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  • Fr Mund Cargill Thompson avatar

    Pants, Boats And Other Weird Requests Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Mar 27, 2021
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,966 views

    Is God asking you to do something unusual? How would you know if God was speaking to you? Has he perhaps already asked you to do something? What did he ask you to do? How did he speak to you? Have you begun it yet?

    .................................................................................................................... At first glance it appears to be a crowning symbol of obnoxious rock star excess, yet a closer look reveals a deeper story about how a band used a tiny candy to alert them to major ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Will A Good God Really Send Bad People To Hell?

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 21, 2010
     | 3,539 views

    God warns of eternal separation, not to intimidate mankind, but to reveal His love and compassion for sinful man. The message examines the necessity of divine judgement of sin and God’s provision so that no individual need be separated from Him and His l

    REVELATION 20:11-15 WILL A GOOD GOD REALLY SEND BAD PEOPLE TO HELL? “I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Approinted To This Service

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 21, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,004 views

    Christians must realise that God appoints each of us to service within His Kingdom. We are not hired or voted to our work; God (as Sovereign) appoints.

    “The LORD said to Aaron, ‘You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity connected with your priesthood. And with you bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fully Realized Forgiveness...the Test Of Love-3 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Apr 21, 2015
     | 4,429 views

    3 of 5. Jesus called Simon the Pharisee to task regarding two demonstrations of love. Realized Forgiveness is reflected in a reciprocal/proportional appreciation. But Where/How is it tested? Fully Realized Forgiveness is tested in the crucible of...

    REALIZED FORGIVENESS...The TEST of LOVE/Trust-III—Luke 7:36-50 Attention: Thru testing, the true identity becomes conclusive. Jesus called Simon the Pharisee to task regarding two demonstrations of love. A forgiveness that is fully Realized is reflected in a reciprocal/proportional ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    3) Finding Grace

    Contributed by James Lyons on Mar 31, 2023
     | 1,490 views

    Part III in a series on the book of Ruth

    Last week, we began Ruth chapter 2 where a Moabite widow under the curse of the law went out one morning looking for grace. And God guided her steps into the field of the one man in Bethlehem who could give this woman with no lineage an eternal lineage. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "The Spirits Of Christmas"

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 15, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 7,379 views

    Like Scrooge, we too can reclaim Christmas, with the help of the “spirits” of Christmas Past, Present, and Future

    “The Spirits of Christmas” “Bah, Humbug!” shouted Ebenezer Scrooge, using a mild Victorian form of profanity, meaning “nonsense” or “rubbish”. Charles Dickens depicted Scrooge as the epitome of all cynics hardened to the holiday spirit. Scrooge was stingy, selfish, and heartless. Later on Dr ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Slaves Either Way...

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jul 20, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 5,191 views

    St. Paul tells us we’re going to be slaves, but will we be slaves to sin or slaves to righteousness (draws heavily on some Martin Luther quotes).

    As we approach Independence Day, I hear more and more conversations talking about what freedom means. In 1941, FDR identified four essential freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of each individual to worship God in their own way, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Today some people suggest ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Random Acts Of Kindness

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 13,181 views

    Uses Biblical story of the Sheep and the Goats to talk about the way to live out kindness and love in life. Presents three stories of "random acts of kindness" done by people.

    Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let me tell you a true story about kindness between two very different people who lived far away from one another: Beverly Powell (no relation), a cleaning lady from New Mexico, read a story in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Prayer For The Family

    Contributed by Martin Field on Aug 7, 2001
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,498 views

    The Lord’s Prayer is a model for prayer for those in the Christain family.

    My wife has been working diligently for many months to compile the genealogical histories of our families. She’s traced Fields, and Bendens, and Arbuthnots, and Delashmuts, and Cellas, and Cassarinos, and other lines too many to mention. She’s really “into it,” as they say. She’s found out that ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Made To Be In God's Family Series

    Contributed by Kevin Litchfield on Oct 11, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,440 views

    This sermon contnued a purpose driven life Series

    Families are great things! In fact one of the perks about coming to Sandridge was moving closer to my extended and immediate family. And some of My greatest and fondest memories are of Sunday afternoons at my grandparents house- Squeezing all of us in a compact car to ride into the country or all ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Receive Blessings

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Jul 2, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,211 views

    If you want to receive blessings from God, the Bible tells you how.

    How to Receive Blessings Matt 5:1-12 1 Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them, saying: 3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Beth Garrod-Logsdon avatar

    What To Do When You Hear The Cries…

    Contributed by Beth Garrod-Logsdon on Jul 16, 2007
     | 2,378 views

    This sermon asks - "Who are you a neighbor to?" instead of "Who is my neighbor?"

    What to do when you hear the cries… Deuteronomy 30:11-14 and Luke 10:25-37 NOTE: Children’s message used "Horton Hears a Who" by Dr. Seuss The children’s message this morning gave us one literary vision of being “neighborly”. Horton, the elephant heard a cry for help and did all in his power ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Requesting Or Demanding? Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 20, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,224 views

    Even when we feel like demanding or presuming, we have to be careful to do what is right. Thus we must develop the art of making ethical requests.

    Requesting Or Demanding? (Philemon 8-22) 1. I remember a woman raising a stink at the downtown post office. She complained that her mail was not in the box, and it was past 8:30 AM. She mentioned that her dad had worked at the Federal Post Office, and that he would have never allowed such ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Mary Erickson avatar

    To Dwell With The Lord

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Jan 21, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,972 views

    When we dwell with the Lord, our hearts and minds are transformed.

    January 19, 2020 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson John 1:19-42 To Dwell with the Lord Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. “Where are you staying?” The question John’s disciples ask Jesus is a common one. It’s a location ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    If I Could Change One Thing Series

    Contributed by Michael Monica on May 29, 2015
     | 5,665 views

    All My Life. All For Him.

    If I could change one thing Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I remember a while back, I was on ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational