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  • Jerry Flury avatar

    C. A. R. E.

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Oct 24, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,975 views

    What do we have to do to be known as a caring church? What all is involved?

    C. A. R. E. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:25-27 (MKJV) That there not be division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it. And you are the body of Christ, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lay Up For Yourselves Treasures In Heaven

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,680 views

    Christians in American have an after-tax income of over $800 billion dollars. Unfortunately only 3% of that money is given for Christian causes. Of that 3% only 1.5% goes to the evangelizing of unreached people groups. If we are to complete the great comm

    Lay Up For Yourselves Treasures in Heaven Matt. 6:19-21 "Heavenly treasures can only be laid up when earthly treasures are laid down." (BBN, Nov 24th, 2003) Christians in American have an after-tax income of over $800 billion dollars. Unfortunately only 3% of that money is given for Christian ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Measure Of Obedience

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 9, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,931 views

    Discover how God measures our obedience, and discover what a compliment He gives to us.

    First John was written to counter the lies that crept into the church by 90 AD. These lies, we saw, are still present and so the responses John wrote almost 2000 years ago are quite applicable to us today. The first lie John dealt with is the lie that a right and healthy relationship with God ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Your Blessed Life Now

    Contributed by Chad Laughrey on Mar 29, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,624 views

    Exegetical sermon on Psalm 1.

    Your Blessed Life Now! Do you remember as a child the feeling you would get when Christmas was on the way? Do you remember the tree, shining and decorated, sitting in it’s honored place in the living room. Each day it caught your eye, and each day it reminded you of the joy to come. Perhaps ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ken Harris avatar

    "So, Your Preacher Is A Woman?"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Nov 2, 2007
    based on 41 ratings
     | 10,025 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to provoke the hearers to deeper thoughts regarding their Biblical understanding of Women Preachers.

    28 October 2007 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Ord Military Chapel Seaside CA BIG IDEA: The Gift of the Holy Spirit was poured upon believers without differentiation of age, gender, or being rich or poor. REFERENCES: Isaiah 55:8 (KJV) For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Dashes Of Salt And Splashes Of Light

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Nov 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,561 views

    Salt and light are what we are and what we do.

    Title Dashes of Salt and Splashes of Light Text: Matthew 5:13-16 Thesis: Salt and light are what we are and what we do. Introduction I don’t know her name, where exactly she lived, or who she was. We never spoke. We passed each other, she coming home from six 0’clock daily Mass, I going to early ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Staying In Your Lane Part 2

    Contributed by Ronnie Mcneill on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 17,400 views

    This sermon is a sermon for children, teenagers, or young adults which speaks of honoring your parents or the adults that have authority over you. God honors obedience in us.

    Introduction: Remembering back to when I was taking Driver Education at the Baltimore City College, I can’t help but remember what the instructor would always tell us. When you are driving you should always stay in your lane. Whenever you are ready to change lanes, always put on your signal ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hannah And Susannah, Two Saintly Moms

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on May 12, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,135 views

    This is a Mothers’ Day sermon using Samuel’s Mother Hannah and John and Charles Wesley’s Mother Susannah as godly examples for Christian Mothers today.

    Hannah and Susannah, Two Saintly Moms --I Samuel 1:9-28 Since my teenage years, when I first heard it on Mothers’ Day as a quartet number in my home Church, I have appreciated the Hymn “God, Give Us Christian Homes” by the great Baptist hymn writer B. B. McKinney. The prayer in the third stanza ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Da Vinci Code: Who Was Jesus, Really? (Part 4) Series

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on May 30, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,965 views

    Dan Brown said Jesus was just a really good man who turned his church over to Mary Magdalene...God says differently.

    Several years ago Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau made their last movie together. It was the second of two movies which told the story of two elderly neighbors. They were best friends as children, but time and circumstances had turned them into cantankerous, grouchy and bitter rivals. Although ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Rob Short avatar

    Live An Unexamined Life Series

    Contributed by Rob Short on Mar 18, 2001
    based on 88 ratings
     | 9,761 views

    Th unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates said it but does that mean the examined life is worth living.

    The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Christians (4) Live the UneXamined Life Cardiff Heights Baptist Church 23 January 2000 As we come to the fourth habit of the highly ineffective Christian, I am sure it hasn’t escaped your attention that each of the habits has featured a shape. Habit 1 was to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Our Self

    Contributed by Pastor Steve Zimmerman on Aug 28, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,733 views

    We have become a society centered on

    Our Self We all are selfish by nature. The unhappy trend in North America is that self is becoming more and more important. Reality shows on T.V. underline the growth of this attitude; that self is the primary motive of people in this culture. The antics on these shows, we laugh at, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Neighborly Advice

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 17, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,252 views

    This sermon examines the parable of the Good Samaratan and gleans principles that are pertinent for Christian living.

    NEIGHBORLY ADVICE LUKE 10:25-37 INTRODUCTION Sam Ross, a writer and traveler, was taking a trip through England. Weary and thirsty, he came upon a small unpainted house standing on a hill. Near one side of the road was a signpost that pointed to a path and also a sign that read: “Come in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin L. Jones avatar

    God's Sovereignty In The Midst Of Christian Suffering (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Mar 7, 2010
    based on 18 ratings
     | 53,395 views

    A sermon examining the God's plan and purpose in times of suffering.

    GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY IN THE MIDST OF CHRISTIAN SUFFERING (Part 1) Acts 4:23-28 (Antioch Baptist Church: Wednesday, September 10th, 2025) For the weak believer or perhaps a new Christian, it may be disconcerting to hear that God not only allows His children to suffer; in some cases He causes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Sing With The Mind Also

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,659 views

    Cantate Sunday, 1986: Music has power to involve every facet of our beings in worship, it helps build the body of Christ, and it can offer a credible witness to the world.

    It was offertory time in the morning worship, and everyone had settled down quietly – settling down, I suspect, for a little nap to get themselves ready for the big nap they would take during the sermon! And, as was customary, the organist began the slow and solemn strains of an offertory: music to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Proverbs 13 - Contrast The Upright And The Wicked Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Feb 29, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 19,292 views

    A look at Proverbs chapter 13.

    Pearls From Proverbs – Chapter Thirteen We will now look at Proverbs chapter thirteen: Contrast the Upright and the Wicked 1 A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. Proverbs 13:1 (NASB) Children of the same parents can have different temperaments. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational