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  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Making A Name For Ourselves Fails The Test Of Joy

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 17, 2025
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    We have a tendency to believe our own publicity, and feel best about ourselves when we own the deeds to lots of stuff.

    Friday of the Sixth Week in Course 2025 “Let’s make a name for ourselves” hints that the first reading, from Genesis, is really talking about the results of human pride. Migrating people from the far reaches of Asia are imagined coming together in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Let Us Test Him With Insult And Torture

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 19, 2024
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    Here and in other sources we see that there was at the time of Jesus a current of thought imagining that the Messiah, or some other righteous man, would die for the sins of the people.

    Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Course 2024 About fifty years before the birth of our Savior Jesus, an unknown Jew, probably living in Egypt because of the dispersal of Israelites by Assyria and Babylon, wrote what is called the Book of Wisdom. It’s written in Greek in the style of the Hebrew wisdom ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Testing & Teaching Of The Feeding Of The Five Thousand

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 26, 2022
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    You probably know that what we learn after we are out of school is much more than what we learned in the classrooms while we were in school.

    A mistake many high school students make is to think that one day they will graduate and never have to apply in their daily living any of the things they learned in those classrooms in the past twelve years. The reason they think that way is because we have been trained to think of a classroom ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Test: Dilemma Have To? Want To?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 19, 2020
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    As we consider how life test each individual we consider Have to? Need to? Like to? Want to? What hinders so from real spiritual growth? Lord, open the eyes of our hearts. We need Godly vision!

    TEST: MY DILEMMA: DO I HAVE TO? VS. DO I WANT TO? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (Two part?) I love to start with a question: WHY ARE YOU SO ANGRY? What makes us angry? Can we control our anger and attitudes? Near sighted? Far sighted? Tunnel vision? Night blindness? ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    What Holds When You’re Tested

    Contributed by Lewis Martin on Jun 28, 2025
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    In Philippians 1:12–26, Paul writes from prison—but his faith isn’t shaken. This message invites us to consider what truly holds when life tests us. Is Jesus our comfort… or our everything? Let’s explore the difference surrender makes.

    Sermon Introduction: “What Holds When You’re Tested” Philippians 1:12–26 Let me tell you about two people. Both go to church. Both say they follow Jesus. But one wants just enough Jesus to feel better— to ease the guilt, to call for help when things go wrong. The other? They’ve given Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Don’t Test God’s Authority PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 12, 2023
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    Emphasize the importance of obeying God's authority, respecting earthly laws, and avoiding the temptation to test God.

    Good morning, family. Today, we're gonna take a deep dive into a topic that touches every aspect of our lives - obeying God's authority, respecting the law, and steering clear of the temptation to test God. In the words of St. Augustine of Hippo, "Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is ...read more

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    My Faith Has Been Tried And Tested PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 28, 2024
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    This sermon explores persevering through life's trials, the transformative power of God's love, and His promise to provide both physical and spiritual sustenance.

    Good morning, beloved family of God. It is indeed a moment of joy, a moment to pause and reflect, a moment to open our hearts to the Word of God. We are gathered here, not by chance, but by divine appointment. In the midst of our daily hustle and bustle, we have been called to this sacred space to ...read more

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    Little Things Add Up: The Test Of Little

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2025
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    Often we miss how important little things can be. Behind every successful man is a surprised moth-in-law? To be successful we must be faithful to finish little task.

    LITTLE THINGS ADD UP…. THE TEST OF LITTLE THINGS… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) (Two part) A man works at a car factory… getting paid a fair wage for a fair day’s work. His job is to grease the u-joint on the drive train. He gets busy joking ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Little Things Add Up ! The Test Of Little

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2025
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    Few understand life is a sum total of little things. Whhat you do really matters in the light of eternity.

    LITTLE THINGS ADD UP…. THE TEST OF LITTLE THINGS… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) (Two part) A man works at a car factory… getting paid a fair wage for a fair day’s work. His job is to grease the u-joint on the drive train. He gets busy joking ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Have We Had The Saint’s Test? Series

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 3, 2022
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    We must love others. We are to love in deed and in truth and not just in word.

    1 John 3:11-24 depicts the differentiation among love and hate, and how love should be found in the existence of every Christian believer. Evil has an envious scorn for goodness. For this reason, Cain killed Abel, and it is why hatred is viewed as murder’s spiritual identical. Christians are relied ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Gideon: The Two Tests He Had To Pass Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Nov 5, 2022
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    Gideon had met the Angel of the LORD face to face, one day, and that night, received a message from the LORD. That message contained instructions for two of the most difficult things Gideon would ever be asked to do.

    (Note: this message is based on and edited from a sermon preached at First Baptist Church of Chamois, MO on 10-16-2022 but is not an exact transcription.) Introduction: Gideon had just realized he saw the Angel of the LORD and was probably trying to take it all in. He was one of only a few people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Zechariah’s Tests God’s Promises Series

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Dec 8, 2024
     | 393 views

    Do we rejoice at God’s provision even in when we don’t feel like it? Do we seek to know Jesus and share Him with those around us? John prepared the way for Jesus, who came to redeem all of creation - what will we do to show Him to others? This is our mission during Advent!

    2024 Christmas Series – Part 2 Sermon 2 – Zechariah’s tests God’s promises Luke 1:5-25, 57-66, and 67-80 Introduction - Welcome to Seasons! This morning, we continue our series on Advent -- Might ask, “What is Advent?” Comes from Latin word, “Adventus” -- In its original form it means ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Hear Him Or Test Him (Hearing God)

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 7, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,814 views

    This is a sermon about listening for God.

    Mark 12:28-34 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Test The Spirit's-Know Love-Fear Not! Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 16, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,724 views

    John gives us three actions that are to be apart of the children of God’s daily lives. Test the Spirit’s, Know Love, and Fear Not.

    1 John 4 – Test the Spirit’s! - Know Love! - Fear Not! Thesis: John gives us three actions that are to be apart of the children of God’s daily lives. Test the Spirit’s, Know Love, and Fear Not. Listen to this Chapter on the DVD, The Audio Bible and follow along in your Bible! Scripture Text: 1 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Getting Good Grades On Life's Tests Of Faith

    Contributed by Neil Olcott on Jun 29, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 3,691 views

    A sermon I preached using an outline from Chuck Swindoll.

    Intro: If you have ever been to a cardiologist, you probably know what a stress test is like. They hook you up to a monitor, then put you on a treadmill, turning up the speed until the monitor reveals the condition of your heart. And all the while, you’re walking your feet off trying to keep up ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist