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Where Is God When I Hurt? Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

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1 Peter is a book about suffering. It’s about how to live in a hostile culture for faith.

A pastor is cutting his front lawn. He looks up from mowing to see a dump truck back out of his neighbor’s driveway. Yet, the large truck backed over his neighbor’s eighteen month old son. The little boy had been squatting behind the truck’s huge tire. The pastor joined the boy’s hysterical mother ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

"My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?" Series

Contributed by Kevin Cummins on May 14, 2003

based on 74 ratings

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Christ went through a period of agony on the cross as He was separated from His Father. This sermon looks at the reason he was separated from His Father.

Today we come to the fourth week of our series on the Seven Statements from the Cross. Last week we saw Jesus entrust his mother to John, John would become her son, and her, his mother. We saw through their total obedience what kinds of sacrifice obedience can require of a family, spiritual and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:45-46

Denomination: Church Of God

Are You Ready?

Contributed by Rev. Michael A. Albert on Jul 15, 2007

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Sermon asks if you are ready to meet the Lord.

ARE YOU READY THE WARNING!...JESUS IS COMING BACK! THE QUESTION:…ARE YOU READY? TEXT: Matthew 24: 1, 2, 3, 36-44 V1. Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings, to Him. V2. And he said to them, “Do you not see all these ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:1-36

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Keep Me From Disobeying You Series

Contributed by Brian Chandler on Jul 21, 2011

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Asking God to teach us not to disobey Him

Get Connected: A Daily Pattern for Prayer "God Keep Me from Disobeying You" Week 5 Matthew 6:13 We are two thirds of the way through this series of message called Get Connected: A Daily Pattern for Prayer. God more than anything else wants an intimate relationship with you. He wants all of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Denomination: Baptist

My Will Not Be Done Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 4, 2017

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Father, I ask this in the name of Jesus, and I also ask that if my request does not conform with Thy plan, please tell me “no.”

Thursday of first week in Lent 2017 Joy of the Gospel The first Hitler was a fellow named Haman, a member of a tribe that had almost been wiped out by the Hebrews maybe a thousand years before Haman. Haman hatched a plot to kill all the Jews in Persia, and even got the king to order their ...read more

Scripture: Esther 4:1-17

Denomination: Catholic

Belief That Is Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 25, 2008

based on 6 ratings

| 6,715 views

How can these things be? That was the question Nicodemus asked Jesus in our passage today. Do you ever find yourself asking that question?

A few weeks ago, when we looked at 2:23-25, I titled the sermon, “Belief That Isn’t.” This morning, I’m using the title, “Belief That Is.” Before John introduced us to the person of Nicodemus in chapter 3, he took just a few verses to describe the vast majority of people who were around Jesus at ...read more

Scripture: John 3:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

A Review Of “why I Am Not A Christian” By Bertrand Russell

Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Apr 21, 2015

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A Review Of “Why I Am Not A Christian” By Bertrand Russell

Without a doubt, Bertrand Russell stands as one of the most formidable minds of the modern era. Through his efforts with Alfred North Whitehead in “Principia Mathematica”, Russell further elaborated the relationship between mathematics and deductive logic. Russell's endeavors, however, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 14:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

We Are The Light

Contributed by Steve Gladwell on Aug 27, 2001

based on 41 ratings

| 6,988 views

Asking if we are truly light in our communities.

Reflections on understanding the Church. How do you sum up all the teaching that we have heard in the last seventeen weeks? How do you summarise a book of 14 chapters and 200 pages in one sermon? I could go through each chapter one by one picking out the main points, starting from the first sermon ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

Perseverance In Your Christian Life

Contributed by Joshua Antonio Xavier on Nov 27, 2015

based on 3 ratings

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Perseverance in your CHRISTIAN life focusing on Nehemiah. How to handle troubles!!

What do you understand from the word perseverance?? Perseverance is doing something in spite of facing difficulties or troubles or delay! Another word for perseverance might be Determination! * What are some of the thing's that we persevere in?? Exam's, Studies, Sports, Carrier, Spirituality, ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah 2:7-9, Nehemiah 4:8, Nehemiah 4:16-18, 1 Peter 5:8, Nehemiah 6:15, Nehemiah 2:17-18 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Narnia: Why Do I Keep Tripping Over The Same Thing? Series

Contributed by John Smithson on Nov 25, 2005

based on 5 ratings

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The inticing and deceptive power of Turkish Delight. How the consequences of our choices build strongholds in our lives.

Why Do I Keep Tripping Over The Same Thing? Part 1 Admitting the Stronghold (if you e-mail me a request, I will send you the power point for this sermon) Why Do I Keep Tripping Over The Same Thing? Part 1 Admitting the Stronghold The Story of Samson A. Beginning in Judges chapter 13, we begin to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Denomination: Church Of God

Divine Health - I

Contributed by Victor Nazareth on Jun 16, 2002

based on 61 ratings

| 7,881 views

We will look at the subject of divine healing and divine health. We will do this by asking: Is divine healing for us? Then why do we get sick? If it is God’s will for us to be healed then how do we get healing and walk in divine health?

Introduction: Let us look today to the subject of divine healing and divine health. We will do this by asking: Is divine healing for us? Then why do we get sick? If it is God’s will for us to be healed then how do we get healing and walk in divine health? I Is Divine Healing for us? i) ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 15:22-27

Denomination: Charismatic

Call To Commitment Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 30, 2007

based on 89 ratings

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Why would God ask the Israelites to make a verbal commitment to Him? Hadn’t they already shown their intention by following Moses out of slavery and to the foot of this mountain? Consider the power of "vows" and how God uses them in every aspect of our li

OPEN: One of our country’s most beloved Presidents was Abraham Lincoln. He had the great misfortune of being at the helm of our nation during one of it’s most troubled times. The once united States had split in two, and the armies of the North and South were waging an incessant war that claimed the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 19:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Advent Week 4 - 2012 Series

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jan 2, 2013

based on 4 ratings

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How does Christmas fit in with the tragedy of Newtown, Ct. Many are asking, "Where was God when all of this was going down? If God really came as Jesus why didn't He save these innocent people?" This is my feeble attempt at answering these questions ...

Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent The whole reason for the Advent was to initiate the new covenant and to save the lost. Mary’s Song - Luke 1:46-55 “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for He has been mindful of the humble state of His ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:46-55

Denomination: Nazarene

Witnessing To The Seeker Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 14, 2012

based on 68 ratings

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If someone came to you and asked you about your faith in Jesus, what would you tell them? Would you just invite them to church, or would you be able to tell them why you believe what you believe?

OPEN: Someone once said: “I’m just a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about Somebody, who can save anybody” (REPEAT) This morning’s text is a story about the first Gentiles who became Christians. Up until this time the entire Church was made up of Jews who’d accepted Jesus. There were NO ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:1-48

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Incognito Jesus

Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 27, 2012

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Frequently Jesus asked people He healed or those who received revelations about Him to keep it quiet and not tell what they knew. At other times His very appearance was altered to disguise His identity. Why did He choose to be incognito?

THE INCOGNITO CHRIST John 12:20-21 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: WHEN FULL OF BALOGNE 1. A fly was buzzing along one morning when he saw a lawn mower someone had left out in their front yard. He flew over and sat on the handle, watching the children going down the sidewalk on their way to school. 2. ...read more

Scripture: John 12:20-21

Denomination: Assembly Of God

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