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  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Why Are We Dependent On The Spirit For Renewal

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,903 views

    Why are we dependent on the Spirit for renewal? He renews with His love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. Only His renewal makes us sufficient for life’s challenges.

    Titus 3:5 Theme - We are continually dependent on the Spirit’s ministry of renewal. Why are some believers lacking a fresh sense of cleansing, hope, and love? Freedom from sin’s oppression requires a continual application of the Spirit’s grace. Illustration: Sometime back the Associated Press ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why Did Jesus Have To Die

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 20, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,797 views

    Jesus gave His life as a sacrifice for the penalty of sin and death

    Why did Jesus have to die? Series: Searching for the Truth about Easter Matthew 20:17-19 March 13, 2005 Introduction George Atley was killed while serving with the Central African Mission. There were no witnesses, but the evidence indicates that Atley was confronted by a band of hostile ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Why Jesus Was Raised From The Dead

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Sep 15, 2015
     | 5,894 views

    THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IS ESSENTIAL FOR SALVATION TO BE AVAILABLE TO HUMANITY. BY JESUS CHRIST’S DEATH AND RESURRECTION GOD HAS SOLVED HUMANITY’S SIN PROBLEM AND HAS CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GUILTY HUMANITY TO STAND BEFORE HIM AND BE JUSTIFIED..

    WHY WAS JESUS RAISED FROM THE DEAD MATTHEW 28:1-8 THROUGHOUT HISTORY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE MYSTERY AND MEANING OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST. HOW DOES IT HELP US AS WE STAND BEFORE GOD AS OUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGE? AS WE SHALL SEE TODAY, THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IS ESSENTIAL ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Are There So Many Fruitless Lives

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on May 18, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,557 views

    We must keep bearing fruit while there is time.

    WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FRUITLESS LIVES Romans 6: 20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. Why are our fruit barring years behind us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Does God Save Us? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 24, 2022
     | 1,290 views

    He loves us, even though He has been injured in the loving.

    Christmas 2022 Why did God save us, anyway? In the beginning, He created man and woman as the summit of His work of bringing everything into being out of nothing. Unlike the false gods of Greece and Palestine, the true God does not need us at all. He is Being itself, and continuously creates and ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    How And Why Does God Heal? Series

    Contributed by Art Campbell on Sep 25, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,576 views

    An exploration of how and why God heals based on covenant relationship with his people

    I once had a colleague who talked about how she had broken her ankle and asked God for healing and received it, instantaneously and miraculously. Another gentleman was diagnosed with cancer and genuinely believed God would heal him. Several months later I attended his funeral. Healing is another ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    If It Be So, Why Am I Thus

    Contributed by James Lowe on Feb 20, 2006
    based on 47 ratings
     | 11,368 views

    Good sermon to encourage those who may feel God has left them out of His plans

    If it be so, why am I thus? Text: Genesis 25: 19-26 Most of us remember the promise God gave Abraham concerning his descendants becoming a great nation. God made a covenant with Abraham that is recorded in Genesis chapter 17. Abraham was at this time 90 years old, an age when most people would ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Why Can't We Be Friends? Series

    Contributed by David Henderson on Sep 4, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,452 views

    Solomon and David both remind us that one of the best investments we will ever make in life is an investment in people…making friends. When he says two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor-the word reward can also be transl

    “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 and Proverbs 13:20 One of the most popular topics in song writing today has been the subject of friendship. The Beatles sang I get by with a little help from my friends. James Taylor and Carole King sang a song titled ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Can't We Be Friends? Series

    Contributed by David Henderson on Sep 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,113 views

    Today I want us to talk about one specific area. I want to talk about friendship. At some point in life all of us find ourselves close to people, those we work with, those we go to school with, those we socialize with-we find that spending time with peo

    Why Can’t We Be Friends?” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 and Proverbs 13:20 One of the most popular topics in song writing today has been the subject of friendship. The Beatles sang I get by with a little help from my friends. James Taylor and Carole King sang a song titled “You’ve ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Why Can't We Be Friends"

    Contributed by David Henderson on Sep 23, 2013
     | 5,435 views

    Solomon and David both remind us that one of the best investments we will ever make in life is an investment in people…making friends. This message helps us learn how to do that.

    “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 and Proverbs 13:20 One of the most popular topics in song writing today has been the subject of friendship. The Beatles sang I get by with a little help from my friends. James Taylor and Carole King sang a song titled ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Jesus Stayed Open To Suggestions

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,014 views

    One of the reasons why great leaders succeed is that they are open to suggestions.

    One of the reasons why great leaders succeed is that they are open to suggestions. When people becomes so proud that they close their minds to new ideas, they are bound to fail. Keeping your mind open allows you to see all the opportunities that the Lord has for you every hour of every day. Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Duck Dynasty Star Suspended. Why?

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Dec 20, 2013
     | 2,919 views

    Let’s look at what the Bible does say about the subject of homosexuality. First one that comes to mind is Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

    Duck Dynasty star suspended. That’s the big Headlines in the last couple of days. Man, Phil Roberson sure knows how to stir up folks not only by making a duck caller that works for the duck hunter and making millions of dollars doing it but, also he and his family has one of the most watched ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why People See Christians As Weak Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021
     | 2,842 views

    Boasting or bragging is excluded because it elevates you to the pinnacle of importance. It’s sad to say this, but religion is a great place to do just this – to brag about one’s morality

    “For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Is The Resurrection So Difficult To Believe? Series

    Contributed by Danny Moss on Apr 9, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,813 views

    This sermon explains why the disciples had a difficult time believing in the Resurrection, and why we, today, also have difficulty bel- ieving in it.

    SERIES ON PASSION WEEK EASTER SUNDAY-"Why Is The Resurrection So Difficult to Believe?" Text-Acts 26:1-32 Introduction- You will recognize that what I have just read was the Apostle Paul’s defense of the Christian faith before King Agrippa. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don't Waste Your Sorrows Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 30, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 19,090 views

    One reason God allows suffering is so we will depend on him. Suffering shows us the value of God’s grace. Sometimes we think grace was just something way back yonder when we got saved. But we forget that God’s grace is active right now, present tense.

    INTRODUCTION I felt the tugging of the Holy Spirit this week telling me to go back and look at verses 3 and 4 of Romans 5 because I know some of you are going through some very difficult times right now, struggling with suffering and pain and tribulation. I hope the Holy Spirit will use this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist