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  • Owen Bourgaize avatar

    The Parable Of The Sower, The Seed And The Soils

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 28, 2005
    based on 127 ratings
     | 69,593 views

    Jesus explains the conditions of entry into God’s Kingdom - He is the Sower, the Seed is His Word and men and women are the Soil, either "Bad-Soil" - along the Path: responding NO; on the Rock: YES & NO; among Thorns: YES BUT; or "Good-Soil" : YES!

    The first recorded parable of Jesus is “The Parable of the Sower” (Matthew 13:1-23) but it’s equally the story of the seed and the soils. Earlier that day He’d had a confrontation with the Pharisees and religious lawyers about His claim to be the Son of Man and the great gulf that separated them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    When God Shows Through Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 8, 2010
    based on 38 ratings
     | 34,052 views

    A little girl asked "if God is bigger than we are, and God lives inside of us, wouldn’t He show through?" She right, but what does Romans 8 tell us about how God does that.

    OPEN: A little girl who, on the way home from church, turned to her mother and said, "Mommy, the Preacher’s sermon this morning confused me." The mother said, "Oh! Why is that?” The girl replied, "Well, he said that God is bigger than we are. Is that true?" "Yes, that’s true," the mother ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • John Stackhouse avatar

    Ask Not Don't Gripe

    Contributed by John Stackhouse on Apr 13, 2016
     | 3,881 views

    stressing the importance of asking God for everything.

    A small Oklahoma town had two churches and one distillery. Members of both churches complained that the distillery was giving the community a bad image. And to make matters worse, the owner of the distillery was an out-spoken atheist. He didn’t believe in God one bit. The church people tried ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Justified By Faith

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 5, 2021
     | 4,029 views

    Have you ever thought you were not good enough? we all have- but when you allow that to be in your relationship with God, you feel like you don't measure up for receiving God's abundant grace by Faith.

    Justified by faith in Christ Romans chapter 5:1-11 I am certainly glad that we are able to get together as we take a look at God’s Word together. Prayer- This morning Lord, would you speak to your servants through your servant so that we might sense your presence and sense what you want to do in ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Too Silly For A Funeral; Too Serious For A Party

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 2, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,028 views

    Christians must be aware of becoming hypercritical of divine work and of other believers, ascribing what is done as unworthy of Christ. To explore this situation, the message is a study of Jesus' censure of the generation in which He then lived.

    “Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Voss avatar

    A Talent For Handling Rejection

    Contributed by Scott Voss on Jan 11, 2001
    based on 72 ratings
     | 5,088 views

    You will be despised and rejected if you follow Christ, but He will take you through.

    A Talent for Handling Rejection Pastor Scott Voss New Life Christian Center Rector, Arkansas Gen 37:3-11 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    In The Garden At Gethsemane

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 25, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 40,033 views

    As we look at the Garden at Gethsemane , the place where Jesus prayed, may God help us to realize the power of prayer that He has so freely offered to us.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS OK TEXT: Matthew 26:36-46 Usually on Palm Sunday I preach a sermon about Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. But today I'm going to break with tradition & talk about something that occurred later in the week in the Garden at ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Russell (Rusty) Pruitt avatar

    What You Seek Is What You'll Get

    Contributed by Russell (Rusty) Pruitt on Dec 29, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,168 views

    Colossians 3:1-2: “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek those things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not things that are of the earth.” (ESV)

    It’s a New Year: What You Seek Is What You’ll Get Text: Colossians 3:1-2: “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek those things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not things that are of the earth.” (ESV) Introduction: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    You’re The Answer To Someone’s Prayer!

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 13, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 14,945 views

    Now how about us? Do we know how to pray? Well, of course we do! Or do we? For example, how do we pray for Christians who are going through difficulties in life?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Luke 22:42; Romans 8:28 ILL. I heard a story recently about a missionary in Africa, named William Chalmers, who was approached by two tribal chieftains. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    The Blessing Of Brokenness Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 10, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,150 views

    If you want to be truly blessed and be a blessing to others, let God break you of your self-sufficiency and sin.

    Recently, I came across an interesting set of statistics on sanity. According to the study, one out of every four Americans is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Now, think of your three best friends. If they’re okay, then it’s probably you. (Rita Mae Brown, Church Champions Update, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    Parables Of The Kingdom – The First - The Sower Or Rather The Soil – Part 4 Of 5 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 1, 2025
     | 209 views

    We are studying the third soil in the Parable of the Sower and now consider the reasons why the good seed gets choked by thorns. How many of us know someone who walked as a strong Christian but just departed the faith? It is a complex matter and we try to see why that happens.

    PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM – THE FIRST - THE SOWER OR RATHER THE SOIL – Part 4 of 5 In the last message we did the seed that fell on the rocky soil, and we also did some of the seed that was choked by thorns. We will finish that choked seed this time. Let us revise the relevant verses from last ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Matthew Kratz avatar

    Boast In The Lord Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,609 views

    1) Power: to free people from the world’s bondage, 2) Power: do what the flesh cannot do, & 3)Power: to bring salvation.

    I had an interesting event happen this week that perhaps you can relate to. In performing a martial arts drill I was instructed to hit a pad while an opponent was instructed to push me off balance. All went well until one of the pushes caused me to spin around and at the exact same time another ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    "Do Not Grieve The Holy Spirit" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 31, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,266 views

    Practicing the ways of the ’flesh’ grieves the Holy Spirit in us, Who is in the process of sanctifying us. (#21 in the Unfathomable Love of Christ series)

    “He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Walking With God Is No Leisurely Stroll Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 13, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,386 views

    #2 in my Romans 8 - What a Way to Live! series, this focuses on walking according to the flesh or the Spirit, essentially, selfishness or obedience.

    Romans 8:5-9 – Walking with God is No Leisurely Stroll I read a true story that happened some time ago at a hospital in Montreal. Apparently, there was a 73-year-old hospital patient who insisted on lighting a cigarette while hooked to an oxygen supply, causing a small explosion. The woman, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Konemann avatar

    The Beginning Of The Gospel Of Jesus Christ... Series

    Contributed by Robert Konemann on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,994 views

    Mark’s gospel presents Jesus Christ as the Son of God who has come in the flesh teaching with authority to our amazement.

    Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Summary Sentence : Jesus, as the Son of God has come in the flesh teaching with authority to our amazement. Our study is more than just an attempt to familiarize ourselves with a text. It is not less than that but it certainly ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed