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  • Mike Salman avatar

    Rapture When?

    Contributed by Mike Salman on Sep 20, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,570 views

    This sermon describes the Rapture and when it is to take effect.

    WHAT IS THE RAPTURE? The word comes from 1 Thessolonians 4:17 from the word Caught Up: 1Thessolonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. The Word Caught Up Is - ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Richard Tow avatar

    Looking Forward To That Day Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2005
    based on 67 ratings
     | 38,122 views

    Expository sermon exploring the second coming of Christ and how the anticipation of that event should affect our lives now. Clip from movie "Titanic" illustrates urgency of Evangelism.

    Looking Forward to That Day I Thessalonians 4:13-18[1] 11-07-04 What are you looking forward to in life? What goals have you set and how are those goals affecting the way you life? Isn’t it amazing how our hopes and dreams determine the choices we make in life—determine the sacrifices we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    Final Instructions - How To Be A Gospel Church Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Nov 2, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,592 views

    How to be a gospel church; how to live lives that are appropriate for people who are waiting for Christ to return to take us to be with him forever.

    We’re going to be thinking today about how to be a gospel church; how to live lives that are appropriate for people who are waiting for Christ to return to take us to be with him forever. Last week you were reminded that even if we don’t know exactly when Jesus will return, he is coming and that ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    "What Happens When I Die?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 5, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,012 views

    A sermon for All Saints Sunday.

    “What Happens When I Die?” 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Revelation 7:9-17 By: Rev. Kenneth E. Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org What happens when I die? Certainly this question has been plaguing human kind since the Fall. Living in broken ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Norman Lawrence avatar

    The Blessed Hope (Funeral Message)

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jul 3, 2007
    based on 45 ratings
     | 82,131 views

    Message on the Hope we have as Christians. (Funeral Message)

    Message: "The Blessed Hope" 1 Thess. 4:13-18 The late Evangelist D.L. Moody once made this statement: "One day you will hear that D.L. Moody is dead, but don’t you believe a word of it. For on that day I will be more alive than I ever have been." As we gather today to pay our final respects ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Charles Salmon avatar

    The Return Of Jesus

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Mar 23, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,644 views

    Jesus will return, He will raise His people from the dead, and we need to live such lives as will prepare us for His arrival.

    The Return of Jesus I Thess. 4:13-18 INTRO.: Before Jesus ascended to Heaven, He promised to return. After He left, the promise was repeated. Acts 1:1-11. Later, there arose confusion about this basic gospel teaching. There were those who feared it would never happen. Others believed He would ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Doug Warren avatar

    Descriptions Of The Rapture Series

    Contributed by Doug Warren on Aug 19, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,545 views

    Deals with the Suddenness, the Sounds, the Scenes and the Security related to the event known as rapture

    Recently CNN had their religion editor defining and describing for the general public what some "extreme" (their words) groups were calling the "end of the world as we know it." I thought it amazing that although slanted, there were scriptures and definitions of end time happenings showed over ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Wood avatar

    The Comfort Of His Coming Series

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Apr 6, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,296 views

    6th is series on 1 Thessalonians (6 of 8).

    THE COMFORT OF HIS COMING 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 INTRO: The pagan world in Paul’s day had no hope of life after death. The believers in Thessalonica were concerned about their loved ones who had died. What if the Lord should return? Would their deceased loved ones miss out? Will those who are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    With A Shout Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,555 views

    4th in the series "Left Behind: 1 & 2 Thessalonians."

    1 Thes 4:13-18 Illustration: Thanks for the Memos from NPR’s show “What do You Know.” Usually these memos contain quite a bit of confusion (http://www.notmuch.com/Features/Memos for examples) The occaision of Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians is a bit of confusion about the Lord’s return—they ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Vanished Into Thin Air Series

    Contributed by Amy Bickel on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,643 views

    First study in a series on Bible Prophecy and the End Times. Deals with the Rapture of the Church.

    ILL. While on a South Pole expedition, British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton left a few men on Elephant Island, promising that he would return for them. Later, when he tried to go back, huge icebergs blocked the way. But suddenly, as if by a miracle, an avenue opened in the ice and Shackleton ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Clint Shrum avatar

    Biblical Proof The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation

    Contributed by Clint Shrum on Dec 31, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 10,082 views

    5 reasons why the church does not have to go through the tribulation period

    BIBLICAL PROOF THE CHURCH WILL NOT GO THROUGH THE TRIBULATION I Thessalonians 4: 16-18 INTRO: There are a number of different opinions on the fact of whether or not the church will or will not go through the tribulation. One view is the Pre-tribulation view in which the church is raptured out of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Raymond Shockley avatar

    Comfort One Another

    Contributed by Raymond Shockley on Oct 17, 2006
     | 6,846 views

    With the approach of the Coming Tribulation, there is Comfort for us in Spirit and the Promises of Jesus.

    TEXT - 1 Th 4:13KJV But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. {14} For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. {15} For this we say ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Memorial Service

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 30, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 38,709 views

    Memorial Service, Ed became a Christian a short time before his death, Cremation urn was there in the service. He wasn’t buried or scattered so I added the commital into the service.

    Rom. 14:7-8 For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. We are gathered here today to celebrate the life, the love, the kind ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bobby Stults avatar

    Our Grief Is Not Without Hope!

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Nov 1, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,542 views

    A Funeral Sermon for a Christian (Sudden Death)

    This sermon is NOT an original, as I have borrowed from an outline I discovered in my studies...This was an actual funeral sermon but I have removed the name... Date Written: November 1, 2006 Date Preached: November 2, 2006 Sermon Details: Sermon Series: Funeral Service for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Naveen Balakrishnan avatar

    The Rapture Of The Church

    Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 30, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,759 views

    This passage describes to us the order of things when the rapture of Christ takes place.

    “THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH” 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1. The CONFUSION of the Thessalonians. (v. 13) Romans 1:13; 1 Corinthians 10:1; 12:1; 2 Peter 3:18; Luke 8:52-53; John 11:11-13; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; 2 Peter 3:4; Job 19:25-27; Proverbs 14:32; Ephesians 2:12 2. The CONVICTION of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist