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  • D Marion Clark avatar

    Crouching Sin

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Mar 6, 2016
     | 8,162 views

    The story of Cain and Abel teaches the power of sin to control us and the power of faith to break sin's control.

    Genesis 4:1-16 Crouching Sin 3/6/16 D. Marion Clark Introduction Pastor Sam Smith has begun a sermon series in Genesis. Sam’s idea is to study characters in Genesis for this purpose: “to learn how God intervenes in the life of his people to reveal both the source of their problems ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 1, 2023
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     | 888 views

    This sermon explores the importance of faithful service, readiness, and utilizing our God-given talents for the betterment of His kingdom.

    Good morning, beloved family. We gather here today, hearts open, souls yearning for the Word. We come together, not as strangers, but as brothers and sisters, united under the warmth of His love. We stand on the precipice of a new day, a new understanding, a new revelation. Before we begin, I want ...read more

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    How Can I Comfort You?

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Sep 25, 2019
     | 4,163 views

    A study in the book of Lamentations 2: 1 – 22

    Lamentations 2: 1 – 22 How can I comfort you? 1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel and did not remember His footstool in the day of His anger. 2 The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    A Crisis Of Faith

    Contributed by Todd Riley on Feb 6, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,351 views

    an exposition of Genesis 2:4-17

    Islington Baptist Church February 4, 2001 Sermon text: Genesis 2:4-17 Scripture reading: Psalm 104, Revelations 22, Job 36-37, II Thessalonians 3:6ff At certain times some Christians have had a ‘crisis in the faith’. There is something that bothers and disturbs them so much about God, his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bloom Where You Are Planted Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 27, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 18,382 views

    Parables of Eternal Life, Part 1 of 9

    BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED (LUKE 8:4-15) Motivational writer Dennis Kimbro says that some people are like wheels - they don't work unless they are pushed. Some people are like trailers - they have to be pulled. Some people are like kites - always up in the air, and if you don't keep a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Know Your Oponent Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 16, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 6,561 views

    This is the 1st of 4 on winning the spiritual war

    INTRODUCTION • Life can be tough at times. It seems like there are times when nothing seems to come easily. It seems in our spiritual walk that we take two steps forward and three back. • I have seen people who would just give up and quit when things got tough for them. I see other people who ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I Shall Not Be Moved

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 18, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 19,894 views

    Discussed being fully planted and committed to Christ.

    I Shall Not Be Moved Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27; James 1:22-24; 1 Corinthians 15:58 Introduction The last time I stood before you I told you that we are all living testimonies. We are a living testimony whether we are having a great time or going through hard times. The question that we must ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Anchor Holds

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jul 4, 2009
    based on 24 ratings
     | 28,825 views

    Exploring the analogy of an anchor in our walk with God.

    THE ANCHOR STILL HOLDS TEXT: Hebrews 6:15-20 Hebrews 6:15-20 -- And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    David's Mighty Men

    Contributed by Dr. Steve Newton on Jul 18, 2017
     | 13,946 views

    David's Three Mighty Men defended a seemingly insigniffican bean patch etc. But King David sent them there. What is your bean patch that King Jesus sent you to defend

    DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN Luke: 18:1 And he spake a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying , There was in a city a judge, which feared not God neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city and she came unto him saying, Avenge me of mine ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Subsidence Of The Waters. Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on May 24, 2019
     | 8,518 views

    Feeling desolate is nothing new for the people of God, but when we do, we may recall this song: The next time you find yourself in a storm, Genesis 8 can give you new hope and encouragement, because the major theme of the chapter is renewal and rest after tribulation.

    November 14, 2013 Commentary on the Book of Genesis By: Tom Lowe Lesson I.D.7: Subsidence of the Waters. Gen. 8:1-14 Genesis 8.1-14 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Cain And Abel Series

    Contributed by John Dixon on Oct 7, 2018
     | 8,561 views

    The word “REGARD” or the word “FAVOR” in Hebrew means, “paid attention to.” God paid attention to Abel’s offering but Cain’s offering he did not pay attention to.

    GENESIS 4:1-11 NASB Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a man-child with the help of the Lord.”  2 Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Sermon: God’s Instructions For Fulfilling Our Potential

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Sep 3, 2024
     | 948 views

    We can expect to be productive for the Lord and fully appreciate all we have in Him if we choose to walk Him and His faith Community on a consistent basis.

    Sermon: God’s Instructions For Fulfilling Our Potential Scripture Lesson: Hebrews 10:22-25, “let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Abraham, A Man Challenged #8 Series

    Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 19, 2008
     | 3,347 views

    Growing Faith

    Abraham, a Man of challenge, Faith, Promise Growing Faith Reading: Genesis 15:12ff Abram has spent all day, in the heat and the sun, defending what God had told him to do. It would seem that the vultures had been persistent in their attempts to feast upon what God had told Abram to do, and thus ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Time To _____ Up!

    Contributed by Randall Mitchell, Sr. on Jun 1, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,058 views

    Various "Ups" in Christian Life

    Message Title: "It is time to _____ UP!" Message Text: Romans 13:11,12 & various scriptures Opening remarks: The Base Commander of Goodfellow AFB in an article in the base newspaper wrote that he saw too many people looking down. This was the reason that many times the cars with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Seeds That Survive Pt 1 - The Sower And The Seed Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Nov 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,832 views

    In an age when the church is becoming increasingly irrelevant to the daily life of people, when the message of the church seems to increasingly fall on deaf ears, and when the truth is mocked as meaningless and unattainable, Jesus speaks to us these words

    Seeds That Survive Pt 1 – The Sower and the Seed Luke 8:4-15 We are now deep into the month of August. A time of year when all over America the farmer’s eyes are turned to the harvest. I sought long for what to share with you during these final services of our summer worship schedule ...read more

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