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  • Archie Norman avatar

    Why Do You Go To Church Series

    Contributed by Archie Norman on Oct 27, 2014
     | 4,958 views

    relationships

    Why Do You Go To Church Hebrews 10:24-25 1. I am here for observation - consider A. Discover weakness B. Discover struggles C. Discover needs 2. I am here for confrontation - provoke A. To motivate someone to love B. To motivate someone to good works 3. I am ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Was Crucified Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Apr 16, 2017
     | 6,020 views

    Jesus spoke seven words from the Cross. he is the Lord of Righteousness and Holiness but he was forsaken by God. Why? the answer is found here.

    Mathew 27:46 “My Lord My Lord why you have forsaken me” LORD NEVER FORSAKES Ps. 27:40 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the LORD will take me up. Ps. 37:25 I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    What Are We? Series

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,398 views

    The Lord wants us to be more than we are. We can really be something for God!

    An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was backbreaking work, and his son, Bubba, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man mentioned it in a letter he sent to his son by saying, “I’m not sure exactly what to do. I’m just getting too old to be digging ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are We Ready?

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Feb 23, 2017
     | 6,959 views

    Is the Army of the Lord ready for battle? Do we even know that we are in a spiritual battle? The enemy is constantly attacking. Perhaps we're just wearing the uniform but are not really soldiers of the Lord. Let's get ready!!!

    Ephesians 6:10-19 (Please open your Bibles so you can read along) No one likes war unless they are crazy. People die. People suffer. In war one country is the aggressor, sometimes they both are. Are we in a war? I’m not talking about a war against ISIS or the Taliban? Sometimes war is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    We Are The Trinity

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Mar 1, 2025
     | 436 views

    three persons and us

    WE ARE THE TRINITY Genesis 1:27 Gracious God, bless now the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts. Breathe your Spirit into us and grant that we may hear, and in hearing, be led in the way you want us to go. Amen. Today is Trinity Sunday, the only Sunday in the entire Christian ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    We Are Family

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Oct 8, 2001
    based on 154 ratings
     | 33,058 views

    We are the family of God. But what exactly does or should that look like?

    “We Are Family” Acts 2:42-47 How many of you remember the song “We are Family”? The question is what does a real model family look like? Today’s society, dysfunctional families are the norm, not the exception.  There are families with absent parents, single parents, step-parents.  ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Are Accountable Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Sep 29, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 23,519 views

    Even though we are saved by grace, God will still hold us accountable for our actions.

    Introduction: A. The story is told of a man who died and went to The Judgment. 1. St. Peter met him at the Gates of Heaven and said, “Before you meet with God, I thought I should tell you -- we’ve looked at your life, and your really didn’t do anything particularly good or bad. We’re not at all ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Are We There Yet

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Jul 9, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,576 views

    A summer themed sermon that used a lot of sources from Sermon Central.

    Are we there yet? 1 Thess 5:23-24 6/17/2007 Intro: There’s a handful of movies that if I’m flipping through the channels and see one of them on, I will stop to watch it…regardless of my wife’s protesting. A lot of them are Chevy Chase movies, Fletch for instance. Another one is any of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are We There Yet?

    Contributed by Anthony Hodge on Jan 13, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 11,296 views

    This sermon declares that being in ministry can be just as exciting as going on a family trip and just as children ask the question in the sermon’s theme, the church should continue to ask it as well.

    Are we there yet? (Matthew 25:34-46) Our theme for today’s message can help many of us reflect back to our youth when we were with our parents, grandparents, other relatives or guardians. I’m referring to occasions when we were going on some type of family outing. It could have ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    If We Are The Body Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Feb 4, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 11,454 views

    We must find our place in the church and perform that function that God has given to us.

    IF WE ARE THE BODY Text: 1 Cor. 12:12-26 Introduction 1. Read 1 Cor. 12:12-26 2. In March of 1981, President Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr., and was hospitalized for several weeks. Although Reagan was the nation’s chief executive, his hospitalization had little impact on the nation’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    We Are Rich! Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jul 15, 2009
     | 4,512 views

    Wealth is NOT the evil that it is made out to be. Wealth has NEVER been the problem with God. What we do with that wealth, and how our heart reacts to that wealth is what God is concerned about.

    Sermon Brief Date Written: October 22, 2002 Date Preached: October 23, 2002 Church: Barataria BC [PM] FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS: Series: A Study in 1 Corinthians Title: We Are Rich! Text: 1 Corinthians 1:5 INTRODUCTION: The other day I was driving and I saw a billboard on the highway. It was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Are Crushed

    Contributed by Damien Saylor on Jun 9, 2020
     | 2,749 views

    The amount of pressure we are facing is intense. Where can we turn? What do we do?

    We are crushed! - From the moment I saw the report of locusts swarming Through Asia, into Africa, & even parts of China, & now is being tracked by ten swarms each containing 80 million locusts in it. - The thought came to my mind, this is a pestilence on a scale from right ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Monty Newton avatar

    Why Go To Church: The People Are Real!

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Sep 20, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,999 views

    Church is a place where we may be imperfect but where we arre also in the process of becoming better.

    Title: Why Go to Church: Real People! (The People Are Real!) Text: John 3:1-3 Thesis: Church is a place where we may be imperfect but where we are also in the process of becoming better. Introduction The word “hypocrisy” comes from the Greek word “hypokrisis” which means ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why You Can Trust God

    Contributed by John Dobbs on May 21, 2020
     | 12,478 views

    One of the things we have learned in this experience with COVID-19 is that we have to learn to trust God.

    WHY YOU CAN TRUST GOD Introduction One of the things we have learned in this experience with COVID-19 is that we have to learn to trust God. There are too many unknowable things about the virus. It leaves so many questions unanswered. Why some get ill, some do not. Why some recover, and some do ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why So Long, Lord?

    Contributed by William Mouser on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,985 views

    In the Advent message from 2 Peter 3, the Apostle Peter tells us why the Lord has tarried for so long in returning from heaven: in order that we may come to repentence and not perish.

    Psalm 85, Isaiah 40:1-11, 2 Peter 3:8-15a,18, Mark 1:1-8 Why So Long, O Lord? In the Psalms appointed for the Sunday of Advent this year, there is theme that runs through them all, a note of sadness, mourning, and more than either of these, a plaintive note of anxiety concerning whether or not ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican