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  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Transformed By Jesus Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 19, 2024
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    Acts 9:19b-31 teaches us what happens when Jesus transforms sinners.

    Introduction Augustine of Hippo was born in Thagaste, a Roman province of North Africa, in 354 AD. He was raised by a Christian mother, Monica, and a pagan father, Patricius. Augustine’s early life marked by a deep search for meaning and truth, which led him to explore various philosophical and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Body Of Christ PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 29, 2025
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     | 152 views

    Whole-life worship means daily surrendering ourselves to God, allowing His grace to transform our minds, relationships, and service into a living offering.

    Family, can we pause for a holy breath? The kind you take when the noise quiets, the to-do list loosens its grip, and you remember that God really is as kind as Jesus says He is. Sometimes the holiest moments don’t happen on mountaintops but in kitchens and cubicles, minivans and meetings. Paul’s ...read more

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    Are You A Peacemaker Or Peacekeeper

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 6, 2009
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     | 7,783 views

    Initial 2009 Sermon and the first sermon in a series ‘2 Things 2 B in 09’

    the years many people, including some of you, have sent me some really wonderful stories that often find their way into my sermons and this morning there is one that I received this week that provides an introduction, in probably one of my patented round about ways, to this sermon and sermon ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    "Goodies, Goals, And Gimmicks” Series

    Contributed by Ron Tuit on Mar 17, 2013
     | 6,201 views

    Jesus miracle of feeding the 5,000 demonstrates some of the Steps of Salvation found in Romans 8:28-31: This miracle turned away some followers, but not those He had chosen.

    “Goodies, Goals, and Gimmicks” John 6 It is about time for some of us to be thinking about lunch and in our message for today, there were more than 5,000 people looking for lunch as Jesus was speaking. If your stomachs are empty this morning, we’re not offering free lunches today (we did that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Simple Metaphor Jesus Uses That Is Surprisingly Complicated Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 27, 2026
     | 196 views

    Jesus speaks here about "salt." It seems a simple word picture but it's more complicated than it first appears. What is Jesus trying to teach us here?

    - I’m going to take a deep dive into the words of Jesus here about salt. - At one level, this seems a simple metaphor. But I have long been frustrated that the actual words used here create some confusion. I leave with more questions than answers. Thus, I want to use this as an opportunity to dig ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Master's Men: Peter Series

    Contributed by Robert Warren on Jul 15, 2010
     | 6,163 views

    This sermon series looks at the apostles of Jesus; this particular sermon focuses on Peter.

    The Apostle Peter Matthew 10:2a July 11th, 2010 If you’ve ever gone into a fancy church you’ve probably seen pictures or statues of the Apostles. Growing up in Germany there were beautiful cathedrals all over the place: you couldn’t throw a rock without hitting a huge, ancient ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Eliminate The Distractions

    Contributed by Ed Pruitt on Jul 29, 2006
    based on 57 ratings
     | 29,069 views

    Are we all allowing the distractions of this world to cause us problems with our walk with Jesus Christ?

    DISCLAIMER: Since there are a large amount of sermons and topics and illustrations that are posted on Sermon Central, I feel it is necessary to place this disclaimer on all of the sermons that I submit. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Who Is Jesus

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 10, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 10,245 views

    Luke in this chapter gives us 9 snap shots that help us to answer that question.

    "WHO is Jesus" LUKE CHAPTER 9 INTRODUCTION Our society as a whole and many people in our society are going through an identity crisis. The question many people are asking is who am I. And many in an effort to answer that question go on a journey to find themselves -- maybe a physical journey, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Spiritual Breakthrough

    Contributed by Jordon Leblanc on Feb 28, 2009
    based on 81 ratings
     | 57,574 views

    The keys to your spiritual breakthrough.

    Intro: Show Wall of Me video. Hopefully you noticed the verse that ended that video. If you missed it, let me share it with you again. It’s up on the overhead. 2 Corinthians 10:3-4: For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Reaching Our Community With The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

    Contributed by David Cook on Oct 9, 2010
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     | 13,551 views

    God is calling all His servants to follow Him into the harvest fields to preach and demonstrate His kingdom.

    One of the goals of our church is to reach out into this community God has placed us in and to minister to their needs. Every Christian is primarily called by the Lord to serve. A missionary was sent into the deepest parts of a jungle and fell into the hands of a band of cannibals. Realizing they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Walk This Way Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 8, 2015
     | 4,363 views

    To be a disciple of Jesus, we must imitate him in our lives. This lesson gives us a brief look at the Rabbi, Jesus.

    1. Walk This Way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twf0ffG0v_8 2. Jesus called disciples to follow him -- Matthew 4.18-22 3. Jesus continues to call disciples 4. Do we understand what it means to be disciples of Jesus? Responses from comment cards given to the staff members at Bridger Wilderness ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Small Leaks

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Nov 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,447 views

    Feeling a little cold lately? Are your filled?

    Eph 5:17, Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18, And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19, Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Paul Continues To Teach Christian Living Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Feb 13, 2013
     | 5,640 views

    Paul speaks directly to the believers in how they should be acting in public.

    Colossians 4:1-6 [NLT] February 13, 2013 Oak Park Baptist Church – Wed Bible Study Series Colossians Bible Study Paul’s teaches on how Christians should pray and interact with others: In ch1-2 Paul was all about exalting Christ and the sufficiency of Christ for salvation and for walking ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Day Jesus Lost His Crowd

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 27, 2013
    based on 27 ratings
     | 16,975 views

    Churches put a lot of emphasis on drawing a crowd. Jesus did not. Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

    The Day Jesus Lost His Crowd John 6 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/DayJesusLostCrowd.html Churches put a lot of emphasis on drawing a crowd. Jesus did not. I’ve never known a preacher whose church was in decline who wasn’t insecure about it, no matter the reason for it. Usually a pastor ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Teaches His Disciples (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Aug 28, 2023
     | 2,130 views

    Mark begins a long teaching section in Mark 9, where Jesus focused on teaching His disciples. In this first segment of that section, Jesus taught them about prayer and about His passion. They needed to learn these lessons and so do we.

    Introduction: A. One day, Charlie Brown was complaining because his team lost another baseball game. 1. He said, “I get tired of losing…everything I do, I lose!” 2. Lucy attempted to console him with these words: “Look at it this way, Charlie Brown…we learn more from losing than we do from ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ