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  • Jonathan Spurlock avatar

    Lovest Thou Me? Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 20, 2025
     | 614 views

    After the Resurrection, Jesus met the eleven disciples in Galilee. Peter and six others went fishing one night but caught nothing. Jesus ministered to all of them, and especially to Peter.

    Lovest Thou Me? Introduction: The Lord Jesus Christ had told His followers to meet Him in Galilee. While they were waiting for Him, Peter decided to try fishing again. The results: not great. But there’s more to the story than empty nets. (Full disclosure: This message is based on a sermon I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Ordinary Faith Won't Do Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Apr 7, 2024
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     | 2,261 views

    Within seconds, Elisha decides to leave all of his wealth and family to follow this radical prophet. Elisha went from the CEO of Elisha Farms to being Elijah’s apprentice. He went from inheriting a fortune to making copies and getting coffee for the prophet

    Trusting God in really challenging times in your personal life is really difficult to do. When marriages break up, finances fail, and good friends desert you, God’s seeming absence is really difficult to bear. When you are going through a foggy time in life, you want to see God’s bright light to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rich O' Toole avatar

    Fellowship In The Gospel

    Contributed by Rich O' Toole on Apr 10, 2024
     | 999 views

    Paul was thankful and joyful about the Philippian believers participation

    Fellowship in the Gospel Philippians 1:3-8 Good morning. When I first sensed the Lord’s calling for me to enter into full-time ministry, I had a lot of zeal and hope for all the Lord would do through me, to further His kingdom. Because I truly loved Jesus and I was not getting into ministry for ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A New You For A New Year

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Dec 31, 2022
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     | 3,871 views

    This is a message preached on New Year's Day, 2023

    Title: “A New You in 2023” Scripture: II Cor. 5:17 Type: Special Occasion Where: GNBC 1-1-23 Intro: Today is New Year’s Day 2023. I am glad that you were all very sensible and went to bed at a reasonable hour so you could be here this morning! This is from Barna research from about 10 years ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Scott Turansky avatar

    The Search For Truth Series

    Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jan 1, 2023
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     | 1,582 views

    The further you pursue science in any discipline, you're going to get to Jesus Christ. Because that's where the truth is. If you have an open heart and you pursue science to its fullest, you're going to get to God and you're going to understand more about who God is.

    Today we're going to look at the wise men. In order to look at the wise men, we have to go back about 600 years to start our story. The story takes place, I'm going to say, about 600 years before with a man named Belteshazzar. You might not know him. You might know him as Daniel. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 6, 2022
     | 3,300 views

    There are a number of things that a preacher might hear after he preaches a sermon. Some of these things are pleasant and some of them are not.

    Some will say: • "I am going to be late for lunch because you preached so long." • "You must not have had much time to prepare that sermon." • "My former pastor preached a much better sermon from that text." • "You acted like you weren't feeling well while you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Can These Bones Live?

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Apr 13, 2021
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     | 11,113 views

    For Israel, “the exile had become not only their physical but national burial site. Their hopes, dreams, glories, and nationalism had been entombed in an alien land.” The question for a dying nation: “Can These Bones Live?”

    I want to begin our message with one woman’s testimony of her visit to a chilling archaeological site in Peru. Erin Lyyc says of her approach to the location, “Against the parched Andean earth [are] flecks of brilliant white. Drawing closer, there are hundreds – [no] thousands – of what look from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The H Word

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 17, 2024
     | 887 views

    Jesus, I give you all within me that is lie and all that fights against the good in me. I surrender my hypocrisy to you and ask you to transform it in order that I would be more like you. May I show grace to others.

    THE H WORD MATTHEW 23:27-28 #hypocrisy INTRODUCTION… The H Word Liar, imposter, charlatan, phoney, deceiver, faker, imposter, storyteller, fraud, dissembler, double-dealer, pretender, bluffer, fabricator, fibber, fabulist. We are going to talk about a word today that has all of those words as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Seeing Your Work As A Mission Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 14, 2021
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     | 4,092 views

    In this message we will see that the key to living out your work as a mission is to be... 'N.I.C.E.R'

    Seeing Your Work As A Mission 20/20 Vision OKAY – welcome to week five in our series, ‘20/20 Vision’ A series about have visual acuity, about seeing things clearly in regards to 6 extremely important areas of your life and mine. Jesus, The Church, Ourselves, Our Relationships, Our Work and Our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Fear God And Honor The King

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Apr 15, 2021
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     | 4,273 views

    This message looks at what the Bible has to say about government, law and order, and the Christian’s behavior in a civil society.

    I’ve entitled our message this morning, “Fear God and Honor the King,” and we’re going to be looking at what the Bible has to say about government, law and order, and the Christian’s behavior in a civil society. I’m going to let you know up front that I’m going to be quoting from numerous ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Am Holy Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Apr 18, 2021
     | 4,259 views

    In that moment, when Jesus paid the penalty for our sin, something wonderful happened. He came down from the cross, took all His holiness and wove it into a suit of clothes and gave it to you and me. We walk around today wearing the holiness of Jesus Christ.

    Pastor and author John MacArthur remembers a conversation that he once had with a well-known charismatic pastor who told MacArthur that Jesus sometimes comes into his bathroom while he’s shaving in the morning and puts his arms around him and they talk together. I love MacArthur’s incredulous ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    God Loves A Cheerful Giver

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Apr 18, 2021
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     | 7,305 views

    The “tithe” is not our money; it’s God’s. When we refuse to trust the church in handling the tithe, and feel that we know the best use for it, then this is contempt for God and His Spirit, and we are treading on dangerous ground!

    I remember when my wife and I first got married that she would tell me stories about the Christian camp she attended as a child, because camp meant so much to her growing up. One of the songs they sang at camp was called, “God Loves a Cheerful Giver,” which was about Ananias and Sapphira; and I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Troy Borst avatar

    Jesus Prays (Week 3 Of 4): In The World Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 21, 2021
     | 3,658 views

    By extension of Jesus’ prayer, we are warned about compromises. By extension of Jesus’ prayer, we are challenged to live in the Truth.

    JESUS PRAYS (WEEK 3 OF 4): IN THE WORLD John 17:13-19 #JesusPrays RAFT STORY PART 1 Come listen to my story about a young man named Jed. Jed wanted to set off on his own and wanted to see what kind of man he was going to be because he was about to move out of his parent’s house and he wanted to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • James Wallace avatar

    The Bottom Line: How To Be Faithful To Jesus Series

    Contributed by James Wallace on Apr 28, 2021
     | 3,647 views

    The Heart of the Message to the Hebrews is how to be faithful to Jesus. How can we demonstrate in practical ways our faithfulness to Jesus in light of His faithfulness to us?

    I had an unexpected very emotional experience this past week. At a little after 6 on Tuesday morning I came to page 884, the last page of probably the longest book I have ever read apart from the Bible. As I’ve mentioned previously, I have been reading the massive scholarly work written by ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Rev. Matthew Parker avatar

    The Aftermath Of Easter - Philip And The Ethiopian Eunuch

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Apr 24, 2022
     | 2,463 views

    Here's a look at the Ethiopian Eunuch and Philip. There's good things to learn from their encounter.

    April 24, 2022 Sermon - Acts 8:26–40 The Aftermath of Easter - Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch Today we are going to have a look at an early convert to Christ, after the first Resurrection Sunday, one of the first who came to Jesus in faith. We had an amazing Easter Sunday last week. What a joyful ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational