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  • Dana Visneskie avatar

    Fighting Bears And Delivering Cheese! (Part 1 Of 3) Series

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Nov 2, 2005
    based on 64 ratings
     | 23,162 views

    This is the first sermon in a series entitled "Developing A Heart After God" and this sermon talks about how God developed David’s life experiences for the task of facing Goliath. I give 3 points that show how God uses our past to develop our lives.

    Title: Killing Bears and Delivering Cheese Text: I Sam 17: 12-18; 34-37 and I Sam 16:18 Pray!!! Read Text!!! Introduction: - This morning we are going to start a sermon series from David’s early years. - This series is entitled, “Developing A Heart After God” - The Bible says that David was ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    What Would You Pay For Eternal Life?

    Contributed by Robert Bravo on Jun 25, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,837 views

    Eternal life is the most valuable thing in the world. What would you pay for it?

    What would you pay for eternal life? Picture yourself in this scenario. You just bought one of those metal detectors and you go out to use it just as a hobby. You find this big field and you’re doing you thing. Every now and then you find something nice and sometimes not valuable. But it keeps ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    "The Kingdom Of God..........""Or Umbrella Faith"

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jun 12, 2006
    based on 109 ratings
     | 26,588 views

    A sermon for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6

    2nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6 Mark 4:26-34 "The Kingdom of God.........." "or Umbrella Faith" 26* And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground, 27* and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Faith's Hall Of Fame: Abel

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Feb 17, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,416 views

    Abel’s example challenges us to live our Christian lives by faith

    Shiloh Bible Church Hebrews 11:4 Faith’s Hall of Fame: Abel Introduction Cooperstown, NY. Those of you who are baseball fans know that it is the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ten years ago, back in July of 1998, my son Joel and I visited Cooperstown. We had tickets to the Hall of Fame game ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Destruction That Brings Peace Series

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Aug 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,673 views

    The reign of Asa and it’s resulting spiritual revival in Judah demonstrates that peace with God, other believers and unbelievers cannot be achieved until we first destroy that which prohibits the growth and life of peace.

    DESTRUCTION THAT BRINGS PEACE First in Series – “Peace That Expands & Lasts: Lessons from Asa” 2 Chronicles 14:1-5 Rev. Todd G. Leupold, Perth Bible Church, Sunday 8/3/2008 AM INTRODUCTION: As we naturally struggle to find and understand our current place in the history of PBC & God’s work ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Go Green!

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 23, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,810 views

    In continuing to look at the 7 areas we need to give up control (7UP) to God, we turn to the environmental area and taking care of the world in which we live.

    7UP: Go Green! Genesis 1:26-28, 31 October 19, 2008 We are continuing to look at seven areas to give over to God in order to follow Jesus in holistic community. That is, seven areas (7UP) to God to be completely, holistically set apart for God’s use. When one or more of these areas are neglected ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Parable Of The Tares - 1 Series

    Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Feb 7, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,801 views

    The advice Jesus gives in this parable about what to do with evil is so different from what we would expect

    Living Under Grace – 3 – Parable of the Wheat and the Tares - 1 Half acre of 6 foot high thistles in the paddock • You won’t believe the nice clean solution I came up with to get rid of those thistles – run the trail bike through them to create a path so I could walk through and spray them • Got ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Be An Effective Doer Of The Word Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 13, 2009
    based on 31 ratings
     | 45,100 views

    The implanted Word is to be accepted & then put into action. It is in the doing of God’s Word that spiritual growth & the blessings of God come. Too many Christians mark their Bibles but their Bibles never mark them. God wants His people to put His Wor

    JAMES 1:22-25 BE AN EFFECTIVE DOER OF THE WORD [Luke 12:41-48] If the implanted Word is received it will work itself out into actions. It is never sufficient to simply hear the Word we must take into heart and do it. Simply hearing a good sermon or Bible study will not make you grow and receive ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Luke avatar

    The Characteristics Of Childishness And The Marks Of Maturity Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Dec 14, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 14,208 views

    The indications of spiritual immaturity and maturity

    SERIES: “OVERCOMING OBSTACLES THAT OBSTRUCT OBEDIENCE” TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-23 TITLE: “THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDISHNESS AND THE MARKS OF MATURITY” INTRODUCTION: A. A young boy came to his father after church one Sunday. He said, “Dad, I want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Of Chaplin And Chaplain...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Aug 13, 2012
     | 3,295 views

    Now what has Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest of the "Chaplinitis" era (when the fame of the legendary comedian spread like a wild contagion) in common with Book of Malachi (Last Book of the OT section of the Bible) containing a sizable section about Ch

    OF CHAPLIN AND CHAPLAINS Let me relate a bizarre yet true story, before I get started with my main theme. Before that… those of us who don’t know about, Charlie Chaplin, let’s put up our hands? Well, not many hands would go up, for most of us know that he was a ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Alan Hamilton-Messer avatar

    Letters To The Seven Churches - No 5 Sardis Series

    Contributed by Alan Hamilton-Messer on Jun 22, 2014
     | 4,632 views

    These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b]of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead

    The letter to Sardis Rev:3:1-6 Sardis was probably the oldest of the seven cities, probably being founded at the very beginning of the Iron Age, possibly as early as 1000 BC. In it's past it had been the capital of the Kingdom of Lydia and it had become very rich and prosperous. It was also ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Living Differently

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Apr 6, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,833 views

    We have been called to impact the world for Christ and not to become absorbed by the world. We are to live differently - to stand out as salt and light. Without separated lives we cannot fulfill this mandate.

    Living Differently Matthew 5:11-19 Nelson Thomas Mumbai wrote in an article entitled The Truth of Separation: Meaning and Importance, "In Kerala South India, brethren believers are called the ‘separated people’. More than a century ago when our forefathers came out of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • D Marion Clark avatar

    The Song Of The Vineyard Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on May 15, 2016
     | 8,987 views

    In Isaiah judgment will come on the whole vineyard; in Jesus’ story it is ready to come on a single vine. But the point is the same. Fruitlessness will bring judgment.

    Isaiah 5:1-7 The Song of the Vineyard 10/1/00e D. Marion Clark Introduction There have been some moving ballads of love gone bad in the annals of music. Here are just a few examples: I Flushed You from the Toilets of My Heart. I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, but I Couldn't Spell Yuck I've ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Seeds

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 22, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,710 views

    The facts about the seeds we sow

    The Seeds Introduction Last week we talked about sowing – how we are sowing seeds every day. Whether we want to or not, those seeds are going out. We looked at the Scripture in Galatians and Matthew – remember Galatians said, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, whatever a man sows, this he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "rooted To Rise: Flourishing In The Christian Life" Series

    Contributed by Dr. John D. Wentworth on Feb 1, 2025
     | 1,586 views

    Flourishing as a Christian is not merely about survival but embracing a life that thrives and bears fruit in every aspect.

    Title: "Rooted to Rise: Flourishing in the Christian Life" Text: Psalm 92:12-14 "The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible