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  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Desires.

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jun 30, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,638 views

    A widespread cry is growing in the hearts of believers for a real, tangible encounter with God. They want, like Moses, to see Him face to face...

    Desires. Psalm 42.1-3MSG A widespread cry is growing in the hearts of believers for a real, tangible encounter with God. They want, like Moses, to see Him face to face. They don't want only to read about Him, have head knowledge of Him, talk about Him, and pay homage to Him on Sunday ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Chuck Gohn avatar

    Desire Series

    Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Aug 26, 2022
     | 3,056 views

    This sermon focuses on sinful desires that culture uses to entice people to sin, and how through Christ we have the power and the responsibility to not yield to them.

    If you have your Bibles and you want to follow along, we are going to be looking at 1 Peter 2:11. If you have been here for a while, you know that we have begun our new summer series called “Do Not Conform. Be Transformed.” It is based on a passage in Romans 12:1-2 where it says basically “Do ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Larry Turner avatar

    Step Up To The Plate Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Aug 20, 2015
     | 7,592 views

    Spiritual warfare is confined to within us. Satan is defeated and powerless unless we chose to give him his power back. This sermon looks at 5 ways we can do that.

    Let me begin today with a reminder of what Sun Tzu wrote in his book “The Art of War.” “It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Frank Lay avatar

    Love Not The World Series

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Jul 19, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 34,977 views

    However, there is a love that God hates which John warns us about. It is love for the world. Why are believers not to love the world?

    WARNING AGAINST LOVE FOR THE WORLD 1 John 2:12-17 John reveals something about his audience in verses 12-14. John is writing to "little children” because their sins are forgiven. Note that verses 12 and 13 use two different words. Verse 12 refers to all believers as the word means literally ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Wood avatar

    What In The World Is Worldliness? Series

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 5, 2002
    based on 187 ratings
     | 31,536 views

    6th in First John Series

    WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WORLDLINESS? 1 John 2:15-17 INTRO: Very soon after you become a Christian you discover that the Christian life is not a playground, it is a battleground. You make the discovery that to live the Christian life is not a bed of roses, but that you have enrolled in an intense ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Arch avatar

    Warnings Against Worldliness

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Jun 22, 2024
     | 772 views

    Series in I John

    Title: “A Warning Against Worldliness” Script: I John 2:15-17 Type: Expository Series Where: GNBC 6-23-24 Intro: “A man bought a new hunting dog. Eager to see how he would perform, he took him out to track a bear. No sooner had they gotten into the woods than the dog picked up the trail. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    What In The World Is Worldliness?

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Sep 23, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,487 views

    It is interesting what people can fall in love with!!!

    Illus: For example, I have seen folks actually fall in love with cars, houses, boats, campers, flowers and etc. There is not anything sinful with liking these things, but there is definitely something wrong when a person fall in love with these things. You see love is something special above ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Allure Of Worldly Conformity.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 11, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,219 views

    The Church should never want be "like all the nations."

    THE ALLURE OF WORLDLY CONFORMITY. 1 Samuel 8:4-20, 1 Samuel 11:14-15. Samuel appointed his two sons to be judges in Beersheba in the south of Israel, but ‘his sons walked not in his ways’ and ‘took bribes and perverted judgement (1 Samuel 8:1-3). On account of this, the elders of Israel ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Claude Alexander avatar

    Worldliness The Respectable Sin.

    Contributed by Claude Alexander on Feb 11, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,859 views

    What is worldliness. The consequences of worldliness and compromise in the life of the christian.

    Worldliness the respectable sin. Genesis 19:1-38 Everyone in this world has a philosophy of life, and while there are thousands of variant philosophies, they can be boiled down to just two: the world's and the Christian's. The philosophy of the world is: "My life is my own to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Mark Lawing avatar

    The Affects Of Worldly Affairs

    Contributed by Mark Lawing on Jun 25, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,578 views

    How the worldly affairs affects a Christians life.

    Brief overview of Abraham and Lot’s Life together—the reason that Lot chose the plains of Jordan and the cities-large assets and fighting between the Lot’s employees and Abraham’s employees. Read Genesis 19:1-26 The Affects of Worldly Affairs Introduction: What do I mean ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Hodges avatar

    A Warning Against Worldliness

    Contributed by Chris Hodges on Jul 28, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 5,205 views

    To note the importance of drawing close to God.

    A Warning Against Worldliness Text: James 4.1-10 Thesis: To note the importance of drawing close to God. Introduction: (1) Have you ever been wanted “your way”? (2) We live in a culture where we are taught to “have it your way, right away.” Discussion: I. The Curse of Worldliness: A. Leads ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Clemente avatar

    Lot Was A "Worldly" Believer! Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Dec 22, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,519 views

    Because God is Almighty, Holy, and Loving, He will judge evil but will always show His mercy, but God’s mercy is only as good as one responds to it.

    Remember Adam and Eve? They were created to live forever in paradise! But Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden and they found themselves naked, lost, childbirth became painful, marriage problems began, work became hard, and they lost their immortality. But Adam and Eve were still ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Shun Worldly Wisdom Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Mar 20, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,184 views

    In today's lesson we learn that God's wisdom is superior to the world's wisdom.

    Scripture We continue our study in The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. One of the challenges that Christians face is a clear understanding that God’s wisdom is superior to the world’s wisdom. Let’s learn about this in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    The Lure Of "Spiritual Worldliness" Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 11, 2015
     | 3,491 views

    Although the Christian life brings conflict, we cannot flee from a personal and committed relationship with God which still commits us to serving others.

    Thursday of 2nd Week of Easter 2015 Joy of the Gospel If you have ever wondered why the Season of Easter is the longest one in the liturgical year, consider this: after the Resurrection of our Lord, we are living in an Easter season that will last until the Lord comes again! All our lives are a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Bob Marcaurelle avatar

    Between Weird And Worldly Series

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Sep 17, 2020
     | 4,651 views

    In dealing with the world around us we need to be in the world to witness without letting the world's, ways and values get into us. Maintaining this balance some will see us as weird and some as worldly

    BETWEEN WEIRD AND WORLDLY Bob Marcaurelle meadowbrookbaptist.cc “The Lord says, ‘Come out from among them and be separated from them. Then I will receive you and be a Father to you. You will be my sons and daughters.’” (2 Corinthians 6:17-18) PART 1: In Grammar School I was walking down ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist