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  • Ed Taylor avatar

    What About Those Who Never Heard Series

    Contributed by Ed Taylor on Dec 22, 2008
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     | 2,747 views

    It’s so good for us to cultivate a heart for the lost!

    1. It’s so good for us to cultivate a heart for the lost! (See Mark) NOTE: The heart of Jesus becomes our heart, our passion, our desire to see those around us come to know Jesus personally! • We realize don’t we, that God sent someone into our lives! • How thankful we are! • Remember one of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Scott Chambers avatar

    A Gift For Those Who Seem To Have Everything Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Dec 29, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,487 views

    This is the final sermon in a series that examines some of the overlooked gifts that God gave us that first Christmas. This message shows that God gave a gift that first Christmas for each and every person.

    Most of us have a person in our lives that is impossible to buy for. The question that plagues many of us during the season is, “What do you get the person that has everything?” The answer is, “a gift card.” A recent New York Times article looked at the gift card industry. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Harold Laubach Jr avatar

    Good Things Come To Those Who Wait Series

    Contributed by Harold Laubach Jr on Nov 2, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 15,213 views

    Sermon on patience as taught by the book of James chapter 5.

    If you noticed the title of this week’s sermon, you may have realized you’ve heard that phrase before. Or what about this one, “Patience is a Virtue”? Well it turns out those phrases have some biblical significance. And it also turns out they are usually true. Let’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Johnny Creasong avatar

    For All Those Who Fall Asleep In Church

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 22, 2009
    based on 27 ratings
     | 62,438 views

    The real question is not “Why did God let Eutychus fall asleep?” The real question is: “Was anyone but the Apostle Paul awake?”

    For All Those Who Fall Asleep in Church Acts 20:7-12 Church sleepers beware. If you think you can get away with sleeping in church then watch out! “A man who went to Church with his wife always fell asleep during the sermon. The wife decided to do something about this and one Sunday she took a ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Ken Pell avatar

    Good Things Come To Those Who ... Wait. Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,198 views

    Our tendency to procrastinate, even over matters related to the soul, is challenged by Jesus’ sermon of the soils.

    GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO … WAIT. Mark 4:1-20 From the Sermon Series: “Ten Cultural Myths that Drive America” We are in the throes of our sermon series, “Ten Cultural Myths that Drive America.” It is taken from the first six chapters of Mark. We are highlighting different adages or aphorisms ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Ken Pell avatar

    God Helps Those Who Help Themselves Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 1, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,260 views

    Discover the counter-cultural ethic that Jesus utilized as he ministered and saved the human race.

    God Helps Those Who Help Themselves Mark 5:24-34 From the Sermon Series: “Ten Cultural Myths that Drive America” We are in the final stages of our sermon series, “Ten Cultural Myths that Drive America.” It is taken from the first six chapters of Mark. We discovered that Jesus’ worldview goes ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Those Who Accept The Kingdom Of Heaven Are Like. . . Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 6, 2010
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     | 4,727 views

    This ties up my summer series on the Kingdom of Heaven and brings us to what we need to do with what we have learned.

    I have a confession to make and I hope you don’t think less of me after I’m done; That’s right I love country music. I love listening to the new artists like Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and Dean Brody and I love listening to the outlaws from the seventies like Willie and ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Blessed Are Those Who Hunger And Thirst For God Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Mar 1, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,476 views

    Blessed are those that their lives are desiring more of god and they hunger to do God

    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness Matthew 5:1-5:12 Introduction- We will be looking at the forth Beatitude of Jesus sermon on the mount. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” We have looked at the poor in ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Blessed Are Those Who Hunger And Thirst For Righteousness

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Mar 29, 2011
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     | 4,948 views

    Within every person is a deep longing, a yearning of spirit, for something full of beauty, purity, peace and purpose, and where evil is defeated.

    Blessed are those who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness Matt 5:6 March 27, 2011 Intro: Last week I was sitting at my desk in my office and heard this loud whining sound, it would rise in pitch and then die away, then start up again. It is a familiar sound, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Kircher avatar

    Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted Because Of Righteousness Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Mar 28, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,943 views

    Why do we suffer because of Righteousness?

    Blessed are those who are persecuted because of Righteousness Matthew 5:10-12 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    I Pray Also For Those Who Will Believe

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 26, 2013
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,302 views

    Christ in us, the hope of glory.

    THE PRAYER OF JESUS - Part 3. John 17:20-26. In order that His disciples might be sanctified, Jesus gave them the Word (John 17:14). This Word was to be the means of bringing others to the faith (John 17:20). So Jesus prayed for those who would hear the gospel from them - including their ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    This Is What Will Happen To Those Who Are Angry With Me

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jul 14, 2014
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    To show the future of people that are angry with GOD's people and that they will become enemies of GOD.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you angry with GOD's people? Stop now before GOD gets angry with you. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show the future of people that are angry with GOD's people and that they will become enemies of GOD. IV. TEXT: Isaiah 41:11 (Amplified Bible) Behold, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Craig Condon avatar

    Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Jul 9, 2015
     | 9,111 views

    When we receive the bread and wine during Holy Communion, we are holding Christ’s very body and blood, which was nailed to the cross and poured out for our forgiveness. We have seen it with our own eyes and felt it with our own hands and on our tongues.

    Have you ever heard of the old saying, “Good things come to those who wait”? If so, the story of Simeon, Anna and the baby Jesus in the temple in Lune 2:22-40 is a good example. The coming of Christ involved all manner of waiting on God. A young maiden, a dying man and an old widow all ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Jerry Cosper avatar

    Guidelines For Christianity: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 26, 2015
     | 4,809 views

    It’s one thing to be spiritually poor and acknowledge it; it’s another to grieve and mourn over it.

    On a visit overseas, a wealthy man was fascinated with a powerful microscope that allowed him to study the petals of a flower. He was amazed at their beauty and detail, so he decided to purchase a microscope and take it home. He enjoyed using it until one day he examined some food he was planning ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Curtis Mathis avatar

    Those Who Wouldn’t Believe! Series

    Contributed by Curtis Mathis on Apr 12, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,271 views

    Why we struggle with our Faith.

    Pastor Curtis Mathis Friendship Baptist Church April 12, 2015 Series: The People Who Crossed Jesus’ Path... Title: Those who wouldn’t believe! Text: Luke 24:11 (NIV) Luke 24:11 (NIV) 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist