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  • Joel W. Lohr avatar

    Indescribable

    Contributed by Joel W. Lohr on Mar 2, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,724 views

    Trying to re-capture the wonder of our first love of Christ and to understand his indescribable love for us.

    Have you ever been speechless? Have you ever been so overcome with emotion that words failed you? I can think of times in my life when I have been hard pressed to put words to my emotions and those times are more than memorable. Sometimes those moments that defy description are moments of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "What Is Our Golden Calf?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 8, 2005
    based on 78 ratings
     | 24,366 views

    A sermon on overcoming idols.

    “What is our Golden Calf?” Exodus 32:1-17 By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org Humans are not created to be godless. If we don’t know the true God, we will make our own deities. It’s a sign of our ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Denise Raterta avatar

    Trusting God When Life Becomes Too Real

    Contributed by Denise Raterta on Feb 8, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,870 views

    When a Christian meets unbearable ordeals, how does he move on with his faith in God still intact? How do we reconcile God’s goodness and mercy with life’s atrocities to believers like us?

    TRUSTING GOD WHEN LIFE BECOMES TOO REAL A teenager drowned in the sea during a Church youth camp. A large group of believers who gathered for a pastors’ convention were all killed in a hotel fire accident. A faithful and talented evangelist acquired acute diabetes and had to have both his legs ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Taste And See That The Lord Is Good

    Contributed by Jonathan Semro on Sep 3, 2003
    based on 81 ratings
     | 21,390 views

    The Holy Spirit leads us to put our trust in God for he is the giver of everything good.

    Text: Psalm 34:2-9 Pentecost 12 – Series B Theme: Taste and See that the Lord is Good 1. The foolishness of misplaced trust. 2. There is hope for those who trust in the Lord. Psalm 34:2-9 2My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. 3Glorify the LORD with me; let us ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Carl Allen avatar

    Good News From The Graveyard

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,082 views

    Good News from the Graveyard Matthew 28:6-7 Intro The message of Christianity is good news from a cemetery. Graveyards are always melancholy places because they are associated with grief, sadness, and separation from our loved ones. The cemetery i

    Good News from the Graveyard Matthew 28:6-7 Intro The message of Christianity is good news from a cemetery. Graveyards are always melancholy places because they are associated with grief, sadness, and separation from our loved ones. The cemetery is the last place from which one would expect to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Price avatar

    Three Important Words

    Contributed by Mark Price on May 12, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 18,007 views

    Today there are three more important words – words of urgency – and they are “LOOKING UNTO JESUS.” They are words of salvation. They are words of encouragement. They are words of direction. They are words for daily living. So let me ask you, “Who are

    Introduction What power just a few simple words have. Many years ago, the Grand Trunk Railroad sponsored a contest for a phrase to put on a sign at a railroad crossing. Many entries were sent in, as there was a $2,500.00 prize for the winning entry. There were various phrases, some long, some ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    I'll Stick By You

    Contributed by Donovan Myers on Jun 15, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,149 views

    You can tell who your friend is when you are in a pickle!

    One of the great paradoxes of life is that - in order for new life to appear, then what formerly existed must be changed in some way or the other, or it must be completely destroyed. Jesus gave an example of this when he said that in order for a tree to grow, then the seed must first be buried and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Fasting

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Dec 30, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,671 views

    There is a difference between Christians who pray and Christians who do not pray. There is also a difference between Christians who pray and Christians who fast and pray.

    Fasting “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Sanctity Of Life Sunday 2014

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jan 22, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,691 views

    Sanctity of Life includes assisted suicide as well as abortion but abortion is the predominate abuse of life in America today. This sermon deals with the tragic consequences to the abortive mother as well as the judgement of the US because of this sin.

    Today has been designated as Sanctity of Life Sunday On a January 13, 1984 proclamation, President Ronald Reagan designated January 22, 1984 as the first National Sanctity of Human Life Day. The date was chosen to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that first ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Aplace Called Calvary Hill

    Contributed by Rev. Timothy Porter on Sep 2, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,494 views

    This sermon is based on the cross, and crucifixion of Jesus - Basic Theme is Salvation

    A PLACE CALLED CALVARY HILL by Rev. Timothy G. Porter LUKE 23:33-47 INTRODUCTION: There were many places that played a part in our Lord’s life here on earth. There was Bethlehem, Bethany, Nazareth and Jerusalem. There were the Judean hillsides and the shores of Galilee. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Daren Mitchell avatar

    The Supernatural Power Of Faith

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Apr 21, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,607 views

    We want to give Jesus the credit for all the great stuff that we've been blessed to see and do for His Name. We always want to point to Jesus in everything that we say and do.

    Faith matters to people. Every human being believes something. There is no such thing as a faithless person. Many people believe in themselves, or they place faith in government. Others maybe in a god, or gods, a lot of people put their faith in money, and many in science and theories. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Greg Nance avatar

    Earn This! Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 24, 2015
     | 4,535 views

    Aren't you glad God didn't say that to us? Let's look at some things God does say about earnings and some things he does not say.

    I never saw the movie, and frankly, I don’t intend to, but I read an article about it. There is a punch line in the movie: “Saving Private Ryan” that really brings home today’s point. (This illustration taken from Wikipedia's article on Saving Private Ryan) The sole ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • David DeWitt avatar

    When The Mountain Falls

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,136 views

    A September 11th memorial service to mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks

    When the Mountain Falls Psalm 46:1-3 September 11, 2011 9/11 Service Message Morning Service September 11th is one of those moments frozen in time. It is one of those moments that everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. When the first plane struck the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Jerry Cosper avatar

    Search For Utopia And Light

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Apr 17, 2012
     | 3,292 views

    It’s the message that needs to be proclaimed to the world. Man’s search for an earthly deliverer or Messiah is futile. Man’s earthly search for utopia is futile.

    Tonight’s study will not be as long as others have been. We are only going to look at 4 verses tonight. READ. Jesus has just tried to explain to the Pharisees that He is the Light of the world. Of course they didn’t believe it. The Pharisees had just asked Jesus to show them His ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Roth avatar

    The Cemetary Road

    Contributed by David Roth on May 2, 2020
     | 4,323 views

    Lent 5 (A) The Christ of the resurrection of the Last Day is one and the same Christ who is on the road of life with us now. He will not only bring us out of the grave then, He is on the road to the cemetery with us today, as we face the challenges, the losses, and yes, even the deaths, of today.

    J. J. May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. (Ps. 19:14.) “The Cemetery Road” Today we read of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Lazarus was the brother of Mary and Martha, the two sisters of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran