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  • Douglas Phillips avatar

    I Am The Bread Of Life

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Jan 25, 2010
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     | 38,861 views

    A SERIES OF MESSAGES BASED ON JESUS' "I AM" STATEMENTS IN THE BOOK OF JOHN

    I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE JOHN 6:25-41 INTRODUCTION: WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, SATURDAYS WERE ALWAYS A SPECIAL TIME AT OUR HOUSE. IT WAS A DAY THAT WE DID A GENERAL HOUSECLEANING. WE ALL HAD A JOB TO DO, AND MINE WAS TO DUST THE STAIRS, AND HELP CHANGE BED LINEN. IT WAS ALSO A SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE IT ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faith Without Works Is Both Unprofitable And Dead! Series

    Contributed by John Wright on Feb 1, 2010
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     | 17,661 views

    James teaches that faith without works is dead and he uses for examples: helping the needy, the devils who believe but don't obey, Abraham and Rahab.

    INTRODUCTION 1. Open your bibles to James 2:14-26. This passage has much to say about the importance of both faith and works. 2. Years ago, there was an old gentleman whose job was to row people across a river at a spot where there was no other way to cross. (1) This elderly man was very ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Feb 8, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 11,797 views

    What does it mean to be poor in Spirit?

    Poor in Spirit The Beatitudes – Attitudes to Live By Slide Good Morning. On a visit to the Beethoven museum in Bonn, a young American student became fascinated by the piano on which Beethoven had composed some of his greatest works. She asked the museum guard if she could play a few bars on ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jesus Said What? Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 29, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,353 views

    Let us learn to examine ourselves in light of Jesus and not examine Jesus in the dim light of ourselves. It will cause discomfort, but how wondrous it is to serve a true King and to experience the mercy of a Lord that we truly fear.

    Introduction In the movie “The Kid,” Bruce Willis plays an image consultant. We see him racing in to save clients who have said or done something that makes them appear insensitive to people, which in their cases they actually are. “What did I say?” “What did I ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The "Buts" Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jul 2, 2013
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     | 6,802 views

    Real discipleship is demanding! It takes a lot for a spur-of-the-moment impulse to become a lifetime commitment to following Christ.

    Title: The “Buts” Text: Luke 9:51-62 Thesis: Real discipleship is demanding… it takes a lot for a spur-of-the-moment impulse to become a lifetime commitment to following Christ. Introduction Eric Weiner tells of being rushed to the hospital emergency room in excruciating pain. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Inspecting Our Church Field-2(2012)

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Nov 13, 2012
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    2 of 2. Joshua sent spies to determine what they would encounter in the promised land. We can & should determine/examine what we will encounter on our church field. Upon examining our church field we discover people given to...

    INSPECTING Our CHURCH FIELD-II—Joshua 2:1-24 Attention: Jim walking downtown/Man approaches him wearing dirty clothes & hobbling on crutches/Asks Jim for money/Jim complies giving $5 & says, ‘Cheer up it would be much worse if you were blind’/Man says, ‘Oh, believe me, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Promises And Payback: The Christian Righteousness Series

    Contributed by Ron Tuit on Mar 9, 2013
     | 4,175 views

    Jesus' Sermon on the Mount speaks about the extended requirements of the law upon Kingdom Kids, those who have been given new hearts that are opposite of the World's value system.

    The Christian Righteousness: Promises and Payback Matt. 5:33-48 So far in Matthew we have seen that Jesus reveals the inadequacy of human behavior and religion to qualify to be a citizen of God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Like A King

    Contributed by John Perry on Jul 17, 2011
     | 7,134 views

    All of us at some time have dreamed about what it would be like to live like a king. In our text Jesus tells us how we can live like a king.

    Bunbury Sun pm 17/07/2011 “Living like a king” Intro: Living like a king has b/co a euphemism that we are all familiar w/ - it has come to mean that we are living a life of luxury. I’ve often heard people say when visit foreign lands say how they could live like a king in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    His Workmanship

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 19, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 16,687 views

    God’s workmanship and renovation process is a gift of love and grace.

    Text: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). What do we know about workmanship? Workmanship is an art, skill, or special technique of a workman. Workmanship indicates the good or bad ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Truth In Love Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Nov 15, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,001 views

    How much does love really matter in truth telling?

    Introduction It is a simple phrase, a brief phrase, one in which, if it had been omitted, would not have been missed. Nevertheless, it has always caught my eye, perhaps for the very reason that it seems expendable. Look with me at verse 15. Text Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Why Are We Here? Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 29, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,534 views

    As we examine Acts 2:42-47, we notice that we exist for five purposes.

    Scripture The Romans celebrated January 1st as a general holiday. Sacrifices were made to the two-faced god, Janus, who was able to look both ways at once. Janus symbolized change and transition, such as the progression of the past to the future. January 1st was a holiday on which gifts and visits ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Is In Man? What Is In God? Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 18, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,166 views

    God’s zeal guarantees the redemption of divided hearts and souls.

    Introduction At the end of the world, where the Narnian sky meets the earth, Edmund and Lucy climb out of the Dawn Treader and begin to wade southward along the beach. But between them and the foot of the sky there was something so white on the green grass…they could hardly look at it. They ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Bread Of Life Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Oct 8, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,281 views

    When our physical hunger is satisfied, what can satisfy our hunger for security and satisfaction of the soul?

    In his book entitled God‘s Psychiatry, Charles Allen tells this story: As World War II was drawing to a close, the Allied armies gathered up many hungry orphans. They were placed in camps where they were well-fed. Despite excellent care, they slept poorly. They seemed nervous and afraid. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    The Great Dismal Swamp And The Evereadies

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 15, 2009
     | 3,969 views

    Just as comic strip characters were saved from the Great Dismal Swamp because their Eveready batteries summoned the Fleet, so also if we will use the resources we have, we can save others from this world because the risen Christ is our resource.

    The travel brochures say practically nothing about it, and yet it is one of the largest features on the landscape of two’ adjacent states. Two incorporated cities encompass include a great deal of it, but very few people live there. It’s mostly hundreds of square miles of nothing. The official ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Guidelines For Christianity: Blessed Are The Merciful Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 26, 2015
     | 5,280 views

    Having mercy is when God doesn’t give us what we really deserve.

    Tonight we continue with the beatitudes—the attitude we are to be or have as a Christian. Let’s talk about being merciful. Having mercy is when God doesn’t give us what we really deserve. We live in a world where it's so easy to become callused and indifferent. We are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist