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  • Horace Wimpey avatar

    Why Shepherds

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Dec 14, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,747 views

    Why did God choose shepherds to announce the birth of Jesus

    WHY SHEPHERDS Luke 2:8-20 Intro. Outside St. Mary's Hospital in the slightly shabby London section of Paddington, the crowd was growing by the minute—more than 300 reporters, TV technicians and curious onlookers milled anxiously behind a double row of police barricades and dozens of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Me Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jan 19, 2012
     | 7,755 views

    A study of the book of Judges chapter 7 verses 1 through 40

    Judges 6: 1 – 40 Why Me? 1 Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years, 2 and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Why Jesus? Series

    Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on Feb 4, 2012
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    God promise us His deliverance through our Lord and Saviour.

    Why Jesus? To understand Jesus and His mission, you must understand some of the basic foundations of the OT that prepare for Him. I would like to refer to just two of these. The first is the vision of Nathan (2 Sam 7, and 1 Chr 17). In it, King David, in following the tradition of the ANE, ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Why Joseph

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Dec 2, 2011
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     | 7,487 views

    Out of all the men who God could have chosen to be His earthly father, why did He choose Joseph?

    WHY JOSEPH Matthew 1:18-25 Intro: There’s a story of a poor family - hard-working parents with a large number of children - where the woman discovers that she has an incurable illness and will die within a year. Her husband is a good man, but obviously incapable of looking after the large ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Ashes Series

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Apr 8, 2011
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     | 20,658 views

    Ash Wednesday Sermon teaching about why we use ashes on ash wednesday.

    Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." 4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Why Belong Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Apr 9, 2011
     | 5,580 views

    Those who believe are taught the value of church membership.

    “Those who accepted [Peter’s] message were baptised, and that day about three thousand people were added… And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.” , Charles Spurgeon told of his intense desire to be a member of a local church during one particular sermon. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Worship?

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Mar 10, 2014
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    I worship God because He has the authority to forgive my sins and He shows me how much He loves me. Why do you worship?

    How many times do we allow stuff to get in our way of loving others? Think about it. How many people have you loved that you don't talk to now? Are there family members you hate to be around? Do you struggle to love some folks? You see, we allow stuff to get in the way of our love. Fights, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Baptize? Series

    Contributed by David Holwick on Mar 20, 2014
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    The proper attitude toward baptism.

    Rev. David Holwick First Baptist Church Ledgewood, New Jersey November 10, 2002 WHY BAPTIZE? 1 Corinthians 1:11-17 ________________________________________ My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed for me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this. One of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Worry?

    Contributed by Eric Carroll on Apr 3, 2014
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     | 6,832 views

    Why should we seek God, His Kingdom, His righteousness, and His provision? We seek God through His Word, Prayer, Fellowship, and Worship. We seek God first, for He being our Father, is our ever-present loving provider who knows all your needs.

    You know, people fall in love, have children, celebrate birthdays, take trips and sit on the porch on summer evenings, while listening to crickets. But inevitably, and to everyone, problems do come. Relationships flounder, jobs are lost, money gets tight, kids rebel, and through it all, even in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "Why Weep?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 15, 2014
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    A sermon for Easter.

    "Why Weep?" John 20:1-18 There are times in our lives so terrible, so painful and so difficult that weeping has a sort of "guttural sound" to it. Have you ever cried so hard and with such despair that it felt as if your heart were breaking? Have you ever been in so much emotional pain, that ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Why The Cross? Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 15, 2014
     | 4,656 views

    The cross was the way God chose to be both just and the justifier of those who have faith in Christ.

    Why the Cross? Maundy Thursday 2014 Luke 22:39-46 We have just completed one of the most precious spiritual exercises which we engage in as a church body. The Seder Supper is a powerful tool for reminding us that the work of Jesus Christ is not limited to the New Testament alone. Christ is seen ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why It Hurts Series

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jul 31, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,590 views

    When we consider pain, there are three particularly painful areas of life: our relationships, our work and finances, and our health. The pain that we experience in each of these areas of life can be traced to the judgments that God delivered after the fa

    Sermon Notes July 31, 2011 FBCam Why it Hurts Genesis 3:16-19 CS Lewis, in “The Problem of Pain,” writes: “When I was an atheist, if anyone had asked me “why do you NOT believe in God, my reply would have been.... PAIN.. [People] cause pain by being born, and live by pain and in pain they ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why The Church? Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 7, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,784 views

    A sermon that begins a series on the community of the church (Material adapted from introduction of Daniel Overdorf's book, Rediscovering Community, from College Press)

    HoHum: It’s popular today to meet with friends at a coffee shop and call it “church.” In some cases it is but most of the time it isn’t. It’s difficult to stand in defense of the church when there are so many examples of dysfunctional churches around us. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Trust Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2014
     | 6,968 views

    Trust can be a huge challenge for us, especially when it comes to God. What does it really mean to trust God?

    Why Trust? Matthew 6:25-34
 A man was out jogging one day and slipped and fell off a cliff. Grabbing hold of a branch on the way down, he found himself stranded and began to scream, “Help, is there anyone up there who can hear me?” He yelled for hours and was about to give up when ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Why Pray Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2014
     | 6,797 views

    Prayer is meant to be at the heart of a relationship to Jesus. Jesus assumes you are already praying. He doesn’t say IF you pray but WHEN you pray any relationship is built and strengthened through communication and with God, that’s prayer

    Why Pray? Matthew 6:1-13 Prayer is meant to be at the heart of a relationship to Jesus. In our Scripture today, Jesus assumes you are already praying. He doesn’t say IF you pray but WHEN you pray. Last week, we learned that Jesus is directing the Sermon on the Mount to hypocrites. The Greek ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist