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  • Rick Duncan avatar

    I Just "Gotta” Wear Shades! Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Jun 24, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,217 views

    God desires for you to have a future and a hope!

    Life gives us plenty of reasons for despair, doesn’t it? When disappointment comes, I sometimes think about a quote: “It doesn’t matter how far you fall, but how high you bounce.” Once, I shared the first part with someone hoping they would finish the last part and end up being encouraged. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When You Need A Little Shade Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 10, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,151 views

    God provides for His people what we need when we need it.

    • Do you ever need a little shade in this life? John Maxwell tells a story that illustrates the importance of a positive attitude. A newly married woman insisted on going to the California desert so she could be near her military husband. The only place the couple could find to live was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "pushing Up The Shades"

    Contributed by Kenneth Sauer on Aug 23, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,188 views

    A sermon about being aware of those on the margins.

    Luke 14:1, 7-14 “Pushing up the Shades” Retired author and pastor Tony Campolo tells of an experience he had at dinner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, some years ago. He was checking on mission programs that his organization carried out day in and day out in Haiti. He wanted to see how the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Gray Hairs - A Message For A New Year

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Dec 28, 2005
    based on 174 ratings
     | 21,351 views

    Hosea pointed out 6 ’Gray Hairs’ that we should take care of in order to "Find the Fix in 2006". Link included to formatted text version, handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

    Gray Hairs ‘Finding the Fix in 2006’ Hosea 7:1-16 Hosea is one of the minor prophets…this doesn’t mean he was under 18 or unimportant but only that his prophecy is shorter in length than Isaiah’s or Jeremiah’s, etc. The Pastor was preaching a series on the prophets and one of the members asked ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Coat Of Many Colors - #10 Gray Series

    Contributed by Ronnie Thrower on Oct 9, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,465 views

    This is study about the different color’s that could have been used in Joseph’s coat. Hopefully through this study, we can get a better understanding of the message Jacob (Israel) was imparting to Joseph.

    This was a series of messages on the coat of many colors – Power point is available through E-Mail retssi@bellsouth.net Several Illustrations, points, and the main idea for this series of sermons dealing with the coat of many colors was from James May’s sermon, “A Coat Of Many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let God's Peace Rule Your Heart Series

    Contributed by Chris Zeller on Mar 8, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,068 views

    Peace is contigent upon a believers submission to God and willingness to allow God’s peace to rule ones heart.

    Let God’s peace rule in your heart 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Communion Amid Disagreement Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 24, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,983 views

    "This principle, drawn from the Gospel, reminds us that Christ has made all things one in himself: heaven and earth, God and man, time and eternity, flesh and spirit, person and society. "

    Thursday after Ash Wednesday 2017 Joy of the Gospel On this first full day of Lent after Ash Wednesday, the Lord sets before us a clear choice: Shall we choose life and goodness, or death and evil. There are no nuances here, no shades of gray. We either opt and live for God’s will, or we are His ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Experiencing His Passionate Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 12, 2004
    based on 67 ratings
     | 6,532 views

    Do I REALLY need Jesus’ sacrifice? Why can’t I just go to God as I am?

    OPEN: In a speech Mark Twain gave before the Society of American Authors in 1900, he said: “I am constructed like everybody else and enjoy a compliment as well as any other fool, but I do… have… another side. I have a WICKED side. Estimable friends who know all about it would tell you and take a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Practice What You Preach

    Contributed by Michael Bolin on Jul 4, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,175 views

    understanding that you have an impact!!

    1st Corinthians 9:1-2 Today Paul is building on the same principles we talked about last week. All of these are in the gray areas in Christian living. We do find Christians divided on issues of freedom like… Drinking alcoholic beverages; Smoking or chewing tobacco; Card playing; Wearing ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    What About What The Bible Doesn't Say

    Contributed by Michael Bolin on Jun 7, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,459 views

    what we eat is irrelevant-- but how our actions affect others in the body is not irrelevant.

    In our scriptures this morning, Paul moves now to a heated Corinthian dispute over an issue of doctrine. Should Christians eat meat from animals that have been offered first to pagan deities, and can they take part in a dinner party the host dedicates to a god or goddess? Doesn’t it seem peculiar, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    All Truth?

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Oct 31, 2013
     | 3,070 views

    Do you really want God's truth? All of it, including the inconvenient truth?

    John 16:12-15 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Right Focus Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 9, 2015
     | 5,420 views

    Old and new ideas constantly circulate and are repackaged; they can distract us from the truth; we must be on-guard or they will slither into our hearts and minds.

    The Right Focus (I Timothy 4:1-13) 1. Not all problems are difficult to solve.. Morris went to a psychiatrist. "Doc," he said, "I've got real trouble. Every time I get into bed, I get his weird feeling that there's somebody under it. I look under the bed, to check it out, but then I think there's ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Why Does It Have To Be Wrong Or Right?

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 17, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,749 views

    There are no nonessential doctrines or gray areas to God.

    In 1986, one of the songs high on the charts was entitled, Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong or Right) by Restless Heart. The question came up in the song because a couple was deciding whether or not to have an affair and wondered why it had to be black or white or why you had to hurt one to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Turn Or Burn Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 25, 2002
    based on 69 ratings
     | 14,433 views

    The significance of repentance is particularly important when we consider how we usually handle our weaknesses

    OPEN: “Johnnie,” asked the kindergarten teacher, “is the world round?” “No, ma’am,” was the reply. “It isn’t!” Exclaimed the teacher. “Then I suppose it’s flat?” “No, ma’am.” “Well,” said the teacher with a smile, “if the world isn’t round and it isn’t flat, then what is it?” “My dad says it’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Shady Character Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 10, 2013
     | 5,854 views

    In our desert journey we need shade from time to time. The Broom Tree is an interesting symbol for the shade of God in the difficult journey.

    1. Making the most of a difficult situation Maxwell tells a story that illustrates the importance of a positive attitude. A newly married woman insisted on going to the California desert so she could be near her military husband. The only place the couple could find to live was a rundown shack near ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ