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  • Chris Regas avatar

    Narnia: Encounter The Power Of The Wardrobe Series

    Contributed by Chris Regas on Dec 14, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,487 views

    Advent Lessons based on the release of the movie: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

    Today is the 3rd Sunday of Advent ~ 1) On the FIRST SUNDAY we ENCOUNTERED THE POWER OF THE LION and saw that the Lion of Judah who was PREDICTED in the OT is also Lamb of God who was slain for our sins! As we light the PROMISE CANDLE we are reminded that Jesus is NOT SAFE – BUT HE IS GOOD – AND ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don’t Sell Your Birthright Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 7, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 62,619 views

    Believers have rich inheritance rights as children of God, but like Esau some have sold their birthrights. Please, Believer, don’t sell your birthright like Esau: don’t sell your priesthood; don’t sell God’s promises; and don’t sell your power over sin.

    Just a year ago (on September 16, 2009), an article in The Washington Post began with these words: “The king folds her own laundry, chauffeurs herself around Washington in a 1992 Honda, and answers her own phone. Her boss’s phone, too.” The article was about Peggielene Bartels, a secretary in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    The Messiah And The End Times Fulcrum Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 11, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,765 views

    The most important thing that Jesus wants us to know about the last days is simply to be ready at all times.

    The Messiah and the End Times Fulcrum Text: Matt. 24:32-51 Introduction 1. Illustration: A fulcrum is the point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots, but it can also be a thing that plays a central or essential role in an activity, event, or situation. 2. Jesus gives us 5 ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Who Is Your Neighbor?

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jan 3, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,841 views

    Living your life as a child of God has to do with loving God and loving neighbors in the name of God.

    Today's question from the Word of God is: Who is your neighbor? I would have to guess that this Scripture is the second most known story that Jesus ever told ... the story of the Good Samaritan. READ vv. 25-29 A Good Question And A Good Answer That's a good question. People ask questions for all ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What About You? Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 29, 2012
     | 4,980 views

    "Who do you that I am?" asks Jesus.

    Introduction Who is Jesus? That is the title of one book on my bookshelf. Next to it is, Who was Jesus? Then there are The Jesus I Never Knew, Jesus the Jewish Theologian, The Jesus Quest, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, The So-called Historical Jesus, I Believe in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Daniel's Prayer

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Sep 29, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,202 views

    This is a sermon in a series on the prayers of the saints.

    Title: “Daniel’s Prayer in a Precarious Predicament” Script: Daniel 2 Type: Expos/Series on Prayer Where: GNBC 9-26-21 Intro: Andrew van der Bijl is a 93 yrs old Dutchman. To many, he is just an unassuming elderly man. Van der Bijl was born during a hostile time in the world. As he entered ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Should It Be All About Me

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 21, 2019
     | 6,923 views

    This is a message on giving. The goal is to help us discover how making the world all about us keeps us from loving God and loving each other. It involves evaluating what tithing is all about.

    Should It Really Be All About Me 1/20/2019 Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 and 1 Timothy 6:3-10 Luke 12 Do you know anyone who thinks the world revolves around them. They actually believe the purpose of all that God has created is to make and to keep them happy. Our society constantly ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "your Miracle Is In Your Seed."

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Hulse on Dec 2, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,536 views

    Just as farmers confidently expect a bountiful harvest from the seeds they plant, believers should result from their faith, whether speaking life-giving words or generously supporting God’s work. While seeds may take time to grow, patience is crucial in witnessing the abundant fruits of our labor.

    SRIPTURAL REFERENCES (Luke 12:33-34) (33) “Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.” (34) ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 30, 2025
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     | 214 views

    God uses ordinary people’s courage and compassion to lift others from life’s pits, reminding us to act rightly and help those in need now.

    Some days feel like pits, don’t they? Not just potholes in the road, but deep, echoing cisterns of disappointment, decisions, and delays. You pray and the sky seems quiet. You plan and the ground gives way. You stand in the middle of a week that you never wanted and wonder, How do I get out of ...read more

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    A Gift Worth Giving Series

    Contributed by John Maxwell on Nov 6, 2001
    based on 594 ratings
     | 164,045 views

    The first of a four part series that focuses on the birth of Christ

    A GIFT WORTH GIVING John Maxwell INTRODUCTION: Please turn with me to Matthew, Chapter 2 for the reading of the story. It’s one that we’ve read and heard hundreds of times. And yet true to not only the story of the spirit of Christmas, but to the tradition that I think we’ve had at Skyline for ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Created To Become Like Christ Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 26, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,099 views

    Purpose #3 DISCIPLESHIP — 40 Days of Purpose (addapted from Rick Warren) See in Word format at www.praiseag.org

    CREATED TO BECOME LIKE CHRIST Purpose #3 DISCIPLESHIP — 40 Days of Purpose Philippians 2:5 Adapted from Outline by Rick Warren—Saddleback Church INTRODUCTION: In Shakespeare’s A Mid Summer Night’s Dream, the poor, foolish mortal characters come to the point of being unable to distinguish dreams ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Doug Johnston avatar

    What The World Needs Now... Series

    Contributed by Doug Johnston on Apr 23, 2001
    based on 66 ratings
     | 4,187 views

    What the world needs most is the impact joyful Christians make; that’s one of the best ways we show God’s love in a practical way.

    Introduction - There are many joy-robbers: IRS Form 1040s, pink slips, overtime, unexpected changes. Paul the Apostle experienced many more things than these (2 Corinthians 11) and still rejoiced (Philippians 4). Joy is: A result of trusting Christ that makes us able to see life from God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Fred Edwards avatar

    To Simple To Accept

    Contributed by Fred Edwards on Sep 29, 2001
    based on 47 ratings
     | 4,465 views

    As Naaman found the cure for leporsey to simple and to cheap, so do many people today find the "grace" of God to simple and to cheap. Cheap for us - a great sacrifice for God!

    To Simple to Accept 2 Kings 5:1-15 Our Condition v1) Naaman - good man; accomplished a lot; honorable position; the perfect man, except, he was a leper; he had a problem; he was imperfect. Many people are good folks; good mother, father, provider; upstanding in the community; appear to be the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Decaying Or Declaring Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 27, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,291 views

    This is the 3rd sermon in the series "Living In Times Of Spiritual Decay".

    Series: Living In Times Of Spiritual Decay[#3] DECAYING OR DECLARING? Judges 5:1-31 Introduction: Because of failures from past generations, Israel found themselves in a bad situation. The people were living in times of spiritual decay, but God had not forgotten them although this new ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Eberly avatar

    What's In Your Wallet? Series

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 30, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,469 views

    What’s in your wallet? This is the question that a credit card asks as they give their reasons why their credit card is better than others. Jesus is concerned with our whole being: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, social, and financial. He understa

    A bank issued credit card declaring how their card is so much better than every else’s ends the commercial by asking, “What’s in your wallet?” Jesus may be asking something similar. Scripture Kingdom of heaven is coming now. Treasures are providing benefit now in how we treat one another and we ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God