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  • Curry Pikkaart avatar

    How Can You Say That God Is Good? Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 19, 2012
     | 5,839 views

    Reflections on the massacre at Sandy Hook, Newtown Connecticut

    “How Can You Say that God is Good?” John 14:25-27; Rev. 1:4-8 Sandy Hook – Newton Connecticut. That’s all I need to say to get your attention. If I had said those words last Sunday, most, if not all, of you would have had no clue what I was talking about. But now you do. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Stand Down, Or Stand Up!

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jan 14, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,767 views

    I believe today that America and the Church in America is at a Crossroad, and it is up to each and every one of us here to decide whether it’s time to “stand down” or “stand up”! I believe it’s time to stand up!

    The past couple weeks, I have heard a term more and more that to be quite honest with you, as a person who has not served a day in the military, hadn’t heard the term, and even when I did, I was a bit unsure what it meant. Here is the meaning of the term STAND DOWN: A relaxation from a state ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Who But God Alone? Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 17, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,737 views

    Dominant Thought: Jesus' priority went beyond the physical needs of men to meet the needs of their fallen souls

    I’m intrigued by what people consider important today; priorities. For instance, college students are people who are apparently concerned with finding a job – something than has been getting tougher over the past few years. The average college student is also concerned with Texting, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    When A Beggar Got More Then He Asked For

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Jan 20, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,883 views

    Acts 3 tells us of a beggar who received much more than he expected. We live in a world where silver and gold has become a god to and for many people; if they only knew that the Lord has much more to offer than the world could ever give them.

    INTRODUCTION: When Jesus called on His disciples, He did not sit them down one by one to negotiate their salary. He did not ask them for a resume, He did not ask them for a reference because no one knew them better than He did. There’s no explanation in the Bible as why He chose His 12 disciples, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    Declaration Of Grace Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 21, 2013
     | 7,189 views

    We can only be made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ.

    The Declaration of Grace Text: Gal. 2:15-21 Introduction 1. Illustration: during one of D.L. Moody’s great campaigns, a man who had been to a number of the services and who, although convicted of his need for Christ, had kept on postponing a decision approached D L Moody. Now the last night ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Discipleship - The Cost Of Following Jesus

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 23, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,014 views

    Discipleship - The Cost of Following Jesus. (Powerpoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Decision (verse 57-58): (2). Delay (verses 59-61) (3). Determination (verse 61-62) SERMON BODY: Ill: • On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, • Is a portrait with the following inscription: • "James Butler Bonham--no ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Women In Ministry

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Jan 25, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 23,174 views

    The church from its inception included women. Nothing was more natural than women being numbered among the 120 who waited in the Upper Room for the power that was promised to them by Jesus before He ascended to heaven. This would empower them to be witnes

    Women in Christian Leadership Deborah Judges 4:4-5 - Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. Deborah was a prophetess and judged Israel for forty ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    How Can A Loving God Send People To Hell? Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Jan 28, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,168 views

    Reconciling a loving God with an awful hell is not easy for many people. In this sermon I try to resolve this dilemma.

    Introduction: A. A church was looking for a new preacher. 1. They asked their top two candidates to preach a trial sermon. 2. Both candidates were assigned the same topic – the topic was “Hell.” 3. Both candidates preached and did an excellent job, but one was hired and the other ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Kiss Of God Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 11, 2013
    based on 94 ratings
     | 29,110 views

    Warren Buffett believed his donation of $37 billion dollars to the Gates Foundation would buy him a place in heaven? Is that possible? Can we buy our way into heaven? Can we work our way in? Or is there another way?

    OPEN: A man and wife were sitting in their living room when they noticed their neighbor across the street pull up in to his drive. He stepped out of the car with flowers in his hand, met his wife at the door and laid a passionate kiss on her. As they watched all this play out across the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Stand Up, You Dry Bones

    Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 14, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,031 views

    We can’t command the Holy Spirit to use His mighty power and we can’t direct where He should use His great influence, but we can make use of Him, because even though we are unable to save anyone, we can turn to God and lay hold of His power.

    2-24-2000 Stand Up, You Dry Bones TEXT:Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Moving On Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 17, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,980 views

    Barnabus & Saul Sent off and opposition at Cyprus. (Powerpoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    SERMON OUTLINE (A). Making the Move: A Need (vs 1-3) • The City (VS 1). • The Believers (Vs 1). • The Holy Spirit (vs 2-3). (B). Making the Move: An Adventure (vs 4-12) • A Good Beginning (vs 3-5). • A Unique Island (Vs 4b-5a). • A Difficult Experience (vs ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Tongues Pt. 1 Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Feb 18, 2013
     | 3,665 views

    Pentecost, in most people’s mind, is what they think of when you hear the word “Pentecostal.” (Pentecost has a much richer history & meaning)

    The Holy Spirit & His Work Introduction: A Jack Harris was an older man, gardener, winter he was stuck in his house. 1 Every year his kids got him a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas to give him something to do over the winter months. a One year, 5000 piece puzzle: took him 16 months to put it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gordon Curley avatar

    What's In A Name?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 23, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,361 views

    Abram has his name changed to Abraham. (Powerpoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    SERMON OUTLINE: A New Appearing (vs 1-2) A New Requirement (vs 1b) A New Name (vs 3b-5) A New Bond (vs 9-22) SERMON BODY: Ill: • "What's in a name?" • Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet made this question famous. • If you know the story you will remember that they fall in ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • James May avatar

    When The Good News Isn't Good News

    Contributed by James May on Feb 27, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 17,891 views

    Ahab and Jehoshaphat sat and listened to the good news from Ahab's prophets, but their good news was bad news because it came from deceitful lips. Let us have the Spirit of discernment to know the will of God in all things and not fail to uphold the trut

    When the Good News isn’t Good News By Rev. James May Good news is hard to find in the media of this world. Sensationalism, bad news, murder and mayhem are what sells papers or keeps the public tuned in to their favorite news channel. I discovered a long time ago that if I listened to too ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Hope Has Come

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 19, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,419 views

    This sermon deals with the hope we find in Christ when we lose some of the things we treasure the most. It looks at the Shunnamite woman and her relationship to Elisha.

    Hope Has Come Glenville 3/15/2013 2 Kings 4:8-17 1 Peter 1:3-9 Each week it seems as though somebody has taken another person’s life in an argument, a drug deal, or a robbery. We have the debate going on in Congress over gun control on who should have background checks and what ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed