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  • Bob Hostetler avatar

    The Two Seas

    Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Jul 6, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 15,157 views

    A message about the grace of giving

    The Two Seas Text: Proverbs 11:24-25 There were two seas that dominated the land of Jesus, the land where he was born and grew up, the land in which he lived and ministered, the land which some today call Israel, and others call Palestine. One of these two great bodies of water, filled ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Perfect Obedience.

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Dec 24, 2000
    based on 119 ratings
     | 10,785 views

    First Sunday after Christmas Year C.

    First Sunday after Christmas Year C. Luke 2: 41-52 Lord of the Lake Lutheran Church The Rev. Jerry Morrissey, Esq., Pastor Thank you Lord Jesus for your perfect obedience as a free gift which is our freedom from slavery to sin and death. Amen. Title: “Perfect Obedience.” Mary and Joseph find the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Confronted By Truth

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 26, 2000
    based on 491 ratings
     | 28,542 views

    The woman at the well is confronted by the truth which Jesus presents her.

    Charles Swindoll, in his book Growing Deep in the Christian Life, tells the true story of a man who bought fried chicken dinners for himself and his girlfriend to enjoy on a picnic one afternoon. He was in for a surprise because the person behind the counter mistakenly gave him the wrong paper ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Making Sense Out Of Babel

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 114 ratings
     | 25,836 views

    Push aside the spirit of Babel, and declare your dependence upon the Lord

    I don’t know if you realize it or not, but every one in this room is part of a minority group. Less than 10% of the people in the world speak English. Estimates are that just under 500 million people on planet earth are English speakers, while over twice that many speak Mandarin Chinese. There are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Power For Our Generation Series

    Contributed by Mark Pfeiler on Oct 30, 2000
    based on 101 ratings
     | 10,396 views

    God’s power can help our generation by making us complete and whole.

    Dayspring _96 2 Monday Night "Every generation has a story to tell, of the rise and fall of people and the times they know so well. Won’t you Lord please help them that my generation sees there is hope for our tomorrow looking back at Calvary." This generation know as the "X" Generation, also ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Reason To Celebrate

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 22, 2000
    based on 168 ratings
     | 21,681 views

    Celebrating Christian Marriage

    Though marriages are meant to last a lifetime, they can deteriorate rather quickly. I like what someone calls the seven stages of a cold for a married couple: The first year of marriage, the husband says, "Honey, I'm worried about my little girl. You have a bad sniffle. I want to put you in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Shrewd Are We?

    Contributed by Jeeva Sam on Sep 24, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 7,107 views

    Jesus calls his disciples to be shrewd

    HOW SHREWD ARE WE? Congregational Participation Question: How would you define the word “shrewd”? Can you think of something that you or someone else did that would qualify to be called “shrewd?” Here are some definitions from the dictionaries: Cambridge: possessing or based on clear ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Knowing God - #4 - He Is Able Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 5, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 6,494 views

    Sixth message in a series on the attributes of God and how we are to reflect them. This message deals with God’s power and how we can trust Him.

    KNOWING GOD - #4 He is Able Various Scriptures Introduction I’ve got a good feeling about this message today. I’ve been looking forward to this all week. As you know, we have been looking at the attributes or character qualities of God. We have looked at His love, His glory, His compassion, ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    What To Do In Your Hour Of Need Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 28, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 9,475 views

    The record of Jesus’ seven statements from the cross are not just recorded as historical fact it is given to us to apply to our present moment…”

    A Study of the Book of Luke Sermon # 66 “What To Do In Your Hour of Need!” [Christ’s Seven Statements from the Cross] “The final statements of even the most ordinary people have a way of fixing themselves firmly in the memories of those who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Christ - Master Military Strategist

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 6, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,667 views

    We need to trust Christ’s "war plan", even when it seems the battle is going against us.

    Over the past couple of weeks, since the war in Iraq began, we have been subjected to a barrage of television commentators expressing their views on the conduct of the war. Every channel has their own set of talking heads – retired generals arguing about whether we have enough troops and tanks on ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Well, It's Father's Day!

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 149 ratings
     | 20,243 views

    Today is Father’s Day, a day to reaffirm that God has given us, as fathers, great responsibility in our homes.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX A. Well, today is Father’s Day. The ladies of the church honored us this past week in a special "Father & Son" banquet, with good food, program, & special recognitions. It was great, & on behalf of the men, ladies, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Fresh Touch From God Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 27, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 10,629 views

    The Christmas Touch - part 3 Lessons learned from the shepherds.

    Advent: This morning our journey to Bethlehem continues. The season surrounds us and the pace quickens as we count down the final days to Christmas. Amidst the hustle and bustle we sometimes suffer from tunnel vision. We’ll wake up one day and realize Christmas has come and gone and we missed what ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    #7 Sanballat Attacks Again With Physical Persecution Series

    Contributed by James May on May 3, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 20,197 views

    #7 in the Nehemiah Series deals with Sanballat’s attack through persecution. Satan uses the same tactics against the people of God today.

    Book of Nehemiah Series #7 Sanballat Attacks Again - Physical Persecution By Pastor Jim May Last week we completed with the wall being half finished. It was half the height that the original wall had been. Even though the gates had been rebuilt and the walls connecting each of those gates was ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Lions In Daniel's Den Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jun 17, 2006
    based on 229 ratings
     | 87,374 views

    Daniel was now facing his toughest test yet. In our study of this test I want you to see two very important truths that are meant by God to help you through the tests that you will inevitably face in life.

    Scripture Today I would like to conclude my sermon series in the book of Daniel. Actually, I am concluding my sermon series at the end of chapter 6. The reason I am not carrying on with chapter 7 is because Daniel 7-12 deals with various visions that Daniel had. There is no unified consensus as to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Super Bowl Zero

    Contributed by James May on Feb 4, 2007
    based on 25 ratings
     | 31,255 views

    This message was preached on Super Bowl Sunday and emphasizes the fact that there is a much greater contest going on in the realm of the Spirit.

    Super Bowl Zero By Pastor Jim This evening there are over 70,000 fanatics sitting in the seats of the arena where a contest is underway to determine the annual Super Bowl Champion. As of this morning, the only tickets that could be found were in the end zone and most were in the upper level ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible