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  • R. David Reynolds avatar

    Means Of Grace Series

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 3, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 20,816 views

    This is the clergy talk I do when serving as Weekend Spiritual Director for a Women’s Walk to Emmaus. With slight modification I also use it for a Men’s Emmaus Walk, and it can be adapted into two effective sermons your local Church.

    II Corinthians 12:9 Elisa Morgan, president of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International, testifies: "I’m probably the least likely person to head a mothering organization. I grew up in a broken home. My parents were divorced when I was 5. My older sister, younger brother, and I were raised ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Watch Your Example Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Mar 16, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,529 views

    Our example is extrememly important for us to fulfill Jesus’ commands to be salt and light to a lost and dying world.

    (based on Southeast Christian Church’s “Living a Life of Integrity”) SERIES: “WORDS OF WISDOM FOR KINGDOM LIVING” TEXT: MATTHEW 5:7-16 TITLE: “WATCH YOUR EXAMPLE” INTRODUCTION: A. Letter to Diognetus, mid-to late-2nd century under the heading “The Manners of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Suffering Series

    Contributed by Alan Mccann on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,316 views

    What the Word of God says about suffering.

    WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT SUFFERING? Let me begin this sermon with a personal reflection to you. You all know that a few weeks ago my grandfather died. I don’t think I have ever experienced loss as great in my life before. I sat with him on the Saturday before he died, I had written him a ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Why Does God Allow Suffering? Series

    Contributed by Lee Strobel on Sep 26, 2004
    based on 237 ratings
     | 91,398 views

    “Why is there suffering in the world?" is the #1 question people would like to ask God. There are some answers we can give to that question.

    Faith Under Fire Part I Why Does God Allow Suffering? Lee Strobel Life ought to come with a list of side effects. There should be a tag on every newborn baby saying life can be full of fun and adventure and excitement and joy, but there are side effects. There’s illness . . abuse . . . broken ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Virus Of Doubt Series

    Contributed by Lee Strobel on Sep 26, 2004
    based on 144 ratings
     | 30,422 views

    There’s a SPIRITUAL VIRUS that has been going around Christian circles for centuries, and it’s CALLED DOUBT. And if you haven’t caught it yet, you probably will.

    The Virus of Doubt Do you remember a few months ago when the flu was going around? This was an epidemic that hit just about everyone. Well, there’s a SPIRITUAL VIRUS that has been going around Christian circles for centuries, and it’s CALLED DOUBT. And if you haven’t caught it yet, you probably ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Imitation Of Love

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 58 ratings
     | 6,157 views

    God has shown His love for us in His Son Jesus who has given His life so that we might know true love as well as salvation.

    The Imitation of Love 1 John 3:11-24 "Pray that my love will be without limits." --Saint Maximilian Kolbe in his last letter to his mother. Father Maximilian Kolbe was forty-five years old in the early autumn of 1939 when the Nazis invaded his homeland. He was a Polish monk who founded the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Between Two Worlds: Our Civil & Spiritual Responsibilities Series

    Contributed by Scott Carson on Mar 29, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 10,508 views

    A study of Jesus’ answers to the Jewish leaders on whether it was right to pay taxes to Caesar.

    Between Two Worlds: Our Civil & Spiritual Responsibilities Luke 20:20-26 Some wise wag said, “While there are just two certainties in life: death and taxes, at least death doesn’t get worse every time Congress is in session!” A man on vacation was strolling along outside his hotel in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Paul Might Have Practiced Contextualization In A Cross-Cultural Ministr

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 25, 2001
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,707 views

    HOW PAUL MIGHT HAVE PRACTICED CONTEXTUALIZATION IN A CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRY

    HOW PAUL MIGHT HAVE PRACTICED CONTEXTUALIZATION IN A CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRY Introduction - Paul believed in the POWER of the gospel to transform lives. Yet he also appreciated the COMPLEXITY of this process. He resisted any attempts to submit to the indoctrination process of Pharisaicalism. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Christians At War With Each Other!

    Contributed by Steven Skinner on Feb 12, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,973 views

    “From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?”

    READING: James 4 TEXT: “From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?” (James 4:1) Sunshine - Not a cloud in the sky! That was, in itself, an unusual event for a Saturday afternoon in the valleys of South Wales. Most of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    A Life Changing Message

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Feb 26, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
     | 15,421 views

    An exhortation to personal evangelism.

    A friend at work told me that if every Christian in the world would witness to one person a day for seven days Christ would return on the seventh day. The premise being, that by doing this the Gospel would be preached in all the world and that would fulfill what the author of this saying thinks ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faith Under Fire

    Contributed by Lee Strobel on Jul 13, 2006
    based on 30 ratings
     | 17,978 views

    Note: This message kicks off a church-wide campaign in which small groups go through the four- or eight-week Faith Under Fire curriculum, inviting their seeking friends to join them. The DVD-driven curriculum is available at Outreach.com

    Faith Under Fire [Note: This message kicks off a church-wide campaign in which small groups go through the four- or eight-week Faith Under Fire curriculum, inviting their seeking friends to join them. The DVD-driven curriculum is available at Outreach.com.] The network news reporter asked the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Sanctity Of The Womb (Part I) Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Sep 27, 2006
     | 4,111 views

    A series designed to allow God’s word to shape our clarity and compassion regarding the critical issues of our day that so often overwhelm us- more than a series…I believe it’s a season in which God is restoring our hearts with both His conviction and com

    A series designed to allow God’s word to shape our clarity and compassion regarding the critical issues of our day that so often overwhelm us- more than a series…I believe it’s a season in which God is restoring our hearts with both His conviction and compassion. My prayer is that this morning we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chris Kelly avatar

    How To Be A Faithful Church Series

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Oct 2, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,198 views

    A study on the 7 model churches as described by Jesus in the book of Revelation. Learn why the church is so important, and your part in what He’s up to in these last days.

    How to Be a Faithful Church Series: Will the Real Church Please Stand Up? Sept. 17, 2006 To start out this morning, I want to ask you, what you think of when I say the word, “Church”? Some people think of an organization – maybe a denomination like the Baptists, or the Lutherans…Maybe, when you ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • David Dykes avatar

    The 70 Sevens--God's Countdown Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 15, 2006
    based on 54 ratings
     | 24,481 views

    This is the most amazing prophetic passage in all the Word of God, because God not only tells us WHAT will happen, but He gives us the PRECISE TIMING of these plans.

    INTRODUCTION The ninth chapter of Daniel centers clearly upon the person of Jesus Christ and is one of the few places in Scripture where God ties himself to a definite timetable of events. This passage is therefore one of the strongest evidences to prove the divine inspiration of the Bible. I am ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Great Escape – Winning The Battle For Your Mind Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 27, 2006
    based on 75 ratings
     | 64,883 views

    So why do we still battle with the same thoughts and feelings that we had before we became a Christians? Paul said, “We are human, but we don’t wage war with human plans and methods” (2 Cor. 10:3 NLT). We are now Christians, yet we still live in the wor

    THE GREAT ESCAPE – Winning the Battle for Your Mind 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 INTRODUCTION: Three simple truths: [1] I am a child of God. “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1 NIV) [2] I am alive in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God