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  • Gene Gregory avatar

    Believers' Trials

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 12, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,674 views

    Next in series on Genesis. 2nd on Abraham

    Genesis 12 (2) Believers’ Trials - Read Genesis 12:1-20 Last week we saw that God made some great promises to Abram, to Abraham. God called Abram out of a land of pagans, and even though Abram himself was as lost as a ball in high weeds at the time, and not because of any good thing Abram had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spiritual Adoption Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 26, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,305 views

    1) Arrangement of Adoption (Romans 8:14), 2) Access through Adoption (Romans 8:15), 3) Assurance of Adoption (Romans 8:16)

    Somewhere in Canada tonight, a child will go to bed in a room that’s not their own, will cry for a mother who is not there, will long for the embrace of a father to keep them safe. This child is waiting to belong. In fact, there are more than 30,000 adoptable kids in Canada who are waiting ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    You Can Pray Like Elijah Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 29, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,802 views

    James encourages us to pray, pointing to the example of Elijah, a man with all the frailties that characterises each of us.

    JAMES 5:17, 18 YOU CAN PRAY LIKE ELIJAH “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.” Flashing like a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Older Brothers Anonymous

    Contributed by Jeeva Sam on Apr 5, 2001
    based on 157 ratings
     | 5,696 views

    In what ways are we like the Older Brother in the Parable of the Two sons?

    You’ve heard of Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Emotions Anonymous and Overeaters Anonymous. But have you ever heard of OLDER BROTHERS ANONYMOUS? Let’s take a quick poll -- How many of you were the baby in your family? Would you stand, please? Thank you. Please be ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Peter Schmidt avatar

    The Cross - Trash Or Treasure? Series

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Mar 23, 2004
    based on 51 ratings
     | 6,346 views

    This is based primarily on verse 22 of the pericope. The two divisions are: 1) Compare the Cross to Intelligence 2) Compare the Cross to Power

    Lent 4 I Corinthians 1:18-25 When I was in 4th or 5th grade, one thing that my Dad and I would do every morning during the summers was get up at about 5:30 a.m. and go bike riding. Our first stop during that ride was about half a mile away from our house, at a drive-in movie theatre. There, as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Where Is Your King? Series

    Contributed by Alan Mccann on Nov 27, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,107 views

    God judges his people but in verse 14 promised redemption and the defeat of death/grave.

    Hosea 13.1-16 Where is your king? When the Israelites came to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land two tribes, Gad and Reuben, asked if they could, as their inheritance, the land on the East of the Jordan. In response Moses said they could but that they had to cross the Jordan and fight with ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Perfect Love

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Sep 10, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,459 views

    We can only love perfectly when we have been changed by God’s perfect love. I. The Twisting of Perfect Love. II. The Example of Perfect Love. III. The Call to Perfect Love.

    Perfect Love Matthew 5:43-48 43 ”You have heard that it was said, ’Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Delighting In God

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Apr 27, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 22,572 views

    Jonathan Edwards wrote “God is glorified not only by His glory’s being seen, but by it being rejoiced in. When those that see it delight in it, God is more glorified than if they only see it…” The question before you is "Do you truly delight in God?"

    Delighting in God Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart." Have you ever asked yourself - "Why was I created? What is the purpose of life?" In 1 Peter 4:11 we read. "That God in all things may be glorified." The chief end of man is to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Taking The Journey

    Contributed by Ian Hyde on Apr 1, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,475 views

    God’s call to take the journey to worship the newborn king isn’t just for those born to privilege, or those born in the church. It isn’t just for pastors, scholars, and religious leaders. No, God’s call to worship is for anyone who will listen.

    OPENING STORY An old king sat uncomfortably on his throne, fingernails dug into well-worn grooves in the wood as he waited nervously for the mysterious travelers to approach. All Jerusalem was abuzz with the rumors that these men were searching for a new heir which had just been born, yet neither ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Altar

    Contributed by Charlie Scalf on Jan 26, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 19,596 views

    The purpose and the need of the altar in our church and most importantly, in our lives

    The Altar Rom 12:1-2 Text Rom 12:1-3 1 Cor 1:27 - 29 (NKJV) 27But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28and the base things of the world and the things which are ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    03. A Good Mourning Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Feb 24, 2023
     | 1,735 views

    There are 9 words in biblical Greek that can be used to express grief or sorrow. the word Jesus uses for mourning is the strongest of all the Greek verbs. It is reserved for mourning the dead and it is used to describe our relationship toward sin

    Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org We come to the second of the Beatitudes in the opening of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Last week we heard the words of Jesus, in Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Kenneth Squires avatar

    How To Childproof Your Kids Against Rebellion Series

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 26, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 4,935 views

    Looking at the difficult side of the family: When kids rebel.

    Charlie Steinmetz was a crippled dwarf, but what he lacked physically he made up mentally. When it came to the subject of electricity, Steinmetz was a wizard. No one in his day knew more about it than he. Henry Ford realized this when he hired the man to help in the building of those massive ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Klaus Mehrl avatar

    Let The Children Come

    Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Apr 22, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 11,625 views

    This sermon was written for a special Pre-School Sunday, but is also appropriate for any Rally Day Service. It focuses on reaching the unchurched.

    I just love Pre-Schoolers! Aren’t they great? Ask them a question and you never know what will come out of their little mouths. No inhibitions – they just tell it like it is! That’s why, for us parents, they can be both loveable, adorable and scary at the same time! No editing! No review. No ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Troy Richards avatar

    Timothy (Mother's Day)

    Contributed by Troy Richards on May 12, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 23,376 views

    A look at how Timothy became the man of God he is because of his mother and grandmother.

    The three quotes from Men who loved their mothers is from sermon #114882. The story and prayer of Monica is from sermon #121107. -first of all, Happy Mother’s Day. I hope all of you are going to have a wonderful day and your family is going to shower you with gifts and take you out for a nice ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Fifteen Facts To Consider About The Immaculate Conception Of Mary And The Virgin Birth Of Jesus

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Nov 30, 2020
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,195 views

    One of the wonders of the Christmas story is that the Triune God gave the honor of being the mother to the Savior of the world to an unmarried teenage girl.

    The belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the "Mother of God," "Queen of Heaven," a perpetual virgin, and has an exalted place in Heaven, which provides her the closest access to Jesus and God the Father, is not taught anywhere in the Bible, which is the final and absolute ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational