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  • Randy Croft avatar

    Can We Trust The Bible Series

    Contributed by Randy Croft on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 154 ratings
     | 22,302 views

    Covers four areas that confirm the reliability of the Bible

    CAN WE TRUST THE BIBLE? by Randy A. Croft Tonight’s question is a popular one among Christians and non-Christians alike? The Bible. Is it reliable? Is it all myth? Just good literature? Or God’s word? Can we trust it? I want to present four reasons why I believe in the reliable and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why Did Jesus Do It?

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 9, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,722 views

    Jesus died for us because He loves us and wanted us back.

    Well known to us are The Ten Commandments. But less well known are The Paradoxical Commandments? “Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.” “The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.” Ever heard these statements in conversation or in print? Kent ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Why Did Jesus Have To Die?

    Contributed by Richard Gaston on Mar 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,837 views

    This sermon explains why only Jesus could have paid the price for us and why He just could’nt have died any old way or time.

    Why did Jesus have to die? John 3:16 - 17 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Embracing The "Me” That Is Essential To "We” Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Dec 3, 2021
     | 2,314 views

    Embracing the “Me” that is Essential to “We” Series: Building Better RELATIONSHIPS September 19, 2021

    Embracing the “Me” that is Essential to “We” Series: Building Better RELATIONSHIPS September 19, 2021 Summary: This is the second message in a series on building better relationships...and learning to love like Jesus. (Eph. 5:1-2) It focuses on learning to follow Jesus in being rooted in love in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Can We Trust The Bible? Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,974 views

    God gives us his word that we might see to live.

    Scripture Introduction One of the fun parts of a vacation way in the north woods is that we were far from city lights. Gazing across Lake Huron offers a virtually uninterrupted perception of darkness. The black seems solid, so effectively does it hide all other objects. On Saturday night, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Why America Should Be Pro-Life

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on May 6, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,650 views

    I submit to you that abortion is destroying the highest qualities of God that are present in the womb! Every human being at conception is formed after the nature and perfections of God.

    Who said these 2 statements…? “…Beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” “Maternity or additional offspring may force upon the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Quiet Time: Why It Is Important To A Man

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 19, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,252 views

    A sermon for Father's Day on the importance of men to seek the Lord every day through a quiet time of Bible mediation and prayer

    Introduction: It is said that Andrew Bonar, a great man of prayer, had three rules: (1) Not to speak to any man before speaking to Jesus; (2) Not to do anything with his hands until he had been on his knees; (3) Not to read the papers until he had read his Bible. WBTU: In our Christian culture we ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How We Got In This Mess Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 4, 2001
    based on 81 ratings
     | 10,185 views

    Only the good news of Jesus Christ can overcome the moral mess of our culture.

    Our world is a mess. It doesn’t take a Ph.D. in ethics to realize that our world has become a dangerous and messed up place to live. Here in American in the last forty years violent crime has increased 280% (Bennett 15). Every year 20,000 people in our nation are murdered, half by people they ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why Does God Allow Suffering?

    Contributed by Randy Croft on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 109 ratings
     | 7,754 views

    How can a God of Love allow so much suffering?

    Why Does God allow Suffering? by Randy Croft We’re in a sermon series now on "Questions We’d Like to Ask God." I don’t think that God is afraid of our tough questions. Isaiah 1 "Come and reason together." One of the top questions asked by Christians and non-Christians alike deals ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Do We Submit Ourselves As We Should So That We Can Have A Healthy Christian Relationship?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jul 2, 2023
     | 715 views

    Submission is a frequently abused word, but it does not mean turning oneself into a doormat. Unfortunately, many do not see it that way.

    Submission is a frequently abused word. It does not mean turning into a doormat. Christ, at whose name "every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth" (Philippians 2:10), presented His will to the Father, and we honor Christ by following his ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Here We Are, Lord Series

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Aug 16, 2017
     | 10,234 views

    what does it take to be disciples of Christ; Jesus call to discipleship; who were the twelve Apostles

    Today’s scripture continues the great commissioning of the disciples which started with last week’s gospel reading. Jesus had been traveling through the cities and villages, teaching in the synagogues, healing the sick and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom. He quickly realized that there was ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? Series

    Contributed by Charles Brown on Mar 18, 2003
    based on 288 ratings
     | 48,185 views

    Jesus uttered three statements and then darkness fell. Then there was silence “until about the ninth hour”, 3 P.M. Darkness fell over the earth like a thick, hot blanket. And there was silence. Then just before He died, the Lord Jesus uttered again, sev

    C R Brown Series: Cross Sayings From The Christ Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? Matthew 27:45-46; Isaiah 53:7 Message Four Introduction When you spend some time in the Word looking at the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Shall We Walk Together?

    Contributed by Jim Parisi on Dec 8, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,096 views

    We as Christians all belong to the body of Christ. It is one body made up of many different members

    Shall We Walk Together? HHM Pastor Jim Parisi 12-08-02 We as Christians all belong to the body of Christ It is one body made up of many different members Story : Heart. Brain ,lowly foot or asylum lunatics never unite The foot put it in to perspective for them we all need each other ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Are We Going To Do

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Apr 23, 2015
     | 7,456 views

    We need to be more like the disciple Andrew, who, while he didn't write any of the books in the Bible, led people to Jesus - people like Simon Peter and the boy in the parable of the loaves and fish. Following Jesus is the source of our power to change.

    An honest man was being tailgated by a stressed-out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the traffic light turned yellow just in front of him. The man did the right thing stopping at the crosswalk even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Why Is It Important To See God As A Missionary God?

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 21, 2003
    based on 59 ratings
     | 8,520 views

    Understand the grounds upon which missions rest otherwise we will tend to give in to the hostile, apathetic or incorrect views that people have about the great commission. Many people think that the Christian missionary enterprise is politically disruptiv

    Why is it Important to See God is a Missionary God? – (Gen. 12:1-20) Quote: God only had one Son and He sent Him to earth as a missionary. W. T. Watson Quote: For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory both now and to day of eternity. (Rom. 11:35,36) 1. God is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational