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  • Troy Borst avatar

    Songs We Sing: "in The Garden" Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 27, 2025
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     | 549 views

    It is the daily companionship with the Lord that makes up the Christian's life.

    SONGS WE SING: ‘IN THE GARDEN’ John 20:1-18 #InTheGarden SING ‘IN THE GARDEN’ INTRODUCTION… maineiac.com/index.php/jokes/religious-jokes/1187-forrest-gump- The day finally arrived. Forrest Gump finally dies and goes to Heaven. He is at the Pearly Gates, met none other than St. Peter himself. St. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Should We Think About Capital Punishment? Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 5, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 5,972 views

    Takes a look at the death penalty from a Biblical perspective to aid Christians in their thought process

    WHAT SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT? OPENING ILLUSTRATION… Texas Executes Rapist-Killer; Third of the Year HUNTSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - Texas carried out its third execution of the year on Monday, putting to death a delivery truck driver who raped and killed a 19-year-old waitress ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "God Will Expose Our Enemies If We Obey Him”

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Sep 24, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 11,397 views

    America has waged war on terrorism, but the difficult thing is identifying and locating our enemy. Learn how God is willing to expose and defeat our enemies if we obey Him.

    Intro: We as Americans have declared war on terrorism. The most difficult aspect of this war is identifying and locating our enemies. Fighting the war on terrorism is not as simple as finding one man and bringing him to justice. Terrorism is not a person or a people for that matter; it’s a state ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Way We Were, Pt 6 Needs Meeting Series

    Contributed by Joe Hayes on Oct 6, 2009
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     | 3,128 views

    Who are the Needy? Who should do some thing? Church as it is menat to be is a needs meeting community of saints you can also listen at www.preaching.co.nr

    Church as it is meant to be, is a needs-meeting community of saints. I am sure you will immediately recall the following: “All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.” (Acts 2:45-44) This characteristic of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Are We True Diciples Of Jesus, True Followers? #2

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Aug 2, 2008
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     | 5,930 views

    There is a difference between a believer and a follower.

    ARE WE TRUE DICIPLES OF JESUS, TRUE FOLLOWERS? MATTHEW 4:18-25 18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    El Olam Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Oct 7, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
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    Names of God 6: El Olam, "Eternal God". The God who is eternally existent, eternally consistent and eternally present.

    Names of God 6: El Olam- God eternal. WBC 9.10.05am Genesis 21:32-34, Isaiah 40:25-31 This being a special Sunday the Elders wanted a special speaker. They asked the most talented minister they knew but he said no. They then decided to ask the smartest preacher they knew but he also said no. Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How We Should Resemble Our Heavenly Father Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 29, 2021
     | 4,192 views

    Jesus shows us how: 1. Love your enemies (vs. 43-44). 2. Bless those who curse you (vs. 44). 3. Do good to those who hate you (vs. 44-45). 4. Pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you (vs. 43-48).

    How We Should Resemble Our Heavenly Father The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 5:43-48 Sermon by: Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - May 1, 2013 (Revised January 29, 2021) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to Matthew 5:43. When we got to vs. 43-48 last week, we spent our time focused on the last ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do We Know The 12 Laws Of Divine Health?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 23, 2009
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     | 21,694 views

    With all the debate about health care --- there is an issue that is better than doctor’s care and better than Divine Healing... IT IS DIVINE HEALTH... LEARN AND PRACTICE THESE LAWS...

    DO WE KNOW THE LAWS OF DIVINE HEALTH ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THEM AND DO THEM... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. DIAGNOSIS: WE MUST IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. A. We develop strategies that tend to BYPASS God’s plan... CM Ward once said: THE DAY IS ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Liberty! The Holy Spirit Abides In Us, We Are Free! Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jan 31, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,943 views

    A look at our fallen nature, the decay of creation and how with the Holy Spirit abiding in us we have liberty / salvation from that decay.A challenge to believers to witness their freedom. A summery of the series!

    We live in a beautiful country not that I have visited the rest of the world outside the South Pacific but I understand that we live in one of the best spots on the globe. Not being attached to a continent is a huge advantage that so many New Zealander’s forget about, thinking about it, we would ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    God Does More Than We Ask Or Imagine

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 25, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,281 views

    LENT 4 - God does far more than we can ever ask or even imagine. Christ dwells in our hearts. Faith grasps God’s great love.

    GOD DOES MORE THAN WE ASK OR IMAGINE (Outline) April 3, 2011 - Lent 4 - EPHESIANS 3:14-21 INTRO: People pray knowing what they want. Too often we may pray with only our own interests in mind. Too often we ask and ask and ask for more and more for ourselves. It would or could be a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    "What We Believe About Marriage" - Part Three

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Aug 29, 2011
     | 3,027 views

    What does our church believe about marriage?

    Our church says: “We define marriage as a life covenant between one man and one woman according to the Scripture.” We have talked about the nature of marriage as we looked to verses 3-6. Next, we considered what Jesus said about the difficulty of marriage and about divorce in verses 7-10. Now, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Finish What We've Started For Christ Series

    Contributed by David Scudder on Oct 30, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,823 views

    I don’t know about you, but I find it a lot easier to start projects than it is to finish them. Many of us have unfinished projects around the house to prove it. The Christian life can be that way too.

    How To Finish What We’ve Started For Christ II Timothy 4:1 Purpose: To explain how a Christian can be faithful. Aim: I want the listener to be inspired so he won’t give up serving Christ. REVIEW: 1:1-2:13I. How Should a Christian React to Stress? 2:14-26 II. How Should a Christian Relate to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    “doing What We Ought Do”

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jul 23, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,513 views

    Paul gives us reasons for obey God . . . even when no one else may be looking.

    Paul exhorts the Philippians to obey God, even when he wasn’t around. Like parents who hope their kids will behave even when mom or dad aren’t around to check on them, Paul wanted the Philippians to obey, motivated by higher things than just the possibility of being rewarded by Paul or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Kind Of Church Do We Want To Be?

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 26, 2019
     | 4,963 views

    Elijah told the messengers that the king would die because he did not consult God about his injuries and whether it would result in death, instead of trying to consulting a false god! In other words there are consequences to sin!!

    2 King 1:1-Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2-Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Lord, When Did We See You Hungry?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 19, 2014
     | 8,377 views

    A sermon about "being" Christian.

    "Lord, When Did We See You Hungry?" Matthew 25:31-46 One day a student asked anthropologist Margaret Mead for the earliest sign of civilization in a given culture. He expected the answer to be a clay pot or perhaps a fish hook or grinding stone. Her answer was "a healed femur [bone]." ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist