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  • Steven Chapman avatar

    Committed To Christ's Presence And Power

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Jun 17, 2005
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    This sermon doesn’t concentrate on the going - it concentrates on the how we are to go by emphasizing God’s presence and power in the process.

    Committed To Christ’s Presence and Power Matthew 28:18-20 Knowledge of motion, but not of stillness. Knowledge of speech, but not of silence. Knowledge of words, but ignorance of the Word. All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance. All our ignorance brings us nearer to death. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Battle Of The Blankets

    Contributed by Ted Mulder on Nov 27, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,538 views

    One of the greatest battles of spiritual warfare - getting ourselves out of Bed!

    One of the most important things a believer does is spend time with God. If we were to walk up to people on the street and ask them, ¡§Do you think that if someone called themselves a Christian that they should pray¡¨ The answer would be duh, of course. If we were to ask them do they think a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Endurance

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jun 10, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 22,067 views

    Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition provides a powerful example of endurance (with applications for the marriage relationship).

    This morning, I’d like to tell you a story. It’s a true story, about an epic journey undertaken in the early part of this century. It’s a tale of great deeds attempted, of great disappointments and failures, and also of great achievements. And it’s a tale of a group of ordinary men who were pushed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Nations In Uproar Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 18, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,498 views

    The Life of Abraham, Part 3 of 10.

    THE NATIONS IN UPROAR (GEN 15:1-21) There is a story a number of years ago when John Kennedy was president of the United States, and Nikita Khrushchev was Premier of the Soviet Union, and Golda Meier was Premier of Israel. The three of them got together for a peace conference and decided to pray ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Robert Higgins avatar

    Skin Deep Grace Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on May 6, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,333 views

    Sometimes our apprehension of God’s grace is only skin deep. It only touches the temporal and not the eternal.

    Embracing Grace – Part 2 – Skin Deep Grace Introduction and review Last week I introduced this sermon series and the key concepts concerning grace. For those of you who were not here, I urge you to get the audio tape or cd and get on the same page as the rest of us. Let me quickly review our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Nations In Uproar Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 18, 2007
     | 3,068 views

    Abraham, Pt. 3

    THE NATIONS IN UPROAR (GENESIS 15:1-21) There is a story a number of years ago when John Kennedy was president of the United States, and Nikita Khrushchev was Premier of the Soviet Union, and Golda Meier was Premier of Israel. The three of them got together for a peace conference and decided to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • John Morris avatar

    Anger Destroys A Heart Series

    Contributed by John Morris on Mar 5, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,016 views

    Anger festers inside a man to dull his spirit.

    1500 years ago Pope Gregory the Great took a list of seven sins and listed them in a Church catechism. He had reduced the number of deadly sins from 8 to 7 when he listed them in the church’s teaching. The 8th sin that was dropped from the list was the sin of people who sing bad solo’s in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    My Heart And My Eyes Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 21, 2013
    based on 84 ratings
     | 17,140 views

    The path to greater spiritual strength and depth. 1- We keep pride and haughtiness far from us 2- We are not concerned with matters beyond us 3- We have become quiet and still before God

    INTRO.- My heart and my eyes. How important is your heart and your eyes? Both are important to life and one to a better life. ILL.- A lady said to her doctor: "Doctor, take a look at me. When I woke up this morning, I looked at myself in the mirror and saw my hair all wiry and frazzled up, my ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Overcoming Doubt Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 29,094 views

    Doubt. It impacts all of us. Doubts are not incompatible with faith. In fact, they can add to our faith. So how do you access the power of the resurrection and overcome your doubts?

    Overcoming Doubt Numbers 13:25-33 Lord Halifax, the secretary of Great Britain, once shared a railway compartment with two prim looking spinsters. A few moments before reaching his destination, the train passed through a tunnel. In the utter darkness, he noisily kissed the back of his hand several ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Dealing With Destruction In The Bible Series

    Contributed by E. True Neilson on Jan 29, 2015
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    Though God is never mentioned in this book, his fingerprints are all over the story of the heroic Esther and Mordecai. Study along as we discuss the ins and outs of living for God in a godless culture.

    LIVING FOR GOD IN A GODLESS CULTURE Dealing with Destruction in the Bible ESTHER 9:1-19 INTRODUCTION -Many people are unaware the President Abraham Lincoln had a short lived military career. -One story relates that Lincoln was marching his company and encountered an open gate, through which his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "Wow"

    Contributed by Clark Sneed on May 26, 2016
     | 7,383 views

    A Memorial Day message to a military audience. A Roman Centurion impresses the Lord with his faith. When your faith makes the Lord say, "Wow."

    Good morning. I hope you are all enjoying this long weekend. Memorial Day is such a sacred time. It began as “Decoration Day” in the 19th Century, when various communities set aside time to decorate and maintain the graves of their loved ones. Even today, several towns compete for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    The Growth & Flourishing Of The Christian Mind

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 2, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,289 views

    God works in mysterious ways, as they say. And how truly mysterious it is and difficult to comprehend. Just when you think you've discovered a way in which God operates, he surprises you with another.

    God works in mysterious ways, as they say. And how truly mysterious it is and difficult to comprehend. Just when you think you've discovered a way in which God operates, he surprises you with another. At times he seems distant. At times it seems hopeless. At other times he is close. ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Joshua Blackmon avatar

    Unstuck By Grace

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on May 21, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,040 views

    This sermon explores principles that can help us get "unstuck" in life from a little book by Travis L. Thomas titled "3 Words for Getting Unstuck: Live Yes, And!" alongside the text of Hebrews 10:1-18.

    Unstuck By Grace I. INTRODUCTION: Today is my birthday! I am 43 years old. I am a Gen-Xer. We were born at a transitional moment in history where technology began to boom just as we were born. In the home I grew up, at first we had a rotary phone. Then a pulse phone. We had a stereo system that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Strength In Weakness Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 20, 2025
     | 474 views

    When you feel disrespect, boast about the way God has honored you, humbled you, and helped you in your weakness.

    In 1969, in a science lab in New Jersey, Canadian physicist Willard Boyle and his colleagues invented the concept of an electronic eye. Using their knowledge of mathematics and the behavior of light they provided the science behind digital cameras known as a charged-coupled device or CCD. The CCD ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Tools Of Restoration Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 4, 2024
     | 575 views

    To restore a sinning believer, grab the tools of restoration: pain; punishment; pardon; and partnership.

    The Tools of Restoration (2 Corinthians 2:5-11) Author and Canadian Theologian, Randall Rauser, tells the story of a boy, whose parents had promised him a beautiful car to drive when he turned 16. He dreamed about it all his life, planning to park it in the family’s barn where it could stay warm ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free