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  • Blake Inscore avatar

    Christmas "P's"

    Contributed by Blake Inscore on Dec 12, 2008
    based on 21 ratings
     | 9,679 views

    The are five powerful words that all begin with the letter "P" that can help us better understand the story of Christmas.

    Christmas P’s Luke 2:1-20 Introduction: Last week we looked Christmas from somewhat of a non-traditional viewpoint by seeing the Christmas isn’t “A” word it is “THE WORD” Jesus Christ. Today I want us to look at the Christmas story as told in the Gospel of Luke, and after we read it together I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Life's Toughest Questions

    Contributed by Tim Huie on May 6, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,708 views

    The answers to life’s toughest questions can be found in one simple verse of scripture, "In the beginning God!"

    LIFE’S TOUGHEST QUESTIONS GENESIS 1:1 1. Illus. of my kid’s questions • “Why is grass green? Why is the sky blue? Why do ant bites hurt?” • As they got a little older, “Why is that lady so fat? What’s wrong with that man’s face?” 2. All of us are born with a questioning nature. As children, our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dancing With God

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,010 views

    Dancing with God begins when we realize that God chooses the music and the dance, but most importantly, God leads.

    Dancing with God Matthew 6:1-6; 16-21 The Reverend Anne Benefield Geneva Presbyterian Church, Ash Wednesday February 25, 2009 Introduction: The passage we will read tonight is the traditional reading for Ash Wednesday. It focuses our attention on the three disciplines of Lent: Praying, Fasting, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Baptism-Before And After

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 22, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,084 views

    Baptism is a healing of mind, body and spirit and the beginning of a lifetime of working out our salvation by adhering to the Law of Love.

    Tuesday of 4th week in Lent March 23, 2009 The Church’s forty-day preparation for Easter is, above all, a preparation of the whole Church to claim the inheritance earned by Christ through His passion, death and resurrection. Jesus lived, died and rose again so that we might have the Holy Spirit, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Triumphal Entry

    Contributed by Richard White on Mar 28, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,366 views

    This march is not like other conquering heroes march, it begins before the victory, and takes the Victor to Calvary the place of the triumph.

    The Triumphal Entry Matt 21:1-11 Every conquering hero has a “victor’s parade.” The march goes through the countryside with the foot soldiers leading, maybe charioteers or cavalry to follow, with the captives somewhere in the middle. The conquering hero would come from the rear riding high ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    It's Harvest Time

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Mar 4, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,894 views

    Brief message preached at beginning of week of Prayer for North American Missions after testimony from a NAMB missionary.

    Introduction: Like we’ve been discussing the last few weeks, it is so easy for us to get bogged down in what is going on around us, we can, like the old adage says, “Miss the forest through the trees.” What that means is we live in a world full of lost people and don’t seem to see that we live in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pursue Purpose Series

    Contributed by John Harvey on Sep 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,837 views

    A look at the purpose of our lives beginning wiht spiritual gifts. Utilizes Rick Warren’s SHAPE diagram.

    Dare to Pursue “Pursuing Purpose” October 1, 2006 Me: Everyone wants to have a purpose in life. We all want to feel needed and feel like we are contributing to something that really matters. It is easy for us to get caught up into thinking that we don’t really make a difference or we aren’t that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Work Of The Spirit, Part A Series

    Contributed by David Richardson on Sep 13, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 10,684 views

    Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?

    Series: Life, Everlasting, Part 3 Message: The Work of the Spirit? Part A Our scripture focus today is Psalm 116:13, but I want to read the entire Psalm… 116:1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. 2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Deep & Wide

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jun 26, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 11,829 views

    God’s love for us is so great that it will transform our lives if we can begin to grasp it.

    In the frontier days snake oil salesmen would sell potions guaranteed to cure whatever ailed you, from gout to gangrene and warts to weariness. Unfortunately their claims were a tad overblown, but in the passage we looked at today we get a glimpse of a genuine miracle cure. Paul writing from ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Matter Of Life And Death

    Contributed by Jonathan Twitchell on Jul 26, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,133 views

    The "sanctity of life" often describes our stance on the beginning and the end of life--but what about the time in between?

    For the last few weeks we’ve been following the accounts of the period of time between the Judges and the early Kings of Israel. These accounts are found in the books of First and Second Samuel—and primarily detail the life of Samuel, the rise and fall of King Saul, and the choice of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The New Life

    Contributed by Donato Solano on Aug 4, 2006
     | 4,157 views

    The old life has been taken away and we are created new again. We are given a new beginning.

    Objectives: 1. That the students see the newness of life in Christ. 2. That the students become conscious of the kind of life God desires. 3. That they will begin to change their ways of living. INTRODUCTION We have found a new relationship with God. We have been forgiven and cleansed through ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Best Reason To Give Thanks

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Oct 11, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,044 views

    Give thanks because God’s love for us is eternal. It didn’t have a beginning and it will not have an end.

    Two attitudes toward thanksgiving: • Blessings are seen as coming from US, not GOD. Bart Simpson’s Thanksgiving prayer: “Dear God, we paid for this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.” Prayer by the character Charlie Anderson (Jimmy Stewart) in the movie Shenandoah: “Lord, we cleared this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Book Of Acts, Part 2- Power From Above Series

    Contributed by Mark Strauss on May 4, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 25,701 views

    This morning we are going to look at the event which sparked the beginning of the Church, pouring out of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost.

    Power from Above The Spirit Comes at Pentecost Acts 2:1-21 Sometimes the most foolish sounding ideas turn out to produce the most extraordinary results. Listen to these real statements made about people and products. •In 1876, a Western Union internal memo read this, “This ’telephone’ [thing] ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bobby Daniel avatar

    The Cost Of Discipleship

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Jun 2, 2007
    based on 54 ratings
     | 14,072 views

    An overview of what discipleship: Where do i begin, What is required and What do i have to lose?

    INTRO: I heard a story once about a pig and a chicken walking past a church where the sign read, “Help us to feed the hungry”. The chicken suggested to the pig that maybe they can help by pitching in some eggs and bacon. The pig responded, “Easy for you to say, your part requires just a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Great Payday Here

    Contributed by Thomas Bartee on Jan 24, 2011
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,832 views

    This message will explore some of the many benefits that a person can begin enjoying immediately after trusting Christ for salvation.

    Text: Matthew 16:24-27- " Then said Jesus unto his disciples, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal