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  • angel caballero avatar

    Blessed Through The Seed Of Abraham

    Contributed by Angel Caballero on Jun 17, 2009
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    If you think your blessing is based on your goodness, you discredit the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    Genesis 22:18 “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed...” Introduction: I have seen Christians struggling to be blessed, or trying to earn the blessing of God to him, through good works, or by spending much of his/her time in the ministry. In today’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Tale Of Two Failures Series

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 31, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,455 views

    JESUS CAME TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF SIN, BUT SOME FOLLOWERS NEVER FACE ITS REALITY AND THEREFORE FAIL TO DISCOVER VICTORY.

    Sin: That Nasty Three Letter Word The Tale of Two Failures How Two People Handled Their Failure With Jesus For some of us this innocent picture of a bar of soap brings back some horrible memories. Many of us can remember what it was like to get caught saying one of those nasty words we had ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The Yuletide Cheer Of John The Baptist Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Jan 12, 2010
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    [John] said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ’We have Abraham as our father.’ F

    Last week we welcomed back to the Christmas stage that most unlikely of Yuletide figures - the gaunt and rather unjolly figure of John the Baptist. He emerges from the background shadows of the Nativity scene each year at this time, and last week I focused on just what an unexpected and unwanted ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Jesus Shows Us That Scripture Resisits Temptaion

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Feb 20, 2010
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    A sermon for the 1st Sunday in Lent, series C

    1st Sunday in Lent, February 21, 2010, “Series C” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, your Word became flesh and lived among us in the person of your Son Jesus the Christ, who was indeed truly ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    "Accept That You Are Accepted"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 17, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
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    A sermon on the meaning of the Cross.

    Luke 23:32-43 “Accept that You are Accepted” “I just want to be accepted and loved. That is what I want more than anything in the world,” confides the honest teenager who has been left on the margins, rejected by the so-called ‘popular’ people, lives in a ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Community Or Chaos: The Danger Of Doing Business As Usual Series

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on Mar 16, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 17,427 views

    The danger of doing business as usual is that you will miss your mission, that you will miss your miracle, and you will miss the Master.

    Community or Chaos: The Danger of Doing Business as Usual John 21: 1-12 John 21:3 “I go a fishing.” The life and times of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reflects the Black Church and Black people at their best. We are all proud of his academic and social accomplishments. Unfortunately, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Nothing Is Ever The Same"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 27, 2011
    based on 11 ratings
     | 11,052 views

    A sermon for Epiphany.

    Matthew 2:1-12 “Nothing Is Ever The Same” What images come to your mind when you think of the Magi in Matthew’s Gospel? Having sat through enough Christmas plays, it may be hard for some of us to banish the image of children wearing bathrobes and Burger King crowns, trying to ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Outcasts! Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jan 16, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,887 views

    In Mark 2 we meet two outcasts: a paralyzed man and Levi. Each had a decision to make that mirrors decisions that we as humans must make as well with the presence of Jesus.

    Whereas in Chapter 1 we saw Jesus, the ultimate action hero, begin his battle against the enemy, Satan, in Chapter 2 He takes the war to a new front and begins battling the religious establishment in Israel, which was just as much an impediment to entering God’s kingdom as Satan. He does this by: ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Called

    Contributed by Bryan Fink on Feb 18, 2012
     | 5,821 views

    To encourage Christ followers to live out God's call on their life.

    Title: Called Theme: God’s Call on and for our lives. Text: Galatians 1.11-17 Time: November 7, 2010 (Communion and All Saints Day) Task: To encourage people to live out God’s Call on their life. “I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    What You're Tied To Series

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Oct 31, 2012
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    Sermon #2 It teaches that Your choices are determined by your values.

    What You’re Tied To Matthew 6:19-21 Last week I started a series of sermons called, “More than Survivors”… raising your kids to be more than just survivors in this world… raising them to be victorious, winners, and champions. Our example was Moses and how his mother, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Studies In Revelation Chapter 9 Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Oct 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,265 views

    This is a study of chapter 8 in the book of Revelation. This is a controversial subject but takes a conservative approach to understanding the book.

    Note: I used many sources to study this book, one of my favorites is Revelation: God’s Word for the Biblically-Inept by Daymond Duck and some out of different study bibles. Title: The Fifth & Sixth Trumpet Theme: Still will not repent Text: Rev 9:1-21 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Follow The Leader

    Contributed by David Henderson on Aug 12, 2012
     | 9,722 views

    To be a great leader you must first become a great follower.

    Follow the Leader” John 12:20-26 It was John Maxwell who gave us this very simple definition of what a leader is. He said a leader is someone who has followers. And here is the way he puts it…if you believe you are a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Told You So

    Contributed by Judith Hand on Apr 20, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,167 views

    God's presence will convince a skeptic and God's power will draw a crowd, are we witnessing to the presence and power of the living Christ?

    Acts 3:12-19 I John 3: 1-7 Luke 24: 36b-48 I love it that we can linger a few weeks just taking in the wonderful message of Easter, with our focus upon the risen Lord, as we read accounts of Him walking on this earth after he broke forth out of that tomb. He is ALIVE! If the salvation story ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A Message For Palm Sunday

    Contributed by David Mcnally on Apr 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 17,569 views

    The change in the people between Palm Sunday and Good Friday shows clearly the fickleness of sinful mankind compared to the steadfastness of God, who never lets us down

    Bible: Zechariah 9:9 and Matthew 21:1-11 SERMON – Palm Sunday 2011 The steadfastness of God compared to the fickleness of man What is Palm Sunday all about? First of all about palms – palm branches – big fronds, torn from palm trees to be laid down on the rough surface of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    From The Outside Looking In

    Contributed by Ernest H. Jones on Apr 23, 2011
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     | 9,813 views

    This is a Resurrection Sunday message on Peter, John, and Mary Magdelene

    John 19:11-18 From the outside looking in Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb far earlier than usual. Obviously, she is still distraught over the previous days’ events. No matter what Jesus had said or did before crucifixion Friday, the fact remained that Jesus was dead. All the belief in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist