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  • Clarence Eisberg avatar

    "Why Is Death Stalking Humanity?” "The Questioning Mind Wants To Know”

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Mar 16, 2022
     | 1,529 views

    I begin with a story about Busch Stadium and use it to tell why we humans try to find away arround God's rules the Ten Commandments. Then wrap up the answer of Jesus to the questions about death and sin.

    In Jesus Holy Name March 20, 2022 Luke 13:6,8 Lent II “Why is Death Stalking Humanity?” “The Questioning Mind Wants to Know” In 1966 the St. Louis Cardinals built a new ballpark and named it Busch Memorial Stadium. There is a story that the owner of the Cardinals, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    God Wants Us To Pray Like The Apostle Paul - Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 16, 2024
     | 1,395 views

    Here's how to do it: 1. Reach out to God with reverence (vs. 14). 2. Trust God as the loving Father of His family (vs. 14-15). 3. Pray for more spiritual strength (vs. 16).

    God Wants Us to Pray Like the Apostle Paul - Part 1 Ephesians 3:14-21 Sermon by Rick Crandall Series: The Book of Ephesians (Prepared April 16, 2024) BACKGROUND: *Anyone who studies God's Word will find that it contains many prayers. The Dake Annotated Reference Bible lists 222 different ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Wants Us To Pray Like The Apostle Paul - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 19, 2024
     | 1,346 views

    Here's how to do it: 1. Pray for God to feel at home in our hearts (vs. 17, 19). 2. Pray for us to know the Lord's infinite love (vs. 17-19). 3. Feed your faith on God’s ability (vs. 20-21). 4. Give all the glory to God (vs. 21).

    God Wants Us to Pray Like the Apostle Paul - Part 2 Ephesians 3:14-21 Sermon by Rick Crandall Series: The Book of Ephesians (Prepared April 19, 2024) REVIEW: *Today we will continue our study of Paul's wonderful prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21, and when it comes to prayer, this is some of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "not What We Want But What We Need"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 29, 2023
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     | 2,697 views

    A sermon about following Christ and finding life.

    “Not What We Want but What We Need” Matthew 16:21-27 In the words of the late American news commentator Paul Harvey, this morning’s Gospel Lesson is “the rest of the story.” It is a continuation of what we talked about last week. Jesus had asked His disciples: “Who do you say I am?” Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Nettie J Pennington avatar

    If You Want To Grow, Examine What You Think You Know

    Contributed by Nettie J Pennington on Jun 22, 2023
     | 1,972 views

    Give God the glory for all you are and all you will be. Let us look inside ourselves and find the person God created us to be. If you know yourself, more power to you, but we still need to examine ourselves, if for no other reason than that is what God told us to do. Examine Yourself!

    When you know who you are in Christ, you can easily follow the Lord’s Way and Truth. Some of you think, “That’s too hard.” However, I ask the Holy Spirit to bring to your remembrance that Jesus, Himself, said: “My yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matt. 11:30, NIV). If things are hard for some ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Did You Sell Your Soul To The Devil And Now Want It Back?

    Contributed by Gordon Brownlee on Oct 8, 2024
     | 641 views

    The lie of the devil is a person can never escape his clutches. Yet it doesn't matter how deep into darkness we have gone, Jesus provides us away of escape at the Cross.

    Read it or watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMGZ4fRF0nY Lately within the entertainment industry we have heard from numerous entertainers that have confessed to selling their souls to the Devil. The motivation has been to gain some sort of worldly advantage; success, fame and ultimate self ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Part 5: God Want Us To Pray Like Moses Prayed Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Oct 19, 2024
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     | 1,572 views

    Pray... 1. Because people are blind to the danger they are in (vs. 1-6). 2. Because there may be no other way we can help (vs. 7-10). 3. Because the Lord is willing to hear (vs. 10-13). 4. Because prayer works in amazing ways (vs. 13-14).

    Great Prayers of the Old Testament Part 5: God Want us to Pray Like Moses Prayed Exodus 32:1-14 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared October 19, 2024) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to Exodus 32, to see another great prayer in God's Word. In this chapter, Moses had been with the Lord on ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do I Want God To Forgive Me As I Forgive Others? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 20, 2025
     | 465 views

    Jesus puts forward challenging words in the second half of v. 12 - calling us to ask for forgiveness in the same way we have forgiven others. Verses 14-15 emphasize the expectation from God that we will forgive others as part of having been forgiven by Him. What happens when we live this out?

    DOES THIS SCARE ME? Do I want God to forgive me as I forgive others? - Matthew 6:12b, 14-15. - I said last week as we unpacked the first half of v. 12 that we often don’t put a lot of thought into what that actually means. In that case it had to do with making confession of our sins a regular ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are We Never Satisfied?

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Jan 30, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,967 views

    why are humans never satisfied?

    Take my words and speak through them, take our ears and hear through them, take our hearts & set them on fire with love for you. Amen. Let’s set the scene: As the Israelites left Egypt, we would expect them to be overjoyed and relieved because their prayers for deliverance were finally answered, ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    Food, Folks, And Fun

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on May 25, 2001
    based on 184 ratings
     | 7,619 views

    What causes people to want to come to one church over another and what are they wanting in their church?

    Sunday Morning May 27, 2001 Pastor Shawn Drake Bel Aire Baptist Church, Hobbs, NM FOOD, FOLKS, AND FUN Ecclesiastes 3:1, 9-14 Introduction: Most of you probably know that before I became the pastor of this church, I was a manager and supervisor for McDonald’s. Although our slogan changed several ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joe Rowland avatar

    Stay Between The Lines - Part 1

    Contributed by Joe Rowland on May 29, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,747 views

    God wants us to stay between the lines; He wants us to stay within the Bible.

    STAY BETWEEN THE LINES PART 1 PROVERBS 22:6 6. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it. We live in a day that compares to that of Noah. We call evil good and good evil. A judge has to take down the 10 commandments from the courthouse, but people ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    God's Kingdom Is Of Servanthood

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 27, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,697 views

    Jesus not only wants his followers to serve but he wants their attitude in so doing to be that of love

    Christian Living PK and KB 28-09-08 Story: Robert Fulghum, the American author who wrote “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” says that he keeps the picture of a woman in his bathroom alongside the mirror in his bathroom who is not his wife. Every morning as ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    A Remarkable Invitation Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jun 11, 2009
     | 3,559 views

    What type of relationship does God want to have with you? God wants to be our friend.

    I want to ask you to consider something as we enter this Fall season. How would you describe your relationship with God? That’s a personal question that I simply invite you to simply reflect upon. I would presume that many of us find ourselves in many different stages and seasons. You may just ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    When Things Get Real Series

    Contributed by Caleb Anderson on Nov 10, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,628 views

    If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others

    “When the calling is clear, walk away from the castle” When reality sets in: Leaving security for possibility <<refer to surveys—read them all—great ideas… some of you are waiting on us… but we’re waiting on you>> Stories: - Leaving comfortable gig to ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    (Section 3) Elements That Contribute To Guidance

    Contributed by Luther Sexton on Mar 17, 2019
     | 2,965 views

    God does not want to guide us magically, He wants us to know His mind.

    (Section 3 His Will) III. ELEMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO GUIDANCE A. THE INSPIRED WORD God does not want to guide us magically, He wants us to know His mind. He wants us to grasp His very heart. We need to be soaked in the content of Scripture, so imbued with biblical outlooks and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal