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  • James May avatar

    Funeral Message For Gayle Pearson

    Contributed by James May on Sep 19, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
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    Funeral message and graveside statements for a 54 year old man who had a heart attack.

    Funeral Message for Gayle Pearson September 19, 2006 We are here to honor the life of Lawrence Gayle Pearson. As I have listened to the eulogy and the letter written by his children, and I have spoken with some of the family members, I have come to know that Gayle was not always what he appeared ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Vanished Into Thin Air Series

    Contributed by Amy Bickel on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,662 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

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    The Return Of Christ

    Contributed by Kemuel Travis on Feb 5, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
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    To show that Christ is returning soon and we must make sure we are personally ready to meet Him as well as our friends and family.

    Every year on Thanksgiving morning in New York City there is a tradition that thrills young and old alike. Early in the morning, warm or cold, rain or shine, thousands line the city streets trying to get the best spots. They wait for hours, which seem like an eternity to many. ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Return Of Jesus

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Mar 23, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
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    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

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    Millions Missing

    Contributed by Glenn Branham on May 9, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,577 views

    Jesus’ return will result in millions of believers "missing" which will create in world tumult.

    "Millions Missing" 1 Th. 4:17 (and others) Intro: We live in an age when people are getting caught up into so many different things - drugs... cults... crimes... etc. Those are negative things, but what I really want to talk about is something that we look forward to being caught up in - the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    In Christ At His Coming

    Contributed by Glenn Branham on May 11, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,256 views

    There is great benefit in every way to be in Christ at the time of His appearing.

    "In Christ at His Coming" 1 Thes. 4:13-18 Intro: There is great benefit in every way to be in Christ at the time of His appearing. Notice that Paul uses those words, "in Christ" in this passage. He refers to Christians who have died before the rapture as those who are asleep in Christ... And ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • 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
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    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

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    Comfort One Another

    Contributed by Raymond Shockley on Oct 17, 2006
     | 6,866 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

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    Memorial Service

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 30, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 38,881 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

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    Our Grief Is Not Without Hope!

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Nov 1, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,593 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

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    The Blessed Hope (Funeral Message)

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jul 3, 2007
    based on 45 ratings
     | 82,304 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

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    With A Shout Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,575 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

  • Mark Perryman avatar

    The Rapture

    Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 11, 2006
    based on 32 ratings
     | 20,619 views

    There has been so much written about the Lord’s return, when it’s going to happen, all that’s going to surround it.

    INTRO: Chuck Swindoll writes: In the early 50s, I was an apprentice in a machine shop. My father felt it would be wise for me not only to get book learning but also to get a practical taste of life. On one occasion I was working in the machine shop with the tracer lathe. It was an intricate piece ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Victor Yap avatar

    The Blessed Hope: The Rapture Of The Church Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,437 views

    Paul, Pt. 25

    THE BLESSED HOPE (1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-18) (When I told my wife I am speaking on the rapture of the church, she replied negatively, “Sure death!”) In the 90s, a cult from Taiwan relocated to San Dimas, California, and registered itself as God’s Salvation Church. In 1997, the Chen Tao cult, also ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Real Hope Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 30, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,956 views

    We have REAL hope in Jesus!

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Death is a time we do not like to face. • We have many people here today that have lost loved ones to death. When death comes, it seems like our hopes and dreams for the future are crushed. Some have lost loved ones at an early age, some after many, many years ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ