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  • Davon Huss avatar

    Why The Church? Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 7, 2014
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     | 4,821 views

    A sermon that begins a series on the community of the church (Material adapted from introduction of Daniel Overdorf's book, Rediscovering Community, from College Press)

    HoHum: It’s popular today to meet with friends at a coffee shop and call it “church.” In some cases it is but most of the time it isn’t. It’s difficult to stand in defense of the church when there are so many examples of dysfunctional churches around us. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Trust Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2014
     | 7,003 views

    Trust can be a huge challenge for us, especially when it comes to God. What does it really mean to trust God?

    Why Trust? Matthew 6:25-34
 A man was out jogging one day and slipped and fell off a cliff. Grabbing hold of a branch on the way down, he found himself stranded and began to scream, “Help, is there anyone up there who can hear me?” He yelled for hours and was about to give up when ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Why Pray Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2014
     | 6,829 views

    Prayer is meant to be at the heart of a relationship to Jesus. Jesus assumes you are already praying. He doesn’t say IF you pray but WHEN you pray any relationship is built and strengthened through communication and with God, that’s prayer

    Why Pray? Matthew 6:1-13 Prayer is meant to be at the heart of a relationship to Jesus. In our Scripture today, Jesus assumes you are already praying. He doesn’t say IF you pray but WHEN you pray. Last week, we learned that Jesus is directing the Sermon on the Mount to hypocrites. The Greek ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Why Deny? Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2014
     | 5,665 views

    We have been inundated with the message of self-indulgence, so why should we deny ourselves?

    Why Deny? Matthew 6:16-18 The Sermon on the Mount is a guide for how to live as followers of Jesus. Specifically, Jesus is teaching us that we have to lose some things in our religion so we can get back to a relationship with God. Religion focuses on religious practices, rules, observances, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Why Care? Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,622 views

    How can we avoid being a hypocrite and instead be a faithful witness?

    Why Care? Matthew 6:1-4 The Sermon on the Mount is the longest recorded teaching of Jesus in the NT, the most widely quoted and the best known, which includes the Lord’s Prayer. Many Christians say the Sermon on the Mount contains the central tenets of the Christian life. In this Sermon, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Why The Church Series

    Contributed by John Sears on Jun 12, 2014
    based on 8 ratings
     | 23,090 views

    In our culture where the influence of the church is diminishing, why should we BE the church? The answer is found in the identity of Jesus and the promises he makes about the Kingdom he is establishing (the church).

    Why the Church I want to share some staggering statistics about church. Since the year 2000, more than 4000 churches in America have closed the doors to their buildings each year. That's more than 40,000 churches. At the turn of the 1900’s there were 27 churches to every 10,000 people. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Why Worship?

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Mar 10, 2014
     | 3,887 views

    I worship God because He has the authority to forgive my sins and He shows me how much He loves me. Why do you worship?

    How many times do we allow stuff to get in our way of loving others? Think about it. How many people have you loved that you don't talk to now? Are there family members you hate to be around? Do you struggle to love some folks? You see, we allow stuff to get in the way of our love. Fights, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Baptize? Series

    Contributed by David Holwick on Mar 20, 2014
     | 5,494 views

    The proper attitude toward baptism.

    Rev. David Holwick First Baptist Church Ledgewood, New Jersey November 10, 2002 WHY BAPTIZE? 1 Corinthians 1:11-17 ________________________________________ My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed for me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this. One of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Worry?

    Contributed by Eric Carroll on Apr 3, 2014
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     | 6,877 views

    Why should we seek God, His Kingdom, His righteousness, and His provision? We seek God through His Word, Prayer, Fellowship, and Worship. We seek God first, for He being our Father, is our ever-present loving provider who knows all your needs.

    You know, people fall in love, have children, celebrate birthdays, take trips and sit on the porch on summer evenings, while listening to crickets. But inevitably, and to everyone, problems do come. Relationships flounder, jobs are lost, money gets tight, kids rebel, and through it all, even in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why Church?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jul 21, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 13,478 views

    For many church has become irrelevant and insignificant. The church is anything but that. Why church? The question needs to be answered.

    Why Church? Psalm 122:1 We are living in a time of change. With busy schedules filled with activities demanding our time and the ever expanding array of social media many feel that church has become irrelevant and insignificant. The comment is often heard, “I can be just as good a Christian ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Shepherds?

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Dec 12, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,476 views

    Of all the people God could have sent an angel to proclaim the birth of Jesus, WHY did he chose the lowly shepherds?

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • When we start to dig into the event of Jesus’ birth there are a lot of interesting issues that are recorded in the birth story. • The circumstance of His birth was unusual. . Usually a King would come with great pomp and circumstance but this was ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Forgive? Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Jan 8, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,444 views

    We are more than willing to receive the forgiveness of others. It is a little harder to be the one who forgives, especially when we have been hurt. Philemon and focus on the question, "Why should we forgive?"

    You Can Listen To The Full Message Here:- http://www.nec.org.au/index.php/listen-to-a-sermon-series/a-call-to-forgiveness/ Message “Why Forgive?” If you were asked, “What does forgiveness look like?” how would you answer? Let me show you my answer. Read Luke 15:11-24 This parable talks about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Ashes Series

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Apr 8, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 20,953 views

    Ash Wednesday Sermon teaching about why we use ashes on ash wednesday.

    Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." 4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Why Me?

    Contributed by Jose R. Hernandez on Apr 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,378 views

    Do not allow the enemy to trap you in the “why me?” Just remember who you are.

    If you remember, last week I mentioned that on occasions the believers tend to fall in the enemy’s trap; on occasions, the believer tends to fall in the trap of self pity, which in almost all instances causes them to deviate from God’s path. This was certainly the case with the prophet ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Why Belong Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Apr 9, 2011
     | 5,627 views

    Those who believe are taught the value of church membership.

    “Those who accepted [Peter’s] message were baptised, and that day about three thousand people were added… And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.” , Charles Spurgeon told of his intense desire to be a member of a local church during one particular sermon. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist