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  • Quint Pitts avatar

    Vantage Point: God The Son

    Contributed by Quint Pitts on Dec 17, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,514 views

    This is the second sermon in a series that discusses Christmas from the vantage point of the major participants in the incarnation.

    Two Opening Songs Hosanna Away in a Manger Welcome and Announcements Advent Candle Lighting (as first candle is lit) : On this Second Sunday of Advent, our attention turns toward a group of biblical characters connected with the Christmas Story--the shepherds. Upon hearing the Good News of Jesus’ ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    In The Middle

    Contributed by Maria Saunders on Oct 27, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,712 views

    Contrary to what many want to believe, people (saved and unsaved) will experience anxiety.

    Contrary to what many want to believe, people (saved and unsaved) will experience anxiety. The Bible instructs us “not to be anxious for anything.” However, there are times when we find this to be impractical and unrealistic. The standard sermon on anxiety runs something like this: it is a sin ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "So, Your Preacher Is A Woman?"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Nov 2, 2007
    based on 41 ratings
     | 10,047 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to provoke the hearers to deeper thoughts regarding their Biblical understanding of Women Preachers.

    28 October 2007 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Ord Military Chapel Seaside CA BIG IDEA: The Gift of the Holy Spirit was poured upon believers without differentiation of age, gender, or being rich or poor. REFERENCES: Isaiah 55:8 (KJV) For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Lord We Worship

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Nov 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,771 views

    How do we come to whorship in the right way?

    THE LORD WE WORSHIP Mark 3:1-6 Jesus has shown in this Gospel before this chapter His Lordship of Demons, Disease, Despair, and Sin. The miracle we read about today declares Jesus Lord of Worship. Today’s Message will help define Worship! We’ll keep this ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Take Up The Cross

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 2, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,604 views

    A true follower of Jesus will have no trouble taking up the Cross.

    Text: Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9:23). We claim to be Christians which indicates that we follow the “words in red” that are printed in our Bible. The “words in red” are the words spoken by ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Electify Series

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
     | 2,846 views

    The Apostle John was electrified by coming to know Jesus’ love and see His great light of Truth. He was never the same and his passion never reduced.

    Electrify Series: Turn the Light On! Sunday Sermon, November 11, 2007 Intro: Toward the end of the first century, some Christians began drifting away from the truth about Christ. They were losing touch with those who had known Jesus in the flesh as the founders of the church began to die off. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Lord Of All The Earth Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 19, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,668 views

    Crisis and Choice, Pt. 5

    THE LORD OF ALL THE EARTH (ISAIAH 40:15-24) One day a man goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot. The assistant takes the man to the parrot section and asks the man to choose one. The man asks, “How much is the yellow one?” The assistant says, “$2,000.” The man is shocked and asks the assistant why ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Do You Reject Evil?

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Sep 16, 2006
     | 4,023 views

    Is there really evil in the world? Are we ready to resist evil?

    Some questions are hard to answer. And they should be hard. As a minister I stand before a bride and groom and ask, “Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forth, as long as you both shall live?” Then I ask the groom a similar question. There ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Can The Living Talk To The Dead Series

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,484 views

    What do the apparitions of Mary have to do with the living taking to the dead?

    Can the Living Talk With the Dead Apparitions of Mary video: Messages from Heaven Luke 1 46 And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Pain Of Hidden Sin

    Contributed by Danny Anderson on Sep 29, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,121 views

    As members of one body, problems plaguing one member eventually become problems for the entire body. Your own personal spiritual temperature has a deep effect on the entire body of Christ. You are not an island unto yourself. What you do affects the entir

    The Pain of Hidden Sin Text: Joshua 6:18-19; 7:1 Introduction: Our text places us right in the middle of Israel’s greatest military conquest in their history. They have just witnessed the tremendous defeat of the city of Jericho. They find themselves still basking in the glow of tremendous event as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    In A Pit With A Lion

    Contributed by Matthew Morine on Oct 31, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,753 views

    Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. The

    IN A PIT WITH A LION THEME: GOD ENABLES US TO CHASE OUR DREAMS. TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 23:20-21 Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mark Adams avatar

    Bowing To The Great Idol Of Self

    Contributed by Mark Adams on Jan 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,244 views

    The OT has a lot of interesting stories about idolatry, but is that really just a problem of the past? This sermon addresses the very real problem that our culture has in worshiping our own desires above all else.

    To the reader: What inspired this sermon was a quote I read in R.C. Ortlund’s book, When God Comes To Church, p. 194. "Self is the great idol standing at the center of our conceptual world, to which all bow low. We even have a duty-to-self ethic, as if self-denial were harmful, immoral, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Conversion Of A Persecutor Series

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Feb 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,225 views

    In this weeks lesson we will see the conversion of Saul the Pharisee. Who through his actions would not be a likely candidate for the who’s who for the kingdom. Saul after all he was a Pharisee and was committed to the Mosaic law and the religious way of

    THE CONVERSION OF A PERSECUTOR Acts 9:1-7 In one of the episodes of the Peanuts comic strip they have Lucy and Charlie Brown practicing football. Lucy of coarse would hold the ball, as Charlie Brown would be the place-kicker. Now everytime Lucy had ever held the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Way To Life Goes Through Death

    Contributed by Sigurd Grindheim on Feb 4, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,946 views

    Sermon on the nature of Christian life as denying oneself and taking up one’s cross.

    In the kingdom of God the way to life goes through death. Jesus says, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.” The kingdom of God is bizarro ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "It's Time For A Change"

    Contributed by Ray Scott on Mar 7, 2006
    based on 41 ratings
     | 23,268 views

    Salvation was only the beginning! Now, God wants us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice. This is an act of surrender, commitment, and dedication. Paul tells us HOW to do it.

    “It’s Time For A Change!” Romans 12:1-2 Life is full of CHANGES! HAS your life CHANGED in last YEAR … 5 Yr. … 10 … 20? IF IT HASN’T … then must have been living on a deserted island somewhere! There are 2 BASIC KINDS of “change” … INTERNAL & EXTERNAL. We usually LIKE … EXTERNAL ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist