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  • Michael Hollinger avatar

    Nobody Loves A Lawyer

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Feb 21, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,193 views

    Don’t try to quibble when it comes to accepting God’s view of things.

    Title: Nobody loves a lawyer Text: 2 Samuel 12:1-7; Exodus 12:49 FCF: You can’t argue your way out of judgment. You can only appeal to the mercy of Christ. Nobody loves a lawyer. I can say that as somebody who once wanted to be a lawyer. Nobody loves a lawyer because at one level, we know that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "The Church In The World-The World In The Church"

    Contributed by Danny Moss on Apr 22, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 12,150 views

    This message is concerned with trying to eliminate worldly ideas, practices, and goals in churches and in individual believers.

    "The Church In The World-The World In The Church" Text-Romans 1:1-17 Sermon by-Rev. Danny Moss dannymoss777@yahoo.com Introduction- The word "world" is used many times in the Bible. It is the Greek word "kosmos," which means "an orderly arrangement of things." -sometimes it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Do You Do When You Don't Know What To Do?

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 25, 2005
    based on 44 ratings
     | 14,494 views

    Describes steps to take to determine God’s will when you are trying to make a decision.

    WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO In 2001, State Farm Insurance rated the most dangerous intersections for accidents in the United States. The top of the list was the corner of Flamingo Road & Pines Blvd. in Pembroke Pines FL. Over the 2 years of the study, 1999 - 2000, that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Amazing Grace Series

    Contributed by Ron Murphy on Sep 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,849 views

    Salvation set us free. Then why do we try to prove our worth.

    Introduction: I. Are you a perfectionist? A. This is what my dictionary says the definition of Perfectionism is - 1. “The refusal to accept any standard short of perfection” and or 2. “The philosophy or doctrine that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable” B. If ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Ed Taylor avatar

    Be Prayerful & Careful Where You Place Your Stamp Of Approval Series

    Contributed by Ed Taylor on Dec 22, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,679 views

    Have you noticed how this world system is constantly trying to influence our decisions?

    1. All of us have a STAMP OF APPROVAL. • That is, by our words & deeds, we either approve of things or we disapprove of things. I like that. I don’t like that. • When people ask our opinions, we often quickly share our feelings on a topic or 2 or 3. • I have to agree that there are times when this ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A No Matter What Christian

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 28 ratings
     | 9,979 views

    in trying times there will be those who will not fall away, here the secret to be a Christian, no matter what

    Intro: 2 Thessalonians states before the Anti-Christ is revealed there will first be a falling away. Matthew Henry gives us this explanation of the falling away—“there will be a falling away from sound doctrine, true worship, and holy living.” Today, I would like to present the attitude you must ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Growing Deeper Through Discipleship (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Apr 28, 2015
     | 7,096 views

    In this sermon, we try to get an overview of what discipleship looks like in everyday life.

    Introduction: A. The story is told of a big, 2000 member church that was filled to overflowing one Sunday morning. 1. The preacher was ready to start the sermon when two men, dressed in long black coats and black hats entered thru the rear of the church. 2. One of the two men walked to the middle ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Freedom's Blessing Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 25, 2016
     | 6,898 views

    Stop trying to keep the law and start trusting Christ with your life to be truly blessed.

    Tim Wilson, a pastor in Colorado, talks about his days at Fort Benning, attending the United States Army Airborne School. He and his buddies were sitting on hard wooden bleachers as they prepared for their first parachute jump. Soon they would soar hundreds of feet above the red Georgia clay and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Can You Take A Message?

    Contributed by Theresa Ratliff on Mar 25, 2013
     | 5,052 views

    God is trying to talk to all of us, but will we heed the still, small voice of God?

    My boyfriend Brian and I spend a lot of time walking and hiking. We go all over the place – the woods, the beach, sometimes just around the block. Some of the trails are really flat and wide and easy to walk on. Others are rocky and steep. On almost every hike, we hit a stretch of trail ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The King's Executioner

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,429 views

    Don't kill the voice of that preacher who is trying to save you with preaching the Word.

    Mark 6:21-29 KJV And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; [22] And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • L Lee avatar

    Parable Of The Unjust Steward Series

    Contributed by L Lee on Oct 3, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,761 views

    Why was the dishonest servant commended for his act of dishonesty? What is this parable trying to teach?

    Parable of the unjust steward Problem areas Why was the dishonest servant commended for his act of dishonesty? Verse 8 says that it was because he was shrewd. In other words, Jesus was not commending the dishonest servant because he was dishonest but for the shrewdness of his action. We have ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Michael Adams avatar

    Drop The Stones

    Contributed by Michael Adams on Nov 22, 2018
     | 6,978 views

    A message on people in the church trying to put on the Pharisee's face and call others out on their sin.

    Drop the Stones John 8:1-11 1. Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    Positioned For Transition

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Dec 6, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 66,383 views

    God is trying to get us to a place in the Spirit, the key to that journey is remaining, positioned for Transition.

    Isaiah 43:18-19 [18] Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. [19] Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. … Remember... *To call to mind. *To be thought ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    A Eulogy For A Young Person Who Died Of A Drug Overdose

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 28, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,564 views

    Perhaps this can help those trying to come up with something to say in devastating circumstances.

    A Eulogy for a Young Person Who Died of a Drug Overdose God brought Ware and Maggie Hart to Red Bank United Methodist Church in Chattanooga, TN a year or two before the Pandemic, and we immediately became close. Ware is the only person who has ever referred to me as Rabbi. At Ware’s ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    You Just Don't Get It, Do You? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 15, 2020
     | 3,633 views

    They are so hungry that they miss the point Jesus is trying to make. Will we miss that point, too?

    Tuesday of the 6th Week in Course 2020 “You Just Don’t Get It” I’ve been a teacher pretty much all my career, at all levels except elementary school. So I can empathize with St. James in his epistle, and–although it’s weird to say it–with Jesus as He tries to help His disciples understand the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic