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  • Dan Erickson avatar

    Divided We Fall

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000
    based on 151 ratings
     | 8,504 views

    Church conflict dishonors the Lord and can do great damage to people's souls

    RYAN: Oh, don't give me that, Andy! Anyone with half a brain knows that I am right. ANDY: Are you saying I am stupid? Listen, Ryan, you better take back what you said or I'll throw you halfway across the room! RYAN: Yeah? You and what army? ANDY: Don't get me mad, Ryan. These hands are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are We Well Connected?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 13, 2014
     | 3,843 views

    A sermon on reaching out to various groups both in the church and outside the church (Material adapted from David Faust in Lookout Magazine May 4, 2003 edition, article entitled, "Are You Well Connected?")

    HoHum: Can You Hear Me Now? Cell phone needs to have a good connection or frustrating. WBTU: Good connections are vital in the church. We share a “partnership in the gospel” (Philippians 1:5). Just as an ear or a hand can’t fulfill its intended function if it’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    When Catastrophes Happen, Whom Do We Blame?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 6, 2025
     | 167 views

    When something really bad happens, we look for a scapegoat to take the blame. For lots of troubles, our response is to blame God, praying “why did you do this to us, Lord?”

    Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time 2025 What has happened so that the prophet Joel tells the priests of the Jerusalem temple to weep and wail? Why is the house of God deprived of grain offering and wine offering? If we look not here in chapter 2 of the prophecy, but go back to ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Why Were You Chosen? Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 24, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,954 views

    Paul reveals God plan for the redeemed, as he shows: 1) Why God Chooses (Ephesians 1:3), 2) When God Chooses (Ephesians 1:4), and 3) For What did God Choose (Ephesians 1:5-6a)

    Ephesians 1:3-6a [3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, [4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love [5]he ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Why It Is Important To Preach The Supremacy Of Christ

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 4, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 6,600 views

    We live in an age when nobody seemingly wants to feel inferior. As a result, there is an never-ending onslaught in the media about the need to be tolerant of differences for the sake of harmony and goodwill. A poll by George Barna showed that 67% of Ameri

    Why it is Important to Preach the Supremacy of Christ We live in an age when nobody seemingly wants to feel inferior. As a result, there is an never-ending onslaught in the media about the need to be tolerant of differences for the sake of harmony and goodwill. A poll by George Barna showed that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are We A Mega Church? Series

    Contributed by Troy Walliser on Nov 5, 2020
     | 4,436 views

    Will you release your grip on that which is TEMPORARY and live for that which is ETERNAL?

    Are We A Mega Church? Acts 4:32-37 We’re continuing our series through the book of Acts this morning in the series I’ve entitled, “The Church on Mission.” My sermon title this morning is a question – Are We A Mega Church? Now according to the definition of a mega church that’s used by church ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are We Still Relevant?

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 15, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,124 views

    God’s churches are the only real relevant source of help for a broken society.

    God’s Glorious Church Are We Still Relevant? Matthew 6:10 Woodlawn Baptist Church February 13, 2005 Introduction Do you remember the story of Humpty Dumpty and how it goes? Humpty dumpty sat on a wall Humpty dumpty had a great fall All the King’s horses And all the King’s men Couldn’t put ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Servants Of God Are We

    Contributed by Norbert Garcia on Feb 27, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 24,827 views

    As a Christian and a disciple of Christ, we are also servants that carry a message.

    There was a song I learned many, many years ago. A song I still remember today. Since I am one of the worlds worst singers I will quote the song in the poem format: Oh, we are the Pathfinder’s strong A servant of God are we Faithful as we march along In truth and purity A message to tell to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    "We Will Give Account" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 25, 2008
     | 11,995 views

    Sermon 11 in a study in HEBREWS

    “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    We Are All Slaves Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jun 30, 2020
     | 4,036 views

    As followers of Christ, we are slaves to holiness and grace.

    WE ARE ALL SLAVES Text: Romans 6:15-23 Introduction 1. Illustration: In 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was proclaimed in America. The word spread from Capitol Hill down into the valleys of Virginia, and the Carolinas, and evens into the plantations of Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Thank Him For The Bad Times

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Nov 20, 2011
    based on 57 ratings
     | 44,386 views

    It’s easy to thank God when everything is going good. It’s not so easy to thank God when everything is going wrong. During these times it’s hard to be thankful. Yet the Bible clearly teaches that we are to be thankful for even the bad times.

    Thank Him for the Bad Times 1 Thessalonians 5:15-23 “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (5:18) We always find that is easy to thank God when everything is going good. It is not so easy to thank God when everything appears to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Do We Know That We Have A Secure Salvation?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jul 21, 2025
     | 276 views

    A secure salvation is eternal life, and to have it we must know where to find it.

    How Do We Know That We Have a Secure Salvation? John 6:37-40 & John 10:27-30 What does the word secure mean? – per an online dictionary, it is to be fixed, as not to give away, become loose, or be lost, fix firmly so that it cannot be moved. What does the word salvation mean? – per an online ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Mystery Of God Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jul 5, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,949 views

    God is unknowable, yet there are clues in the world around us to his existence if only we'll look. The existence of God is the simplest explanation for what we find there.

    This is a series based on and heavily dependent on Timothy Keller’s Best Seller "The Reason For God" for which I’m deeply grateful. It uses much of his argument though with various additions by myself or the other preachers of the series. “I have seen the business that God has ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    The War We Wage

    Contributed by Alan Balatbat on May 25, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,587 views

    God said we should also be on the offensive.

    The War We Wage Eph 6:10-17 Introduction: Our nation has known many wars, but Vietnam was an especially frustrating campaignrn. Think jungle terrain made the enemy hard to find, and guerrilla warfare made him hard to fight. Many Vietnamese who peacefully worked the rice paddles by day put on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The God We Worship Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Nov 28, 2022
     | 2,897 views

    The Christian view of God comes from the biblical revelation. We must therefore examine Scriptures carefully. Human language is all we have, and it is inadequate to fully comprehend God.

    The God We Worship Exodus 34:6-7 Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Deuteronomy 6:12-15 What advise did the old preacher give to the young preacher when the young man asked him about what to preach? His answer, preach about God and preach about twenty minutes. Children ask the darndest questions. Many of their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist