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  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Friendship, Fellowship And Followship

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 17, 2004
    based on 154 ratings
     | 16,218 views

    Three things that the church needs in order to grow.

    INTRO.- ILL.- A cartoon once showed a little boy sitting beside his father and mother at church. The little boy said to his father: “Mom wants to cook the dinner, you want to play golf, I want to play football. Why are we here?” Why do people come to church? Hopefully, they come because they do ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Crowned Church-Smyrna Series

    Contributed by Douglas Dudley on May 17, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,381 views

    DOES THE CHURCH SUFFER ON EARTH? HOW DO WE DEAL WITH IT AND WHAT IS THE CHURCH’S REWARD?

    The Crowned Church—Smyrna Text—Revelation 2:8-11 Introduction. Clarence Jordan, the author of “Cotton Patch”, is a minister in Americus, Georgia. Jordan was getting a red-carpet tour of another minister’s church. Now Clarence was the minister of a poor, struggling, inter-racial congregation ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Mystery Of Marriage Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 80 ratings
     | 14,134 views

    A look at the amazing gift of a loving marriage between a man and woman.

    Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO The Mystery of Marriage Ephesians 5:22-33; Proverbs 30:18-19 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Today we pass the midpoint in our 2005 Season of the Family. This week we ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How To Act In Church

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 21,868 views

    Exposition of 1 Timothy on the relationship of the nature of the church and our Christian conduct.

    How to Act in Church 1 Timothy 3:14-16 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Introduction: Don¡¦t act that way in church! Ever said that? Been told that? I¡¦ll bet you have. Especially some of our kids. Take your hat off. Stop running. Don¡¦t talk ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I Just "Gotta” Wear Shades! Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Jun 24, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,913 views

    God desires for you to have a future and a hope!

    Life gives us plenty of reasons for despair, doesn’t it? When disappointment comes, I sometimes think about a quote: “It doesn’t matter how far you fall, but how high you bounce.” Once, I shared the first part with someone hoping they would finish the last part and end up being encouraged. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Has God Promised Health And Wealth To Christians? Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on May 18, 2004
    based on 94 ratings
     | 16,783 views

    Expose’ on Prosperity Doctrine

    HAS GOD PROMISED HEALTH AND WEALTH TO CHRISTIANS? Questions People Ask Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website: http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons.html We’ve dealt w/ some difficult subjects the last several messages. Though they’re controversial, they are areas in which ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Will It Take For You To Have A "Merry Christmas"?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 5, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 3,965 views

    on what is really important about christmas and how we lose our merriness in the xmas season.

    December 7, 2003 Philippians 4:4-7 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Revelation To Philadelphia -. The Open Door Of Opportunity Series

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 279 ratings
     | 60,566 views

    The Letter to the Philedelphians - Looking at the opportunities God gives us

    The Revelation to Philadelphia -. A little trivia quiz this evening - you may want to take out a piece of paper to write the answer down How many doors are in this sanctuary? Don’t turn around and count – just take a guess, and write it down How many doors are in this sanctuary? Second, how ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spiritual Warfare

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 104 ratings
     | 27,830 views

    This sermon discusses the fact that we as Christians are egaged in an ongoing spiritual war with the forces of evil.

    Introduction: We as a nation are engaged in a War on Terrorism. Our enemy dealt a serious blow to us on September 11, 2001. Since then we have taken the fight to our enemies but they have not given up. In fact they continue to kill our young men and women serving in Iraq on a daily basis, while ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Genesis 16 Series

    Contributed by Richard Cathers on Apr 16, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,989 views

    Verse by verse study of Genesis 16

    Genesis 16 Sunday Morning Bible Study February 18, 2007 Introduction God has made promises to Abram. In Gen. 12:2, God promised to make Abram a “great nation”. We saw last week in Gen. 15:4 that God promised that “one will come from your own body” and that Abram would have so many descendants that ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    How To Handle Temptation

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 20, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,882 views

    Five principles for dealing with the temptations we face.

    Ronald Meridith described in Hurryin’ Big for Little Reasons a quiet evening when he heard the sound of wild geese approaching in flight. He noticed the tame geese on his pond. “They heard the wild call they had once known. The honking… sent little arrows of prompting deep into their wild ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Trusting Reason Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Apr 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,165 views

    You cannot always trust what you think. Your mind is fallible. Faith is required for what reason cannot attain.

    a. In our first week on this subject, we did an overview about trust and we learned that trust is developed through a loving relationship with the one we are learning to believe in. b. We learned that the “trustworthiness” of the one we must believe in is vital, and that even if we have all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Book Of Acts, Part 3- Recipe For Revival Series

    Contributed by Mark Strauss on May 4, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 12,620 views

    Throughout the book of Acts we see phenomenal growth. In 2:47: “And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved"; •By chapter 4 the church has exploded to over 5000. •And throughout Acts, the growth of the church is a common re

    “Recipe for Revival” Acts 2:42-46 What’s the key to success in life? Walk into any bookstore and you’ll see shelves of books on how to be successful. How to be successful in business; in relationships; in personal financial planning; in athletics. One man who knew about success in sports was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • George Barton avatar

    Psalm 73. A Psalm Of Envy Series

    Contributed by George Barton on May 9, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 26,554 views

    An expositorty approach to Psalm 73, showing Christians often get their life out of focus and envy others.

    PSALM 73 A PSALM OF ENVY REVISED MAY 09, 2006 This morning I want to speak about one of my favorite psalms. It is a psalm written by a man who, for a time, was envious of the wicked, whose life was temporarily out of focus; who wrestled with his envy, and got his life back in focus. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prayers To Kill Affliction

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jun 7, 2006
    based on 479 ratings
     | 223,722 views

    The more the power of God in your life, the more the enemies that will battle you. The greater the anointing, the greater the warfare. The brighter your destiny, the harsher your attackers.

    The Bible clearly reveals theaimsandobjectives of Jesus’ earthly ministry. In 1John 3:8, it says, “... For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” One of the enemy’s works is affliction. This eye-opening message is loaded with power to turn ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal