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  • David Rumley avatar

    Luggage

    Contributed by David Rumley on Dec 4, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,881 views

    This is a two part series we did on luggage and noise. Getting rid of all the baggage we carry and the noise that is in our lives. Positioning ourselves to hear from God and move forward in life!

    Luggage WE ALL HAVE LUGGAGE… The process Unpack - Let go - Embrace Unpacking our luggage: To unpack you need to identify what’s in the luggage. Each of us have baggage, some of us have heavier luggage than others. Either heavy or light ends of the spectrum they can fit ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Chasing Dead Dogs & Fleas

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 27, 2005
    based on 44 ratings
     | 11,775 views

    So many chase after the unimportant and insignificant things of life. The Bible calls us to prioritize in favor of eternal values.

    Chasing Dead Dogs! ALL TRULY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE IN LIFE HAVE BEEN THOSE WHO PRIORITIZED. Furthermore, they had their priorities in order. A businessman, referring to a friend who was devoting most of his time and energy in pursuit of an insignificant matter, said, “He reminds me of a bulldog ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Not Far, But Not In Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Nov 14, 2002
    based on 76 ratings
     | 7,444 views

    This is the seventh and final installment in a series I did on the Great Commandment from Mark 12. This final message is evangelistic in nature.

    Priority 1 Mark 12:28-34 October 13, 2002 Not Far, But Not In Today we conclude a series begun a few weeks ago which I entitled “Priority 1”. We began by saying that churches manage to busy themselves with a variety of pursuits, some of them quite wholesome and valuable. At the same time, it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Wrestling With Loneliness Series

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Oct 14, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 14,682 views

    Both the pervasiveness and pain of loneliness is well known and documented. But what does the Bible and the Church have to say and do about it? Bottom line: loneliness can only e overcome through intimate relationships with Jesus and other people.

    WRESTLING WITH LONELINESS Part 2 in Series: “Does Anybody Know, Does Anybody Care?” Rev. Todd G. Leupold, Perth Bible Church, Sunday October 5, 2008 AM INTRODUCTION: Paul McCartney famously sings: “All the lonely people, Where do they all come from, All the lonely people, Where do they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    “what Subject Is Important Enough To Be In 45 Of Jeremiah’s 52 Chapters?”

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 16, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,383 views

    This sermon looks at the biggest subject in Jeremiah: idolatry.

    Talking About It Again And Again And Again: The biggest subject in Jeremiah is that God’s people had wandered off after idols. - Jeremiah 2:5, 11, 13. - v. 5, 11 – Following worthless idols. - Back in Israel’s day the idols were usually literal idols. Figures of wood or clay ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fitting In

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 13, 2011
     | 7,452 views

    comedian Lenny Bruce gives our Christian psychology a metaphorical cattle prod shock when he said, “Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.’” I suspect it has a lot to do with fitting in.

    “Fitting In” John 17:11-19 I read the prologue to a story called Girl in the Middle. The girl is Kim Satinsky who is in eighth grade. She says, “You would think that being in a clique is fun but take my word for it: It’s not. They make me wear expensive things when I’m not really rich and tell me ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Integrity?

    Contributed by Anthony Seel on Aug 28, 2011
     | 7,136 views

    A sermon about the life of David and his commitment to walk with God.

    The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 28, 2011 Proper 17 A St. Andrew’s Church The Rev. M. Anthony Seel, Jr. Psalm 26 Integrity? John Jacques Rousseau, the 18th century philosopher, heard the three words that strike fear into the hearts of sexually active single men or ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Until Christ Be Formed In You

    Contributed by Gary Moore on Jan 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,980 views

    How is the life of God formed in the heart of man?

    "My little children, for whom I am again in anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you." God calling to himself those chosen to be his very own is a pervading theme in Scripture. Like variations on a musical theme, it keeps resurfacing throughout the pages of the Bible (Genesis 12; Titus ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Jason Pettibone avatar

    How Do I Know? Series

    Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Apr 1, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,686 views

    Paul is speaking about the meaning of life and the ultimate purposes of human existence

    EPHESIANS # 7 We are working our way through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Want to know the basics of the Christian life? It’s right here in these 6 chapters. We are blessed and beloved by our Father who extends favor to us in Christ. We are enlightened and empowered by the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Beast From The Sea Series

    Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 10, 2014
     | 3,575 views

    Antichrist, The Beast From The Sea

    Back to Revelation Over the past two weeks, we have explored the prophecies from both Daniel 4 concisely and Daniel 7 in detail. The image that Nebuchadnezzar saw in chapter 4 and the dream that Daniel had in chapter 7 revealed five kingdoms: Babylon (head of gold/winged lion). Medo-Persia ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    Do The Do Series

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Sep 30, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,649 views

    We don't need to fill another notebook, with more outlines, of powerful truths, and wonderful insights, we do not suffer from a lack of correct heads, but what we need is to have more of a consumed heart, and more of walking out what we already know.

    Do the Do Today we are back in our series on James, and today probably more than any other message you will see why I chose for our series title, "James seeing things from the right perspective." Today we are going to talk about a subject that Jesus spoke on frequently, and in our text today James ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka avatar

    Self Encouragement In The Lord In The Midst Of Discouraging Circumstances

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Mar 4, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,938 views

    Everyone will have times of crisis which can bring discouragement, we are expected to turn them to God for His intervention.

    Self Encouragement in the Lord in the Midst of Discouraging Circumstances Study Text: 1 Samuel 30: 1-8 Introduction: - Persevering pursuit of God gives us encouragement in the midst of discouraging situations of our own lives. - The Philistine King, Achish, gave David the town of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Perry Greene avatar

    To Boldly Go

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 4, 2013
     | 9,639 views

    God rewards initiative in his honor.

    1. Kemmons Wilson Kemmons Wilson has always been an initiator. He started working when he was seven selling magazines, newspapers and popcorn. In 1930 at the age of seventeen he started working for a Cotton broker in his first salaried job, for $12 a week writing figures on the price board. When a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Reverend Cooper McWhirter avatar

    An Age Of Nonsense: "The Futility Of Labor" [part Three]

    Contributed by Reverend Cooper Mcwhirter on Sep 29, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,839 views

    Passing the baton. Establishing proper motives

    Sermon Preached at Grace Community Church (EPC) Sun City Grand, Surprise, AZ Sunday, August 19, 2001 by the Reverend Cooper McWhirter An Age of Nonsense: “The Futility of Labor” Ecclesiastes 2:18-26 Many competitive sports are designed for the individual athlete [e.g., snow skiing, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    What God Has Made Clean Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 4, 2020
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,054 views

    God told Peter in Acts 10 - "What God has made clean you must not call common." What would that have meant to the Ephesians, and what can it mean to us?

    In Acts 10, we’re told the story of the first Gentiles who became Christians. God sent Peter to do preach to them and baptize them… but because Peter wouldn’t have done that on his own. God gave Him this instruction: “What God has made clean, do not call common." Acts 10:15 About 100 years ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ