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  • Elmer Towns avatar

    Lesson 2: God Whispers And Whistles

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Mar 8, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,759 views

    Attributes of God.

    A. INTRODUCTION “Did you know that God sings? That He works? Or that He cries? God does many things that you may not have thought about before. But the more you know about Him, the better you can respond to Him. God gets jealous, angry and He smiles. God smells pleasant aromas, collects tears ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    End Times

    Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Nov 17, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,367 views

    Jesus talks about the end of the world. But the focus is not on fear and trembling; but on faith and trust in him, and preparing for it through right living now.

    End times I was ordained on a November day six years ago. The ordination was at my home parish, and prior to that I was still finishing my study of Theology in another city in India. Of course the ordination was a huge celebration, and needed a lot of preparation. Since I was away, most of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Easter Sunday: If Jesus Was Raised Then What Will You Do About It?

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 11, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,295 views

    If the resurrection is true, we need to do something about it! Respond to it. This is a fairly short talk encouraging first time commitments to Jesus

    If Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead then most of what we do as a Church is a waste of time. If Jesus Christ was not raised then my job is almost entirely meaningless and I am wasting my life away; but if Jesus Christ was truly raised then we have the most important message for the world, for ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Heaven On Earth Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 16, 2011
     | 5,665 views

    The early converts created a community of faith that reflected what they believed was life in the kingdom of God.

    Acts 2:42-47 “Heaven on Earth” INTRODUCTION Psalm 23 is the most well known and one of the most comforting Psalms. Countless people have found comfort, strength and hope in its verses. During times of grief and struggle individuals imagine the Lord making them rest in green ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    His Own Love. (Hi)

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Jun 15, 2018
     | 4,661 views

    God showed His love on the cross, His love cost Him everything He had in this life.....His life!

    Romans 5:6-For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7-For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8-But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Short Answers To Common Questions 3 Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 25, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,013 views

    Questions are good if we seek answers to them; sometimes objections or excuses pose as questions. Not all questions are asked sincerely. Today I will address three questions, questions usually asked sincerely.

    Short Answers to Common Questions 3 1. Teachers have some funny stories. Here are a few from Reader’s Digest. After a coworker had finished his English lecture and his class had filed out, a tenth grader stayed 
behind to confront him. “I don’t appreciate being singled ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    On Earth As It Is In Heaven

    Contributed by Darryl Ward on May 15, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,101 views

    A sermon about the realisation of God's kingdom.

    A short novel I would recommend to anyone who is interested in pondering the mysteries of theology and spirituality is Flatland by Edwin A. Abbot, an English schoolteacher, theologian, and priest, which was first published in 1884. Flatland is set in a two-dimensional universe, where everyone and ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Man's Extremities Are God's Opportunities To Show His Glory!

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Aug 3, 2021
     | 4,366 views

    Amid the many crisis of today, that are causing so much loss and pain, it is wonderful to know that God is still at work. Although, we cannot choose how the works of God, the method God will use to supply the help we need. The good news is that God is still in charge and will help.

    Man’s extremities are God’s opportunities to show His Glory in this present world. Our study in John brings us to chapter 9, here we learn some lesson from a blind man. Jesus follows his familiar pattern of worshipping in the temple. Our Lord took great delight in visiting His father’s House. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Fourth Sunday Of Lent, Year A

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 24, 2020
     | 6,923 views

    You have a story to tell

    Spiritual blindness often has ideological roots and rational presuppositions. The Pharisees were so sure of everything—that God did not heal someone on Sundays; that Moses was God’s only spokesman, that anyone born blind had to be a sinner. To illustrate: Two psychiatrists were talking and one ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Resurrection Sunday: He Is Risen!

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 26, 2021
     | 3,213 views

    As I journeyed to see family this last week I drove through the great woods of Wisconsin. And I looked at the trees along the road, and they looked like bundled up cord wood ready for the fire.

    As I journeyed to see family this last week I drove through the great woods of Wisconsin. And I looked at the trees along the road, and they looked like bundled up cord wood ready for the fire. Always right around this time of year, the trees look so dead. All their leaves have fallen off, and it ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    When Your Faith Is Tested Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 31, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,843 views

    This is the 9th sermon in the series "Don't Be Discouraged". What do you do when your faith is tested?

    Series: Don’t Be Discouraged [#9] WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED 1 Peter 4:12-19 Introduction: We have been studying 1 Peter for 9 weeks and I want to remind you of the things that were happening to the Christians when Peter wrote them this letter. Christians were being dragged out of their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Whispers And Whistles Lesson 2 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 14, 2019
     | 4,128 views

    God thinks about you, and God has a wonderful plan for your life.

    A. INTRODUCTION “Did you know that God sings? That He works? Or that He cries? God does many things that you may not have thought about before. But the more you know about Him, the better you can respond to Him. God gets jealous, angry and He smiles. God smells pleasant aromas, collects tears ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Master Builder

    Contributed by Cletus Blamo on Jan 31, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,218 views

    It is only a fool that builds without counting the cost. Life has it origin and propeller in God, so disregarding His surpremacy and Lordship will amount to lot struggles, crisis at most shame and untimely death of a man, therefore allow God to build you.

    Theme: The master Builder Text: Psalms 127:1, Job 22:23-24, Our God is the master builder..if you read Exo 1:21, He build houses for the midwives, because they chose to obey Him instead of pharoah who had a negative plans for the birth of male child due to the prophesy that was unfold concerning ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Esther, Queen For The Day

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 18, 2019
     | 5,908 views

    Esther's role as queen of Persia reveals the hand of God in the lives of His people -- for His purposes.

    1. “Good Morning America” once reported about a young man by the name of Keith Waters was wrongfully accused of a crime he did not commit & was sent to prison for 20 years. His sister, Judy, a high school dropout went back to school, got her law degree & then spent as much time as she could ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Fall Of Man

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 28, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,626 views

    The Fall of man, and the purpose of the Cross.

    THE FALL OF MAN. Genesis 3. It is part of the proof of the common ancestry of man that wherever we go in the world there are stories of a flood from which but a small number of people were saved, and prior to that a struggle between God and man involving a serpent or (in island communities) a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational