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  • Greg Barron avatar

    Two States, One Position Series

    Contributed by Greg Barron on Aug 21, 2007
     | 2,691 views

    To demonstrate the difference between being in the flesh and spirit and what difference Jesus can make in your life.

    Two States, One Position Romans 8:5-10 1. Two states one could be in: The flesh or The Spirit a. In the flesh i. Completely dominated by the sinful nature. 5 ii. Have the mind completely controlled by the sinful nature. 6 iii. The mind controlled by the sinful nature is hostile to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    An Altar(Ed) State Of Mind

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 24, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,149 views

    Changing your way of thinking by praying honestly

    King Asa was a man who loved God and obeyed God. He didn’t get his reverence for God from his father. His father was certainly not a man who pleased God. Neither did he get his reverence for God from his grandfather. After Solomon was king of the unified nation of Israel the kingdom was divided ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    No Traitor, But Servant Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 25, 2014
     | 2,981 views

    St. Thomas of Canterbury lived a life in service to God, a service in love and defense of His Church and people.

    St. Thomas of Canterbury Mass (December 29) Thirteen Days of Christmas There is no doubt what happened on December 29, 1170, but what one thinks of it depends very much on a connection to the people and places of twelfth century England. On that day, four English knights of Norman descent came ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    What Does The Bible Say About The Christian’s Relationship With The Government?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 25, 2021
     | 3,177 views

    What do Paul and Peter have to say about the Christian and government? Is the church allowed to pursue the violent overthrow of secular governments? What should be our focus if it's not the accumulation of earthly power?

    - We are going to dig into a subject this morning that is challenging. We are going to be talking about church and state. It’s one we don’t talk about particularly often. - As we start, I want to acknowledge up front that these passages are difficult. I want to say that I don’t like everything ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Maturing Church

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Sep 14, 2015
     | 6,527 views

    EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF IS IN A CONSTANT PROCESS OF MATURING, INCLUDING THE CHURCH AND OUR CHRISTIAN WALK. IT IS IN A PROCESS OF DEVELOPING UNTIL A FINAL STATE IS REACHED.

    THE MATURING CHURCH ACTS 6:1-7 EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF IS IN A CONSTANT PROCESS OF MATURING. IT IS A PROCESS OF DEVELOPING UNTIL A FINAL STATE IS REACHED. HUMANS, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE WE WILL LIVE FOREVER, WILL BE IN A CONSTANT PROCESS OF MATURING UNTIL WE REACH OUR ETERNAL STATE. IT WILL ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus' Expectations For The Church

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Aug 2, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,933 views

    On the night before his death, our Lord prayed to his Father and states a couple of expectations he has for His Church

    Introduction: Play Video Clip “Somewhere over the Rainbow” WIZARD OF OZ Somewhere over the rainbow way up high, There’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Someday I’ll wish upon a star and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Marks Of A Renewed Church

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024
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     | 1,078 views

    How can revival take place when the church is dead and there is no voice to speak life into them? Such is the state of affairs of the churches today.

    Opening illustration: A U.S. Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and finding a stirring red and orange banner on the wall. “Come Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!” it declared in words printed under a picture of a fire burning. The bishop was also interested in the sign directly ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Audacity Of The Church

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Sep 15, 2015
     | 4,618 views

    . AS CHRISTIANS WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE AS TO WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG. TO BELIEVE IN CHRISTIANITY MUST MEAN THAT WE, ALTHOUGH WITH RESPECT AND COMPASSION,, STATE THAT WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANY OTHER RELIGION IS CORRECT.

    THE AUDACITY OF THE CHURCH ACTS 26:16-23 SPORTS FANS WILL ALWAYS ARGUE OVER QUESTIONS SUCH AS, WHO WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME IN A PARTICULAR SPORT. I THINK IN REALITY IT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER BECAUSE YOU CAN’T FACTOR IN THE TIME VARIABLE. I CAN SAY GORDIW HOWE WAS THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    If My People

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Jul 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,482 views

    How do we seek the healing in a land of so much? God’s answer comes at the dedication of His temple in the darkness of Solomon’s night.

    Gallup Poll surveyed Americans this past Easter and discovered that 12% of Americans have no religious identification and the number of those claiming some linkage to Christianity is at 77% down from 91% in 1948. Seventy-seven percent is not too bad but Gallup doesn’t do a very good job in making ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Hosts Of Wickedness In High Places

    Contributed by Greg Burcham on Aug 28, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,852 views

    For all of my life, I have viewed the United States of America as the greatest country on the face of the earth. Our country has been blessed by God with great resources and a great Christian heritage. But last week we saw our government fail on an epic scale.

    Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. For all of my life, I have viewed the United States of America as the greatest ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Render Unto Caesar

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Oct 8, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,104 views

    We often forget the second half of Jesus' statement which is "Render unto God." Sermon for Proper 24 After Pentecost year A

    Render unto Caesar Matthew 22:15-22 “Render unto Caesar or as other’s put it “Give Caesar his due” is fairly well known. Jesus’ answer to the Pharisees and Herodians does not stop there, of course. But people in this world are more generally concerned about this world’s matters than the next. They ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    The United States, A Dream Realized: Natural Law, Legal Positivism, & The Founders Views Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 20, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,943 views

    I’d like to take you back in time to the birth of this nation. The year is 1775, and the British are marching in the dead of night to capture the guns of the colonial militia.

    I’d like to take you back in time to the birth of this nation. The year is 1775, and the British are marching in the dead of night to capture the guns of the colonial militia. Four riders launch into the night to awaken the minute men. The colonials succeed, and beat the British to their supplies ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    The Rapture Of The Church

    Contributed by Luther Sexton on Mar 14, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,231 views

    Ministers often complicate the doctrine of the rapture for people by stating that many signs must be seen and many prophecies must be fulfilled before the second coming of Christ, and then, at the same time, they make statements that He might come tonight or at any moment.

    THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH INTRO: We mean the rapture of the church, the catching up of all true believers in Christ to meet the Lord in the air. Dake I Thes 4:13-17, I Cor 15:23, Phil 3:20-21, John 14:1-3, Luke 21:34-36, Col. 3:4 Called "the coming of the Lord” but never the second ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Story 19 An Altar-Ed State

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 11, 2014
     | 4,130 views

    When the Jews returned from captivity the first item rebuilt was the altar. They renewed their worship of God as he took the initiative to restore them to their place in His Land.

    1. CHANGING YOUR MIND Little Sarah was at her first wedding and gaped at the entire ceremony. When it was over, she asked her mother, "Why did the lady change her mind?" Her mother asked, "What do you mean?" "Well, she went down the aisle with one man, and came back with another one." Changing ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Individual Believer’s Former State

    Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 17, 2017
     | 2,971 views

    The intention of the apostle in this short section is to show the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and to express the sad estate and condition of man by nature, and to magnify the riches of the grace of God, and represent the exceeding greatness of His power.

    By: Tom Lowe Title: The Individual Believer’s Former State (2:1-3) Ephesians 2:1-3 (KJV) 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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