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  • Denn Guptill avatar

    A Cursed Fig Tree: That's Weird Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 20, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,283 views

    This is one of those stories that we often skip over, but it's there for a reason, hopefully, this message sheds some light on that.

    To be completely honest, if I was writing the New Testament this is one story I probably would have skipped. And if you were completely honest you have probably been uncomfortable reading it. It just doesn't fit with our view of Jesus. We can understand when he goes ballistic and clears the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Passage From A Rock To A Good Place Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jan 4, 2006
    based on 58 ratings
     | 6,865 views

    1 of 5 messages on the purpose God has for us in the church and the world. This is a foundational stewardship series of messages.

    Voyage to Eternity Passage from a Rock to a Good Place There is a story of a sailor who was shipwrecked on a South Sea island. He was seized by the natives, carried shoulder-high to a rude throne, and proclaimed king. At first, he enjoyed his reign as the absolute monarch but then he began to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Teaching And Discussion Series

    Contributed by Troy Richards on Dec 9, 2010
     | 3,112 views

    A five week series looking at why we do the things we do at church. Part three focuses on why we have a time of teaching and small group discussion.

    [MR. BEAN CHURCH VIDEO] -I love that episode. It just makes me laugh way too much. -but what we’ve been doing the last few weeks is taking a look at church. It can apply to other services but we’ve been looking at Fire & Water, lately it’s been Drink Deep, right here, what we do on Sunday nights. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Hung Up Over Hair, That's Weird Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 27, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,217 views

    This message looks at the lessons we learn from the story of Absalom's death.

    Hung Up by the Hair, That's Weird On Tuesday mornings there is a group of a dozen or so men who have been getting together to study the book of Romans. And early in our study we discovered a weird little part of the letter. Paul is listing the behaviour of people who are in his words "sinful, ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Sending Greetings Of Love (Or Christmas Is Weird)

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Sep 27, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,368 views

    When we strip away the candles, tinsels, stockings and presents we come to the real message of Christmas for all “for God so loved us”

    Sermon: Sending Greetings of Love (Christmas is Weird) Dec 16, 2001 Christmas is just plain weird. I mean have you ever thought about it. What other time of year do you sit around staring at a dead tree in your living room while eating candy out of your socks? And look at the Christmas cards ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    A Response Of Saving Faith-9

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 15, 2013
     | 3,156 views

    9 of ? The Hebrews writer recounted the very practical responses which faith had wrought in their forebears/ancestors. Saving faith yields practical responses to life. Saving faith meets life’s challenge with...

    A RESPONSE Of SAVING FAITH-IX—Hebrews 11:3-40 Attention: Faith’s response to life’s challenges. We indeed bring something of value to the table when we are saved! The Hebrews writer sought to encourage & exhort his readers(hearers) by recounting the very practical responses ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    And Now You Know The Rest Of The Story PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 18, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 651 views

    This sermon reassures believers of Jesus' promise of eternal life, providing comfort and hope in times of uncertainty and fear.

    Welcome, beloved congregation. It is a joy to be in your company today, to stand in this sacred space where we gather as a family united under the banner of Christ's love. We are here today to seek comfort, guidance, and wisdom from the Word of God, our true north. We are here to find solace in the ...read more

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    Go! And Don’t Miss The Message In The Weird Stuff Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jun 11, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 589 views

    There is some weird stuff in the Bible... Talking donkeys. Floating axe heads. Men swallowed by fish. Commands not to wear mixed fabrics. Giants. Seraphim with six wings... All of which ultimately points us back to our redemption in Jesus Christ.

    Go! And Don’t Miss the Message in the Weird Stuff There is some weird stuff in the Bible... which ultimately points us back to our redemption in Jesus Christ. Titus 2:14 (NLT): “He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    2001 A.d.--An Unprecedented Passage Of Time

    Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Jan 14, 2002
    based on 50 ratings
     | 6,455 views

    What the new millennium teaches us about time and how to use the time we have left.

    2001 A.D.--AN UNPRECEDENTED PASSAGE OF TIME By Jerry Falwell As we approach the year 2001 A.D., we move into a new decade, a new century and a new millennium. This is an unprecedented passage of time. Today I would like to talk with you about what the new millennium teaches us about time and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Total Absence Of An Exit

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Aug 26, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,135 views

    Listen, Paul was absolutely sure he was going to die for the gospel that he had pronounced the sentence upon himself. (The Lord took Paul to the point at which he could not fall back on any intellectual, physical, or emotional human resource.

    Total Absence of an Exit 2 Corinthians 1:8-10NJK For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Peeking Into The Closet Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 10, 2016
     | 7,112 views

    This is a four week series looking at some hard stories from the bible. In our first week we examine why we need to look into the closet.

    Skeletons in God’s Closet, intro They are lurking in of our closets, things that we wished we had never done, words we wished we had never spoken. Families have them, churches have them and individuals have them. Because we all make mistakes. We all have skeletons in our closets. Some are ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Dealing With One Of The Most Challenging Bible Passages About Women Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 17, 2015
     | 8,582 views

    Three approaches to this passage where Paul says women should be silent, along with the greatest strength and greatest weakness of each argument.

    WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT?! On first reading, there’s plenty in these verses to raise eyebrows. - 1 Timothy 2:11-15. THREE APPROACHES TO THESE VERSES: - These are not the only three possibilities, but I would argue that they are the three most prominent. 1. ARGUMENT #1: This Bible ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Meet John The Baptist

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Dec 20, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,009 views

    What can we learn from the man that eats locust and was the forerunner for Christ?

    Meet John the Baptist Matthew chapter 3:1-3:12 Introduction- We are in the third week of Advent. Traditionally, a look at joy. Could their be anymore joy to a believer than the preparation of Jesus coming? ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Bible Passages We Would Have Understood If We Were Jewish

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Mar 19, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,956 views

    Many today are obsessed with making the Bible fit our cultural perspective, even when it means abandoning sound principles of interpretation. Today we will find how important the historical/cultural context really is to sound biblical exegesis.

    BIBLE PASSAGES WE WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD IF WE WERE JEWISH Interpreting New Testament passages through Jewish eyes. Various Texts Introduction Illustration: What Children Say About The Bible · In the first book of the Bible, Guinness’s, God got tired of creating the world, so He took the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Message In Jude – The Enoch Passage – Jude 1 V 13-16 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 23, 2022
     | 2,469 views

    This message today will be in 4 sections and they will be - The “wandering stars” or “comets”; “The Book of Enoch”; “The Second Coming”; “the ungodly”. The ground covered will be most interesting though it is so diverse. This account so relevant to us right now.

    MESSAGE IN JUDE – THE ENOCH PASSAGE – Jude 1 v 13-16 We are steadily working through the book of Jude who was the half brother of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is defending the faith being destroyed by false teachers. Much of his letter is spent exposing these reprobate men who preach false doctrine ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational