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  • David Radcliff avatar

    Pathway To Tomorrow

    Contributed by David Radcliff on Nov 30, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,254 views

    Jonathan Swift who wrote Gulliver’s Travels had an unusual greeting for others – “May you live every day of your life!”

    PATHWAY TO TOMORROW Philippians 3:12-14 Jonathan Swift who wrote Gulliver’s Travels had an unusual greeting for others – “May you live every day of your life!” 1. Summer left us on Thursday and Friday Fall took its place, but looking back – how many days did you really live life at its best? 2. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    The New Heaven And The New Earth

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Feb 15, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,776 views

    Today it is not unusual to hear some of these questionable television preachers on television claiming they have all kinds of visions and revelations they have received from God.

    I do not doubt that many of these have received these visions and revelations they claim they have received, but knowing the life of some of these, I do doubt that these visions and revelations came from God. Some are quick to point out that many of the New Testament Saints had such visions. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Lesson Of Fear

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 16, 2022
     | 2,476 views

    In Psalm 34 we have an unusual situation. This Psalm took place when David was having to flee from King Saul for his life.

    To spare his life, David did an unusual thing, he went unto the land of the Philistines. When he arrived however, the people skeptically received him. The King in Psalm 34 has caused some to believe the Bible contradicts itself. For example: • In 1 Samuel 21 the Bible refers to the King of Gath ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Woman That Fell In Love With Jesus

    Contributed by David Smith on Aug 20, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 9,188 views

    A very unusual message about Mary Magdalene. This sermon uses the the powerful deliverance of Mary to speak to us about how to really fall in love with Jesus.

    THE WOMAN THAT FELL IN LOVE WITH JESUS David Smith 2/14/99 a.m. @ Trenton Church of God Text: Luke 8:1-3 Not she with traders kiss her master stung, Not she deny him with unfaithful tongue She, when apostles fled, would dangers brave Last at the cross, and first at the grave I have heard a lot ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    You Can Learn A Lot From An Ant

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 12, 2009
    based on 21 ratings
     | 20,839 views

    Many of lifes greatest spiritual truths come to us through the most unusual things. God uses natural things to teach us spiritual things.

    6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. Jesus said, Work while it is day for the night cometh when no man can work.. Jesus said Walk while you have the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    No Excuse For Excuses

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Nov 26, 2021
     | 6,257 views

    Douglas Bernstein, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois recently asked faculty members for the ‘most unusual, bizarre, and amazing student excuses’ they had ever heard.

    He got dozens of responses from his fellow professors: * Grandparent death: an old favorite, but one professor’s class established some sort of record when 14 of 250 students reported their grandmother’s death just before final exams. * Car Problems: "I had an accident, the police impounded ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Wisdom Of God

    Contributed by Norman Bernad on Jul 30, 2024
     | 877 views

    Imagine you are walking down a beach and stumble an unusual looking bottle. You pick it up and poof, there is smoke and when it clears there is a Genie before you.

    Wisdom of God 1) Ps: 126 2) 1 Kings 3:1-28 3) James 3:13-18 Imagine you are walking down a beach and stumble an unusual looking bottle. You pick it up and poof, there is smoke and when it clears there is a Genie before you. You could be granted any wish, you just ask for it. What would you ask ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The 10:30 Mill Whistle Series

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Mar 24, 2001
    based on 139 ratings
     | 5,499 views

    This is a sermon in the narrative style, built around the story of a mill whistle that would blow at an unusual time of day. This sermon was the first in a series about the Lord’s Prayer.

    The 10:30 Mill Whistle Matthew 6:9-13 Exodus 20:7 The Rev. Dr. W. Maynard Pittendreigh Sunrise Presbyterian Church Miami FL I grew up in a small Southern mill town named Ware Shoals, SC. The term mill-town doesn’t mean that you have a mill and a town; but rather that you have a mill ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    You're Richer Than You Think

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Jul 27, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,737 views

    The parable of the Shrewd Manager is an unusual story where the crook is commended. But Jesus has some important things to say about money and how we spend it.

    “YOU’RE RICHER THAN YOU THINK” “You’re richer thank you think.” Or that’s what Scotia Bank would like you to think. This is a bit of a deceiving commercial, but duh, that’s advertising for you. If you come to Scotia Bank they will look at your investments and show you what the other institution ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Raising The Roof: Sickness Down, Dander Up

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 29, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,819 views

    It will be necessary to do some unusual things that will raise the anger of some Christians and will not be understood in the larger community. But the bottom line is getting help to those who need it.

    Several years ago, when housing prices began to shoot up into the stratosphere, we began to see something new in my neighborhood. We saw many of the houses being opened up from the top, and then construction of new second stories or new dormers or even decks and balconies, way up high. What was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chuck Brooks avatar

    Born Ones

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 24, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,766 views

    How great a love – The kind of love that John is talking about is a strange kind of love, an unusual kind of love, a kind of love to which we are not accustomed to.

    (1 John 3:1 NKJV) Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Behold - Not translated in the NIV. It is the Greek word idete which means "behold, look at." This ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    The Laborers In The Vineyard

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 21, 2021
     | 3,879 views

    This parable appears only in the Gospel of Matthew. The Lord Jesus would often take some unusual things and use those things to teach us a spiritual lesson.

    In this parable, He used WORK and WAGES to teach us a spiritual lesson. Illus: When it comes to labor and management, I think about the man who applied for a job. It went something like this: • Manager: "I'm sorry I can't hire you, but there isn't enough work to keep you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Thessalonians #11

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 6, 2022
     | 2,510 views

    The British Railways were looking for a way to test locomotive windshields when they heard about an unusual test cannon that The British Airways had used to test their windshields.

    This cannon fired birds, with great force, into the windshields of passenger jets to insure designs and materials were up to par. They were glad to let the railway borrow their cannon to test the train windshields. Just before the test run, British Railways sent someone out to buy a dead chicken ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Surrogate Supplication

    Contributed by Jeremy Morford on Jul 27, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,485 views

    An unusual message on something we do (or supposed to do) every day -- praying for others. See what God can do in answer to our prayer for others!

    Surrogate Supplication Text: 2 Kings 3:6-19 Intro: I don’t know how many people here have heard about the infertility option of paying a woman to carry a baby for you, and after she believers, she gives you the baby. According to Surrogate Mothers, Inc. , there have been 2,000 such babies ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Robbie Parsons avatar

    Seven Truths About God's Love

    Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Apr 1, 2005
    based on 99 ratings
     | 12,375 views

    From this unusual text, we are able to learn seven truths about God’s love, and how His love never changes, in spite of our changing conditions.

    VERSE 1: GOD’S LOVE NEVER CHANGES, EVEN WHEN I AM ANGRY WITH HIM. Whenever the name “Job” is mentioned, people often associate him with suffering and patience. We like to see him as a tragic figure who endured his turmoil with grace and candor. Now, it is true that Job “did not sin with his ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist