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  • Ken McKinley avatar

    Slipping By Degrees

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jul 27, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,964 views

    King Saul started well, but ultimately shipwrecked his faith. God's Word is given to us so that we may learn and avoid the pitfalls of the enemy.

    Slipping by Degrees Text: 1 Samuel 13:5-14, 1 Samuel 15:1-35 OPEN WITH PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING One of the saddest things to see, at least to me, is someone who - by all appearances seemed to be a Christian, fall into sin and apostasy. Not let me make that clear… I said, someone who “seemed” to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    (K)nots Of Victory

    Contributed by Craig Benner on Apr 27, 2020
     | 2,731 views

    A knot is an ugly thing. It is not something that we desire to have. It gets in the way. But it may just be what we need to help us out.

    (K)NOTs of Victory John 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless Knots are seldom considered a desired thing. We don't like them in our fine wood work. We don't want them in our shoelaces. No one likes to feel their stomach all tensed up to the point that they say-- "my stomach is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    The Supremacy Of Christ Is Defended Against Religious Legalism

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 11, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
     | 3,592 views

    This sermon proclaims the good news that salvaion is not something we earn by adhearance to legalistic obedience to the law, but it is freely received by the work of Jesus Christ.

    The Supremacy of Christ is Defended Against Religious Legalism Colossians 2:11-17 October 14, 2001 Intro: A. Last week, Bob Russell of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY began a series of sermons on the book of Colossians with these words… "Sometimes I look over this audience and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Helping Hands Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 5, 2014
     | 6,952 views

    Let’s look a little deeper at our parable today and Jesus’ message about what it means to love our neighbors! Let’s look at the characters in this short story - giant idea parable and learn something about doing the right thing even if it costs you something in return

    Opening Video Illustration: What if? (3 min) Theme: Time Management “God created me—and you—to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion—namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Darrell Stetler II avatar

    Jesus Is Greater Than Deception Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Nov 6, 2014
     | 6,413 views

    We can sincerely believe something that will send us to hell. An orderly, firm faith in Jesus is what we need to avoid deception.

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> THIS SERMON AVAILABLE WITH POWERPOINT IN RESOURCE DOWNLOAD! This sermon (and several hundred others) are available for download. > Microsoft Word > Most with handouts More info: www.sermonsubscribe.com or darrellstetler2@gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We’re in ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Douglas Phillips avatar

    Lost And Found

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Sep 17, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,051 views

    I DOUBT IF THERE IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS MORE SCARY THAN BEING LOST. THIS SERMON IS ABOUT THREE ACCOUNTS OF SOMETHING LOST AND THE JOY WHEN THEY ARE FOUND..

    LOST AND FOUND I DOUBT IF THERE IS AN EXPERIENCE TO A CHILD THAT IS MORE SCARY THAN BEING LOST. IT CAN HAPPEN EASILY. WE GET SIDETRACKED OIN A STORE, THE CHILD GOES OUT FOR A SHORT WALK, AND THEY GET TURNED AROUND. IT HAPPENS TO ADULTS AS WELL. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS AT MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Bradford Reaves avatar

    Part 7 - The Accomplishments Of Worship Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Feb 26, 2020
     | 4,181 views

    What is it we accomplish in our life of worship? Do our gathering, singing, listening, preaching accomplish something or it is merely a religious exercise?

    The Accomplishments of Worship www.gracecommunity.com Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Michael Koplitz avatar

    Assumption

    Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Nov 18, 2025
     | 97 views

    Why did the Pharisees assume that Jesus did something wrong on the Sabbath? Healing was allowed. Do we make assumptions about people?

    Assumption Luke 13:10 – 17 Rabbi Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz Luke 13:10 Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent over double, and could not straighten up at all. 12 When ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Rescued And Replanted Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Jul 6, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,300 views

    See and serve the most vulnerable. We’re not all called to do the same thing, but we’re all capable of doing something.

    A couple months ago I went for a run. I was distracted while searching for a podcast on my phone and didn’t notice the sidewalk was uneven. My toe caught the concrete and I stumbled, tried to regain my balance, and did a face plant on the pavement. At the last moment I put my arms out in front ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Johnny A. Palmer Jr. avatar

    Perceiving The Providential Hand Of God

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Jul 14, 2017
     | 7,883 views

    God is always working out His will in our lives; we need to stop being preoccupied with visible people and circumstances, and by faith start believing in God’s invisible Hand.

    PERCEIVING THE PROVIDENTIAL HAND OF GOD Ex. 2:1-10 Intro: 1. The citizens of Feldkirch, Austria, didn’t know what to do. Napoleon’s massive army was preparing to attack. Soldiers had been spotted on the heights above the little town, which was situated on the Austrian border. A council of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do You Know Your Soul Name?

    Contributed by Tim Power on Jan 13, 2015
     | 4,539 views

    New year introduction. God sees all things, start the new year realising that, recognise personal sin of previous year, repent and begin this year forgiven and recommitted

    Do You Know your soul Name? (A4 Paper to tear up - Scottish FudgeTablet or fudge and Samsung with me) 1/Keeping yourself secret in the world Happy New Year, this is my first sermon of 2015 so this is my 2015 New Year sermon and here you and I are in the house of God. And this is of course, is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    It's Just Not Worth It

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 22, 2001
    based on 146 ratings
     | 20,148 views

    This sermon deals with the consequences we face when we choose to do something we think is going to be pleasurable but is clearly against the Word of God.

    It’s Just Not Worth It! 9/28/97 Proverbs 7:6-24 1 Corin10:1-13 Have you ever been as dumb as I have in which you did something you knew was wrong. It even seemed liked fun and was kind of enjoyable at the moment, but later when your ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Joseph Stapleton avatar

    The Challenge Of Change

    Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Nov 24, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 23,711 views

    CHANGE is one of the hardest things a church or a person can do, BUTIt is something God wants from us. No Growth occurs without change.

    CHALLENGE TO CHANGE All my sermons use illustrations found on www.sermoncentral.com and ALL scripture is NIV unless noted otherwise) I once heard that God loves us just the way we are, BUT He refuses to let us stay that way. That could almost be confusing, God LOVES us, in spite of the many flaws ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Chain Reaction Series

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,314 views

    God seeks to fuse his life with ours, so we may truly live. His love started the greatest chain reaction the universe has ever seen.

    Chain Reaction Series: Turn on the light Sunday Sermon / December 16, 2007 Intro: Author, Lisa Rogak has written a book on Funeral Foods, Rituals & Customs from Around World It’s entitled, “Death Warmed over.” In it she tells the story of one man who was very near death. He was dying at home in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Fr Mund Cargill Thompson avatar

    A Celebration Of Giving Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jun 26, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,076 views

    The first of 3 sermons that formed our Stewardship (Giving) Campaign for 2015, this sermon starts by celebrating the huge amounts of God-inspired generosity that are already going on in our church.

    So - I have two sermons here, and i wonder which one you would like me to preach? Here I have a really creative one (hold it up) - I promise you none of you will ever have heard a sermon on giving like this. The other one (hold it up) it is a bit more boring and ordinary. Which would you like? You ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican