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  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Can You Trust The Map? Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 17, 2001
    based on 188 ratings
     | 6,037 views

    We are going to take a journey with Jesus, but we need a map. The map is th Bible, but can we trust it? YES WE CAN!

    INTRODUCTION  An atheist was out fishing near Europe, when all of a sudden a huge dragon type amphibian began to come out of the water. With snarling teeth it moved closer to the atheist. In desperation the fisherman shouted "Dear God, Please save me!" All of a sudden, everything stopped ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Light In The Darkness Series

    Contributed by Doug Johnston on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,668 views

    Instead of hiding our eyes from God’s light, we should approach it and take it for our own use and to light the lives of others.

    Living in darkness: Seen by unclean acts [here, primarily immoral] (1-5) Makes one an object of God’s wrath [active punishment] (6) Joining with disobedient people (7) Is a description of a believer’s former condition (8) We must light the darkness we live in. Approach God’s Light (8-13) As a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    One Step At A Time

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jul 29, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 13,560 views

    There are two vital things that Jesus wants to know - are you ready for the test? And are you willing to take just one step to become closer to God?

    A fourth-grade teacher was giving her pupils a lesson in logic. "Here is the situation," she said. "A man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and begins splashing and yelling for help. His wife hears the commotion, knows he can’t swim, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    The Disturbance Of Jonah

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Oct 5, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,979 views

    The misconduct of one statesman can lay waste a nation. It only takes one drunk driver on the highway to leave a scar and an empty chair in a family.

    Disturbance Jonah 1:4-6 This is our third lesson in the book of Jonah. If we could take one word and maybe describe the first two verses, we would have to say duty. And if we used one word to describe what we read in verse 3 we would have to say disobedience. Duty and disobedience should not be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    The Gospel Is Preached At The Areopagus Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 25, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,488 views

    Paul takes the context of a pagan city and uses their apparent spiritual thirst to tell them about Jesus and his rescue from the judgement to come.

    Here’s Paul, left alone in Athens, the cultural capital of the world. How do you think he’d be feeling? Overwhelmed? Excited? Fascinated? Imagine this is you, not in Athens, but in New York or Paris or Rome or Berlin? How would you be feeling? Like you couldn’t wait to get out and start exploring? ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Filled To The Brim Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 1, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,002 views

    5th in Take a Hike: Walking in the Spirit series. This is about being filled with the Spirit - what happens at salvation, and what needs to continue happening.

    Ephesians 5:15-18 – Filled to the Brim (NOTE: This is a revamp of a previous message of mine called "Would You Like a Refill?", with (I think) a better understanding of the topic. It’s also blatantly Wesleyan/Arminian.) Author Jamie Buckingham once visited a dam on the Columbia River. He’d ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Breakthrough In Jerusalem

    Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 4, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 16,392 views

    A breakthrough in your day-to-day life can mean a lot to us. But a breakthrough in a spiritual crisis can take on a much greater meaning.

    BREAKTHROUGH IN JERUSALEM I am thankful today that God has helped me in many difficult times. Each of us can remember times when God has helped us face what seemed to be impossible situations. We are victorious because of His promise found in - Romans 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Confront And Conquer

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Sep 21, 2005
    based on 189 ratings
     | 136,179 views

    If you require only three bullets to finish the enemy and you take 1,000 with you, there is no harm in that; you will bring back the rest.

    Matthew 11:12: And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 17:21: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. MFM has been accused of subjecting people to fasting and prayers but here is an ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    You Aint Seen Nothing Yet

    Contributed by Robert Bravo on Mar 17, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 9,749 views

    Sometimes it takes our willing to break through all the obsticles in our lives to recieve the mircle we need from Jesus. Are we willing?

    You aint seen nothing yet Mark 2:1-12 (NIV) 1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Spanking: The Bottom Line

    Contributed by Larry Thompson on Jan 31, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 11,072 views

    With the new law being introduced in California to ban spanking this message takes a biblical view of what many say is discipline from the "dark ages."

    THE BOTTOM LINE: “To Spank or Not To Spank” Proverbs 23:13-14 - ©Dr. Larry L. Thompson (2007) “Don’t be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won’t kill them. 14 A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.” Proverbs 23:13-14 (Message) Introduction: Do ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jon MacKinney avatar

    A Look Back At Life

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Sep 28, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,357 views

    What a privelege, to take a look back at life through the eyes of the world’s wisest man, who knew now what really mattered.

    Passage: Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 Intro: There is a museum in Deadwood, SD, to the American West. 1. Inscription left by one prospector: 2. “I lost my gun. I lost my horse. I am out of food. The Indians are after me. But I’ve got all the gold I can carry.” 3. King Solomon had a lot, too. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Brad Beaman avatar

    Sermon On The Mount: Salt And Light Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Nov 28, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,904 views

    Some of the Anabaptists of the sixteenth century had a very literal take on the words of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount, “if the salt loses its saltiness

    Some of the Anabaptists of the sixteenth century had a very literal take on the words of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount, “if the salt loses its saltiness, it is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. At the end of the service they would have the Christians ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Daniel Owens avatar

    The Best Is Yet To Come: From Good To Better Series

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,039 views

    God specializes in changing people; taking us from where we’ve been, to where we are, to where we ought to be.

    II Peter 1: 3-11 3. His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. 4. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dan Cale avatar

    12 Keys To Abundant Living: Own It Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Apr 5, 2007
    based on 49 ratings
     | 14,048 views

    This second in the seriese discusses taking responsibility for life and for becoming what God made us to be. Also addresses embracing positive change in life.

    Fresh Start 12 Secrets for Abundant Living This week we are continuing in our series for the New Year - 12 secrets for abundant living. Remember that this whole series is based on 3 very important principles. 1. God has a plan for your life - Jeremiah 29:11 says “I know the plans that I have for ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • David Johnston avatar

    The Gift Of Miracles Series

    Contributed by David Johnston on Apr 28, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,401 views

    "Receive your miracle today" is highly proclaimed across the airwaves. We’ll take an in-depth look at this Gift in our study here.

    (A continuation from Gifts of the Spirit Part 6) The Gift of Miracles Definition: These are works or deeds brought by supernatural power which alter the normal course of nature. They include divine acts in which God’s kingdom is manifested against Satan and evil spirits. It’s a miracle . . ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal