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  • Mike Turner avatar

    How To Be A Victor Rather Than A Victim

    Contributed by Mike Turner on Jun 18, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,127 views

    Being victorious rather than a victim to temptation.

    How To Be A Victor Rather Than A Victim Matt. 4:1-11, 1 Peter 5:9-9 Oscar Wilde once said........."I can resist everything except temptation." Don’t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. Is there anyone here this morning that has not fallen victim to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Half-A-Dad"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Jun 19, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,703 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to MOTIVATE FATHERS to model CHRISTIANITY by demonstrating LOVING BEHAVIORS to their children and the fatherless.

    19 June 2005 Psalms 68:4-5a (KJV) by U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris CP Walker, Taegu South Korea BIG IDEA: GOD COMMANDS FATHERS to be full-time DADS by demonstrating loving behaviors for THEIR CHILDREN AND THE FATHERLESS. REFERENCES: If ye then, being ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Its Ok. To Love.

    Contributed by Anthony Smith on Jun 20, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,931 views

    Love is an opportunity to deliver ones soul to another for safe keeping.

    Its OK. To Love. There are many occasions in our life that we love someone dearly. Sometimes it the first person that we see and sometimes we must hunt most of our lives to find that special someone. There ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Broken

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jun 20, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 12,915 views

    We must be broken before God can reach our hearts

    Broken TCF Sermon September 14, 2003 Fruit vs. Stone = Soft vs. Hard (Demonstration: use a piece of fruit and a small rock. Use some sort of tool to try to penetrate each.) To get to the middle of this fruit, the “heart” of it, if you will, to penetrate this fruit, it doesn’t take much effort. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    No Work; No Food

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 20, 2005
    based on 37 ratings
     | 5,294 views

    What does it mean to live and work responsibly as a contemporary Christian?

    No Work; No Food – 2 Thessalonians 3: 6 - 13 Intro: Woman and her husband had gone to the doctor’s office. The husband was having physical discomfort and not sleeping well. He was diagnosed by the doctor with “Severe Stress Disorder” The doctor asked if he could speak to the wife privately. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Righteousness, The Revelation Of God In Me

    Contributed by David Richardson on Jun 21, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,112 views

    Our relationship with God is a relationship that finds its beginning and its end totally in HIM. Our verses today, Romans 1:16 & 17, explain in very simple terms how we need to let God maintain our relationship with Him, and with others as well.

    Title: Righteousness, the Revelation of God in Me Scripture: Romans 1:16-17 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    1st Things 1st: Jesus Is God's Son Series

    Contributed by Jim Black on Jun 23, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,026 views

    Christians claim that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God... but what does that really mean?

    Have you ever come out with the right answer by mistake? I mean, you had no idea it was right… no way you could tell somebody how you got the answer… no explanation… maybe it was just a guess, but it turned out to be right nonetheless? You’re as surprised as anyone? That is sort of where Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Priorities

    Contributed by Phillip Krueger on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 110 ratings
     | 62,696 views

    Do our life-priorities match God’s goals and plans for our life?

    A CHANGED LIFE REQUIRES NEW PRIORITIES “A Changed Life---Priceless” 3-14-04 1. A woman was sitting next to an empty seat at the Super Bowl stadium. A man asked the woman about it. The woman explained, “It was my husband’s…but he died.” The man said to her, “I’m surprised that another relative ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    1 Corithians 13 Part 1: Love Is Patient, Kind And Does Not Envy Series

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 48 ratings
     | 13,333 views

    A look at the begining of 1 Corithians 13 and love is patient, kind and does not envy.

    Introduction Love. The Beatles sang the song, All You Need is Love. Perhaps in light of 1 Corinthians 13 they were not too far from the truth. This morning we looked at what it means for God to be love and then what that means for us. We looked at the background to 1 Corinthians 13, to see where ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    1 Corinthians 13 Part 2: Love Is Not Boastful, Proud Or Rude Series

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 15,940 views

    What does it mean to say love is not boastful, proud or rude.

    Introduction There were two men boasting about their army careers. Two men were boasting to each other about their old army days. “Why, my outfit was so well drilled,” declared one, “that when they presented arms all you could hear was slap, slap, click.” “Very good,” conceded the other, “but when ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    1 Corinthians 13 Part 3: Love Is Not Selfish, Irritable Or Score Keeping Series

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 9,877 views

    Love is not self seeking, irritable and does not keep records of wrongs.

    Introduction Do you know the problem of doing a series on 1 Corinthians 13, its not that you run out of material. While at the moment I’m covering 3 characteristics a sermon, I’ve seen series that cover one a sermon. I’m don’t repeat myself enough to bring that off though. It’s that you quickly run ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Where's The Love

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,930 views

    Uses the Black Eyed Peas’ song Where’s the Love as an outline for looking at the Christian concept of love (points out a few errors in the Black Eyed Peas thinking from a Christian perspective).

    Introduction There’s a song currently towards the top end of the music chart which I have listened to over the past month or so, on the radio as I drive back and forwards to Manchester each week and it causes me to think. You see initially the song appears to be quite Christian in its outlook and ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Dennis Casanova avatar

    Fellowship And The Apostle Paul's Exhortations

    Contributed by Dennis Casanova on Mar 18, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,234 views

    The Apostle Paul gives us some great advice in how we need to interact with each other and style our lives .

    I operate an on line Christian Fellowship group and recently sent this to its members- We call ourselves - Christian Fellowship. What are God’s instructions to us in Fellowshipping ? We can certainly get a good start by paying attention to Romans 12 Romans was written by the Apostle Paul ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Shaped To Serve God

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Mar 18, 2004
    based on 58 ratings
     | 12,595 views

    A sermon I preached during our 40 Days of Purpose Campaign during week 5. The title of the message and a few comments in the body of the sermon come from Rick Warren’s message entitled, "Shaped to Serve God."

    SHAPED TO SERVE GOD Introduction: I want you to know how proud I am of you today. So many of you made a major commitment to be a part of this 40 Days of Purpose Campaign. You committed to having a daily quiet time. You committed to be here for the worship services. You committed to being in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Place Your Life Before God

    Contributed by Jay Mcphearson on Mar 19, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,024 views

    You can’t commit unless you surrender

    A little over 9 years ago, I met Amanda. Her friends set us up. We were talking about when we first met, there was a swing in front of my dorm on the campus of Ozark Christian College. She said that she sat right in the middle so that she could tell if I liked her or not. I asked her to go ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ