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  • Andrew Chan avatar

    Big Ears Series

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 43 ratings
     | 3,438 views

    Message series in book of James: “Extreme Makeover: What Really Looks Good to God” - A church that is in hard times gets a lesson through James on how to grow together as a community of faith with big ears.

    Big Ears Message series in book of James: “Extreme Makeover: What Really Looks Good to God” Big word, an in word, in our culture these days is “makeover.” Tummy tucks, lipo-suction, nose jobs, home renos, remodelling of gardens, they are all the rage. Many TV shows that have this theme are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Betrayal & Burlap Series

    Contributed by Josh Foster on Mar 12, 2014
     | 6,040 views

    In the wrinkles of this tragedy, God is present and working. He’s working to bring about His good and see His plans realized. It may not be a pretty picture at this point. But that just goes to show how broken our world is - and how persistent God is.

    God in the Ebb & Flow of Life: Betrayal and Burlap Scripture Text: Genesis 37.18-35 INTRODUCTION Last-week, I tried to lay the ground-work so that we would have a realistic picture of Joseph’s family-life. It isn’t pretty!... ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Recycled Saints

    Contributed by Chaplain Judy Boen on Aug 26, 2003
    based on 274 ratings
     | 45,464 views

    Are we Silly Putty or Clay?

    Recycled Saints Are We Silly Putty or Clay? Tools: A Glass Vase  I want to begin tonight by reading a story of the Vase. A grandfather and a grandmother were in a gift shop looking for something to give their granddaughter for her birthday. Suddenly the grandmother spots a beautiful ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • J. Douglas Duty Jr. avatar

    Come As You Are - Stay As You Werent

    Contributed by J. Douglas Duty Jr. on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 9,383 views

    On the demoniac

    Come as you are – Stay as you weren’t Mark 5:1-13 It is said that the only animal that when cleaned that then goes back into the filth and muck is a pig. You can take them out wash them up, show them off and they will go back to living in the muddy pit they are used to. In reality – the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    In The Hands Of The Potter

    Contributed by Russ Houser on Sep 6, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 10,132 views

    This looks at how to allow yourself to be molded by God into what He wants.

    In the Hands of the Potter Jeremiah 18 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4 And the vessel ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Love Yourself Series

    Contributed by Rodney Barlow on Feb 29, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,808 views

    We are commanded to love God with everything we have and we are commanded to love our neighbor, but tucked in between that thought is to love ourselves. This lesson will help you love yourself in Godly fashion.

    Love Yourself Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Mar 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    (Thank God I’m Still In His Hands)

    Contributed by Derrick White Sr on Mar 20, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,908 views

    In the text before us The spirit of the Lord drives Jeremiah down to the potter's house. To see a parable in action. A parable in deeds and not in words.

    Jeremiah 18:1-6 (KJV) 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4 And the vessel that he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Useful & Fruitful Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 24, 2011
     | 11,234 views

    Even in the place of your affliction, trust the Lord to use you for His glory; trust Him to make you forget your pain; and trust Him to make you fruitful as you live your life for Him.

    In 1969, in a science lab in New Jersey, Canadian physicist Willard Boyle and his colleagues invented the concept of an electronic eye. Using their knowledge of mathematics and the behavior of light they provided the science behind digital cameras known as a charged-coupled device or CCD. The CCD ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Joseph's Rise To Power In Egypt

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Feb 23, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 23,234 views

    Joseph's rise to power in Egypt in Genesis 41:1-57 teaches us that our sovereign God exalted his suffering servant to rulership in order to save the world.

    Scripture We are currently in a series of sermons that I am calling “Jacob’s Descendants,” based on Genesis 37-50. Previously, we read about young, seventeen-year old Joseph sold by his brothers to Midianite traders on their way to Egypt. The brothers then deceived their father Jacob into thinking ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Beauty For Ashes, Joy For Mourning, Praise For Heaviness.

    Contributed by Thomas Dibble on May 22, 2003
    based on 356 ratings
     | 221,648 views

    God will console those who mourn in Zion. There is enough of God to comfort all who mourn around the world. But his word specifically states those in Zion or those in God’s house are going to get God’s attention.

    The Bible speaks of the Holy Ghost as being the comforter. Aren’t you glad for the spirit of the Lord? He is the comforter. In our scripture text it says that God would appoint, or as the NKJV says, God would console those who mourn in Zion. There is enough of God to comfort all who mourn ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Joseph: A Dreamer In Prison Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jun 12, 2022
     | 5,229 views

    Joseph did not need to wait until he was standing before Pharaoh and put in charge of the whole land. Faithfulness to God is always the right path. Joseph needed to trust God the whole time he was the forgotten prisoner. And he did!

    There are so many aspects to the story of Joseph. He is the favorite son of the Patriarch Jacob. His brothers burn with jealousy and hatred toward him because his ten older brothers know he is the favored one of his father. The special ornamented coat Jacob gave Joseph made that evident. The Joseph ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Ely avatar

    Worship Like A Girl! Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Aug 28, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,459 views

    It is an insult that is still used today on playgrounds across the globe. Little boys testing their strength and dexterity against one another revert back to this proverbial slap in the face by throwing down the gauntlet of this time proven stab. However

    “Like a Girl” Part 4 – Worship Like A Girl I. Introduction One of the greatest insults you could say to a guy is that you throw like a girl, run like a girl but over the next few weeks I want to reevaluate what was once an insult and make it instead a challenge. Fight like a girl. Pray like a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Free To Live The Life Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 1, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 2,441 views

    Education, self-help books, and personal improvement efforts can make life richer and better. But nothing can do what God does when a person turns his or her life over to Jesus Christ. IN Jesus Christ, we can have victory in the fullest sense.

    Free to Live the Life (Romans 8:1-4) 1. Once in a while you read a news story that makes you feel good: MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - A Mexican boxing champion beat up and hospitalized a gunman who shot at him outside a gym in a crime-plagued city on the U.S. border. Prosecutors in Ciudad ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Grant Adams avatar

    Churches Without Love

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Jan 31, 2020
     | 2,156 views

    Reihold Niebuhr compared the church to Noah’s Ark, “If it were not for the storm on the outside, you could not stand the stink on the inside.

    As Paul peeped through the window of the church at Corinth, he saw quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder. And it broke his heart. You might expect to hear of. 1. Places of employment without love. a. Just a number b. Just a tool to accomplish a task c. You ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Keith Buice avatar

    The Beauty Of The Cross Series

    Contributed by Keith Buice on Jan 5, 2006
    based on 47 ratings
     | 11,653 views

    The first in a 4 part sermon defining and introducing our new Mission statement

    The Beauty of the Cross Philippians 2:5-11 Intro: Today, we begin a series of sermons that will guide us through a study of the meaning, power and effect of Calvary’s Cross. It is an old common saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The cross of Jesus was a rough and ugly instrument of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist