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  • Stephen Rice avatar

    The Real Thing

    Contributed by Stephen Rice on Jun 28, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,466 views

    A challenge to live the Real Thing! Not this fake, go to church, get excited after youth camp sort of faith.

    We all know the story of Abraham and Isaac, how God told him to the mountain and sacrifice his son. Abraham proceeded as told and took Isaac up, having been asked by his son Where the lamb for the offering was, Abraham just could say that God would provide. As they reached the top, Abraham bound ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Best To Be Blessed

    Contributed by Jim Pye on Feb 7, 2001
    based on 146 ratings
     | 7,904 views

    Jesus words are to sustain, encourage, and inspire believers and warn those who trust wealth and popularity to repent, and turn to God in humble dependence upon him.

    Luke 6:17-26 : Best to be Blessed. Year C : The Third Sunday before Lent 17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear him ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Jesus Is No Turkey

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 26, 2000
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,251 views

    For Christ the King Sunday: This message contrasts the one-time celebrations to which we "invite" the turkey to the full-time, all-seasons lordship of Jesus.

    After Thanksgiving dinner, the men in the house retired to the family room to share in that most sacred of spiritual rituals – we worshipped at the shrine of the great god football. And it was not long before someone scored a touchdown and went into a liturgical dance in the end zone: high fives, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Cost Of Loss

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 15, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 3,932 views

    The costs to those who walk away or never had a commitment to Jesus Christ

    The Cost of Loss What is the cost of walking away from God? Count the cost were are told of any endeavor we involve ourselves in. Tonight I want us to consider several costs to the person who does not know, or walks away from their commitment to Christ. These are not in any order, but all ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Affluenza Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 14, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,727 views

    A sermon based on Richard Foster’s Book The Celebration of Discipline pages 89-93. This is nothing new but it gives some illustrations.

    Sermon for 3/6/2005 4 Things for the Simple Life Introduction: Last week I had influenza. However, there is a virus that has affected most of us and we don’t even know it. The name of this virus is affluenza not influenza. This powerful virus affects our wallets, our friendships, our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What If There Is Not Enough? Series

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,897 views

    How do we live fearless lives as Christians? Gods heart is that we not just survive, but thrive (adapted from a series taught by Pastor Larry Osborne, North Coast Church

    Many things today to worry about even be afraid of. What is it that causes you to toss/turn at night? There is a biblical place for fear, however there is a … -ROCK we can stand on, -spiritual stability we can experience that enables us to stand in the face of our fears. Last week I wore my ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Producers Of A Hostile Environment-1 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 2, 2009
     | 3,841 views

    Part 1 of a 7-part sermon. The last days will be characterized by a hostile(antagonistic) environment. But Why? A hostile(antagonistic) environment is produced by, a Distortion of…

    PRODUCERS of a HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT-I—2Timothy 3:1-9 Attention: Pacific Herring live off of coast of US from Baja CA to AK. They eat Plankton(microscopic drifters). For various reasons, plankton ‘bloom’, increasing their numbers exponentially. This feeds the herring, one of the favorite foods of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Glimpses Into Heaven Series

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,870 views

    Second message looking at the reality or Eternity and joy of heaven.

    Glimpses of Heaven Series: Driven by Eternity Sunday Sermon / September 16th 2007 Intro: Last week I shared my concern of many people’s weak, uninspiring and unbiblical ideas of Heaven. I told you this week we will look into the Bible so that we could look into Heaven. God has told us many ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Who Do You Say That I Am

    Contributed by Timothy Enns on Oct 17, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 28,976 views

    Who do we say that Jesus is by our words, lives and actions

    Introduction In today’s world we have so much stress put on our identity, who we are, and what is our status in society. How do you respond when someone asks you who are you? The average person responds to that question by telling the other person what they do for a living. We often define ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Importance Of Love

    Contributed by Kevin Jones on May 19, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,971 views

    A look at the real importance of love

    The Importance of Love Well in case you are unaware… today is Valentine’s Day. The origin of the day is uncertain as there are several stories of how this day came into existence, but the origin is not really that important. We do realize that it is big business for greeting card ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Kingdom Of People Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,553 views

    While God is the centre and the focus of the Kingdom of God, it remains a Kingdom of people. And not just regular, ordinary people, and not all people everywhere, but rather a very privileged, very select, very precious, very holy, very royal people.

    A Kingdom of People 1 Pet 2:4-5, 9-12 Intro: While God is the centre and the focus of the Kingdom of God, it remains a Kingdom of people. And not just regular, ordinary people, and not all people everywhere, but rather a very privileged, very select, very precious, very holy, very royal ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling Series

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Jul 2, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,488 views

    The 1st in a series on the 7 churches in Rev., we’re challenged to keep Christ our first love.

    “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” Rev. 2:1-7 Do you remember the famous scene in the movie “Top Gun” where Tom Cruise sings to Kelly McGillis? Do you remember the song he butchered? “You’ve lost that loving feeling”. We chuckle at that scene, but the sad truth is that this is a serious problem in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thanksgiving 2015 Series

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Jun 29, 2020
     | 7,724 views

    Reason for thanklessness, seven things that corrupt our thanksgiving, Biblical examples of thanksgiving, why should we give thanks to God for?

    For more sermons visit our: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/sermons/?sermon_topics=christmas Podcast : https://city-harvest-sermons.simplecast.com/episodes/hope-for-all-creation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    7 Reasons To Reach The Lost For Christ

    Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Apr 13, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,303 views

    REASONS TO REACH THE LOST

    7 REASONS TO REACH THE LOST FOR CHRIST Reading: Luke 19:1-10 Summary: Zacchaeus was like many other people around us. Smiling in the outside but hurting and crying in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    No Blacksmiths Series

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Feb 10, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,883 views

    The message begins with a discussion of the loss of a cutting edge and then moves into a message on the attack on blacksmiths hell has had. The enemy doesn't want us to have weapons, or people skilled in their use and able to train others.

    No Blacksmith's PPT 1 Series Title Gods best version of me What does the best version of you look like? Happier? Thinner? Better relationships? PPT 2 Today's Message Title We began our series two weeks ago talking about how God's call is always forward, and you will remember I used the example ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal