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  • Ronnie McNeill avatar

    Why Bless The Lord?

    Contributed by Ronnie Mcneill on Oct 7, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 13,363 views

    This sermon notes why we as Christians should always give thanks unto the Lord and not take His grace and mercy for granted.

    Introduction: In our world of today, we live in a thankless society. The word thank you is something of ancient times. We have thankless jobs, thankless associates and friends, and even thankless relatives. When you are having lunch or just out having a meal in a restaurant, how many people do ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Was Jesus Jewish? Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,110 views

    To really be able to understand and immitate Jesus we have to understand His Jewishness and the Jewish time and culture into which He was born.

    Introduction: A. As you know, most religious groups have identifying characteristics. 1. A kindergarten teacher gave her class a "show and tell" assignment of bringing something to represent their religion. 2. The first boy got in front of the class and said, "My name is Benjamin and I am Jewish ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jerry Cosper avatar

    Jesus Prayed For Future Believers Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 28, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,467 views

    We will see how Jesus prayed for future believers. These are those who would believe in Him from that moment to the end of the world. What He prayed is a precious thing for believers, but it is also an indictment against believers of every generation.

    We are in the third segment of Jesus’ prayer in John 17. He first prayed for Himself, then He prayed for the disciples. Tonight we will see how Jesus prayed for future believers. These are those who would believe in Him from that moment to the end of the world. What He prayed is a precious ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why The Trinity Matters Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 17, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,578 views

    *As Baptists, we believe that God exists as a trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, three persons. *But why does the trinity matter to me?

    Why the Trinity Matters Matthew 3:13-17 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - June 11, 2006 *Does the trinity matter to me? As Baptists, we believe that God exists as a trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, three persons. The Baptist Faith and Message puts it this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Worship? Series

    Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Feb 8, 2016
     | 10,231 views

    Improving in the way we worship God is part of our Christian growth because in heaven, we will be worshiping God for all eternity. In this message, we will learn three things why worship is important and how we can apply these to our lives.

    WHAT IS WORSHIP? SCRIPTURE READING: Judges 1:1-5 "After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?” 2 The Lord answered, “Judah shall go up; I have given the land into their hands.” 4 When Judah ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Bob Marcaurelle avatar

    8. Pillars And Pray-Ers Series

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Nov 19, 2022
     | 1,336 views

    The church's foundation is Jesus, who is the truth. The church is made up of people, who are the pillars that the people of the world see. To show Jesus in our lives, we must have God's power which comes from the right kind of people praying the right kind of prayers.

    PASSING CHRISTIANITY DOWN AN EXPOSITION OF FIRST TIMOTHY Sermon 8 PILLARS AND PRAY-ERS E. The Faith Practiced 1. By Praying, Growing People 2:1-8; 3:14-16 Chapter 2 begins a new section running all the way to the end of the letter. It deals with the people of the faith, God’s children, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hearing God When He Speaks

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 314 ratings
     | 48,629 views

    People tend to listen only to what they want to hear. Why do we do that to God and how can we learn to listen when He speaks?

    People have a tendency to listen only to what they want to listen to… Keith Downing shared a story about his Uncle Dick. Apparently his uncle noticed that every time he ate his favorite food, chitlins, his foot pained him immensely that evening. The family physician confirmed his suspicion of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    17) Reverencing God In Prayer Series

    Contributed by Brandon Max on Jan 17, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,057 views

    In The Lord's Prayer Jesus begins in recognising: Who God Is... Where God is at... and What His name Represents. In other words He acknowledges: 1) The Person; 2) The Place; And 3) The Position of our Lord. Let us now look to His example in Prayer.

    LORD TEACH US HOW TO PRAY Part 2 - Reverence God’s Name. TEXT: Matthew 6:9-13 Ok, so last week we found ourselves here in the Gospel of Matthew, As we continued in our Scriptural search for… “…those things most surely believed among us” And in particular, our focus of late has been all about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Tracy W. Marx avatar

    Why Jesus?

    Contributed by Dr. Tracy W. Marx on May 31, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,927 views

    Why do Christians emphasize the importance and centrality of Jesus? Why is there no compromise?

    INTRODUCTION: It’s been said: Why do you Christians place so much emphasis on Jesus? Why are you so “intolerant”? Why can’t you be more accepting and admit that other religions can also know God? Why can’t you Christians believe that people from other religions can be just as morally good as ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Praise? Series

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jun 9, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,765 views

    Sermon Series on the Book of Ephesians

    Sermon preached by Pastor Larry C. Brincefield on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 Title: Why Praise? Text: Ephesians 1:1-6 Introduction 1. If you remember from our study of Philippians some time ago… Even in the midst of being in prison… Facing a potential death penalty… Paul was able to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    Why Baptism

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Mar 5, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,069 views

    Baptism is a beautiful symbol of God’s grace to us and our commitment to Him

    Why Baptism March 4, 2007 When they were trying to discover if life ever existed on Mars, the first thing they looked for was water. We cannot imagine life existing without water. In his early days, the poet W.H. Auden, wrote – “We must love one another or die” at a later more cynical ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Gary Stebbins avatar

    Christmas! Why?

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Dec 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,803 views

    This sermon discusses the purpose of Christmas ans was taken from the book, "The Purpose of Christmas" by Rick Warren.

    Illustration There was a woman out with two young children Christmas shopping. Her children wanted everything they saw on the shelves for Christmas. She was shopping for hours. Finally at the end of the day as she pushed her way into a crowed elevator, as the doors closed, she exclaimed, “Whoever ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Jesus: Why?!

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Mar 18, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,392 views

    A 3 week look at who Jesus is and why He deserves our worship!

    JESUS: WHY?! March 19, 2016 Colossians 1:15-20 Have you ever asked yourself this question . . . . If I had the chance to tell someone about Jesus — someone who had never heard about Jesus and who didn't know anything about Jesus — what would I tell them? What would I want them to know about this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    Why The Cross Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 20, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,719 views

    Only God can stand against the evil that humans beings have brought into his world. he's done this by sending Jesus to become one of us, taking our place, becoming our substitute in facing God's anger and allowing humanity to be remade in God's image.

    Why the Cross A Sermon series based on the book of the same name by Dr Leon Morris I trust no-one here would doubt that the cross is central to the Christian faith. Without the cross Christianity becomes just another religion, emptied of its power. The cross is central to our life together; central ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Gerry Pratt avatar

    Why God?

    Contributed by Gerry Pratt on Apr 17, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,869 views

    Answers to why things happen.

    The best laid plans of mice and men oft time go awry and leave us nothing but grief and pain for promised joy. Robert Burns We have all experienced plans that have gone wrong and the grief and pain that resulted from this. A. Sometimes things went wrong and we really didn’t even have any ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ