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  • Keith Broyles avatar

    Fish Stories

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Dec 4, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,318 views

    We’ve all heard stories about the one that got away and other kinds of fish stories. God wants us to tell our fish stories, our fishing for people stories, not the exaggerated ones but the ones that show God at work in our lives.

    I love fish stories. I have always thought it fun to hear folk talk about the fish they have caught or the one who got away. Most all of us have heard fish stories of some kind or another during our lifetime. Some of them are very believable and others, well let’s just say that the exaggeration ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Parable Of The 10 Virgins/Bridesmaids Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Sep 16, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 30,551 views

    Jesus is coming back and we are called to be prepared for that return? Those who are not prepared face a finality of judgment that no one wants to face!

    Sermon Brief Date Written: September 16, 2008 Date Preached: September 17, 2008 Where Preached: OPBC (Wed PM) Sermon Details: Sermon Series: A Study of the Parables Sermon Title: The Parable of the 10 Virgins Sermon Text: Matt 25:1-13 (NKJV) 1 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    70 Weeks Of Daniel Series

    Contributed by Ed Taylor on Oct 13, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,446 views

    History in advance; a panoramic picture of God’s dealings with Israel, the Antichrist, the coming Messiah, and the end of the age.

    1. Have you ever been reading a book, OR a novel and you come to a place where you think, “WOW, this is great! I don’t think it’s going to get any better than this?” • You just hit a place where the plot thickens, the characters expand, the story gets intense… and you’re absorbed with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Certainty In Uncertain Times

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 16, 2008
    based on 19 ratings
     | 26,222 views

    Christ is the chief cornerstone, the firm foundation of our faith in an age of shifting sand.

    Certainty in Uncertain Times, Mathew 7:24-29 Introduction During an earthquake that occurred many years ago, the inhabitants of a small village were generally very much alarmed, and at the same time surprised, at the calmness and apparent joy of an old lady, whom they all knew. At length one of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Believe In Me Series

    Contributed by Daniel Villa on Jun 30, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,508 views

    Followers of Christ are commanded to trust Jesus everyday while non-believers are invited to surrender their whole life to Jesus.

    2. BELIEVE IN ME OBEYING EVERYTHING JESUS DEMANDED Objective: To the disciples this message is aimed at making them understand the importance of living in faith, i.e. a day-to-day trusting and receiving life from Jesus. For the non-disciples, let this be a “come-on” enter, follow, believe ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Laying Down The Law Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jul 3, 2008
    based on 105 ratings
     | 13,452 views

    What would happen if we got back to the basics and tried to live by the 10 Commandments? Oh, the revival that would sweep our nation, our churches, and each of our hearts! Link inc. to formatted text, audio & video, PowerPoint.

    Laying Down the Law Intro. to the Ten Commandments Exodus 20 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/LayingDownLaw.html In The Gospel and the American Dream, historian Bruce Shelley writes, “In one hand Liberty holds the torch of freedom and in the other the tablet of law. The torch challenges the forces ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Small Seed

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 16, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,535 views

    The Kingdom of God will grow because God is working. Growth comes from Him and it has nothing to do with the size of the seed.

    Both parables set out to teach us, "What the Kingdom of God is like." Note two things,(1) Growth is taking place because God is working, (2) Growth has nothing to do with the Size of the Seed Growth comes from God. Jesus uses the illustration of a farmer to emphasize this point. • The farmer ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Be All That You Can Be

    Contributed by Duane Johnson on Aug 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,193 views

    We can have joy even in the midst of trials when we know and value what they are producing.

    James 1:2-4 BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE Do you recognize that slogan? If you are thinking of a TV commercial we are on the same wavelength. Who is it that uses that phrase in their advertising? The United States Army! I wonder how many of you want to be all that you can be? Perhaps as a mother or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spiritual Fruit Or Religious Nuts?

    Contributed by Douglas Turner on Dec 4, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,959 views

    Lessons from the Withered Fig Tree

    A sign posted outside a church on Highway 110 outside of Tyler, Texas once read, “God is looking for spiritual fruit not religious nuts.” Unfortunately, religious nuts abound everywhere, but in and out of the church, but spiritual fruit is rare. The importance though of bearing spiritual fruit in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Uncompromised Character Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Dec 10, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,824 views

    Isaiah 53 was written some 700 years before Christ was born, yet it describes the coming of a Savior or Messiah who would be the wounded healer of the world and would have an uncompromised character. Here’s what we see about the character of Jesus.

    Uncompromised Character Isaiah 53 Andy Stanley tells the story of when he was 13 and learning the meaning of the phrase, “Actions speak louder than words.” His dad was the Associate pastor of First Baptist in Atlanta when the senior pastor was asked to resign. Charles Stanley was asked to preach ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A Tale Of Two Mothers

    Contributed by Neil Chitty on Jan 23, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,331 views

    Jesus gives back to two grieving mothers their dead and dying children.

    A Tale of two mothers. I read a couple of short stories last week that go like this: A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: " My full name has six letters. The first one is M. I pick up ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Abiodun Adeniyi avatar

    The Cost Of The Cross

    Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Feb 1, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 12,681 views

    what it cost you to be Christian

    THE COST OF THE CROSS Years ago when I was in the College, accommodation on campus was very scarce. It was very difficult to get accommodated throughout one’s study period. But no sooner I stepped into the University that I learnt from “satellites’ that it was possible to get accommodated ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Greg Nance avatar

    Jesus Deals With Adultery

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Oct 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,057 views

    We need to be more like Jesus. How he handles both sinners and their accusers teach us lessons we need to practice. Here in John 8, Jesus shines again.

    John 8:1-11 Jesus and the Woman caught in Adultery It looks like an airtight case! She was caught in the act; eye witnesses stand present ready to give their deadly testimony. A sort of mock court convenes in front of Jesus there in the temple grounds and the accusers press him for a judgment. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Alison Bucklin avatar

    Waiting For Jesus: Shepherds Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 3, 2011
     | 3,678 views

    Ordinary people, holy times and places

    Zach and his flock were the last into the fold for the night. One hundred and thirteen sheep, just the same as last night and the night before. He pushed the last one into the enclosure and pulled the dried thornbush into the space between the two rough stone walls. On the way up to the heavy ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Silencing The Stranger - Hitchhiker 1 Series

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Nov 19, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,502 views

    This sermon takes a little different look at the book of Jonah... as one traveling as a hitchhiker on the road of life.

    Jonah 1:1-17 NIV The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." 3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed