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  • Joel Pankow avatar

    Forgiving Father

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 4,059 views

    The parable of the Prodigal Son

    Simeon Ford, the proprietor of the Old Grand Union Hotel in New York, once said, “You don’t need to know anything about a hotel to run one,” he said. “You just open up and the customers tell you how to run it.” Isn’t that the truth. Everyone is a critic. You would think that with Jesus Himself ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Upside Down Kingdom

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Apr 9, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 10,320 views

    Four characteristics of God’s upside down Kingdom to remind ourselves of on Palm Sunday.

    Palm Sunday is the Christian community’s celebration of Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem. It’s a time when we reflect on Jesus as our King. But sometimes we talk about Jesus as our king without pausing to think about just what kind of Kingdom it is that Jesus is king ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Because We Love & We Care

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 25, 2001
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,861 views

    This is a stewardship sermon based on the parable of the good Samaritan.

    Because We Love And We Care 10/29/2000 Proverbs 1:8-19 I John 3:16-20 Text Luke 10:25-37 Today we enter the challenge phase our New Life Campaign. One of our reasons for building the New Life Center is because we love and we care. Our first love is our love for God, for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    The Making Of A Man

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 28, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 7,853 views

    This is a Father’s Day message challenging men to become all that God intended for them to be.

    The Making Of A Man June 19th Father’s Day Psalm 1:1-6, I Corinthians 13:4-12 , 2 Timothy 2:1-6 Today we take time our to acknowledge and to thank those men in our lives who have served us as fathers. They may have been fathers, our grandfathers, our uncles, our older brothers, our ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    We Give Because We Were Lost.

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 28, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 3,836 views

    THis is a stewardship sermon which deals with different motivations for giving to the cause of Christ.

    We Give Because We Were Lost 10/24/99 Eccle. 11:1-6 Luke 15:1-10 Let’s suppose that instead of God being the loving and gracious God that He is, suppose God was like what a lot of people think. Many think God is an old grandfatherly figure sitting on a throne ready to zap us for ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Freedom And Responsibility Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on May 10, 2001
    based on 48 ratings
     | 6,932 views

    This is an installment in the continuing series on Galatians.

    The Triumph of Grace ¡§Freedom & Responsibility¡¨ July 30, 2000 This Morning¡¦s Text ¡V Galatians 5:1-15 ¡§It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. ¡§Behold I, Paul, say tot you that if you receive circumcision, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Perfect Father

    Contributed by Steve Malone on May 15, 2001
    based on 184 ratings
     | 29,623 views

    In this message we will see what we can learn about fatherhood from the perfect father...

    The Perfect Father "Be imitators of God...." Eph 5:1 Introduction "You, " said the doctor to his patient, "are in terrible shape you’ve got to do something about it. First, tell your wife to cook more nutritious meals. Stop working like a dog. Also inform your wife you’re going to make a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Do Bad Things Happen? Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 30, 2003
    based on 78 ratings
     | 27,950 views

    It’s easy to think that bad things happen because God is out to get us. That’s not true. The Bible establishes some reasons why things don’t turn out they way we’d like – personal sin, corporate sin, and evil influences. While we can’t insulate ourselv

    Why Do Bad Things Happen? Brian Bill 4/22/01 I like puns. Here are two are my favorites. Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally, became ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Happens When You Die? Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 30, 2003
    based on 117 ratings
     | 22,850 views

    Like an unwelcome intruder, death has made a rude entrance into many of our lives. When someone close to us dies, we can’t help but wonder what will happen to us when we stop breathing. Jesus told a story one day to help illustrate the suddenness of dea

    What Happens When I Die? Rev. Brian Bill 6/3/01 A little girl was standing outside her Sunday School classroom when the pastor noticed she was holding a big storybook entitled, “Jonah and the Whale.” The pastor wanted to have some fun with her so he asked her, “Do you really believe that Jonah ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Journeying To Joy Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 30, 2003
    based on 567 ratings
     | 194,507 views

    Being joyful is more than just being happy. We’ll focus on the true meaning of joy and look at several “joy-busters.”

    Journeying to Joy Rev. Brian Bill June 15, 2001 Our family spent this past Wednesday at a Water Park up in God’s Country. We had a blast! There were lots of smiles and laughter. The girls really liked the wave pool and we all enjoyed slides with names like the “Corkscrew,” “Twister,” and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Higgins avatar

    Where Are You Pitching Your Tent?

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Jun 15, 2003
    based on 126 ratings
     | 41,941 views

    We need to consider the consequences of our choices.

    Genesis 13:1-13 Where Are You Pitching Your Tent? Introduction In the Bible record, we find the familiar story of Abraham. That story began in a place called Ur of the Chaldees, a place that was located in what we know today as southern Iraq. It began with a man by the name of Terah, who had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Letting The Inside Out

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 5, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 8,266 views

    This Is A Pentecost Day Sermon Dealing With Letting The Holy Spirit On The Inside Of Us Manifest Himself On The Outside Of Us.

    Letting The Inside Out NLF Pentecost 6/8/2003 2 Chronicles 34:1-18 Acts 1:1-8 Let’s suppose for a moment that you were in a room with hundreds of bags hanging overhead. All of the bags say the same thing on the outside. All of the bags look just like each other. All of the bags are ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Destination Maturity. Series

    Contributed by John Gullick on Jul 31, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 6,867 views

    A sermon that uses two childrens word pictures - pooh bear and Alice in Wonderland - to discus how Hebrews chapter 6 can point us towards maturity. This sermon is rather long and I only used a portion of it when preaching.

    Destination Maturity!!!!!!!!!! Here is Pooh Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Timothy Peck avatar

    Giving To Caesar, Giving To God Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 55 ratings
     | 17,576 views

    We owe our nation our support, but we owe God our wholehearted devotion.

    As you all know, our nation is at war. We’ve been expecting it to come for several weeks, but this week it finally came. And whenever war comes, it comes as a tragedy for all involved. And the dilemma for me as a pastor is what to preach about today. I’m sure many pastors will be interrupting ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Living In The Now Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 171 ratings
     | 41,027 views

    Instead of living in the future, God wants us to live in the now in light of the future.

    During the first Gulf War in 1990 and 1991 I noticed that many pastors in our communities changed their preaching during the conflict. No matter what they’d been preaching about prior to the conflict, it seemed like pastors throughout our nation decided that the conflict in Iraq would be a great ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational