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  • William D. Brown avatar

    We’re Waiting For God

    Contributed by William D. Brown on May 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,215 views

    keep the faith and continue to trust God because the scoffers are a sure sign of His coming.

    WE’RE Waiting for God Luke 12:35- 40 There have always been people who don’t believe the bible, or any thing to do with God, there’s always been scoffers and people who belittle and make light of believers in Jesus Christ, and there will be people like that when we the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Miles, Sr. avatar

    Eagles Were Made To Soar

    Contributed by Michael Miles, Sr. on Nov 29, 2006
    based on 38 ratings
     | 14,487 views

    Many believers get bogged down with the duties of Christianity while they should be focusing on worship rather than duty.

    Chickens or Eagles Isaiah 40:29-31 ARE YOU CLOSER TO BEING A SPIRITUAL EAGLE OR A SPIRITUAL CHICKEN? I. Facts about chickens #1. Chickens love to go with the flow and follow other chickens. - If one chicken wonders out of the chicken coop all of the others follow - They may not know where ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What We're About Series

    Contributed by John Harvey on Aug 2, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,615 views

    Our core values as a church help us to understand why we exist and the things that are closest to our heart and upon which we build ministries and programs.

    “What We’re About” August 7, 2005 Introduction: "Video clip of Simon Birch." It is the clip where Simon is in church and the pastor is going on about the announcements and he asked, "Does God really care about cookie sales?" For the next two weeks, we will be talking about what makes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Narnia: What If There Were No Christmas?

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Sep 6, 2005
    based on 248 ratings
     | 9,027 views

    Using "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" this sermon explores the necessity of Christmas for our salvation.

    [This sermon is contributed by Hal Seed of New Song Church in Oceanside, California and of www.PastorMentor.com. Hal is the author of numerous books including The God Questions and The Bible Questions. If you are interested in The Bible Questions Church-wide Campaign, please visit and watch Hal’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Narnia: What If There Were No Christmas? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Michael on Oct 18, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,897 views

    A simple gospel sermon exploring the implications of "always winter-never Christmas."

    “What If Christmas Never Came?” Intro: (play DVD “It’s A Wonderful Life”- where the angel shows George Bailey what it would be like if he had never been born.) “It’s A Wonderful Life” has stirred hearts since it’s debut in 1946. Year after year people watch as George Bailey is allowed to witness ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    We're All In This Together

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Oct 31, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,075 views

    Communion involves communication with God and with each other.

    November 2, 2008 Morning Worship Text: 1 Corinthians 10:1-4; 14-17 Subject: Communion Title: We’re In This Together What a joy it is to see God bringing new people into the church and then for those people to take a step of faith and say I’m going to commit myself to this church and to what God ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    We're Here Together

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,654 views

    In the Church, we’re put here together by Jesus.

    We’re Here Together Cornwall/Montreal May 7, 2005 We’re here together, in our church. What is our relationship to each other? Sometimes, as we go along, we become unclear about our relationship with each other, or we simply forget what it ought to be. We have to understand what Jesus sees and what ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Narnia: What If There Were No Christmas Series

    Contributed by Lin Smalec on Nov 25, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,999 views

    This sermon introduces the first book of the Chronicles of Narnia as part of an Advent series. It connects the state of Narnia (always winter, never Christmas) with the world without Christ.

    Rev. Lin Smalec Salem Church, Waynesboro, PA WHAT IF THERE WERE NO CHRISTMAS? First Sunday of Advent 27 November 2005 A few years after World War II ended, a professor at Oxford University in England wrote a series of children’s books that captured the imagination of a generation. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Quint Pitts avatar

    Narnia: What If There Were No Christmas Series

    Contributed by Quint Pitts on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 36 ratings
     | 2,358 views

    This is a 90 minute worship service including a second sermon in the series developed around the movie Narnia.

    Techs: Don’t forget to start Christmas music as soon as possible after the band is done rehearsing. At 3 minutes til roll the new Christmas Trivia video muted Opening Set of Praise Open Up your Eyes (Band Only) (From the Narnia Soundtrack) Glory Joyful Joyful we adore Thee Carols (Accapella) O ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Narnia: What If There Were No Christmas

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Dec 19, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,653 views

    Using several of the other "Narnia" contributors’ information and ideas about C.S. Lewis and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I shaped this sermon, based on John 1:1-14 and John 3:16

    Trinity Baptist Church, December 18, 2005 What if there were no Christmas? John 1:1-14, John 3:16 When he became a Christian, C.S. Lewis called himself, “perhaps the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of England.“ He had fought hard to hold onto his atheistic worldview. He had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    This Is What We Were Meant To Be

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Mar 4, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,854 views

    The church is to be unified on all fronts in order to be what God has called us to be.

    March 6, 2011 Morning Worship Text: Philippians 2:1-11 Subject: The Body of Christ Title: This Is What We Were Meant To Be I did a sermon series here back in 2003 about Looking for the Perfect Church. The first sermon in the series was about how Jonah heard the word of God and ran from it ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ken Henson avatar

    Remember Who You Were Series

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 28, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,828 views

    Many people in the Bible seem to carry with them the constant memory of their roots. It reminds him of the goodness and grace of God.

    Ephesians 2:11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    We're All Broken Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Nov 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,871 views

    The human mind is self-rationalizing and self-deceptive. Without a guide, we have no idea what is right and good. God's Word offers that guide but it's more than just reading a guidebook and determining to do better. We need to come to grips with the brok

    Today we are going look at just three verses. Normally these verses might be couched in terms of “this is really bad stuff—this is sin—don’t do it!” While that is true, I want to handle these verses a little differently. Firstly, remember that these words are written ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    They Were A Spirit-Filled Church Series

    Contributed by Ralph Jenkins on May 28, 2013
     | 9,105 views

    We have before us today a picture of the model church. You’ve heard me say; “if our church could be any kind of church our church wanted to be what kind of church would our church be?” The answer is found here in Acts 2:42-47.

    They Were a Spirit Filled Church Acts 2:42-47 We began our study in Acts 1-2 with the idea that God was able to do so much in and through the first church because of their belief. They believed in all that Jesus ever began to and teach, they believed in the resurrection, they believed in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Lee avatar

    We Were Made To Thrive Series

    Contributed by James Lee on Dec 7, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 19,066 views

    I would like to thank Pastor Jerry Shirley for sharing. It has been a blessing as well as a great help as I spend my days caring for my dying father. I kept some of the messages to share even after my Father passed way.

    We Were Made to Thrive Acts 20:22-25 Some think being a Christian means living a life as boring as watching paint dry and I’ve known some pretty boring Christians but it’s because they haven’t experienced the Christian life the way God intended it. God never intended for our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist