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  • Otis McMillan avatar

    The Gospel Is For All (Church Expansion In Antioch) Series

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on May 26, 2023
     | 1,987 views

    This text shows what can happen when believers follow the Holy Spirit, recognizes the value in all people, and use their gifts, strength and influence to carry out God’s plan. The Gospel is for whosoever will believe!

    Sermon: The Gospel is For All (Church Expansion In Antioch) Scripture: Acts 11:19-30 “Meanwhile, the believers who had been scattered during the persecution after Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch of Syria. They preached the word of God, but only to Jews. 20 However, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A Short Lesson On Convictions

    Contributed by George Rennau on May 24, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 9,148 views

    Are your convictions based on what the Bible teaches.

    Short Lesson on Convictions My purpose is not to make an exhaustive study of this subject but to get you thinking about your convictions, and whether or not they are based on what the Bible teaches. What does the word conviction mean? Joshua 14:7 I was forty years old when Moses the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Ministry Of The Deacon

    Contributed by Gerald Cornelius on Mar 27, 2001
    based on 257 ratings
     | 18,276 views

    What scripture says about the role of deacon.

    THE MINISTRY OF THE DEACON TEXT: ACTS 6;1-6, I TIMOTHY 3:8-13 Introduction Let’s begin with a question. Is the deacon ministry necessary and valid in today’s church? A fellow pastor in another state said that he didn’t have deacons in his church and would not permit the church to ordain any ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Finishing Touch Series

    Contributed by Rick Chapman on Dec 22, 2022
     | 2,144 views

    Let us finish what we begin

    THE FINISHING TOUCH Luke Chapter 14 vs 28-30 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Help! My Church Isn't Growing

    Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Jul 7, 2005
    based on 64 ratings
     | 19,797 views

    What does the Bible say about why a church isn’t growing and how it can be corrected.

    Help! My Church Isn’t Growing In many ways pastors and churches are judged by whether or not their church is growing. It becomes painful to admit to the brethren that we haven’t seen growth in a church we pastor - whether addition by baptism or transfer. What does the Bible have to say about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Part 5 - Smyrna: The Church Rich In Christ Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Apr 30, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,221 views

    Smyrna was a poor church, brutally persecuted, but Rich In Christ. What was Christ's word to them?

    Smyrna: The Church Rich in Christ Watch this message at https://youtu.be/J2xJJ2xzEKQ www.gracecommunity.com What do you say to somebody who is suffering? How do you counsel people who are going through great times of sorrow and tribulation? We’ve been party to suffering in our country lately. What ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Michael Otterstatter avatar

    Lord, Give Us Such A Church As This

    Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 91 ratings
     | 7,907 views

    As the first Christian church described in Acts 2:42-47 was may our churches be.

    If there is one thing of which we have a great number in Tulsa it is churches. Have you ever looked through the Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages to see just how many churches there are in our community? There are sixteen full pages with churches listed on them. Some of these churches are very ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Inspecting Our Church Field-1(2012)

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Nov 13, 2012
     | 3,294 views

    1 of 2. Joshua sent spies to determine what they would encounter in the promised land. We can & should determine/examine what we will encounter on our church field. Upon examining our church field we discover people given to...

    INSPECTING Our CHURCH FIELD-I—Joshua 2:1-24 Attention: Upon close examination, our perception of a situation may be much different than the reality. Need: Joshua sent spies to determine what they would encounter in the promised land. We can & should determine/examine what we will ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Inspecting Our Church Field-2(2012)

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Nov 13, 2012
     | 2,835 views

    2 of 2. Joshua sent spies to determine what they would encounter in the promised land. We can & should determine/examine what we will encounter on our church field. Upon examining our church field we discover people given to...

    INSPECTING Our CHURCH FIELD-II—Joshua 2:1-24 Attention: Jim walking downtown/Man approaches him wearing dirty clothes & hobbling on crutches/Asks Jim for money/Jim complies giving $5 & says, ‘Cheer up it would be much worse if you were blind’/Man says, ‘Oh, believe me, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Do We Go To Church? Matthew 5-6-7

    Contributed by David Cramer on Jul 1, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,196 views

    A message on why we are called to fellowship by having church together. What is it all about and what do we do to look forward to it?

    Why do we go to church? Good Morning Stand with me and lift your bible and repeat after me. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I can do what it says I can do. I am going to learn how to be what it says I can be. Today I will learn more of the word of God. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What We Believe...about The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,587 views

    Doctrinal sermon about what we (Church of the Nazarene) believe about the Holy Spirit.

    Larry Brincefield larkayb@earthlink.net Title: What We Believe...About the Holy Spirit Text: John 16:7-15 Introduction 1. I used to have a favorite blanket... I don’t mean when I was a young child.... when I was an adult, married with kids... I had a favorite blanket. How many of you currently ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Don Hawks avatar

    What Can God Do In My Life? Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 2, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,227 views

    This is part 1 of a series of sermons on What God is doing in the lives of people at Bethany Church.

    The question I have for you today is this: Why did God choose Noah? When God destroyed the world with a flood, there were approximately one million people living. So Noah was really one in a million. Why did God choose to work in Noah’s life? Imagine if you were God, what kind of person would ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Beyond What We Can Ask Or Imagine...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 9, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,500 views

    A re-vamp of "Why Not?" updated for a new season of God’s moving at this church.

    Beyond What We Can Ask or Imagine… Ephesians 3:20-21 June 8, 2008 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." We: We live in a world of imagination. It takes imagination to dream up everything we have around us. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Tim Huie avatar

    What Would Jesus Say To A Complacent Christian Series

    Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 23, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,456 views

    What would Jesus say to a lukewarm Christian? The letter to the Laodecian church tells us.

    1. Illus. of D. W. brother • In a tough time of life. Drove car out to lake he loved, and used a pistol to commit suicide. • Autopsy performed to rule out foul play. Showed it was indeed suicide. • Autopsy revealed an ironic fact. He had liver cancer advanced enough that it would have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Green avatar

    Love Is Determined Series

    Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 29, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 17,422 views

    Love does not give up no matter what is faces, no matter the obstacles in its path, no matter what those around you might be saying, love does not give up it is determined.

    I came across an article in the paper this week that had the heading ’Mother’s Love and Determination’. And the sub title ’Refusing to give up, Cynthia Teare helped her son to walk again’. It caught my attention because our theme today is ’Love is... determined’. And it’s the story of an 11 year ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist