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  • ROBERT SIMMONS avatar

    Church Growth By God's Word

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 27, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,926 views

    As God Word increased, the church in the book of Acts increased.

    Careful examination of the New Testament church depicts a vibrant, sustenant, and growing body, whose strength can largely be contributed to the powerful preaching of the apostolic message. This preaching, though basic in theme, was the solid foundation upon which Christ built His church. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    When God Asks The Questions

    Contributed by Tony Skaff on Jul 17, 2006
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,196 views

    We ask many questions when we should try to answer God’s own for our own benefit.

    1stBBC When God asks the questions Job 31:14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? We ask many questions when we should try to answer God’s own for our own benefit. 1. What is your life? Jam 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Keith Ogden avatar

    It's My Responsibility Series

    Contributed by Keith Ogden on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 54 ratings
     | 8,866 views

    Evangelism "It’s my Responsibility" 1. Our Commission Make Us Responsible 2. Our Blessing Make Us Responsible 3. Our Commission Male Us Responsible

    Serious: Personal Evangelism Subject: It’s My Responsibility – Part One Dr. Charles Matthews’s made a challenge years ago -- that is still relevant today. He said, and I quote, that it is important -- that pastors and church leaders help their congregations to understand that witnessing to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Speaking Truth In A Skeptical Age

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on May 26, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,537 views

    Speaking the truth in love is the needed standard in a post-Christian/post-modern world.

    Speaking Truth to a Skeptical World 1 Peter 3:15 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO If there were a patron saint of our age, a hero or symbol for the times, it might well be Pilate. The Roman politician did his best to find a way to not condemn Jesus, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Darryl Klassen avatar

    How Is Foreign Missions Relevant To Kemc (Or Your Local Church) Series

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Feb 16, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,844 views

    Our missions committee asked me to write a sermon in response to the question "How is foreign missions relevant to our church?"...this is the result.

    HOW IS FOREIGN MISSIONS RELEVANT TO Kemc? This question has been asked lately as we reviewed the effectiveness of our annual missions conference. There is a feeling out there that missions has shifted so substantially in the last decade that we question the need for foreign involvement. But that ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Push Past Your Limitations

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Apr 19, 2015
     | 8,055 views

    Some of us want rosy terrains with no boulders and terrors! Doesn’t work that way! Push past the hindrances! I said push past!

    Push past your limitations! Philippians 3:13”But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” You know what, I love to read the experiences of people who ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dave Williams avatar

    When The Harvest Isn't Just About Food Series

    Contributed by Dave Williams on Nov 9, 2000
    based on 28 ratings
     | 8,280 views

    The most solid picture of evangelism is still the agricultural picture of planting, waiting and harvest. In this sermon, you will see a fuller development of the harvest.

    I have to finally confess that I am not, nor have I ever been a farm boy. Yes, I grew up in Kansas, in a small town the size of Livingston, surrounded by hundreds of acres of wheat fields, but I never lived or worked on a farm. My dad spent his early childhood on a farm in Missouri, but his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Feeling Persecuted: Your Not Alone Series

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Feb 27, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,545 views

    God has a way of getting His message out, even if it is uncomfortable for us.

    Feeling Persecuted? Your Not Alone Ballard Assembly Pastor Bob Briggs Acts 8:1-8 Lesson 19 I. Persecution is to be expected. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered. Acts 8:1b God has a way of moving His ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    When Two Worlds Collide

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Oct 29, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 7,951 views

    When Matthew decided to follow Jesus, his old world was going to collide with his new one

    INTRODUCTION  2 Corinthians 5:17 says, Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.  Jesus said in Matthew 16:24, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Closing Greetings Series

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Jul 4, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,215 views

    UNION WITH CHRIST MANIFESTS ITSELF IN PRECIOUS BONDS OF FELLOWSHIP WITH THOSE WHO LABOR WITH US IN THE GOSPEL MINISTRY

    BIG IDEA: UNION WITH CHRIST MANIFESTS ITSELF IN PRECIOUS BONDS OF FELLOWSHIP WITH THOSE WHO LABOR WITH US IN THE GOSPEL MINISTRY INTRODUCTION: cf. heavy emphasis on personal greetings and close fellowship – more so than any other epistle except Romans commends those who have been especially loyal ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Homecoming

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Sep 18, 2005
    based on 97 ratings
     | 24,230 views

    The Prodigal Son, the greatest homecoming story ever written.

    Homecoming Luke 15:11-32 INTRO.: Thinking of homecomings, this is possibly the most famous homecoming story in the Bible. What a wonderful homecoming ths prodigal had when he finally came to his senses. This is a story about coming home to God. This is not the point Jesus was making. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Responding To Opposition Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Mar 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,285 views

    THE PASSAGE BEFORE US THIS MORNING IS THE RESULT OF ACTIVITIES IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER. IF YOU WERE TO FLIP THE PAGE BACK INTO CHAPTER 3, YOU WOULD SEE THAT PETER AND JOHN, WHILE WALKING UP TO THE TEMPLE, ENCOUNTER A MAN WHO CANNOT WALK, AND THROUGH THE

    RESPONDING TO OPPOSITION ACTS 4:16-22 Proposition: OUTWARD OPPOSITION NEEDS TO BE RESISTED AS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. Introduction: THE PASSAGE BEFORE US THIS MORNING IS THE RESULT OF ACTIVITIES IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER. IF YOU WERE TO FLIP THE PAGE BACK INTO CHAPTER 3, YOU WOULD SEE THAT PETER AND ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lauro C Hernandez avatar

    Establishing Priorities - Priorities With Self

    Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Oct 3, 2014
     | 3,973 views

    PRIORITIES WITH SELF

    ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES - PRIORITIES WITH SELF Phil 3:13, 14 “13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    A Model Of Christian Ministry Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,627 views

    Paul finishes his letter by giving us a model of Christian Ministry, or a model of passionate ministry

    Well, we come today to the end of Colossians. If you’ve been here for the last month and a half, I wonder if you can remember what the major themes of the letter have been? There are perhaps three I can think of. The most important is the centrality of Christ. I called this series, Christ the One ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Willie Fagg avatar

    Fruit Of The Spirit

    Contributed by Willie Fagg on Nov 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,997 views

    Insiprational

    "Fruit of the Spirit" is a biblical term that sums up the nine visible attributes of a true Christian life. Using the King James Version of Galatians 5:22-23, these attributes are: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. We learn from scripture that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist