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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 28, 2010
    based on 70 ratings
     | 31,802 views

    Why wouldn’t people love their neighbors? And do I have to love myself before I can show this kind of love to others?

    Today is our Friend Sunday, and many of you invited your neighbors to worship with you this morning. So, this morning I thought I’d give you a little quiz on neighbors. Years ago PBS featured a program where the host would enter the studio, take off his cardigan sweater, and his dress shoes and put ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Claiming To Have Faith Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 23, 2012
    based on 287 ratings
     | 60,964 views

    What God is telling us about true faith versus claiming to have faith. 1- Faith demonstrates good 2- Faith believes in God 3- Faith produces righteousness

    INTRO.- ILL.- A guy was coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. (You know. The preacher’s job is to: shake them in, shake them up, and shake them out!) Well, he grabbed the guy by the hand and pulled him aside. The preacher ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Coming To Grips Series

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Feb 11, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,000 views

    How do we buy into the lame excuses we offer without crumbling under the internal conflict we generate from living in ways that are contrary to what we say we believe? The truth is, it all comes down to the way we view the world – it comes down to what f

    I want to tell you a story this morning – a funny, yet strangely disturbing story. The setting was a small group retreat with a bunch of teenage boys – I was one of the leaders. We’d had a really good weekend; sharing our faith stories, digging into the Scriptures, spending time ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Do You See

    Contributed by Charles Riner on Jul 2, 2008
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    Christians must learn to view situations from God’s perspective instead of their own.

    Have you ever been intrigued by optical illusions. Basically, they’re pictures that deceive our minds. We see one thing, but our brains tell us we’re seeing something different. Take a look at this picture. Some of you may have run across this in a book or in school. How many of you saw an ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Healing For The Soul

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,494 views

    Rest, Tell God all about it, Rediscover God, Develop an Others Orientation.

    Police officer Ricky Orlowski was on patrol about 5 pm March 11 when he noticed a minivan with Illinois plates parked on a secluded street near a church and a school. “It’s not a real normal place for someone to sit and hang out, Orlowski said. The officer pulled the vehicle over when he saw it ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Extreme Living

    Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,406 views

    In a world of Extreme life, we as Christians can live Extreme also

    EXTREME LIVING Attitude is Everything (All my sermons use illustrations from Sermon Central and all Scripture is NIV unless otherwise noted) In our world there seems to be a need to take things to another level. When I was younger I enjoyed sports, now there is EXTREME sports. Our world is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    My Spirit Will Not Always Strive

    Contributed by John Gaston on Sep 30, 2014
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    We're looking at how the enemy tries to separate us from God, the barriers God has set up to keep us from sinning, and how far God will go before He says, “That’s enough!”

    MY SPIRIT WILL NOT ALWAYS STRIVE Gen. 6:3 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. I got to visit Chi Alphans last Wed. & Thurs. nights and invite them to church. They were very appreciative of our support and love toward them. 2. I was talking to a college student the other day who’s paying her way ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    See That No One Misses

    Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 18, 2014
     | 6,353 views

    3 times in the Bible people were said to “miss” or come short of the grace of God. This means THEY DIDN’T MAKE IT TO HEAVEN! Let's look at them and see if maybe we might be in the same danger.

    SEE THAT NO ONE MISSES Hebrews 12:14-17 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: GROUND SIRLOIN ON SALE 1. It was a holiday weekend when a man walked into a butcher shop that had a sign in the window saying, "Ground Sirloin: 29 cents per pound.” 2. “Wow!” He exclaimed, “that’s the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Sep 14, 2014
     | 10,302 views

    A Friends Day sermon targeted to the lost and backslidden.

    What a Friend We Have in Jesus Friends Day Sermon Chuck Sligh September 14, 2014 TEXT: John 15:15 – “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Virgin Mary Has So Much To Teach Us As The Fountain Of Faith, And Grace

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Dec 21, 2014
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    We always know who Mary was the mother of our Lord, but forget that for a moment, and focus on her faith and her calling, and you will see how powerful and relevant that is for us today. Read on and enjoy !!!

    This sermon (Advent 2 year B) was delivered to St Oswald’s in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 7th December 2014 by Gordon McCulloch (a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Summary: We always know who Mary was, but forget that for a moment, and focus on her ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

  • Chris Beam avatar

    Move Forward

    Contributed by Chris Beam on Jan 14, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 26,003 views

    All Things New, Week 3. Everyone makes mistakes, but starting over with Christ means moving away from your failings and moving toward God in obedience.

    Move Forward Phil. 3:12-16 This month, I’ve been preaching a series titled “All Things New”. Week 1, we looked at what it means to be “Born Again”. Last week, we looked at the fact that it’s “Never Too Late” to accept the new life that offers through ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Power - Omnipotence Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Jan 20, 2015
     | 13,219 views

    What does it matter that God is all powerful?

    GOD’S POWER – OMNIPOTENCE In the summer of 1876, grasshoppers nearly destroyed the crops in Minnesota. So in the spring of 1877, farmers were worried. They believed that the dreadful plague would once again visit them and again destroy the rich wheat crop, bringing ruin to thousands of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • John Gullick avatar

    Jesus Is Superior Series

    Contributed by John Gullick on May 23, 2017
     | 5,362 views

    First sermon in a series looking at the supremecy of Jesus - this is discussing Jesus superior in his person - uses a number of sources.

    Hebrews 1New International Version (NIV) God’s Final Word: His Son 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whomalso he made the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    How To Have Power With God

    Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 18, 2016
     | 10,222 views

    Of Jacob it was said, "As a Prince you have power with God." Why? Because he wrestled in prayer and prevailed. Do we wish to have "power with God?" Here's your chance to find out how.

    HOW TO HAVE POWER WITH GOD Gen. 32:22-30 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. JOKE. Two convicts were working on a chain gang. "I heard the warden's daughter up and married a guy down on cellblock D," the first con says to the other. "The warden's mighty upset about it too." "Why?" asks the second prisoner. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    A Man You Need To Know - Barnabas

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jul 14, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,289 views

    A Father's Day Sermon about a man we need to know, Barnabas.

    Father’s Day - Barnabas Acts 4:32-37 June 19, 2016 We were on our way back from a college visit. We left the campus, started driving towards home, driving through country roads and my gas tank was flashing a big 0 on it. I don’t really like to fill my gas tank. There were no gas ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist