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  • Mark Aarssen avatar

    The Baby Is Coming!

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Dec 3, 2009
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     | 5,989 views

    Has God changed your plans lately? Did you fully expect one thing to happen only to find your plans were changed by circumstances beyond your control? It just might be that God is orchestrating your life the same way he did in the lives of Joseph and Mar

    The Baby is coming! Luke 2:1-5 It was October 1, 1984 I was sound asleep when suddenly I awoke at 3:00am to the sound of running water. I was 27 years old at the time and my wife Fran was just 21. We were expecting our first child and our due date was October 3rd 1984. We had taken prenatal ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Come And See Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,255 views

    Apostles, Pt. 2

    COME AND SEE (JOHN 1:43-51) Christianity is many things to many people. Some identify Christianity with the liberation theology and the social gospel of the 60s and 70s, when liberal priests and theologians fuse political activism with church doctrine, especially in the areas of social justice, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Second Coming

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 2, 2017
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     | 11,335 views

    Our Advent Gospel today reminds us that i) one day Jesus will return in glory and that we are living in the ADVENT of that time 2. that Jesus wants us to go on living as if he was coming tomorrow - to be on RED ALERT. 3. Jesus wants us to be on our guard

    TSJ/TSL 03-12 -17 Mark 13:24-37 Lew Slade records the scene in his sermon entitled : The Second Coming "It is just before midnight on October 22 1844. Come with me to a hillside just outside New York. It’s a balmy evening and we are standing in an enormous crowd numbering upwards of 100 000 ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • John Lowe avatar

    They Come To Succoth. Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Sep 6, 2022
     | 1,722 views

    The men of Succoth, lived on an excellent army route between Canaan and the East, and having regard only for self and no concern for Israel's deliverance and no compassion for the sufferings of Gideon's gallant little band, would give no bread to their brethren.

    They come to Succoth. Ex 12:37-40. 37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38Many other people went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39With the dough the Israelites ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mitchell Skelton avatar

    Come To The Table Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Nov 18, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 6,574 views

    A study of the Lord’s Supper: 1. It’s Practice 2. It’s Purpose and 3. It’s Perpetuity.

    Come to the Table 1 Corinthians 11:17 – 34 INTRODUCTION Priscilla Larson, of Lexington, MA, tells of the time her brother in law (a preacher) had been away from home one afternoon donating his blood at the Red Cross. The preacher’s son was concerned when his father didn’t come home at his usual ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    It Comes With A Promise Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jul 22, 2008
    based on 47 ratings
     | 11,984 views

    Famous line spoken to Indiana Jones: "You listen to me, you live longer!" What a measure of truth is there, and in the 5th commandment to honor our parents. Link inc. to formatted text, audio, and PowerPoint.

    It Comes with a Promise Exodus 20:12 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/ComesWithPromise.html Indiana Jones has become popular again this year, and this has prompted us to revisit the original trilogy. One highlight from the 2nd film was when ‘Short Round’, the young boy, says to adult Indiana, “You ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Coming To God Series

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Nov 19, 2015
     | 5,475 views

    Jesus tells us what it means to come to God.

    “I’m afraid that God gets quoted for many things that He never said. A boy was watching his father, a pastor, write a sermon. “How do you know what to say?” he asked. “Why, Jesus tells me.” “Oh, then why do you keep crossing things out?” We ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jesus Is Coming Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Mar 30, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,439 views

    Introductory message in a series on Revelation focusing on the theme and purpose of the book.

    “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” Jesus is Coming! Introduction & Background The subject of future events attracts a great deal of attention. Prophecy conferences draw significant curious crowds. Many promise to uncover the latest new and exciting insights. More than a few assert that they ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Come To The Table

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 1, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,629 views

    The accounts of the last supper sound more like the last snack. This message looks at what all happened that night.

    Do you ever feel that you’ve only heard half the story? It’s kind of frustrating isn’t it? You wonder what else might have gone on and what you’ve missed. That’s what happens when we read the accounts of the Last Supper, it doesn’t matter if it’s one of the accounts in one of the four gospels or ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Someone Is Coming! Series

    Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on May 22, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,904 views

    To establish that from the Time of Abel’s offering of a lamb, Abraham’s offering of his son Isaac (in the ram), and the priest’s offerings of the Blood of bulls and goats to make atonement for sins: all these bare one important promise, and that is: “Someone is Coming!”

    INTRODUCTION Outline. 1. Someone is coming: A Sacrifice 2. Someone has come: A Savior 3. Someone is returning: A Sentencer Introductory Remarks. 1. In our lesson today, we are going to be discussing: “Someone is Coming! And His name is Jesus. He will come to be the sacrifice for all sins forever. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Charles Donley avatar

    The Coming Ages Series

    Contributed by Charles Donley on Dec 29, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,887 views

    We have a heritage granted to us by the Father when He adopted us as sons and daughters through Jesus. Now it is our responsibilty to continue that heritage.

    The Coming Ages Ephesians 2:4-11 As dads, we often say that we are doing things now for the good they will bring in the future. If you turn your young one over your knee, you say “I’m doing this for your own good”. When we teach our kids to save, we want them to be good stewards of what God ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • J. Yeargin avatar

    Come Together

    Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 4, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,051 views

    The Bible tells us that God presented His “everlasting covenant” to man. God often referred to this covenant by calling it, “My Covenant”. This covenant was a means of reuniting man with God.

    Come Together In the Garden of Eden – 1. God created a perfect world. 2. Devil created the perfect plot of deception and demise. 3. Man was made in God’s image. 4. Man was fooled by the devil’s lies. 5. The result was that the perfect relationship between man and God was severed and separated ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Robert Clark avatar

    Comings And Goings

    Contributed by Robert Clark on Nov 29, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,599 views

    2nd Sunday of Advent - Repentance

    “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God!” These are the words given to us by God, through the first verse of the Gospel of Mark. In these words the gospel writer clearly prepares us for the story we will encounter throughout this gospel. This is the story of Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • R. David Reynolds avatar

    Come And Go!

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 6, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,855 views

    This is a message on bringing all your hurt and pain to Jesus; it was originally preached in preparation for Holy Communion.

    COME AND GO!--MARK 7:24-30 --by R. David Reynolds I do not know for certain who this Syrophoenician woman was, but somehow I picture her as a single parent with a real problem. Her encounter with Jesus is told here by Mark and by Matthew in Chapter fifteen of his Gospel. The fact that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Timothy Shumer avatar

    Christmas Is Coming

    Contributed by Timothy Shumer on Dec 1, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,999 views

    Have you ever wondered why God placed perhaps the most important prophecy about His coming Messiah in Micah 5:2? This sermon explores that thought, and along the way sees both how contemporary Micah’s message was, and how wise and awesome in His planning

    We are not very patient people + Esp. when we want something done = Out of our control + "It’s coming..." = "So is Christmas" + Anxious anticipation for the something we want = Can’t hardly wait for it + As with Christmas = Christmas is coming = Can’t hardly wait for it + Sights, sounds, smells, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist