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  • Bobby Stults avatar

    What Is Love? Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Aug 22, 2012
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    What is love? Our society tells us so many deceptive things about love, but what does God’s word say about it...

    TEACHING BRIEF Date Written: August 22, 2012 Date Taught: August 22, 2012 Church: OPBC (Wed Night) FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS Series Title: A Study of 1 Cor 13 [LOVE] Sermon Title: What is Love - Introduction Text: 1 Cor 13 NIV (read ALL passage here) Introduction: What is love? What does it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Signs Of The End Of The Age (2020) Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 8, 2020
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    Signs of the end of the age - Luke chapter 21 verses 5-38 – sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request

    SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Jesus gave some warnings: (A). There will be false messiahs (vs 8). (B). There will be wars (vs 9-10). (C). There will be natural disasters (vs 10-11). (D). There will be persecution (vs 12-18). (E). There will be the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple (vs 20-24). (2). ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Second Coming Of Christ - Part 3: More Exploration Of The End Times Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 4, 2023
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    When it comes to the end times we see: 1. The problem of the Temple (vs. 14-15). 2. The pride of the Antichrist (vs. 15-16). 3. The pressure of the tribulation (vs. 16-21). 4. The panic of the ungodly (vs. 29-31). 5. The promise of the Lord's salvation (vs. 22, 27-28, 13-14).

    The Second Coming of Christ Part 3 - More Exploration of the End Times The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 24:13-31 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared March 4, 2023) MESSAGE: *Learning about the second coming of Christ takes us from the Old Testament to the New. We go from prophecies written hundreds of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Staying The Course Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Jan 7, 2022
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    We might presently feel like we’ve been fighting for our Promised Land a long time. Fighting will wear us out and lead to discouragement. Battle is not a pretty sight, and as we tire of spiritual confrontation, we might be tempted to give up.

    Last week we saw how becoming tired of incessant battle can lead to becoming impatient and attempting to rush what God is wanting to do in His way and His timing. It can also lead a person to feeling defeated and abandoning the fight. David boldly declared in Psalm 119, “I will run the course of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    God Uses Who You Are

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Jan 28, 2022
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    We need to get rid of the ill-fitting fashion, or armor, that we’ve tried to squeeze into that’s strangling the life out of us. We need to be who we are in Christ, and utilize our own special equipping. This is what David decided was best.

    Have you ever felt as though you don’t quite know where God wants to use you, and you often feel awkward where you’re presently serving? Perhaps it’s because you’ve been pushed into an area of service that doesn’t suit how the Lord has made you and equipped you, and who you really are inside. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ask And You Shall Receive Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Jan 5, 2024
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    Jesus tells us how to pray in a way that leads to receiving an answer. We will learn that when we pray according to God’s will, that He hears and answers; but it might not be what we expect. However, it will be exactly what we need.

    This morning, we are going to look at what Jesus has to say about how to pray in a way that leads to receiving an answer. In his song “Good, Good Father,” Chris Tomlin says, “I’ve seen many searching for answers far and wide, but I know we’re all searching for answers only You provide. ‘Cause You ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mom Said: Off With His Head!

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 7, 2024
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    Ladies, moms, grandmas, aunts, sisters… How do you use your influence for the Lord?

    MOM SAID: “OFF WITH HIS HEAD!” MATTHEW 14:1-12 #MothersDay VIDEO INTRODUCTION… https://youtu.be/P3YmUx1rM8M [45secs] INTRODUCTION… theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/apr/04/off-with-their-heads-the-10-greatest-quotes-from-alice-in-wonderland [adapted] Lewis Carroll’s children’s classic, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    As Sheep Among Wolves

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 27, 2025
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    Jesus gives His followers advice on how to respond, and even reply, in the face of persecution. He also assures them that they will be guided and empowered by the Holy Spirit to accomplish their mission.

    I have entitled our message today, “As Sheep Among Wolves.” The title is based on the very first verse of our passage, where Jesus told His followers, “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves” (v. 16). Now, I am going to go ahead and start with an exposition. The word sheep ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Scandalon

    Contributed by Andy Barnard on Feb 12, 2006
    based on 12 ratings
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    How should Christians respond to the controversy surrounding the publication of cartoons of Muhammed?

    How should we, as Christians, respond to the controversy surrounding the publication of cartoons of Muhammed? “The cartoons were first published by Jyllands-Posten in late September 2005; approximately two weeks later, nearly 3,500 people demonstrated peacefully in Copenhagen. In November, several ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Pilate's Dilemma

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 11, 2006
    based on 26 ratings
     | 9,469 views

    What was Pilate to do with the Christ? That really was his dilemma. What was he to do with this man? In the end, Pilate made his decision to condemn an innocent man to death and allow the crowds and the chief priests to have their ways.

    PILATE’S DILEMMA MARK 15:1-15 INTRODUCTION... READ MARK 15:1-15 I. THE PRIESTS (verses 1-11) We find that in the dilemma of Pilate he had the chief priests and elders and the teachers of the law pulling at him in certain directions. Pilate correctly percieved that these religious leaders handed ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Deborah 2 Series

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 6, 2014
     | 6,948 views

    The topic of Deborah’s leadership very obviously leads us to reflect on the topic of women and the roles they are allowed or not allowed to play in God’s kingdom.

    Dakota Community Church October 5, 2014 Deborah 2 The topic of Deborah’s leadership very obviously leads us to reflect on the topic of women and the roles they are allowed or not allowed to play in God’s kingdom. Here I will attempt to present the two most common doctrinal view ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • John Phillip R. Pesebre avatar

    The Nativity: Light Over Darkness Series

    Contributed by John Phillip R. Pesebre on Dec 3, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,238 views

    The birth of Jesus of Nazareth is the good news that the promised Messiah has arrived.

    Introduction Our gospel writer Luke is a very educated man. He was not just an ordinary doctor, "At the top was the equivalent of a surgeon general of the empire. He was by law a noble, a dux (duke) or a vicarius (vicar) of the emperor. He held the title of comes archiatorum, “count of the chief ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Special Births Connected To Christmas: Samson, Samuel, And John: The Naziri Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 20, 2012
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     | 11,586 views

    There are only three men in Scripture who were under a Nazirite Vow from birth: Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist. They show us a pattern that is fulfilled in the birth and ministry of Jesus. Though they were in the limelight, they really prepared the

    Special Births Connected to Christmas: Samson, Samuel, and John: the Nazirites Judges 13:3-5, I Samuel 1:11, Luke 1:13-17 1. My favorite Christmas joke: he wanted a new car for Christmas, she wanted a fur coat. They compromised: they bought the coat, but kept it in the garage. 2. One child ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Guilt Free

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jun 15, 2013
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    Grace at work - Those who are in Christ Jesus, now, today, not tomorrow, not next week, not next year, but NOW, there is no condemnation.

    Rom 8:1 Romans 7:24 (AV) 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? May 6, 2013 – Rescued & free - Story of the 3 women 21, 16, 14 at the time - “held captive for 10 years - Inside a run-down padlocked Cleveland house, in Ohio. - Starved & beaten ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Bradford avatar

    Prophecy: A Root Of Hope! Series

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Nov 30, 2010
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     | 9,186 views

    This sermon is about the prophecy about Jesus birth, coming from the root of Jesse, and that he brought hope to the Gentiles! So to we have a root of hope in Jesus in our time!

    (secondary text: Romans 15:9-12) When a member of my congregation, 18 year old Heidi was thrown from a car back in May, and suffered a head injury it was a real miracle that she recovered and was soon in rehab at Crystus Santa Rosa. She was learning to walk again through rehab and therapy and a ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist