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  • Bruce Ferris avatar

    Our Challenge As A Christian – Part 2

    Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Jan 14, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,517 views

    God saved us by His grace and has a wonderful ministry for each of our lives. The Bible says, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Praise God, we all have a mi

    God saved us by His grace and has a wonderful ministry for each of our lives. The Bible says, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Praise God, we all have a ministry unto good works and it is all part of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus, The Son Of God

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,814 views

    5 things Gabriel said about Jesus

    Luke 1:26-35 Jesus, The Son of God Woodlawn Baptist Church December 2, 2001 Introduction Only 22 shopping days left! Do you have yours done? This past week as Kathy and I have been out, we have stood in the long lines and thought about that "just right" gift for each member of the family. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Five Kinds Of Relationship With Jesus Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 26, 2006
    based on 36 ratings
     | 18,075 views

    Mark reveals a one to five scale of relationships with Jesus, from his enemies to his selected servants. Do you see yourself in one of these?

    Read or recite Mark 3. In this chapter the opposition against Jesus is mounting. It began in chapter 2 as Jesus broke several traditions that stood in the way of reaching out to the needy and lost. Remember? 1. Jesus announced the forgiveness of sins to the paralytic. 2. He had dinner with tax ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Counting The Cost Of Following Jesus Ii Series

    Contributed by Steve Lotze on Jan 30, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,944 views

    Third in Series of what it means to really follow Jesus

    Counting the Cost of Following Jesus II Oct. 9, 2005, Luke 9: 57-63 These are my actual notes and sermon handouts and they probably mean more to me than they do to you. If you don’t understand something in my notes – feel free to e-mail me for clarification (stevenmary7@hotmail.com). Here’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Character Of Patience Series

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Mar 20, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,527 views

    This is the 4th in a series of fruits of the Spirit, or the chacter of a Christian: Patience

    I. Someone shared with me a story this week of a young boy who witnessed a Baptism at his local Baptist Church. And he heard how the minister described it made that person part of the family of God. This got the young boy to thinking and so the next morning he decided to baptize the family cats. ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Find Courage In Jesus' Ascension

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on May 29, 2006
    based on 17 ratings
     | 6,860 views

    Find Courage In Jesus’ Ascension 1) Our place in heaven is secure 2) Our purpose on earth is clear

    Tears filled his eyes as he watched his brother go. “So this was it,” he thought. His brother was really going. He could hardly believe it. No on in the family could really believe it. They never thought that someone they knew, much less a sibling, would become Prime Minister! What a difference ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Fresh Start: Tomorrow Begins A New Day

    Contributed by Robert Castile on Jan 2, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,831 views

    New Year’s Eve has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It’s a time to reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on those changes.

    "A Fresh Start: Tomorrow begins a new day." 2 Cor. 5:17; Phil 3:13b-14; Jeremiah 29:11; I John 1:9 Great Bend, Kansas December 31, 2006 INTRODUCTION: New Year’s Eve has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It’s a time to reflect on ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    A Good God Or A Goods God

    Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,244 views

    Sometimes we let goods be our God instead of letting God, who is good, be our God.

    A Good God or a Goods God For years there has been a Snoopy poster that shows how he spends his week: On Sunday, he dances, with the caption, "Party-Time!" On Monday, he scowls, with the caption, "Don’t speak to me." On Tuesday, he lies flat on his back as though dead, with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Are You Mocking God? Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Aug 9, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,767 views

    Exposition of Galatians 6:7-10 about sowing and reaping and staying faithful

    Text: Galatians 6:7-10, Title: Are you mocking God? Date/Place: NRBC, 8/12/07, PM A. Opening illustration: survey of potential adultery under the promise that no one would find out… B. Background to passage: Paul has just instructed them about their responsibility to other church members and to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    6. What's New With You? Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on May 29, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,525 views

    Jesus came to initiate a New Covenant, not to improve the Old Covenant. Jesus comes to give us new life, not to change our old life.

    INTRO: The first summer we were here (which was 2002) we were driving a 1987 Subaru wagon with about 175,000 miles on it. It started having some problems, and we realized that it needed more money to repair it than the car was worth – so we started to talking to a car dealer friend in Oregon about ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Man Is The Sum Of His Relationships

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jun 18, 2004
    based on 47 ratings
     | 5,723 views

    The quality of a man’s relationships with his children, his wife, others, and Jesus; indicates the kind of man he is.

    Sermon preached by Pastor Larry on June 20, 2004 Title: A Man is the Sum of His Relationships Text: Eph 6:4 et al Introduction 1. Happy Father’s Day!! • As I was praying and thinking about this special service… • And thinking about what Father’s Day means to me… • And what I feel like I ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • David Hill avatar

    A Firm Foundation

    Contributed by David Hill on Jul 9, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 36,007 views

    Building your life on Jesus.

    A FIRM FOUNDATION Matthew 7:24-27 On what have you built your life? What exactly does your faith, family, and future rest on ? Have you built on a firm foundation that’s unshakable ,unmoveable , or shifting sand that’s shifts with every storm? Today we live in a world were many are DEMORALIZED, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prayer & Witness Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 19, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,474 views

    Why should we pray? God knows how grateful we are! There is a big problem with this kind of attitude and then the issue becomes, Why pray at all? God knows all that we need! We may even quote our Lord when He said that God knows all that we need bef

    PRAYER Colossians 4:1-6 (NIV) Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    "Visible"

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on May 19, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,638 views

    This sermon is based on a song by "4-Him" and encourages Christians to make the invisible God visible in their lives.

    “VISIBLE” 1 Tim. 1:15-17 INTRO – Is the invisible God visible in your life? If He isn’t, what is in your life that is causing Him to not be visible? - Is there unconfessed sin there? - Is there fear of failure there? - Is there a lack of commitment and dedication? - Is there apathy? - Is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Good Place To Start

    Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Dec 7, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 14,744 views

    Second Sunday in Advent: The evangelist Mark starts with John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness. He seems to leave out Christmas. But perhaps, for us, it is a ’good place to start.’

    The Gospel Lesson today is one of the most interesting Advent / Christmas lessons in all of scripture. I say that because - did you notice that something seems to be missing? There is no mention of Christmas in this Gospel. Mark mentions neither the miraculous conception nor the birth of Jesus. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran