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  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Behind The Scenes Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 18, 2025
     | 654 views

    Esther tells the story of God working behind the scenes to raise a Jewish girl to be queen in ancient Persia.

    INTRODUCTION OPENING SLIDE • Today we begin a new four-week series from the book of Esther. • This four-week series explores the story of Esther. Through understanding the book’s backstory and context, we can see that Esther is not a fairy tale but an understanding of how God can work behind the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Resurrected Living

    Contributed by David Scudder on Apr 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,459 views

    The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is much more than just an important event in human history. Those are two-thousand year old facts of history that we celebrate on Easter Sunday. But what do they mean to us today? Paul answers that question in to

    Purpose: To explain the transformation that life in Christ brings. Aim: I want the listener to surrender to Christ’s forgiveness. INTRODUCTION: "The day after Easter, the newspaper headline read: ’Entire World Celebrates the Risen Christ.’ On the same page under smaller headings ran stories ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    The Battle Ground Of The Mind? Imprisoned?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 17, 2017
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     | 9,092 views

    There is a promise land before us, what hinders us? Often times the battle is not from without but the battle is from within... Defeat can be a state of mind? Can God? vs God can! New opportunity?

    THE BATTLE GROUND OF THE MIND... IMPRISONED? There is an open door of opportunity... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Revelation 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dr. Madana Kumar, PhD avatar

    New Year: A Divine Imperative

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Feb 26, 2018
     | 5,028 views

    The creation story is one of the most awesome story that we can study. In the business of our lives it is possible that we miss the presence of such an awesome God in our lives. Let us prepare ourselves for an awesome encounter with God.

    First of all, Let me wish you all a very happy and blessed new year ahead. Well: Here we are. Yet another New year, yet another opportunity to look at the blessings of the previous year and give thanks. Yet another opportunity for us to look back at all the numerous mistakes that we have ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Transfiguration Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Aug 26, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 27,435 views

    The Lord Jesus Christ was glorified before His death and resurrection and that’s the story of the transfiguration.

    -AD 29_ Unnamed Mountain Lesson: The Transfiguration (Isaiah 42:1) Matthew 17:1-13, Mark 9:2-13, Luke 9:28-36 -Matthew- The final verse of chapter 16 belongs here with chapter 17, because Jesus is speaking about the transfiguration when He says: Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas Series Christmas Party: The Protestors Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 11, 2019
     | 11,013 views

    In the midst of the birth of Jesus, not everyone was happy. Not everyone marveled at what they heard. Not everyone judged the Son of God being born as a baby as a good, holy, and righteous event.

    CHRISTMAS SERIES CHRISTMAS PARTY: THE PROTESTORS MATTHEW 2:1-23, #ChristmasParty CHRISTMAS SERIES 12/1 Christmas Party: The Angels 12/8 Christmas Party: The Shepherds 12/15 Christmas Party: The Protesters (Herod) 12/22 Christmas Party: The Birthday Boy INTRODUCTION… Not Everyone Likes ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Going Up In Flames... Praise Soon Fades

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 31, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,329 views

    Ever wander what happens to all the palm branches when the PRAISE fades into the cry of CRUCIFY? There is a tradition to burn the palm branches and save the ashes for ASH WEDNESDAY. PRAISE VS CRUCIFY?

    GOING UP IN FLAMES… HOW SOON CAN PRAISE FADE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) In this lesson we go from the PASSOVER to JERUSALEM via the avenue of praise to the road of crucify. TEXT: John 12:12 On the next day much people that were come to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    God's House Series

    Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jul 21, 2022
     | 2,426 views

    This sermon focuses on the story of Jesus cleansing of the temple courts and the applications for the church today.

    Open your Bibles if you would to John 2:12. We have been going through the book of John. We are taking as long as we need to go through the book of John. It looks like it is going to take a little while longer. You may recall last week we looked Jesus’ first miracle; the miracle of turning ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Joseph's Crazy Dream

    Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Dec 19, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,710 views

    Story format sermon in special Christmas service with three parts interspersed with scripture reading and carols.

    READ -- Matthew 1:18-19 “This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Power Of His Resurrection Series

    Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jul 4, 2022
     | 2,747 views

    The focus of this sermon is the Resurrection of Jesus from Paul's perspective and his view that the resurrection is it is not simply a historical event to be remembered, but an on-going truth and power that should be embraced.

    (Scripture read from Philippians 3:7-11.) Good morning. Happy Easter! He is risen! Amen. Glory. How many of you happened to attend the Easter egg hunt that was here yesterday? It was a great event. I think we had about 70 kids from the community here. It was put on by the Children’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Overcoming Christmas Stress

    Contributed by John Hamby on Dec 1, 2003
    based on 114 ratings
     | 14,554 views

    Four simple principles for overcoming Holiday stress taken from the story of Martha and Mary.

    Overcoming Christmas Stress Luke 10:38-42 Whether you like it our not, whether you are prepared or not, the Christmas Season is upon us! This past Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, is the known as the busiest shopping day of the year. I overheard one ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Will Jesus Find Faith? It Is Up To You!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 14, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,312 views

    We look at the seeds of faith. Seems today we have faith in everything but God. We trust the elevator? The bank? The batteries? Why not have FAITH IN GOD? The measure of faith vs the gift of faith?

    WILL JESUS FIND FAITH? IT IS UP TO YOU? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I have small medicine baggies. You can find them at Walmart or Hobby Lobby. I place about 10 seeds of varying sizes in each bag. I also place an attention grabber in each bag… two donut seeds. I tell the story ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Learning To Trust God!

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 1, 2018
    based on 2 ratings
     | 29,362 views

    The story of Gideon is a great example of just an ordinary man who learned to trust God & became a man of impressive courage.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: Judges 6:1-40 (NLT); Judges 7:1-25 (NLT); Matthew 6:31 (NLT); ILL. Chuck Swindoll, in his book, "Living Above the Level of Mediocrity," tells about a church in the Soviet ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    The Personal Touch Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,387 views

    Christmas wasn’t just a historical event with a message wholly unrelated to its reader. It is a personal message from a personal God to you. It reveals something about you.

    This is a brief message shared at the Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day. There is a special blessing in the Christmas message which is often missed by many. • The birth of Jesus is not simply an interesting fact of history and wholly unrelated to your present life • Christmas has to do with ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Stephen Sheane avatar

    Jesus In And Out Of The Boat Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Aug 7, 2018
     | 14,912 views

    Two stories from the life of Jesus that illustrate to us the importance of starting and staying in a relationship with Him

    JESUS IN AND OUT OF THE BOAT There once was a young man named Jimmy who had heard a family rumor that his father, his grandfather and even his great-grandfather, all "walked on water" on their 21st birthday. When the day of his 21st birthday came, he believed that if they could do it, so could he. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance