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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    A World-Class Child For A World Of Children

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 15, 2008
     | 1,865 views

    Story sermon: a child watches her father being taken away charged with being disorderly, feels guilty, but does not understand why all the others in her family "receive him not."

    No Scripture is more loved and more often quoted than the Gospel of John, chapter 3, verses 16 and 17. If you want to put: the good news in miniature, there it is. One sentence encompassing the heart of the good news. So as we cane to the Advent season, during which we shall remember the Lord’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stopping The Hurt Through Forgiveness

    Contributed by David Scudder on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,916 views

    We live in a world that is hurting deeply. Relationships go sour, anger becomes the norm, and many live in a constant state of frustration. How can we live in a broken world and still have peace?

    Purpose: To show why forgiving others is important. Aim: I want the listener to know how to forgive others and then do it. INTRODUCTION: We live in a world that is hurting deeply. Relationships go sour, anger becomes the norm, and many live in a constant state of frustration. Jesus, on the other ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Whoopers, Nice Guys, And Rabbis

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,860 views

    Some churches want entertainment, some want not to disturb anyone. But a Great Commission church will be interested in teaching everyone to obey everything commanded.

    Funeral services always challenge me. It is always a high and solemn duty to speak a word from God to those who gather to remember someone’s life. I can hardly say that I enjoy funerals; they are a lot of work. But I can certainly say that I find them a challenge, I find them occasions that demand ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Supper For Sinners Series

    Contributed by David Moore on Mar 26, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,486 views

    To show the Lord's love for sinners.

    A Supper for Sinners Text: Mark 2:13-17. Introduction: Have you ever been to some social function, perhaps a wedding reception or anniversary meal or something of that nature where all the guests don’t quite click? Many years ago I was officiating alongside another Pastor at a wedding in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Real King Maker Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Mar 29, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,617 views

    Exposition on perspective from Daniel 7:1-28

    Text: Daniel 7:1-28, Title: The Real King-Maker, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/14/10, PM A. Opening illustration: tell the joke about the rabbi and the Pope—perspective B. Background to passage: Daniel 7 is the first of several visions and prophecies that complete the balance of the book. It is very ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Write To You Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 30, 2010
    based on 24 ratings
     | 11,126 views

    Consider the different groups to whom John wrote and what he wrote. 1- I write to you children 2- I write to you young men 3- I write to you fathers

    INTRO.- I write to you. Does anybody write anymore? What has happened to the art of writing? One reason is poor penmanship. ILL.- Penmanship And Brilliance. A handwriting study made at one of our large universities has come up with the discovery that the smarter a person is, the worse his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How Is Your Sense Of Sight? Series

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Aug 7, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,245 views

    This is the second in a 5 part series designed to help us look at our realtionship to God through the perspective of the five senses. It deals with our sense of sight.

    MAKING SENSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD – SIGHT 2 Peter 1:9 INTRODUCTION: A. Sight, what a wonderful sense 1. We take it for granted 2. Those who have never had it can’t really comprehend it magnificence 3. But those who have had it and lost it – what a loss! 4. It is a very ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jacob Wrestles With God (Genesis 32:24-30)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 28, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 22,768 views

    Jacob, our Father in the fight, squares off against the Almighty on the field of combat....

    "Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. (25) When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. (26) Then he said, "Let me go, for the day is breaking." But Jacob said, "I ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    The Adoption That Changed The World

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 24, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,884 views

    An adaptation of another contributor, with personal applications and illustations

    The Adoption that Changed the World Matthew 1:18-25 Christmas changed in a hurry for Mike and Tiffany Bailey from one year to the next. In 2001, their neat house with the white picket fence was fairly quiet. Like all of their past Christmas seasons, Mike and Tiffany had gone to parties, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    Your Purpose & Value

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Nov 26, 2006
    based on 79 ratings
     | 34,789 views

    This sermon explains why God put us here, what our purpose is, and what value God puts on our lives.

    Why are we here? Is there a reason we are sitting here this morning, in the house of God? What would be our purpose as a Christian? We have touched upon it before, and I think all of us have wondered at one time or another just what our purpose is. I think the two most asked questions about our ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Stop The Madness Part Ii Series

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 28, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,515 views

    In our passage this morning Paul writes to the Thessalonians and says that about times and dates he did not need to write to them, for they knew very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. Time and dates. The real centerpiece

    Stop the Madness, Part II 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI July 13th, 2003 Last week, I mentioned that “End Times Fever” was nothing new to the Christian church. Listen to this list which gives expression to that very point – (read article on list of end times ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Unsettled Land

    Contributed by Derek Melanson on Jan 13, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,886 views

    This sermon talks about our inheritance in Christ as being the fulfillment of God’s promises of inheritance in the Old Testament.

    “Unsettled Land” Joshua 1:1 – 9; 1 Peter 1:3, 4 On the Border of the Land of Promise There they were, standing on the border of Canaan, with only the Jordan River separating them from the land God had promised centuries before to their ancestors: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and later to Moses. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Will Make A Way Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 104 ratings
     | 49,478 views

    How God makes a way when your problems seem unsolvable.

    This is the 3rd installment in the 4-part series on Second Chances. We’ve been looking at the times the Bible uses the phrase "a second time" and we’ve been learning more about how God gives each of us numerous opportunities to do His will and experience the joyful life He offers. It is so good ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Rhodes avatar

    Narnia: Discover The Wonder Series

    Contributed by Bruce Rhodes on Dec 23, 2005
     | 2,132 views

    Just as the four children of Narnia discovered wonder and adventure in the C. of N., so those humble shepherds nearly 2000 years ago discovered an incredible story which they had to wonder about and experience.

    Message #4 Advent Narnia Series – Discover the Wonder Introduction: Always Winter but Never Christmas – How the life of Christ changed everything in the world. Encounter the Power – The Power of Christ is greater than the spell of sin and death. Discover the Light of Christmas – Looking at the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Quiet Power Series

    Contributed by Dan Steadman on Jun 11, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,872 views

    TheHoly Spirit may arrive with great or little power, great or little noise, but He always transforms.

    Acts 2:1-4, 14-19 QUIET POWER 30/5/04S&C 4:10,13,14 There is a story about a sunken ship that illustrates the quietness of the Spirit, but at the same time, His Power in our lives. "Several years ago engineers building a new bridge over the East River in New York, discovered that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational