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  • Mark Opperman avatar

    The Prodigal Father

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jun 10, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,219 views

    The love that our heavenly Father has for us is recklessly extravagant, and is able to fill the Father hunger within us.

    THE PRODIGAL FATHER [Read Luke 15:11-24] -Maybe you’ve heard another version of this story of the Prodigal Son: The Prodigal Son in "F" Feeling footloose and frisky, a featherbrained fellow forced his fond father to fork over the farthings, and flew far to foreign fields and frittered his ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Who To Invite?

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Feb 11, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,591 views

    We want to control the cost of inviting people to an event. We don't know why people need an invitation to our church, so we don't accept the cost of inviting outsiders into the church.

    Who to invite? It is pretty amazing how many special occasions all of us are involved in. There are birthday parties and graduation parties, block parties , retirement parties, 4th of july, labor day. I have been blessed as a pastor to be involved in lots of special occasions for families. ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Highly Favored Series

    Contributed by Bruce Goettsche on Nov 27, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 14,095 views

    Mary was asked to something incredible. She was highly favored by God . . but so are we.

    Highly Favored Luke 1:26-38 ©Copyright November 29, 2009 by Rev. Bruce Goettsche My maternal Grandmother lived with us for the last years of her life. As often happens with us as we get older, she frequently told the same story to us again and again. I’m ashamed to say that it used to really ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Live Out Your Dash Series

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 17,813 views

    This sermon is part 1 of the introduction to a sermon series based on the book One Month to Live by Kerry & Chris Shook

    TITLE: Living out your Dash (Intro. To One Month to Live) Text: John 10:10, James 4:14 Date: 5/23/09 Location: Sulphur Spring Baptist church This I Memorial Day weekend, the weekend every year where we remember those who have gone on before us and especially those who were killed while fighting ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Honor, Love, And Reverence

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 5, 2009
     | 4,364 views

    Emmaus Baptist Church, Quinton, Va: To be good citizens means that we follow Peter’s counsel and honor everyone by supporting the public good; love the church by investing in it; and reverence God by making sure of our personal relationship to Him.

    This is a day to celebrate being a people of God in a nation shaped by the will of God. This is a day to remember who we are, where we came from, and to what we are called. This is a day for honor, love, and reverence. Two years ago, the last time I was here, I mentioned that I had been doing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Way In Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jul 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,865 views

    About Paul’s definition of "freedom."

    With each passing year in which our country celebrates it’s independence.. it’s freedom… a cry intensifies for the current generation of citizens to not take their freedom for granted. It’s noted that those who have come to enjoy freedom… can fall back to enslavement and tyranny because they ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sin City Series

    Contributed by Chris Surber on May 27, 2010
     | 7,011 views

    When we allow ourselves to be inundated with sin we grow callous to its affects and to God's holiness.

    “Sin City,” Genesis 19:1-29 Introduction I spent the eighth grade living in Butte, Montana. When I moved there from California most of the kids I eventually met assumed that I was a surfer because I was from California. Of course, this is a little bit like assuming that everyone from ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Last Straw Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jul 4, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,773 views

    Ahab goes one step too fr and God decides to act in judgement of him and Jezebel. Yet even then God's mercy is to the fore.

    Reading through the story of Ahab and Jezebel, I occasionally feel a bit sorry for Ahab. He gets a glimpse every now and then of what’s the right thing to do. You feel like he’d really like to do the right thing, but he’s made so many bad decisions in the past that he just ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    By Faith Jepthah... Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Apr 18, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,844 views

    Part of a series based on the heroes of faith from Hebrews 11. This sermon is expository and alliterated.

    Chapter 15 Jephthah Do I need to give more examples? I do not have time to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets. — Hebrews 11:32 NCV James Braddock was down on his luck. A once successful amateur-turned-professional boxer, a broken hand and the stock ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Rules We Play By

    Contributed by Monty Newton on May 2, 2009
     | 2,552 views

    In all we do and say, we point the way to Jesus Christ.

    Title: The Rules We Play By Text: Acts 4:1-12 Thesis: In all we do and say, we point the way to Jesus Christ. Introduction: Most games have rules that players play by. However, sometimes, as has been my experience with playing with our grandchildren, players sometimes change the rules or make ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Lessons Learned From God's People - God Is Faithful! Series

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on May 17, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 19,892 views

    If there’s one thing we can learn from God’s dealings with the Israelites, it’s that God is FAITHFUL.

    TEXT: Various TITLE: TOPIC: God’s faithfulness OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, May 17, 2009 PROP.: God is faithful to His promises and his people and he shows his faithfulness through his power, his plans and his purposes! INTRODUCTION: Our sermon series is called: “Lessons learned ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    If It Weren’t For Grace Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 10, 2010
    based on 50 ratings
     | 37,998 views

    Why couldn’t the Law of God make us acceptable to God? And if it couldn’t save me, what could?

    OPEN: The following is a list of police comments that reportedly were taken from actual police car videos where police arrested various law-breakers: 1. One officer told a man who was complaining about how tight the handcuffs were by saying: "Relax; the handcuffs are tight because they’re new. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Joshua Commission

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,833 views

    Joshua Commission. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Joshua chapter 1 verses 1-16. Ill: George was 28 years old, single, and still living with his parents. • One Sunday morning, George told his mother he wasn’t going to church. • "First," he said, "I’m tired. Second, the people there don’t like ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    The Message From The Beginning Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 3, 2010
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,917 views

    The message from the beginning is two-fold. 1- We should love people 2- We should loathe evil

    INTRO.- ILL.- A prominent lawyer's son dreamed of following in his father's footsteps. After graduating from college and law school with honors, he returned home to join his father's firm, intent on proving himself to be a skilled and worthy attorney. At the end of his first day at work he rushed ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Final Battle Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 25, 2009
    based on 65 ratings
     | 26,677 views

    When Jesus comes again, it will be in power, and righteousness and judgment. But what does His 2nd coming mean to us, and what part (if any) do we play in it?

    OPEN: Several years ago Johnny Carson had Billy Graham as a guest on his show. At one point there was a lull in the conversation and Johnny said, "You know what Billy, I bet if Jesus ever came back to earth, I bet we’d do him in again!" Billy Graham leaned forward in his seat, and said, "In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ