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  • Gene Gregory avatar

    Over Coming Discouragement

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 16, 2021
     | 3,374 views

    Next in series on John. Examines ways to overcoming discouragement when serving while not being appreciated

    John 5 (3) Overcoming discouragement Why are so many people, and especially young people unhappy? To site just one example Reuters Reported in 2019 that suicidal thinking, severe depression, and self-injury among college age people in the United States more than doubled in the last decade. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lessons On The Coming Kingdom Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Nov 15, 2017
     | 11,095 views

    The kingdom is more than a future reality. It is already present. The Pharisees did not have to wait for it. The disciples were already part of it. Even today the kingdom as Jesus established it is present wherever people acknowledge Jesus as King.

    Samaria, Galilee Lessons on the Coming Kingdom (Gen. 6-9) Luke 17:20-37 Jesus Speaks on the Spiritual Nature of God’s Kingdom (Luke 17:20-21) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sermon 1: Pressing Toward Perfection Series

    Contributed by Paul Dayao on Sep 17, 2025
     | 153 views

    True faith is not stagnant; it is a continual journey from the foundational principles toward spiritual maturity.

    Brothers and sisters, imagine a master builder who is about to construct a great and glorious temple. He spends weeks, even months, digging deep, laying a massive, strong foundation. He uses the best stone, the strongest mortar. It is a perfect foundation. But then, he stops. He comes back day ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Coming To Dinner?

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Dec 4, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,777 views

    Even when our plates seem empty our cups run over with the love of God.

    **** Author’s Note: This sermon was done as a "Chalk Talk" a picture was drawn in pastels as the sermon was preached. **** Denise blew her nose and wiped her eyes on the hem of her apron. It was silly for her to be crying over a turkey even if it was the day before Thanksgiving. She filled the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Here Comes The Groom

    Contributed by Dean Meadows on Jun 24, 2003
    based on 154 ratings
     | 15,088 views

    This is a sermon to Christians and Non-Christians alike, for preparing for Jesus’s return.

    Here Comes the Groom Matthew 25:1-13 We’ve all been to the weddings and saw the wedding parties come out and then the music gets loud and the wedding march starts playing to announce the coming of the bride. The groom has kind of slipped to the front of the church with the pastor and best man, ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Jesus Will Come Again!

    Contributed by Chris Layton on Sep 3, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,743 views

    The Fact That Jesus WILL Come again

    Jesus Will Come Again! Acts 1:4-11 There are seven truths about Jesus that every Christian must accept, without any doubt, because they are the basis for salvation of one’s soul and are necessary for faith. • Virgin Birth – conceived of the Holy Spirit; born of a virgin. • Sinless Life – Not even a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ashamed At His Coming

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on May 15, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,801 views

    We must all appear before the Lord Jesus and give an account. I don’t want to be ashamed when he coming.

    Our Web Site: cbcbedford.com ----------------------------- ASHAMED AT HIS COMING I JOHN 2:28 THE TITLE: My grandma use to say to me (when I was caught doing something I shouldn’t be doing) "You ought to be Ashamed of Yourself". The passage we read this morning talks about those who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Behold He Comes

    Contributed by Stephan Brown on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 15,614 views

    Encourages us to be ready for Christ’s return by focusing on eternity and God’s Kingdom.

    Behold He Comes Matthew 24:36-50 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    When Morning Comes

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 2, 2025
     | 65 views

    Hope for Those Who Sleep in Christ. Death for the believer is not an ending but a pause— until resurrection morning awakens every promise.

    There are few sounds on earth more sacred than quiet weeping at a graveside. A mother pressing a flower into the soil, a husband lingering after everyone else has gone, a child holding onto the edge of a coffin too big for her small hands. In moments like these, the air feels thinner—heaven seems ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    "Thy Kingdom Come"

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 23, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 12,474 views

    What do those words really mean? Today as we continue to plunge the depths of the greatest prayer ever prayer we will answer that question, and we will never pray those words the same again. (Praying Like Jesus - part 3)

    “Praying Like Jesus” – part three The Disciples were with Jesus for 3 solid years… Think about how awesome that must have been. I love how the Message Bible words the first few verses of 1 John; “From the very first day, we were there, taking it all in – we heard it with our own ears, saw it with ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Who Is Coming To The Party? Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jun 24, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,515 views

    We need to get the invitations out!

    WHO IS COMING TO THE PARTY? Revelation 20.11-15 S: Evangelism C: Judgment Th: Heaven Can’t Wait Pr: WE NEED TO GET THE INVITATIONS OUT! ?: Why? KW: Certainties TS: We will find in our study of Revelation 20 three certainties that show why we need to get the invitations out. Type: Propositional, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thy Kingdom Come Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,184 views

    I am convinced that many of us don’t comprehend the power of prayer. If you don’t get anything else from this message, get this: much prayer, much power. Little prayer, little power. No prayer, no power. There is power in prayer and that is no more true t

    Thy Kingdom Come I am convinced that many of us don’t comprehend the power of prayer. If you don’t get anything else from this message, get this: much prayer, much power. Little prayer, little power. No prayer, no power. There is power in prayer and that is no more true than in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Light Has Come Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 8, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,689 views

    Jesus lights the way for those living in darkness.

    Light Has Come Isaiah 9:1-2 Rev. Brian Bill December 7-8, 2019 Great job, Edge Kids! Indeed, the light has come! Special thanks to Sheila Kuriscak, Patty Steele, Cheryl Williams and Wendy Czekalski. And to the leaders of our Beginner Choir – Angela, James and Karol Sheese and Carol and Krista ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Come Before Winter Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 15, 2016
     | 11,512 views

    The coming of winter imposes an urgency on our service to Christ. For someone we know, it is "winter, or never." Whatever we are to do, it must be now.

    “Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus. Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers. “The Lord be with your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Revival Must Come!

    Contributed by Jim Twamley on Apr 2, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 8,951 views

    We see a pattern of revival emerge: Obedience to Christ, Group Prayer, Unity, Personal Revival, Empowerment, Evangelism, Conversions, Discipleship, Church Growth.

    REVIVAL MUST COME! The Church in America is losing influence and members faster than any other major institution in the nation. If a massive spiritual revival doesn’t come within the next few years America will experience total moral anarchy. (From George Barna’s book The Second Coming of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal