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  • allan kircher avatar

    I Am The Good Shepherd Series

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Mar 19, 2012
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    He stands with us when evil tries to attack us.  He directs our thoughts and guides our actions.  We just need to choose to follow His directions.

    I Am, the Good Shepherd Date: March 18, 2012 Scripture: John 10:11-15, 18 Introduction As you may know by personal experience, most of us go through an identity crisis of sorts at some point in our lives. For some reason, when we get to this particular stage in life many of us become unsure as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Leader Of The Posse

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 12, 2014
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    Father's Day Sermon with advice from Solomon to his son from Proverbs 4. Mind your path. Guard your heart. Watch your mouth.

    LEADER OF THE POSSE PROVERBS 4:1-4 INTRODUCTION… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOKuSQIJlog&feature=kp Today is Father’s Day and we celebrate “Dad Life” and we honor the dads among us and those that have gone before us. We celebrate fathers are the leader of the posse. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    The Assured Heart Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jan 21, 2013
    based on 11 ratings
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    Three wonderful blessings are promised in these verses to those that continue believing in Jesus and loving the brethren. These blessing are assurance in God's presence, answered prayers, & the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit.

    1 JOHN 3: 18-24 THE ASSURED HEART [Hebrews 9:13-22] There is a warm assurance, a sound persuasion of heart, that loving people in deed and truth gives the believer. Such love provides us with a confidence that we can go into God's presence and ask and receive whatever we need. These requests, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Passing The Faith Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 26, 2018
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    If you want to create an atmosphere of faith for your children and grandchildren, trust God enough to give your children to the Lord and bless them with His promise for their future.

    Years ago, most families with homes in the country used an outhouse. A boy in one family hated it, because the outhouse was hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and it stunk all the time. The outhouse sat on the bank of a creek, and the boy determined that one day he would push that outhouse ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Jesus Loves Sinners, Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 9, 2021
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    The Returning Son doesn’t bring any gifts to his family from his time away. Instead, he comes asking for a small amount of mercy and a job. Does he consider his father's broken heart and the agony of rejected love that his father has endured?

    For those of you old enough to remember the years of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. I was a young kid back then and my parents lived in northern Alabama. We welcomed my sister in those days as I remember waiting in long lines at the gas stations hoping they haven’t run out. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    2nd Sunday After Pentecost. June 11th, 2023. Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 1, 2023
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    Year A, Proper 5.

    Genesis 12:1-9, Psalm 33:1-12, Hosea 5:15, Hosea 6:1-6, Psalm 50:7-15, Romans 4:13-25, Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:18-26. A). THE CALL OF ABRAHAM. Genesis 12:1-9. Our history begins in Ur of the Chaldees, in what is now Southern Iraq, a predominantly pagan city of about 250,000 people, with a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Isaiah 53: Sheeps For Keeps Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 4, 2024
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    Please know that Isaiah 53 directly predicts, 700 years before He arrived, that Jesus Christ is the way, truth, and life for us because we like sheep go our own way and we need a Savior.

    ISAIAH 53 SERIES: SHEEPS FOR KEEPS ISAIAH 53:6 | #Isaiah53 PERSON IN THE CONGREGATION READS ISAIAH 53 READ ISAIAH 53:1-12 (ESV) “Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For He grew up before Him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Father Who Finds Nemo

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 12, 2024
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    Nemo's father Marlin reminds us of the father in the Parable of the prodigal son who is a mirror for God our Heavenly Father.

    FATHER’S DAY 2024 THE FATHER WHO FINDS NEMO LUKE 15:11-32 #FathersDay STORY SEGMENT 1 Clownfish Marlin and his wife, Coral, live happily in an anemone in the Great Barrier Reef near Australia. They are about to become parents, waiting for their many eggs to hatch. It is a happy time full of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Three Parables, One Message

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Apr 26, 2025
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    This message is an examination of Luke 15, which contains three parables that communicate the same message.

    Please turn with me to Luke 15. We're going to look at this chapter tonight, and I know it's a very familiar chapter, but I want to take a look at it and bring some things out that I pray will bless you and see this chapter in a different light. Most of the time when Luke 15 is taught, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Rod Of Comfort Series

    Contributed by Carl Kelleher on Jun 4, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 8,034 views

    Analysis of the 23rd Psalm

    Title: “How Can The Rod Comfort?” Psalms 23: 4 “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: For You are with me; Your Rod & Your Staff, the comfort me.” While I was in Africa, God really gave me a message on the Valley & how He is not only ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Recovering From Failure

    Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Mar 21, 2002
    based on 88 ratings
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    Most of us are never taught a skill that we will certainly need - How to recover from failure.

    Recovering from Failure (Lk. 22:28-34. 54-62) Lk. 22: 28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials. 29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    The Prodigal Son Revisited Series

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 25, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,439 views

    Which would you rather have? The foolishness of God or the wisdom of man? The choice is yours

    The Gospel reading is taken from : Luke 15:11-20 11 Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ’Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Why No Church Should Have A Missions Program

    Contributed by Howard Mcglamery on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 86 ratings
     | 5,628 views

    How to be a missionary without leaving town. A Sermon to challenge you people and your church to be envolved in foreign missions.

    Why No Church Should Have A missions Program - We ARE a missions Program. HOW TO BE A MISSIONARY WITHOUT LEAVING TOWN Mt. 28:19-20; Mk. 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 13:1-5 Illustration Charles Malik, Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations, asked in a speech: "What has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sam Thomason avatar

    A Ray Of Hope

    Contributed by Sam Thomason on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 67 ratings
     | 10,856 views

    God offers us hope through the redemption of sin and reconciliation through His Son Jesus Christ.

    "A Ray of Hope" Jeremiah 31:15-22 If you get lost in Brooklyn, New York, and wander into the section called Williamsburg, prepare yourself for a surprise. Boys playing baseball look rather odd... long, uncut curls of hair trail from above their ears down to their chests. Men in black, with ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Guy Caley avatar

    Josiah: A New Beginning Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 126 ratings
     | 35,658 views

    8th & final in series "Revival in the Land." The story of Judah’s last revival shows that God is anxious to renew fellowship with us.

    It was a bright Sunday morning in 18th century London, but Robert Robinson’s mood was anything but sunny. All along the street there were people hurrying to church, but in the midst of the crowd Robinson was a lonely man. The sound of church bells reminded him of years past when his faith in God ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God