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  • Nathan Johnson avatar

    What Is This Thing Called Separation?

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Dec 18, 2008
     | 6,797 views

    God has designed His believers to be distinctive without being stuck up. The lesson learned from this Scripture is how to be in the world but not of the world.

    What is This Thing Called Separation? Griffith Baptist Church – 12/21/08 P.M. Service Text: Nehemiah 13:1-6 Key verse: Nehemiah 13:3 - Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Premise: God has designed His believers to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Best Christmas Present Ever

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 22, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,621 views

    A sermon for Christmas Eve.

    Christmas Eve Mediation Luke 2:1-20 by: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org Following a Christmas Eve Service at the last church I pastored, Parkview United Methodist Church in Newport News, VA., I was shaking hands with those who were ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Seeing My Life The Way God Sees It Series

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Dec 9, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,044 views

    Part 2 in a stewardship series.

    A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES Part Two Seeing My Life the Way God Sees It November 15, 2009 8:30 AM & 11 AM Pastor Brian Matherlee Video introduction “Significance” Psalm 8:3-4 “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Matthew 5 – Part 19 – "But The Guy Is A Jerk And Deserves It!” Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 8, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,761 views

    Most action movies have some aspect of revenge in their storyline. When the bad guy finally gets killed, I agree with the hero as he says, “The guy was a jerk and deserved everything he got!” Am I the only one? Jesus challenges my thinking!

    Matthew 5 – Part 19 – “BUT THE GUY IS A JERK AND DESERVES IT!” Most action movies I have seen have some aspect of revenge in their storyline. And I must admit it, when the bad guy finally gets killed, I am there saying on the inside “The guy was a jerk and deserved everything he got!” Am I the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Chutes And Ladders Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 21, 2015
     | 5,262 views

    We want to be a disciplined people, and we want to be wary of the destructive evils that we find so easy to embrace. Discipline is like a ladder that slowly leads us upward; foolishness is a chute that can make us drop quickly.

    Chutes and Ladders Proverbs 23:15-35 1.These are actual complaints received from dissatisfied customers by Thomas Cook Vacations (based on a Thomas Cook/ABTA survey): a. "It's lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallarta to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Giving And Loving

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 16, 2017
     | 4,833 views

    an eye for an eye, insults, generosity, enemies, borrowers and God’s love

    Intro Did Jesus tell us to be as perfect as God? How is that possible? Goal Let us understand the measure of love God expects. Sermon Plan We will examine Matthew 5:38-48, an eye for an eye, insults, generosity, enemies, borrowers and God’s love. Matthew 5:38 “You have heard the law that says ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Love Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Duncan Hamilton on May 2, 2016
     | 7,585 views

    A sermon inspired by the book For The Glory by Duncan Hamilton.

    Text: Matthew 5:38-47 In Duncan Hamilton’s biography For the Glory, we learn that Scotsman Eric Liddell’s greatest challenge came, not when his convictions about racing on Sunday during the 1924 Olympics were tested, but when he served as a missionary in China amid the Japanese ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    How Can You Tell Who Is Ready To Receive God

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 6, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,438 views

    A look at how we frequently judge the inward readiness by the outward appearance and why that doesn't work.

    HOW CAN YOU TELL WHO IS READY TO RECEIVE GOD? Outward appearance is a poor indicator of inward readiness. - Jonah 3:5-10. - Focusing on outward appearance hurts our witnessing because we don’t want to be mocked. - There are many who appear to be far away from God because they are in fact very ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pentecost

    Contributed by Al Schifano on Jun 7, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,692 views

    The Birthday of the Church and the ways in which the Holy Spirit works within it and within us.

    Pentecost A STA 2014 5  Happy Birthday Church. o Pentecost is the day the Church celebrates its birthday o The Holy Spirit descending upon the Apostles o So they would be empowered to begin building the church instituted by Christ.  Throughout the centuries and around the world ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Lostness Of The Righteous Ruler Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Feb 13, 2014
     | 5,416 views

    Being an Authentic Follower of Jesus: The Lostness of the Righteous Ruler

    Being an Authentic Follower of Jesus: The Lostness of the Righteous Ruler Luke 18:18-30 March 7, 2010 Going to CA; Kevin reading The rich ruler asked Jesus, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life.’ This man is a religious leader, probably a ruler of a synagogue, and a Pharisee ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The New Self: God’s Love On Display Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 19, 2014
     | 4,022 views

    Our new selves are characterized by love, and therefore we should value and live-out the nuances of love.

    The New Self: God’s Love On Display (Colossians 3:12-14) 1. WOODSTOCK, Ill., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Customers at an Illinois Shell station received gas for just one cent per gallon due to a glitch in the system, an employee said. Rita Castillo, who has worked at the Shell station in Woodstock for ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Reaction: How Do We Account For Jesus? Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 1, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,736 views

    What is your response to this miracle working Jesus? The responses we saw years ago are still common today. Who understood him best?

    Reaction: How Do We Account for Jesus? (Mark 3:13-30) 1. A middle-aged, wealthy woman has a heart attack. While on the operating table she has a near death experience. She sees the angel at the gates and asks if this is it. The angel says no, she has another 30-40 years to live. She recovers, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Fr Mund Cargill Thompson avatar

    Big Results Not A Big Fanfare Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Aug 2, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,571 views

    Why do we bring up the bread and wine from the back of church at the offertory? What is heaven like? Does God prefer a big splash and fanfare or big results done quietly?

    If you are picking up an Agatha Christie and you are impatient you’ll turn to the last page of the novel to find the answer. But of course first of all you have to know the question, which in an Agatha Christie book is “Who was the murderer”.By the end of this morning sermons I ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Bryan Beverly avatar

    Who Is Christ And Who Am I?

    Contributed by Bryan Beverly on Sep 16, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,180 views

    This text reminds us that distorted views of God and ourselves are revealed by trouble.

    3) And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24) A windstorm arose on the sea, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. 25) And they went and woke him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” 26) And he said to them, “Why are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Ministry Of Baptism

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 14, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,631 views

    The word of God did not come to the palaces of the great or the mighty in church or state, but to John, in the wilderness.

    THE MINISTRY OF BAPTISM. Luke 3:1-22. People may be impressed with names and titles, but God is not. As Peter told the household of Cornelius, God shows no partiality: “God is no respecter of persons” (Acts 10:34). Tiberius was Emperor in Rome. Pontius Pilate was governor in Judea. Herod was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational