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  • Dr. Lewis W. Gregory avatar

    The True Meaning Of Easter Series

    Contributed by Dr. Lewis W. Gregory on Mar 7, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,687 views

    Easter is a Christian holiday. It is the most special of all Christian holidays. What makes it so special? Easter was converted from a pagan holiday to the most glorious holy day of all! So what is Easter?

    The True Meaning of Easter Dr. Lewis Gregory 1. Why is EASTER so special? Easter is a Christian holiday. It is the most special of all Christian holidays. What makes it so special? Three very notable events occurred which make Easter the most significant holy day of all—the death, burial, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Let The Children Come

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Jan 20, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,883 views

    Because every child matters to Jesus, every child must matter to us.

    Let the Children Come Mark 10:13-16 January 18-19, 2025 Rev. Brian Bill After preaching at an evangelistic service, D.L. Moody reported, “we had two and one-half conversions.” One of his colleagues inquired, “I suppose you mean two adults and one child.” ‘No,’ Mr. Moody replied. “I mean two ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bobby Stults avatar

    What Are You Building? Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Mar 24, 2014
     | 18,633 views

    Upon the foundation of Christ that we all receive when we are saved, God expects us to build up our faith and mature spiritually! However, HOW we do this is important... we must use the right building materials and do things the right way!

    Sermon Brief Date Written: March 20, 2014 Date Preached: March 23, 2014 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: A Series From 1 Corinthians Sermon Title: What Are You Building? (on the foundation of Christ) Sermon Text: 1 Cor 3:10-17 [ESV] Introduction: We have learned ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Your Pattern?

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Aug 21, 2003
    based on 69 ratings
     | 4,896 views

    What is the pattern for your life? Whom or what are you copying?

    Ephesians 4:17-24 “WHAT IS YOUR PATTERN?” “What is your pattern?” I asked one of our members this question when I was visiting her the other week. “What is your pattern?” She was knitting a blanket – lots of brilliant colors, a very complicated design. It was turning out to be a very nice ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • John Gullick avatar

    What's On Your Mind?

    Contributed by John Gullick on Jun 29, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,229 views

    A sermon that encourages the Christian that our mind is to be used for God’s purposes and not our own.

    What’s on your mind? A friend of Soviet Physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov tells this story:- Some friends were holidaying with the Sakhorovs on the Black Sea. Once, they jokingly asked his wife, Elana, what Sakhorov thought about while wandering along the waterfront. She said “Here, in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Is Christian Baptism? Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 8, 2001
    based on 149 ratings
     | 5,794 views

    What is Christian baptism and how does it go with God’s plan of salvation?

    INTRODUCTION  Baptism. The word conjures up many different thoughts and images when it is mentioned. To some it brings to mind Jesus and His baptism. Some think of the baptism of John the Baptist. Some think of the baptism of the Holy Spirit that is spoken of in the scriptures. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mickey Bell avatar

    What About Me?

    Contributed by Mickey Bell on Feb 16, 2006
    based on 23 ratings
     | 9,965 views

    We hear about the prodigal son but what about his older brother. He is giving out a cry that is also coming from our communities. Be we can’t hear them inside our church walls.

    What About Me? Luke 15:25-32 You have always heard the story of the Prodigal Son and how he: · Got tired of living at home · Decided to take his inheritance and leave · Spent all he had on loose living · “Came to Himself” – realized what he did · Went back home to a welcoming father · A feast was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andrew Chan avatar

    What Is Ascension Day?

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 26, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 20,459 views

    Benefits for believers of Christ in His ascencion.

    1In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    What About Peter? Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 9, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,472 views

    This is a controversial but hopefully delicate sermon about Jesus’ appearance to Peter, and about how some things just aren’t our business to know.

    1 Corinthians 15:1-8 – What About Peter? Tonight we are going to start off by reading our scripture, a very early creed of the church. It was like an Apostle’s Creed, a few brief but clear lines of doctrine about what the early believers actually believed. Let’s read 1 Corinthians 15:1-8. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Does It Mean To Be Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Mar 15, 2009
     | 2,999 views

    From Romans, a message which speaks to being a "believer."

    WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE “HIS” Romans 12:3-8 * (Video- “I am a Child of God) “For HIS service.” Think about this word with me, “Possession.” What does it mean to possess something? It means you “own it”, and you “control it.” To possess something give you power over whatever it is that you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    What A Wonderful Change!

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Feb 5, 2012
    based on 9 ratings
     | 18,524 views

    When Jesus Christ comes into a life the Bible declares he is a new creature – literally he is a new unprecedented creation of God. The old, those things that characterized his pre-Christ life, have been shed for a new life in Christ.

    “What a Wonderful Change!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Introduction: One of my favorite hymns was written by an Ohio minister Rufus Henry McDaniel; who penned the words to this hymn after the death of his year old son Herschel. He wrote this song to remind himself and others of the importance ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Surber avatar

    The Paradox Of Possession Series

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 18, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,588 views

    It is not we who possess anything of lasting value; no matter what we possess it is Christ who possess us!

    The Paradox of Possession, II Corinthians 6:1-13 Series Introduction, “An Upside-Down Kingdom” In Isaiah 52:13-53:12, known as Isaiah’s fourth servant song, the prophet describes what is known as Isaiah’s “suffering servant.” This verse is filled with language of “substitution.” The passage, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Joseph Ng avatar

    The Ugly, The Bad, And The Good

    Contributed by Joseph Ng on Feb 26, 2001
    based on 71 ratings
     | 4,698 views

    God’s verdict on the lives of Solomon, Ahab, and Hezekiah is different from that of secular history and is what matters ultimately.

    Opening: You’ve heard of the 1966 Western movie starring Clint Eastwood entitled The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. As we consider the lives of kings in the Old Testament, it will be apparent that some are ugly, bad, or good. In particular, the lives of three Hebrew kings--Solomon, Ahab, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Doug Warren avatar

    What Prompted Jesus To Dowhat He Did

    Contributed by Doug Warren on Dec 13, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 2,724 views

    Several factors promoted Jesus to leave the Glory of Heaven, take on Human form, suffer and die... What were they?

    Intro:It "boggles our mind" to think that Jesus existed in Glory before the foundation of the world, was co-creator with the Father and Holy Spirit, lived a limitless existence with all glory and privilige at His disposal, yet CHOSE to leave all that, come to Earth and Limit himself to the confines ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What’s In Your Clay? (September 4, 2022)

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 1, 2022
     | 3,345 views

    How many times have you seen a Capitol One commercial where you always hear the question, “What’s in your wallet?” As we hear today’s text a better question to ask is “What’s in your clay?” What’s in our clay that makes us resistant to how God is trying to mold us and shape us?

    WHAT’S IN YOUR CLAY? Text: Jeremiah 18:1 -11 Jeremiah 18:1-11 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: (2) "Come, go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words." (3) So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist