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  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "What's Love Got To Do With It?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 7, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 6,667 views

    Love has everything to do with it.

    John 13:31-35 “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” By: Rev. ken Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org “As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” Perhaps more than any other single verse in the New Testament, this one should cause us to ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Christian Know The Time Series

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on May 25, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,622 views

    Christian, do you know the time? We are admonished to be aware of the time and that things are drawing near. Let’s examine God’s word to us today...

    Christian, know the Time Time to awaken out of sleep and to cast off the works of darkness Time to walk straight Time to put on the Lord Jesus Christ If you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86,000 that carried over no balance from day to day...Allowed you to keep no cash ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    2 Baskets Of Figs Series

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jun 9, 2005
    based on 35 ratings
     | 26,114 views

    A study of one of the visions that God gave Jeremiah.

    Sermon preached by Rev. Larry C. Brincefield on October 31, 2004 Title: 2 Baskets of Figs Text: Jeremiah 24:1-7 Introduction 1. There are great many things that divide us into groups… We are divided by our sex…there are men and women… We are divided by race…blacks, whites, Hispanics, and so ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Blessed Are The Meek Series

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,485 views

    We tend to think that meekness is for losers, but Jesus teaches that the earth belongs to those who humility and meekness is seen in their trust of Christ.

    Blessed are the Meek Matthew 5:5 May 29, 2005 This is the third sermon on the beatitudes. We have come down to Matthew 5:5. “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.” I have a feeling that we have a problem today as we come to this beatitude on meekness. Meekness doesn’t really ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dana Chau avatar

    Prayer: Connections In Ministry Series

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 15, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,387 views

    Discover how prayer is absolutely necessary in fruitful ministry.

    (If you feel this sermon is helpful, you are welcome to visit https://danachau.thinkific.com/ for a free online course.) We continue our message series on prayer this morning. Someone tells about a new trainee in a large company. To befriend his colleagues, he offered to buy a pizza lunch for ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Christ Is The King Of All Seasons

    Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Nov 22, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 9,814 views

    Throughout the Church Year, and throughout our lives, Christ shines as our Savior and our King!

    Christ is the King of All Seasons Today the Church celebrates Christ the King Sunday. This last Sunday in our liturgical year provides us an opportunity to acknowledge Christ as King of our lives, and to see our King in all his glory. Our first reading today takes us into the book of Daniel. God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "Called To Grow" Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,406 views

    Believers are called to come together as an evangelistic community.

    Our passage does not specifically tell us that the early church devoted themselves to evangelism, although we may conclude that they did, indeed, share the message of the Good News with those who did not know Christ. What we are told is that they devoted themselves to learning ("to the Apostle’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Don't Worry, Be Happy! Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jul 20, 2006
    based on 306 ratings
     | 43,092 views

    It’s easy to say, "Don’t Worry," but it’s better to give someone the tools Jesus provided here to win the war over worrying. The FATHER FACTOR, the FOCUS FACTOR, and the FUTURE FACTOR. Link included to formatted text, handout, and PowerPoint Template.

    Don’t Worry, Be Happy! Matthew 6:25-34 "Don’t worry about it." Have you ever had those words said to you? Did it work? Probably not! Easy words to say, but hard to put into practice. In essence that is what the Scripture says in verse 25. [read] But it goes on to tell us how not to worry. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Todd Riley avatar

    God's Holiness And The Call To Be Like Him

    Contributed by Todd Riley on Nov 23, 2005
    based on 38 ratings
     | 13,757 views

    Exposition of Psalm 99

    Islington Baptist Church November 20, 2005 Psalm 99 Scripture reading: Daniel 4 God’s holiness and the call to be like Him This morning, during our Scripture reading time, we learned about a King named Nebuchadnezzar. Of all of the Kings who have walked the earth, King Nebuchadnezzar ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    What We Do By Faith

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Aug 9, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 4,191 views

    We perceive the unperceivable and we achieve the unachieveable.

    Chapters 1-6: Christ is a SUPERIOR PERSON. Chapters 7-10: Christ exercises a SUPERIOR PRIESTHOOD. Chapters 11-13: Faith is a SUPERIOR PRINCIPLE. Hebrews 11 is often called THE FAITH CHAPTER. Hebrews 11:6—“WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE [GOD].” Romans 14:23—“WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Remember The Simple Things Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 17, 2003
    based on 208 ratings
     | 32,215 views

    Peter gives us list of 8 simple characteristics that are so basic we tend to overlook them... but we do so at our own risk. Learn the value of the "simple" qualities of your faith.

    OPEN: Cecil B. DeMille was making one of his great epic movies. He had 6 cameras at various points to pick up the overall action and 5 other cameras set up to film plot developments involving major characters. The large cast had begun rehearsing the scene at 6am and they went through it 4 times. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Louis Bartet avatar

    No Other Gospel Series

    Contributed by Louis Bartet on Sep 16, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 5,295 views

    This study covers The Problem, The Perscription and The Preacher.

    LESSON TWO TITLE: No Other Gospel TEXT: Galatians 1:6-10 6 I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; 7 which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you, and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Jeff Hughes avatar

    Obedience To His Commands

    Contributed by Jeff Hughes on Mar 17, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,969 views

    We need to obey Jesus.

    Obedience to His Commandments 1st John 2:3-6 Jeff Hughes I. Introduction a. By way of introduction, let’s briefly look at the five verses we studied last time. b. First, we looked at the deception of sin, we looked at the deception of saying we don’t have a sin nature, and the deception of saying ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Christopher Raiford avatar

    Keep God's Word Close At Hand

    Contributed by Christopher Raiford on Aug 1, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 13,498 views

    Sermon on the importance of Christian education

    Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, How many of you have a cell phone that you usually take with you wherever you go? Let’s see a show of hands. How many of you know someone who hardly ever goes anywhere without their cell phone? Especially now that cell phones have become smaller, cheaper, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dan Morrison avatar

    The Grace Test Series

    Contributed by Dan Morrison on Aug 8, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 5,283 views

    How do you operate as a Christian, law filled or grace filled? Take the test!

    The grace test message for May 6 2001 THE GRACE TEST All of us as believers operate in one or two ways when we encounter the circumstances of life. We will either respond from a grace filled heart or a law filled heart. In short you and I are either a grace filled or law filled Christian. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist