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  • Scott Maze avatar

    When Jesus Went Looking For A Fight Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 26, 2024
     | 1,225 views

    It’s important to note that when this man picked up his mat on the Sabbath, he didn’t break the Bible’s commands. He broke the cartel’s extra commands that grew up around the Bible like barnacles on a ship’s hull.

    Happy Father’s Day to you. When I consider the privilege of my three children, the words of pastor John Drakeford toward his children are salient. “To [my children] have put gray hairs in my head, bills in my pocket, illustrations in my sermons, happiness in my home, and pride in my heart.” Be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • JEREMIAH MENYONGAI avatar

    Series: Wow! Whose Beautiful Young Daughter Is That? (Part 9) When Is A Child Better Than Seven Sons?

    Contributed by Jeremiah Menyongai on Mar 9, 2020
     | 1,875 views

    The focus of parents should not be just the quantity of children they should have but the quality of children. Parents must not just have children but be ready to sacrifice for them to become vital to society. One child brought up well is better than seven sons ill brought up.

    SERIES: “WOW! WHOSE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG DAUGHTER IS THAT? (PART 9) WHEN IS A CHILD BETTER THAN SEVEN SONS? 1. Ruth 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Are You An Encourager Or A Discourager?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Aug 3, 2006
    based on 55 ratings
     | 13,131 views

    Encouragement has a two-fold emphasis: to comfort or reassure and to challenge or admonish. Discouragement tears down; Encouragement builds up. The question is "Are you an encourager or a discourager?"

    ARE YOU AN ENCOURAGER OR A DISCOURAGER? HEBREWS 10:24-25 "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting (encouraging) one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Father's Day 2025: Our Children's Needs Are Still The Same

    Contributed by Benjamin Utomo on Jun 7, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 746 views

    Our children grow up and live in a world that is experiencing great and rapid change. Nevertheless, their needs from their parents are still the same. What are they?

    Opening: Our children grow up and live in a world that is experiencing great and rapid change. They live in a very advanced technological era where everything is computerized and uses Artificial Intelligence. They cannot be separated from the internet. Social media has become ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    The Kingdom Of Heaven Is Like An Inukshuk Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 20, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,903 views

    This is the intro to my summer series on the "Kingdom of Heaven is Like. . ." We are using the Inukshuk as the frame work for the series so this intro sets it up

    You see them everywhere now, along the road, in people’s gardens, as jewellery, they are everywhere. Correct me if I’m wrong but most of us never knew what an inukshuk was before the Canadian Heritage commercials. But now most of us know at least “now the people will know we ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Charlie Roberts avatar

    "Woman" You Have Great Faith!

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jun 5, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,744 views

    She was willing to ask.. And not give up until she got the answer she was looking for! What are you asking God for today?

    Woman, you have great faith! Illus. A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: “My full name has six letters. The first one is M, and I pick up things. What am I?” When the grades were ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Facing Your Giants: Slump Guns Series

    Contributed by Max Lucado on Nov 1, 2006
    based on 104 ratings
     | 22,210 views

    These sermons served as the foundation for Max’s newest book, Facing Your Giants. It is never too late to get up when you have been knocked down.

    “Slump Guns” 1 Samuel 30:1-6 These sermons served as the foundation for Max’s newest book, Facing Your Giants. THEME: It is never too late to get up when you have been knocked down. Introduction: In Max Lucado’s book, Facing Your Giants, he relates the story that was not David’s finest ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Fellowship:what A Way To Live!

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on Aug 1, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,037 views

    I am defining fellowship as the opportunity to share our lives with others in order to strengthen, encourage, and build one another up through Jesus Christ.

    Fellowship: What a to Live! Scripture Reference: Romans 12:1 – 6a Introduction The Spirit of God has been at work these past couple of weeks, seeking to either challenge your way of living or confirm your way of living. Because the thing that will grow us or defeat us, strengthen us or weaken us, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Kyle Gray avatar

    Identity In Christ Alone Series

    Contributed by Kyle Gray on Oct 13, 2014
     | 8,108 views

    What makes up your identity? Sanctification is a process that God wants to use to refine you. You'll find your identity there.

    In general, selfies tell a false story about us. They’re just a moment captured, not the whole picture. They’re misleading. Who we see in the mirror isn’t what others see. They’re as good as we want them to be. We can re-take them until we get it perfect. (not that I would ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Steve Ely avatar

    Hulk Help Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Dec 7, 2022
     | 1,997 views

    We grew up watching them on TV and in the movies. The truth is in our everyday life we have a choice to make . . . which one are you?

    (SLIDE 1) Heroes vs. Villains Pt. 3 - Hulk Help I. Introduction Every Friday night I would sit in front of the larger than a couch tv to watch this show. The show was CBS for 5 years from 1978-1982 and had 80 episodes. The show chronicled the life of David Banner, a physician and scientist ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Clear Conscience

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jun 7, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,942 views

    Paul is on trial for his life, and his accusers are playing hardball. How does he stand up against these scurilous attacks? How can we?

    Passage: Acts 24:1-27 Intro: Can you imagine being on trial for your life, with a group of accusers who had researched your life and were putting it on display? 1. that kind of idea gives us the creeps. 2. and some people more than others would avoid that kind of scene at all costs. 3. but ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Jeff Pearce avatar

    Reaping The Rewards Of Others

    Contributed by Jeff Pearce on Jul 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,436 views

    REAP WHERE YOU BESTOWED NO LABOUR, SOUNDS GOOD WHERE DO I SIGN UP? TRY THE ALTAR WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS!!

    JOHN4:31-38 REAP WHERE YE BESTOWED NO LABOUR INTRO: JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES 1: MASTER EAT A) THE TWELVE ASKED JESUS TO EAT B) THEY WERE CONCERNED FOR THE PHYSICAL WELL BEING OF THEIR MASTER C) THEY WANTED TO IN ANY WAY HELP AND PROVIDE FOR JESUS HOWEVER THEY COULD POINT: WE SEE HERE A ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Helping Children Heal From Divorce

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on May 3, 2021
     | 1,780 views

    Marriage is the foundation from which a family is created. Children are born, and grow up in the gentle care and training provided by both mother and father.

    Introduction Marriage is the foundation from which a family is created. Children are born, and grow up in the gentle care and training provided by both mother and father. Marriage is sacred, a decree of God himself when he said, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Mike Hays avatar

    Do You Know What Time It Is?

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 151 ratings
     | 14,470 views

    Now is the time to step up and hear God's voice calling us to surrender our lives to His service.

    Do You Know What Time It Is? Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 The next three weeks are a crucial time for us as individuals and for us as a church. I believe that one of the greatest hindrances to the building of the Body of Christ in our country today is the lack of passion on behalf of men and women for ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ted Sutherland avatar

    Dad's Who Provoke Madness

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Mar 11, 2002
    based on 76 ratings
     | 5,481 views

    "...fathers, provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord" (Eph. 6:4).

    2 Samuel 13:23-39 The Rage of David (13:21, 22) David got angry when he heard about the sin of Amnon but nothing more. The Request of Absalom (13:23-27) “And it came to pass after two full years” (13:23). This verse refers to the events recorded earlier in the chapter. Absalom’s sister Tamar had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist