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Four Words That Could Change Your Christmas: Rebel Series

Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 4, 2011

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Your Christmas can be counter-cultural; not by turning away from something but by turning to someone.

ADVENT CONSPIRACY* FOUR WORDS THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR CHRISTMAS: REBEL Matthew 2:1-15 Big Idea: Your Christmas can be counter-cultural; not by turning away from something but by turning to someone. Supporting Scripture: Isaiah 55:2, Mark 12:29-31; Acts 4:12; Romans 12:2; 1 John 2:15 SERMON ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-15

Denomination: Nazarene

Bear The Cross To Wear The Crown

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 1, 2012

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Matthew 16

BEAR THE CROSS TO WEAR THE CROWN (MATTHEW 16:21-28) Being a disciple of Christ is quite costly in many parts of Asia and Africa even though it is quite a tame or mild affair in the Western world. In Iran, 32-years old pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, leader of a network of Iranian house churches, was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:21-28

Denomination: Independent/Bible

As A Man Thinketh

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 6, 2012

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Our thinking has the capacity to either crown us or cripple us.

Proverbs 23:7 KJV For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: . . . Philippians 4:8 KJV Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 23:7, Proverbs 27:3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Lovingness – The High Price Of Neighbourliness Series

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 15, 2012

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The Good Samaritan. (Powerpoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info) Listen to audio of this sermon at: www.gcurley.info

SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Compassion Is Based On Need Not Worth. (vs 30) (2). Compassion Feels Something (vs 33) (3). Compassion Does Something. (vs 34) (4). Compassion Cost Something. (vs 35) (5). Compassion Demonstrates Real Faith. (vs 36-37) SERMON BODY: Ill: • Two men were drinking in a bar ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Brethren

Hot Dog Song

Contributed by Billy Blackmon on Feb 19, 2010

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We must get excited about worshiping God

Pastor Tom Wallace shares an event that took place in his church, Bible Baptist Church in Elkton, Maryland. "The Sunday morning service was just ready to begin when in came a man who had never attended our church before. He looked around with awe and amazement at the great number of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Relationship Choice Series

Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 15, 2010

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Our relationships are righted when we offer forgiveness to those who have hurt us, in the same way that God has forgiven us.

Title: The Relationship Choice Text: “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Matthew 5: 7 (Matthew 18:21-35) Thesis: Our relationships are righted when we offer forgiveness to those who have hurt us, in the same way that God has forgiven us. Lenten Series: ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Compassionate Decision Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Aug 2, 2009

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This is week six of my seven week series, I have used The Traveler’s Gift as a spring board and this week we are looking at forgiveness

He just kept right on smiling. It didn’t matter what they did or what they said he just kept right on smiling. They were American army officers and he was their Korean house boy, and for what ever reason they gave him a hard time about everything, he wasn’t fast enough, he wasn’t polite enough, he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-27

Denomination: Wesleyan

I'm Safe In His Arms Series

Contributed by Clinton Smith on Aug 6, 2009

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God knows how to keep me because I don’t know how to keep myself

Isaac Watts was born in Southampton, England, on July 17, 1674. His parents were Dissenters - that is, they were not members of the Church of England. They adhered to the Congregational faith. That was a serious matter at the time; Dissenters, depending on the tolerance of the monarch on the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1, Proverbs 29:25, Psalm 27:5

Denomination: Baptist

Prophecy: Were Are The Holy Spirit Fire Starters?

Contributed by Richard Francis on May 26, 2009

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I beleive we need the gift of prohecy above all others in these times, for worshiping in spirit and trurth, for building the church up, fro bringing the holy fire to burn away the dross and to unleash rivers of living waters to our dying nations too peopl

So what is a prophet? To many people the term prophets conjures up a vision of an weathered haggard person with a more than slightly, no very wild look in their eyes. Someone who is weird sitting at the back of the church with a crazy look? Even perhaps an old lady sitting in a with a crystal ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:1-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Gift Of Generosity Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jun 11, 2009

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Generosity simply means giving readily to others. I think we all grasp the basic meaning… but a little reflection helps us grasp what is at stake.

Continue in series focused on Spiritual Insights for Insecure Times Central truth - Apart from God… our relationship with money and possessions becomes corrupted and controlling. We becomes slaves… smaller… captured in this early scene in the movie Wild Hogs… in the rather pathetic character ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:35

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ignorance Is Bliss -- Not!

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 14, 2009

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First Baptist Church of Gaithersburg, MD: We avoid too much information because we know we will have to respond. Some escape into private piety; some escape from knowing themselves. But true bliss comes from knowing how to invest in Kingdom concerns.

You can buy it anywhere in Pennsylvania Dutch country – a banner, an apron, a towel, anything really – and it proclaims, in pidgin German, “Ve get too soon oldt und too late schmart”. Your preacher this morning is a walking example of that ancient truth. Too soon oldt und too late schmart. The ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 92:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

Faithfulness Series

Contributed by David Flowers on Jul 3, 2009

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Third in series Relating to God: What We Can Learn About God From Our Closest Relationships On Earth. In this message Dave shows that maintaining faith in people must be based not in confidence in them, but in confidence in God.

Faithfulness/Fidelity Part 3 in series Relating to God: What We Can Learn About God Through Our Closest Relationships On Earth Wildwind Community Church David Flowers February 21, 2009 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 (NIV) 23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Denomination: Free Methodist

Famine In The Promised Land Series

Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Oct 26, 2009

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In beginning an interim pulpit ministry, God directed my attention to Abram/Abraham as a paradigm of faith. Some will object to the almost typological approach to these texts.

Famine in the Promised Land Text: Genesis 12:1-20 Today, may or may not be the beginning of a journey together. But whether God allows me to stay with you over a long period of time or whether today is merely a temporary lesson for an eternal purpose, God has placed this message on my heart. Today, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-20

Denomination: *other

A New Standard Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 11, 2010

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We are to love one another as Jesus loved us.

“A New Standard” John 13:31-35; 1 John 3:11-18 If you knew that the evening you were spending with your loved ones would be the last you’d ever spend with them, what would you say? What would you do? What would well up in our heart as the final, lasting memory you want to leave ...read more

Scripture: John 13:31-35

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Enemies - Part 3 - Enemy Love Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on May 14, 2010

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Enemies . . . you have them. You need them. You must be aware of them and handle them correctly. Welcome to the fight!

Enemies Pt. 3 – Enemy Love I. Introduction I have tried to inform you over the last two weeks that we are at war! Ecclesiastes makes it abundantly clear that there is a time for peace, but there is a time for war. We are in that time! And yet, one man said, “We have lost our ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:4-47

Denomination: Pentecostal

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