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  • Steve Pilon avatar

    Are You Standing With The People Of God?

    Contributed by Steve Pilon on Apr 27, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,035 views

    Being counted as one of the Lord’s chosen requires more than just words.

    Title: Are you standing with the people of God? 2,550 years ago a book was written that recorded how God used a young woman to prevent the annihilation of His people. That book is called the Book of Esther and it’s a book that contains the story of a people known as the Jews who were being ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Cowboys & Christians

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Oct 24, 2005
    based on 87 ratings
     | 12,324 views

    Evangelism sermon, showing similarities between cowboys and Christians. A very close take-off from the sermon of a friend of mine; Pastor Steve Shepherd of Jonesboro, AR.

    Cowboy Joe was had just come back from going to church for the first time, and was in the bunkhouse telling the other cowhands about his experience. He said, “When I got there, I parked my pick-up in the corral. Charlie, a worldly cowboy said, “That would be the parking lot, Joe.” Joe ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    New Wine For New Wineskins

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 4, 2005
    based on 47 ratings
     | 19,523 views

    My attempt to deal with the issue of the "newness" of Jesus compared to the "oldness" of the Law. If you think I missed it, let me know (really!).

    New Wine for New Wineskins Matthew 9:14-17 October 30, 2005 Introduction If there’s one thing that is inescapable when examining the life of Jesus, it’s that he was constantly challenging the status quo of the religious mindset of his day. He was pretty much fed up with it. He regularly had to ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Hallowed Or Hollow? Series

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Nov 9, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,241 views

    Prayer is a delicate balance between his holiness and his closeness.

    Title: “Hallowed or Hollow” Text: Matthew 6:7-10 FCF: Prayer is communication with Christ, and as his followers, we need it to be two-way. SO: Be Real! Prayer that is not genuine is only words. Intro: One of the disadvantages of being a person who learns words in context is that you get them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    An X-Rated Sermon

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 10,050 views

    The Nature of Sin - and our Saviour, as illustrated by the story of Tamar & Judah

    Title: An X-Rated Sermon: Tamar and the men in her life. Text: Genesis 38 CIT: Selfishness is the root underlying sexual sin; turnabout is fair play. Thesis: Sin exposes a motive and extorts an unexpectedly high cost, but in spite of this, Jesus makes the exchange for us that we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Biggest Blessing Of All

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Nov 30, 2005
    based on 99 ratings
     | 4,930 views

    A sermon about the blessing of Christ - to go along with our Bethlehem Candle Service- 2nd week of Advent.

    Every year in Mesa, Arizona, the Mormon Temple puts on their Christmas display. It is a fantastic sight to see! There must be millions of lights, and the sight of those displays is truly awesome. If you want to go see them, you will spend at least a half hour looking for a place to park, and ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Created To Be Like Christ Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Aug 26, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 10,054 views

    God is more interested in who you are than He is in what you do. We define ourselves by our jobs, our homes, our wealth, our education, our friends. But these are secondary issues. When you die, you won’t take your career to heaven; but you will take y

    Around here we sometimes say that we want to be “Jesus with skin on” to each other. That’s just another way of saying that we want to be Christ-like. And that’s the very reason God chose us. To make us like Jesus. [God] has always known who his chosen ones would be. He had decided to let them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hell? Yes!

    Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Aug 30, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,369 views

    Without a understanding of the doctrine of hell and the fact that people without faith in Christ face an eternity in hell, we have no great motivation to withness our faith and be involved in mission and ministry. This fact changes our perspective and giv

    One of the old time managers of the New York Yankees was Joe McCarthy, who was also a Baseball Hall of Famer. He once said that he had a dream in which he was in heaven and had assembled before him a team of all of the old time greats – Ty Cobb, Lou Gehirg, Babe Ruth, and others. He was ecstatic! ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Be Angry But Don't Sin

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Sep 8, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,847 views

    This sermon addresses how to deal with your anger in a God pleasing way.

    September 11, 2005 Ephesians 4:25-32 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. “Be angry but do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not leave space for the devil. He who has been ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Welcoming God's Strange Messengers Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 16, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,589 views

    Trials are common to all people! What is not common, however, is your response to trials. In today’s sermon, James teaches you how to respond to your trials.

    Scripture Someone once posted a sheet of paper on a bulletin board with the following heading: “You know it’s going to be a bad day when. . . .” Allow me to share a few of the “whens” with you. You know it’s going to be a bad day when. . . • You wake up to the soothing sound of running ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "Are We Fulfilling Our Assigment?"

    Contributed by Kevin Smith on Sep 21, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,493 views

    In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the church really needs to look at itsself & ask the question, "Are We Fulfilling Our Assigment from God?"

    Matthew 28:16-20 Aww come on and bless the Lord in this house. He is worthy, is he not? Come on & bless God for our choir on this morning. Did they not sing to the Lord? Amen. amen. You may be seated in the prescense of the Lord. Amen. This text before us is a very familliar text, often being ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    Are You Ready To Work In The Vineyard?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Sep 22, 2005
    based on 30 ratings
     | 12,714 views

    Jesus calls his children to work in the vineyard, and reprimands those who think they are most willing with their lack of true service.

    September 25, 2005 Matthew 21:28-32 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ ”‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ray Ellis avatar

    Living In The Light Of Eternity

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 27, 2005
    based on 38 ratings
     | 10,414 views

    When a person embraces the reality of the world to come it radically changes how the peson view this world. A person’s priorities change concerning money, things, time, friends, family, and life itself.

    Living in the Light of Eternity Ephesians 1:15-23 (Message) When waiting in slow traffic on a hot day with 100-degree heat do you wonder why you do what you do? Do you wonder what’s the point of your daily activity? What gives you sense of purpose? Events can happen in your life that helps ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Growing In Spiritual Maturity Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 30, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,563 views

    In James 1:19-20 James shows us three characteristics of growing in spiritual maturity.

    Scripture The story is told of two men who were traveling along in a hot-air balloon when they began to realize that they had no idea where they were. To make matters worse, as they looked at the sky, a storm began brewing overhead and heavy clouds started rolling in. For a brief minute they came ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Fighting Fair Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Oct 13, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,468 views

    3 of 5 on Home and Family. This message focuses on fighting fair. Eph 4 is the main text. Bill Brian was the source of several points.

    Heaven Help the Home Marathon Marriage – Oct 2 Security & Significance – Oct 9 Fighting Fair – Oct 16 Taming the Tongue – Oct 23 Leading & Loving – Oct 30 Marathon Marriage – Oct 2 Romance Reality Regret Renewal Security and Significance – Oct 9 Proposition 1: Our two most basic human needs ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ