problems can often end up being blessings in disguise.

    INTRODUCTION It seems doors of opportunity open and close before us in life. Is it God opening and closing these doors? For many years I’ve heard the saying, “When God shuts one door, He opens another!” Well, no, those exact words are not found in the Bible anywhere. However, of all the phrases ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chad Washburn avatar

    A Well-Deserved Rest For Your Minds, Bodies, And Souls.

    Contributed by Chad Washburn on Oct 19, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,115 views

    God has made the Sabbath, that we might find rest for our minds, bodies, and souls.

    · Topic: The Sabbath · Central truth: Jesus offers us the Sabbath where we can find rest for our Minds, Bodies and Souls I. (Intro): a. Ring, Ring, oh that pesky alarm clock rings once again to wake you up for your nine to five job in this rat race we call earth. b. Your daily routines of ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist