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  • Johann Neethling avatar

    Where You're Seated Makes All The Difference

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Jan 28, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,568 views

    Our being seated with Christ in heaven is a gift of God’s amazing grace, a present reality, and a declaration of who and whose we are.

    WHERE YOU’RE SEATED MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE Ephesians 2:1-10 1. Friday morning, as I was headed towards the nurse’s station at Swedish Issaquah Emergency Department, I passed a couple of the radiology techs in the hallway who were discussing the one tech’s new pair of individually designed and ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Forgotten In The Cell Series

    Contributed by Duane Brown on Feb 11, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,339 views

    Sermon 3 in the Joseph series as inspired by the writings of Chuck Swindoll

    Victim…that’s a word that we hear a lot these days isn’t it? If anyone ever experienced being a victim it would have had to have been Joseph. Let’s quickly recap his story thus far… First he receives unfair treatment from his brothers, then he gets thrown into a situation of being a slave, next ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    In The Midnight Hour

    Contributed by Larry Lynn on Feb 26, 2006
    based on 36 ratings
     | 24,789 views

    Sermon that I preached for a Pastor friend during a tragedy in his life.

    In The Midnight Hour I am standing here for your wonderful Pastor who has encountered a Midnight Hour. I know everyone by now is aware of the unexpected passing of his brother Tom and his wife. Please keep them in your deepest prayers, which I know that you are. Saturday morning at 6:05am, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Are You The Samaritan?

    Contributed by David Trexler on Mar 1, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,622 views

    Not much has changed in the course of human history

    Sermon for John 4:5-42 Third Sunday in Lent February 24th 2008 Wow! What a text uh? I could probably put together 6-8 sermons each lasting about 45 minutes. What do you think of that? Well seeing that I only have about 20 minutes, I want us to look at a couple aspects of today’s gospel that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    God...made Us Alive With Christ

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Mar 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,988 views

    Lent 4 (B) - God made us alive with Christ because he is rich in mercy. God made us alive with Christ when he saved us by grace.

    GOD…MADE US ALIVE WITH CHRIST (Outline) March 2, 2008 – LENT 4 - Ephesians 2:4-10 INTRO: Scripture uses earthly opposites to help believers understand the mysteries of things divine. Jesus used many common, earthly opposites to help the people of his day comprehend faith. A few of these ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Raise Us To Thy Glorious Throne

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Apr 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,239 views

    With the descriptive language of a wedding we see that Jesus is coming back one day to gather His Bride to be with Him in heaven. This gathering is called The Rapture. You will not find the word Rapture in your bibles but you will find it taught

    Raise us to thy Glorious Throne In todays announcements we shared about the funerals for Doris Sparks and Donald Simpson and Randy Andreson. We are accustom to accepting news about funerals as a part of life. For the Christian it is really just a part of our walk towards our eternal life. Today ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Wake Up! To Follow The Dream That Your Father Has Placed In You. Series

    Contributed by Tony Vila on Jul 22, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,437 views

    In order to WAKE UP! To follow the dream God has placed in you, we need to listen, let go and live!

    This is the last of the four part series on Dreams with my Father. In the last three, we talked about How to reach the dreams that God has placed in your heart and make them a reality. Today the title of my text is WAKE UP! To follow the Dream that your Father has placed in you. MAIN TEXT ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Seeing Jesus

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,951 views

    In worship, we hear and experience Christ. John’s experience reminded us of Christ’s omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence.

    Max Lucado wrote this illustration in his book When Christ Comes. Augustine once posed the following experience. Imagine God saying to you, “I will make a deal with you if you wish. I’ll give you anything and everything you ask: pleasure, power, honour, wealth, freedom, even peace of mind and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Power For Evangelism

    Contributed by Vernon Price on Apr 12, 2012
     | 7,198 views

    One dominant reason underlying the increasing reluctance of Christians to share their faith with non-Christians pertains to the faith sharing experience itself. In asking Christians about their witnessing activities, we have found that nine out of ten ind

    Power for Evangelism Isaiah 55:1-13 Church researcher George Barna tells us from much research why most Christians do not evangelize: One dominant reason underlying the increasing reluctance of Christians to share their faith with non-Christians pertains to the faith sharing experience itself. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    The Gospel According To... The Grinch Series

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,248 views

    The Grinch has an extremely relevant message that is important to remember about the gospel as well as Christmas. Let’s examine this Christmas story in light of the real Christmas story.

    The Gospel According to… The Grinch Luke 2:1-7 December 14, 2008 The gospel according to… the Grinch. Adapted from Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” or what might be a better title, “How the Grinch Tried to Steal Christmas.” The Grinch hates Christmas and he hates the Whos and their ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Entrance To The Kingdom Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Dec 16, 2008
     | 4,395 views

    Exposition of Matthew 13:44-46 regarding the two parables of the kingdom about the treasure and the soil

    Text: Matthew 13:44-46 Title: Entrance to the Kingdom Date/Place: LSCC, 7/23/06, AM A. Opening illustration: Entrance of the Aucan Indians into the Kingdom B. Background to passage: Jesus has just finished giving several parables about the kingdom in general, and people’s responses to it. And so ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Journey Back To Joy

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Feb 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,758 views

    The restoration of joy in David's life.

    While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft. Spotting and old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted, "Are there any gators around here?!" ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lynn Malone avatar

    The Race Of Life: Starting Well Series

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 14, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,874 views

    A well-lived life requires teamwork, preparation, endurance and focus.

    Starting Well—The Race of Life: Introduction Racing, Dale Earnhardt once said, is life. Well, Earnhardt actually had it backward. Life is a race. Racing to work, racing home, racing to some type of sports practice, racing to recreational activities, racing to church. Racing here ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    America, God's Little Life Saving Station Series

    Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Apr 1, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,428 views

    (I heard the story told by my father, the late Rev. Roosevelt Leon Walker, Jr. However, you can blame me for the message. )

    The little life saving station By the seashore of a small fishing village there once sat a small life saving station that one of the villagers decided to build after numerous lives were lost to the sea. Because of the rough currents and the jagged hidden rocks in the opening of the port, numerous ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    A Word For The Thick Headed And Slow Hearted Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 14, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,890 views

    When we recognize Jesus' presence we can live with trust and faith.

    “A Word for the Thickheaded and Slow-Hearted” Luke 24:13-35 There was an important business executive who boarded the New Orleans to Washington train. He had a very important business engagement and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed