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  • Joe Harding avatar

    Stewardship: The Devil Is In The Details

    Contributed by Joe Harding on Oct 8, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,019 views

    WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO JESUS FOR ALL THE DETAILS OF OUR LIVES!

    STEWARDSHIP: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS MATTHEW 25: 14-30 OCTOBER 3, 2004 INTRODUCTION: Fishman: Life’s details can be elusive Jane Fishman Savannah Morning News In one 10-hour period last month, on a Saturday, I attended a funeral for a 90-year-old woman, a baby shower for a sweet-tempered ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stewardship: The Devil Is In The Details

    Contributed by Joe Harding on Oct 24, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,538 views

    WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO JESUS FOR ALL THE DETAILS OF OUR LIVES!

    STEWARDSHIP: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS MATTHEW 25: 14-30 OCTOBER 3, 2004 INTRODUCTION: Fishman: Life’s details can be elusive Jane Fishman Savannah Morning News In one 10-hour period last month, on a Saturday, I attended a funeral for a 90-year-old woman, a baby shower for a sweet-tempered ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Building To Burn

    Contributed by Ken Alford on Jan 5, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 7,316 views

    ETERNAL LEGACIES AREN’T BUILT FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

    May 28, 2000 -- AM BUILDING TO BURN? 1Corinthians 3:9-17 INTRODUCTION: (1) USA TODAY, May 22, 2000 cites a recent survey from the Impulse Research Corporation that summarizes those things people most regret wasting time on. Cindy Hall records the top five "regrettable time wasters:" 5. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Peaceful Kingdom

    Contributed by David Washburn on Dec 13, 2001
    based on 88 ratings
     | 8,988 views

    God’s gift during Advent is the promise of a peaceful kingdom, even in the midst of pain and suffering

    The prophet Isaiah lived during the time around 720 BC, which is a significant date in Hebrew history, because it marks the time of the fall of the ten Northern Tribes of Israel. The Assyrian Empire, which was the world’s only superpower at the time, overtakes these ten tribes. We find in the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joe Harding avatar

    Stewardship: The Devil Is In The Details

    Contributed by Joe Harding on May 21, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,543 views

    WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO JESUS FOR ALL THE DETAILS OF OUR LIVES!

    STEWARDSHIP: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS MATTHEW 25: 14-30 OCTOBER 3, 2004 INTRODUCTION: Fishman: Life’s details can be elusive Jane Fishman Savannah Morning News In one 10-hour period last month, on a Saturday, I attended a funeral for a 90-year-old woman, a baby shower for a sweet-tempered ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Great Catch Series

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Jun 13, 2011
     | 9,378 views

    Jesus calls His disciples while they are out fishing

    The Great Catch Our text this morning will begin in Luke 5:1. I never understood fishing. I get some people make a living at it but as a hobby it seems weird to me because it requires something that I don’t have a lot of: patience. The idea of just sitting around for hours waiting to ...read more

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    What The Prodigal Had Left

    Contributed by Howard Mcglamery on Jan 17, 2003
    based on 165 ratings
     | 7,275 views

    We never get so far from God that we cannot come home. A message of grace and restoration.

    What The Prodigal Had Left Luke 15:11-24 Introduction In these fourteen verses we find one of the greatest short stories ever written. We have the story about a rebellious, wasteful son and a father who loved him. But this is more than just a story about an earthly father and son, it has a deeper ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Lord Will Do Great Things

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 9, 2015
     | 8,044 views

    Revival

    Joel 2:12-27 THE LORD WILL DO GREAT THINGS I - The Desolation Taught (a) The Darkened Skies The Vision Of Heaven Obscured v 2 A day of darkness and of ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Good Christian Means: Walking On Water? No - Walking In Wisdom? Yes

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Aug 19, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,286 views

    Paul's insight to daily Christian Life

    Weekend Message/Devotion Ephesians 5:15-20 August 19, 2018 Being A Good Christian Means: Walking on Water? No - Walking in Wisdom? Yes Paul has this way of hammering a point, doesn’t he? No beating around the bush here. Todays New Testament Reading begins at verse fifteen, chapter ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Waiting Is A 'downer'!

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 18, 2019
     | 1,394 views

    we spend too much time waiting for things to happen; we have to make them happen

    This morning I woke up as ‘Downer deni’, disgusted because I felt like I had to wait until I could get anything done! Waiting colored my entire mood dark grey! As I looked out the window, Columbus was covered in thick grey clouds - not a sun ray was to be found. My wrist, badly sprained in a stupid ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Broken And Spilled Out

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jun 24, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 11,172 views

    Is your love a extravagant, costly love. Are you Broken and spilled out in your love for Christ? That’s the only kind of love that is going to change our world.

    Broken and Spilled Out Pastor Glenn Newton 3-18-01 Mark 14:1-11Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. 2 "But not during the Feast," they said, "or ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Polishing Doorknobs

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 20, 2008
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,996 views

    Is your ministry all polish?

    Polishing Doorknobs There is an old saying when something is futile or a waste of time and money. Doing (whatever) is like polishing doorknobs on the Titanic. I am sure that when that ship went down it had nicely polished doorknobs but they didn’t stay that way long under water. The loss of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    "Even So Faith, If It Hath Not Works, Is Dead...” (James 1:17)

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 20, 2024
     | 1,447 views

    As we drive around town, we see signs on store windows and commercial building that state…NOW HIRING!

    • We are told today by the business world it is difficult to hire people to work. • And we are also told those who are hired it is difficult to get them to work once they are hired. This is also a problem we have in many churches today. However, this is not a big problem in this church because ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stewardship Of Time

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 17, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,699 views

    A brief message on structuring prayer time.

    STEWARDSHIP OF TIME Ephesians 5:1-17 INTRO: To redeem means to reclaim by payment of money, or to recover by labor, that which has been lost or alienated; or to preserve by prudence that which is in danger. This definition is wisely applied to our use of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stewardship Of Time

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 7, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 4,863 views

    This is a message about our proper use of time.

    STEWARDSHIP OF TIME Ephesians 5:1-17 INTRO: To redeem means to reclaim by payment of money, or to recover by labor, that which has been lost or alienated; or to preserve by prudence that which is in danger. This definition is wisely applied to our use of time. I. IT IS ASSUMED THAT TIME IS ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist