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  • Jonathan Spurlock avatar

    We Have Seen Strange Things Today! Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 5, 2025
     | 378 views

    A very sick man was confined to a pallet but still wanted to find Jesus so he could be healed. There were four friends who did take him to Jesus--and the sick man was healed!

    We have seen strange things today (Disclosure: This message is based on a sermon I preached at New Hope Baptist Church near Fulton, MO, on February 2, 2025; not an exact transcription.) Introduction: This story is one that’s told by both Matthew and Mark, as well as Luke. The main points are the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    3 Personalities We Need Active In The Church.

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 8, 2024
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    We need some like Abraham to intercede. We need some like Andrew to bring people.We need some like Barnabas to encourage.

    THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF PEOPLE WE NEED IN OUR LIFE. By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) NEEDS VS WANTS? *Need== something lacking, required, essential, necessary. *Want== covet, something you wish for, to desire. WHAT DO WE NEED? Hebrews 10:36 For ye have ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Teacher, Do You Not Care If We Perish? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 19, 2024
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    If I have done no evil, nothing but good, Lord, why am I being punished?

    Twelfth Sunday in Course 2024 Psalm 107, which we prayed as our response to Scripture today, is what we call a todah song. When an Israelite had a big problem, like being thrown into prison because of a minor offense, or being about to drown as the boat is foundering in a storm, he would make a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Through Jesus We Have Peace And Healing Series

    Contributed by Robert Irvine on Jun 26, 2024
     | 891 views

    Jesus brings us peace with God and spiritual healing with God

    “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Isa 53: 5 Jesus went to the cross, and his hands and feet were pierced by the nails that held him on the cross. I say “held” but of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "just The Way We Are"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 8, 2024
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    A sermon about how God chooses to love us and claim us no matter how we feel about ourselves.

    “Just the Way We Are” Ephesians 1:3-14 Is there anyone here that struggles with shame? Do you ever feel as if you have let God down, to the point where you find it hard to believe that God could possibly love you? If this is the case, you probably also struggle with despair, which is the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    "why We Have To Love"

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Jul 27, 2024
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    Sermon series in I John

    Title: “Learning to Love” Script: I Jn. 4:7-12 Type: Expository Series Where: GNBC 7-28-24 Intro: The church father, Jerome, said that when the apostle John was in his extreme old age, he was so weak that he had to be carried into the church meetings. At the end of the meeting he would be ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Can We Image Heaven Here On Earth?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 13, 2024
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    A look back at the history of God’s relationship as husband to Israel’s as wife, and Jesus's view of divorce and marriage.

    Friday of the 19th Sunday in course 2024 I looked up the first reading we just heard on a sermon website to which I frequently contribute, and discovered no sermons posted on the passage from the prophet Ezekiel. Frankly, I find the story pretty gruesome on first reading. But some Scripture can be ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Have We Become The Church Of Casual Christianity?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Sep 3, 2023
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     | 1,219 views

    A cold church is a dead church, but a hot church is alive. Flies do not land on a hot stove.

    What does it mean to be a Church of Casual Christianity? How does a church become casual? Is it speaking of the church building or the church body? Or does it refer to the church members, the individual Christians? Look at the churches depicted in Revelation chapters two and three. • Ephesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Do We Have A Case Of Spiritual Blindness?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 5, 2023
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    Spiritual eyesight is needed in our walk with the Lord. We should learn to see the spiritual dangers that are around us.

    2 Kings 8-23 tells the story of how Elisha captures an army. But what we will focus on today are verses fifteen - seventeen. Spiritual eyesight is needed in our walk with the Lord. We should learn to see the spiritual dangers that are around us. Elisha’s servant had woken up early and saw the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How Do We Live Out This Salvation? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 11, 2023
     | 1,491 views

    Paul now shifts to a major misunderstanding about grace and explains what living out this salvation should look like.

    A LOOPHOLE? Can we just keep sinning and use grace as an excuse? - Romans 6:1-2. a. Grace is the means by which salvation comes to us, but grace is easily misunderstood. - v. 1. - We closed out with grace last week. It’s the reality that we cannot earn our salvation but we receive it as a free ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When We Ignore The "signs" Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Oct 24, 2024
     | 999 views

    This verse points out that the Sabbath was intended to be a sign but that Israel wasn't actually obeying it. What are some ways we do similar things today?

    GIVE ME A SIGN: God says here that the Sabbath was intended as a sign. - Ezekiel 20:10-12. - These verses tell us that God brought Israel out of Egypt. He gave them the Mosaic Law as a path toward life and peace. And one of the signs He gave them was the Sabbath. - What exactly does it mean that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Remembrance Sunday - What We Should Remember

    Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Nov 9, 2024
     | 670 views

    On Remembrance Sunday let's remember, first, that there are things to SACRIFICE for. Second, that there are things to FIGHT for. And third, that there are things to HOPE for.

    INTRODUCTION EARLIER IN THE SERVICE Today is Remembrance Sunday. It’s a time for remembering. In Britain, I think we’re good at remembering the people in the armed forces who gave their lives in conflicts over the past century or so. Yesterday, the Royal British Legion held Festivals of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Swanson avatar

    Why Will We Enter His Gates With Thanksgiving?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 17, 2025
     | 598 views

    This is a summons for us to enter into the presence of God with a joyful heart.

    The question presented is “Why will we enter His gates with thanksgiving?” A simple answer is, why not. One cannot answer this question solely on verse four. The whole chapter needs to be considered when populating a response. This psalm opens with a solicitation to the entire earth to happily ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How Do We Face The Storms Of Life?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Apr 25, 2024
     | 1,397 views

    Are you currently in a storm? Do you see a storm approaching? What will you do?

    After preaching to a great multitude (Mark 4:1-29), it was evening time and Jesus told the disciples that he wanted to cross over to the other side. Why? We do not know. It may have been that he had grown tired and need some peace and quiet after such a long church service. So, the disciples took ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Are We Guilty Of The Seven Sins Of Not Soul Winning?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Apr 27, 2024
     | 499 views

    Which of these sins are we guilty of?

    Levi reacted as Jesus would want the entirety of his supporters to do, he followed his Lord promptly, and he assembled his companions to meet him as well. Levi left a worthwhile and exploitative tax-collecting business to follow Jesus. Then Levi held a gathering for his kindred collectors and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible