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  • Dennis King avatar

    Life's Challenges

    Contributed by Dennis King on Aug 26, 2021
     | 2,838 views

    We all go through challenging or awkward times in our lives. It's not easy staying positive when we run into daily trials and tribulations. God allows this to happen to us, and others, to encourage faith, which allows for our spiritual growth.

    Life's Challenges We all go through challenging or awkward times in our lives. It's not easy staying positive when we run into daily trials and tribulations. God allows this to happen to us, and others, to encourage faith, which allows for our spiritual growth. 1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    One Minute To Midnight Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 2, 2022
     | 3,400 views

    We look in the O.T. where God delivered right at the last moment. The trial required faith and patience. One minute to midnight - right at the last moment. The testing of our faith brings glory to God when the child of His love proves the faith that is genuine.

    ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT This message will look at intervention in the nick of time. I don’t know if the expression “the nick of time” is known around the world, but it means “just in time”, “at the last moment”. “One minute to midnight,” is a similar expression, and it is surprising how God ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Isaac

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 19, 2022
     | 2,627 views

    How does a father feel, sacrificing his son, to war, or to a cross? Abraham faced that test, and passed. What could Isaac have been thinking during his father’s trial of faith? Let's look at Isaac's faith.

    Isaac was the son of promise, yet Abraham was tested. How does a father feel, sacrificing his son, to war, or to a cross? Abraham faced that test, and passed. What could Isaac have been thinking during his father’s trial of faith? “And Isaac said to his father Abraham, ‘My father!’ And he said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Battling Temptation With Scripture Alone

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 22, 2023
     | 1,312 views

    Life is filled with trials and temptations. Sometimes we fail. Jesus was also faced with great tests, but He succeeded. Let’s learn how Jesus battled temptations and won, using scripture. Let’s look at the testing of Christ in Matthew 4:1-11.

    Life is filled with trials and temptations. Sometimes we fail. Jesus was also faced with great tests, but He succeeded. Let’s learn how Jesus battled temptations and won, using scripture. Let’s look at the testing of Christ in Matthew 4:1-11. Led by the Spirit When Jesus fasted was it a complete ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Joy At Christmas Series

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Dec 20, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 327 views

    This sermon proclaims that the true joy of Christmas is not found in changing circumstances or earthly comfort, but in the unshakable, eternal joy that comes from God drawing near in Christ—who lived, suffered, died, and rose again to secure our salvation and remain with us through every trial.

    To begin our discussion this morning, let’s do a quick, informal congregational survey. I’m going to describe a few scenarios. If the scenario brings you joy, give me a thumbs up. If it brings discomfort, frustration, or sorrow—give me a thumbs down. Just respond honestly. First scenario: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Where Is God When I Hurt? Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021
     | 3,775 views

    1 Peter is a book about suffering. It’s about how to live in a hostile culture for faith.

    A pastor is cutting his front lawn. He looks up from mowing to see a dump truck back out of his neighbor’s driveway. Yet, the large truck backed over his neighbor’s eighteen month old son. The little boy had been squatting behind the truck’s huge tire. The pastor joined the boy’s hysterical mother ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Abraham’s Call

    Contributed by John Lowe on Jun 3, 2012
     | 8,414 views

    Abraham’s faith is the most famous faith there is, because he is called the Father of the Faithful. I am sure that his faith grew during his many trials, and the faith that he displayed when he prepared to slay his son at the command of God was certainly

    Abraham’s Call Hebrews 11.8 "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went."—Hebrews 11:8. Abraham’s faith is the most famous faith there is, because he is called the Father of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Making The Best Of A Bad Situation

    Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Feb 17, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 42,622 views

    God takes the disadvantages of our dead ends and uses them as an opportunity to propel His plan into the spectrum of His greater glory and our greater good, as seen in the discourse between the disciples and Christ prior to His ascension.

    Have you ever felt like you were at the end of your rope? - Seeming possibilities--crushed. - Dreams—deferred. - Hopes—handcuffed. - Hands—tied. - Predicaments—problematic. - Vision—diminished. - Life—over We are living in perilous times. And what tends to add ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pray And Praise Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Mar 21, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,118 views

    With the ups and downs of life there is something we can do to make any situation better, to respond to any situation. Talk to God!

    Pray and Praise: James 5:13-20 As I get older I notice that life, is really full of swings and roundabouts, those times that people describe as ups and downs or seasons. You could be having a great day one of those ones when people are generally cherry and greet one another with a smile and enjoy ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    A Reverent Account Of A Horrific Event

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 14, 2017
    based on 18 ratings
     | 9,374 views

    Matthew's account of Jesus' Passion, as viewed from its own Biblical, historical and theological context.

    A REVERENT ACCOUNT OF A HORRIFIC EVENT. Matthew 27:11-54. It is quite remarkable that two acts within Matthew’s account of our Lord’s judicial murder are passed over quite without the gory details which our modern culture seems to demand. Each is referred to by a single word in the Greek, each ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Kind Of Person God Protects Series

    Contributed by James Wallace on Feb 17, 2021
     | 6,459 views

    Many of the promises of God's protection or provision in the Bible are actually conditional. They absolutely don't apply to anybody and everybody. Jesus shows us in John 6 exactly what kind of people can expect His protection and provision, and what kind of people can't.

    Psalm 91 has always, from very early in my Christian life, been one of my favorite Psalms, because it speaks so beautifully and certainly of the Lord’s protection. I mean, just listen to it—it’s makes for beautiful poetry as well as for comforting thoughts—“He who dwells in the shelter of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Where Is God When You Need Him?!

    Contributed by Rainer Reddy on May 14, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,903 views

    A sermon to encourage and assure during difficult times in life.

    Where is God when you need Him? - Have you ever asked yourself that question? [e] - I know I have! - In fact, even as a minister of the Gospel, I have asked that question at times. [e] - Perhaps, this sermon is so much more serious than last week’s one, but sometimes we need to get serious ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Richard Tow avatar

    Authentic Versus Counterfeit Faith (Ii) Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on May 27, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,298 views

    This message examines the qualities of saving faith as revealed in Romans 4:18-22. In this chapter, Paul uses Abraham's example to teach the kind of faith response to God that ultimately leads to eternal salvation. Hint: It is not easy believism.

    Intro A major theme in Romans 4 is faith. Paul is aggressively contending for justification by faith alone. The issue we are currently addressing is the kind of faith Paul has in mind when he uses the word. We know from James 2 that some forms of faith are dead and worthless. We know from Jesus’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Giving Him Something He Can Feel

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 31, 2022
     | 2,291 views

    Faith in Jesus as the Saviour, even if that faith is not yet perfect, is honoured by the Lord. The message serves to encourage all to look to Jesus for mercy, which He gives to all who come to Him in faith.

    “And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, ‘Who touched my garments?’” [1] How sensitive are you? I don’t mean, are you woke. Neither am I particularly thinking of whether you are able to feel the pain of another. But, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Go! And Trust His Faithfulness - 2 Thessalonians 3:3 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jun 24, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 703 views

    There is one truth that remains immovable: the Lord is faithful. And when you know that God is faithful, you can go—and trust Him completely.

    Go! And Trust His Faithfulness - 2 Thessalonians 3:3 Introduction We live in uncertain times, don’t we? The world feels shaky. Culture shifts, morals erode, truth is questioned, and people place their trust in fragile things. But there is one truth that remains immovable: the Lord is faithful. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal