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  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Wise Counsel Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 29, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 24,363 views

    The answers to the riddles & problems of life lies with God. Therefore wise counselors know the God of the Bible & know the Bible of God. The Bible’s profound insights should cause us to face & solve problems in the wisest way.

    Giving and Receiving WISE COUNSEL PROVERBS 19:20-21 The answers to the riddles and problems of life lies with God. Therefore wise counselors know the God of the Bible and know the Bible of God. Together the God of the Word and the Word of God bring wise counsel to bear on the needs and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Finding Balance

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 22, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,845 views

    Are you sure what you believe and practice is balanced on God's scale?

    In my years since becoming a Christian, I have found that people in general tend to be like pendulums that are normally broken to either stay on the Left or Right side of the swing without ever seeing the middle or they are stuck in the middle and never move at all. Indeed the ones that are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Seeing Clearly Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 5, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 18,370 views

    Jesus' healing of the blind man in Mark 8 illustrates four points: 1) Some people just want to come out of the darkness. 2) Our ministry can sometimes only lift the darkness. 3) The religious expectations of others can be harmful. 4) There are times when

    Seeing Clearly Mark 8:22-26 Seeing is a strange thing. An infant can see a john deer tractor and not benefit from it. A farmer can see a jar of smashed carrots and not be drawn to it. A doctor can see blurry images on a glass slide and be excited about what it tells him. A preacher can see three ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Matter Of Interpretation

    Contributed by David Owens on Sep 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,061 views

    Determining what the Bible means by what it says requires us to carefully study and interpret the Bible.

    Introduction: A. How many of you enjoy Jay Leno’s “Headlines” segment on the Tonight Show? 1. Let’s begin with some actual headlines collected from local, national, and international newspapers that are rather ambiguous. a. It’s clear what the writer was trying to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Living Victoriously!

    Contributed by Diana Ball on Jan 3, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,529 views

    A reminder of the things we need to focus on if we expect to live a life of victory in Christ.

    PROVERBS 3: 5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." There are four points to living the Christian life in absolute victory. 1. TRUST GOD God is the same yesterday, today, ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Healing A Broken Heart Series

    Contributed by Jim Pritchett on Jan 12, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 31,069 views

    God can heal your deepest pain. Jesus is with you. Jesus understands.

    Healing a Broken Heart Part 2 of a 4 Part Series Jim Pritchett Swift Creek Community Church A few years back, a newspaper in Nashville was doing a series of articles on people who were suffering from a broken heart. They wrote to pastors asking them to consider submitting the names of people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Father, "Knows Best"!

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jun 27, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 13,441 views

    He had places to go, people to see, things to do, it was going to be the social event of the year. He was finally going to be free at last to do as he pleased 24/7. No one was going to tell him what to do any longer, he had had enough,

    Father Knows Best! Today we celebrate the day that comes but once a year, while many things are only celebrated once a year, only this day honors fathers. Idnt odd though, statistics show that, most fathers get stuck grilling out on their day of being honored, while mothers are never asked to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Bookkeeping Nightmare

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 27, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,827 views

    Forgiveness is an act of understanding how much God has forgiven us; of the heart, making a changed spirit possible; and of the will, opening up all that God wants to do in us.

    First Baptist Church of Gaithersburg, MD, October 4, 1979; Cresthill Baptist Church, Bowie, MD, June 8, 1980; Calverton Baptist Church, Silver Spring, MD, May 16, 1982; Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC November 24, 1985 Back in my early teen years I was a Monopoly freak. Not an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Saved By Your Ears

    Contributed by John Perry on Nov 10, 2010
     | 5,926 views

    What we hear will one day either save us or condemn us ...... The Bible says that we will literally be saved by our ears!

    Bunbury Wed pm 10/11/2010 “Saved by your ears” Intro: A 6 year old boy gives us the introduction to our text this morning by virtue of an incredible thing that happened to him – his life was saved by his ears!!! *** A SIX-YEAR-OLD Chinese boy was left dangling by his ears eight ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Rejection Of The Word Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jun 11, 2012
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,673 views

    The argument turns from how to be saved to why Israel wasn't saved with these verses. Like so many people today the Jews had rejected God's plan to save the world, they had rejected Jesus as the Messiah basically because they had rejected God's Word.

    ROMANS 10: 17-21 THE REJECTION OF THE WORD We have just been advised in this passage dear friends that if you are seeking salvation you must be a hearer of the Word. We are to keep in mind that it is the Word of God that we need to hear, because the word of man cannot save you. It may delude ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Different Perspective Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on May 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,822 views

    An overview of the book

    Isaiah 1: 1 Different Perspective 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. We are now beginning a new study. We are going to look at the Prophet Isaiah. We will have at least 67 studies ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Trusting God In Everything We Do Part 1

    Contributed by Rich Anderson on Feb 14, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,432 views

    God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. God will exchange His power for our weakness and His strength for our weariness.

    The prophet Isaiah was born several hundred years before the birth of Christ. His name means “the Lord is Salvation” and it is similar to the names Joshua, Elisha and Jesus. Isaiah is quoted directly in the New Testament over 65 times, far more than any other Old Testament prophet and mentioned ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Trusting God In Everything We Do Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Rich Anderson on Feb 14, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,445 views

    It’s easy to say we trust God, but do we really? Or do we put our trust where everyone else does; the stock market, real estate, banking institutions, or whatever the newest quick fix solution may be.

    Three men were hiking and they came upon a large raging river. They needed to get to the other side, but they didn’t know how. The first man said, "God, give me the strength to cross this river." Poof! God gave him big arms and strong legs, and he swam across the raging river. It took him ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Scott Turansky avatar

    Hold It Together - Genesis 1:6-20 Series

    Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 23, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,853 views

    The problem is we don’t know what to worship just by looking at the scriptures. Some people mistake that to be worship creation itself. Some people worship creation instead of the Creator. They misunderstand the message.

    We’re studying the book of Genesis and we start, of course, with Genesis 1 which is creation. Last week we looked at God created the heavens and the earth. We looked at day one where God created light. One of the things we said is here’s what happens when you start to look at creation. There is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    You Are Somebody Important - Genesis 1:20-31 Series

    Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 23, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,124 views

    In the second statement that’s being broadcast is this broadcast statement that God makes that says I can hold it all together and I want to hold you together.

    As we look at the book of Genesis, we start Genesis, we see that we have three different statements that are coming out of creation. I just want to remind you because we’ve looked at these over the last three weeks. The first statement that we have when we see creation is “worship me.” Now whenever ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible