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  • Herman Abrahams avatar

    Overcoming Failures & Disappointments Series

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 31, 2007
    based on 27 ratings
     | 19,279 views

    Where disappointments are concerned, we need to know that failure need not be fatal and success is never final.

    References: Compiled by: Herman Abrahams (Pastor), Cornerstone Faith Ministries, P.O. Box 740, Westridge 7802, Rep. of South Africa. E-Mail: Mentorship2003@yahoo.co.uk Note to the reader: If you have been blessed with this sermon compilation, I would be honoured to receive an ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    There Is A Sound In The Land

    Contributed by Dr. Steve Newton on Nov 23, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,835 views

    Ehud, a judge in Israel kills the fat king....and there is a sound of victory throughout the land

    THERE IS A SOUND IN THE LAND: The story of Ehud (AY-HOOD) Judges 3:12-30 12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. 13 And he gathered unto him the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Is Sabbath?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 7, 2007
    based on 47 ratings
     | 6,204 views

    1. Sabbath is a principle. 2. Sabbath means losing control. 3. Sabbath means modeling the life of God.

    I’m a fan of the television show "24". It has more fast-moving action packed into an hour than any show I have ever seen. The lead character, special agent Jack Bauer, is on the run practically the entire show. He has no sooner solved one crisis than another rises. The title "24" is taken from ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jason York avatar

    Love And Relationships

    Contributed by Jason York on Oct 9, 2016
     | 18,249 views

    Breaks down and details our relationships between man and God

    Champions for Christ Cowboy Church Message: Love and Relationships- October 9th, 2016 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Derrick Tuper avatar

    What's New?

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 3, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,096 views

    What do you think of when you hear the word, “new”? Fresh, pure, clean? Another new year is upon us. How will we approach it? What will we do with it? Will it be a repeat of last year? Will we be a repeat of last year? Or will we experience newness? How c

    WHAT’S NEW? INTRODUCTION: What do you think of when you hear the word, “new”? Fresh, pure, clean? Another new year is upon us. How will we approach it? What will we do with it? Will it be a repeat of last year? Will we be a repeat of last year? Or will we experience newness? How ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    New Beginnings

    Contributed by John Gullick on May 9, 2002
    based on 104 ratings
     | 28,262 views

    A sermon that looks at new beginnings and starting over. Really a new year message

    New Year - As we travelled around on holiday we saw these signs here and there = You are now entering Southland district - Lakes district and so on. On the journey there came a point where we had left one district behind and had entered another. January is the month when it is drawn to our ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Outside The Comfort Zone

    Contributed by Daryl Bahn on Dec 24, 2001
    based on 226 ratings
     | 17,101 views

    First Sunday after Christmas, Year A -- God had Mary and Joseph take Jesus down to Egypt. When God sometimes takes us out of our comfort zone, it is part of his gracious plan for us in Christ.

    Here we are at the end of one year and ready to begin another. The readings for this morning are for the First Sunday after Christmas, and the Gospel tells us about the trip that Mary, Joseph, and Jesus took down to Egypt. It wasn’t a vacation. They weren’t just “going south for the winter.” They ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Our Purpose:14th Anniversary Service

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 14, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 11,919 views

    This is the message we preached together as husband and wife pastors for our 14th Anniversary At The Church.

    Our Purpose 3/2/2002 Numbers 13:36-14-4 Philippians 3:10-16 Rick Today we celebrate the reality that some fourteen years ago, God intervened in the life of this congregation in a definite manner with a specific purpose in mind. With God, nothing happens simply by chance, for even ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Larry Turner avatar

    And In Closing

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Jan 5, 2017
    based on 5 ratings
     | 16,344 views

    This Sunday, January 8th, 2017, our church will close it's doors. This will be my last sermon to be preached to them

    The first time God spoke to me was over twenty years ago. I was traveling down Highway 16 and was almost at Jones’ Exxon when He said, “Look in the book of Acts.” I hadn’t been a Christian very long. Knew very little about the Bible. But I knew that a strong compulsion was ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    What’s In Your Cup?

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Jan 29, 2025
     | 1,714 views

    This message looks at the believer and what he/she should be filled with.

    Tun with me to 2 Corinthians 1. We are going to read the first part of verse 4. “[God] Who comforteth us in all our tribulation that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble.” In one of his messages last year, my brother read an illustration from “Barbara O’Neill Health Tricks” that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Is Sin?

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jun 15, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 3,861 views

    The nature and source of sin and its cure.

    INTRO.: ILLUS.: I Kings 8:33-39 The prayer of David shows a direct relationship between sin and suffering in Israel’s history. National calamity was the result of national sin. There is also a close relationship between sin and the temple because that was the place Israel was to come to in order to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Lalachan Abraham avatar

    What Is True Worship? Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Dec 2, 2019
     | 9,110 views

    The nature of worship is from the inside out and has two equally important parts. We must worship “in spirit and in truth” (John 4:23–24)True worship is a matter of the heart expressed through a lifestyle of holiness.

    Worship is the oldest practice in the history of mankind. There is no culture in the history which has not practiced some form of worship. We were created to worship and the essence of worship can be found in the first of the Ten Commandments: “You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3) ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    God Did Not Say, "Stop!”

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jun 20, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,351 views

    2/3 of "God" is "Go". This sermon deals with how we, too often, just stop. Audio will be placed at www.sermonlist.com

    There was once a man who loved to fish. As a matter of fact, he fished so much that he became an expert at fishing. It was not long before other people began asking him to teach them to fish also, which he did. The word spread and pretty soon a sporting goods company hired him to teach their ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Glenn Newton avatar

    How Does The Empty Tomb Affect Me Today?

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on Apr 5, 2005
    based on 41 ratings
     | 15,382 views

    I share a couple important thoughts about how the Empty tomb, the resurrection affects us today as Christians

    The Empty Tomb and how it affects me today Pastor Glenn Newton April 3, 2005 Text: Philippians 3:10-14 10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Jon Daniels avatar

    To Live Is Christ Series

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on May 6, 2025
     | 400 views

    Based on Philippians 1:19-30 - Challenges hearers to realize that we live in joy when we live in Christ.

    “TO LIVE IS CHRIST” Phil. 1:19-30 FBCF – 5/4/25 Jon Daniels INTRO – How many of you here today want to have more joy in your life? Seems to be a scarce commodity these days. So many things work against us to steal our joy – stress/anxiety, burdens we carry, uncertainty in our nation/world, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist