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  • Scott Bradford avatar

    Pushing Past The Pain

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jan 14, 2007
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     | 27,169 views

    This sermon deals with pushing past the pain caused by tragic events, such as the death of a loved one.

    Opening story: A little boy was seen digging in his yard by a neighbor. The neighbor approached and inquired what the young man was doing. “I’m burying my goldfish and having a funeral for it”. ‘O, I’m sorry,’ said the neighbor who continued: “That’s an awfully big hole for a goldfish, isn’t it?’ ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound!

    Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,547 views

    People often request that this song be sung at their memorial service. This song "Amazing Grace" means something to Christians, it is precious to their hearts. To most Christians will contest that it is what Christianity all about.

    Introduction Cheryl Lynn Robertson of Joplin, Missouri left this world Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at National Health Care, Joplin, Missouri, after following a long illness. She was 57 years old. Cheryl was born Cheryl Lynn Woods to the parents Samuel Leon and Lois Anette (Mason) Woods, August ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Funeral For A Godly,faithfull Women

    Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Jan 22, 2007
    based on 52 ratings
     | 166,805 views

    She always had a smile and a warm greeting for everyone she met.

    THE FUNERAL OF A FAITHFUL GODLY WOMAN By Gerald Van Horn On behalf of the family of Neasha, I wish to thank each of you for being here today and though today is a very difficult day, the scriptures make this promise: Psalms 46:1-3 says, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Edward Scott avatar

    Are You Ready To Die

    Contributed by Edward Scott on Feb 4, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 10,571 views

    Are Christians ready to live with Christ in Heaven

    Good evening how is everyone doing today. Good I’am glad your during fine Because our subject today is ARE YOU READY TO DIE John 10:18  No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This is a touchy subject and I am ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Being Stripped Down To The Eternal

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on May 6, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,172 views

    Job had it all it seemed, riches, family and God, but then tragedy struck and everything that seemed to be of importance to Job was gone. He used to be very successful, but now he is naked and sick. His home is in shambles,

    Being Stripped Down to the Eternal Text: Job 1:20-22 20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    To Die Or Not To Die: Issues Of Life At It's End Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 11, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,743 views

    Our culture is pretty mixed up about death, and faces a whole series of ethical questions and dilemmas, and of a shift in our culture.

    To Die Or Not To Die: Issues of Life At It’s End Series: In But Not Of May 15, 2005 Preamble: Before we take a look at today’s topic, issues of life at it’s end, which is part of our series of sermons addressing issues in our society from a Christian perspective, I want to acknowledge that this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The End Is The Beginning- Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Ryan Akers on May 18, 2007
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     | 3,189 views

    Death is something that many people fear but as Christians we have great hope that because of Christ conquering death we too have nothing to fear. We know that death is only the door to the beginning of everything.

    Heaven Series Part 1 The End is Really the Beginning Pastor Ryan Akers I Corinthians 15:54-58 Me- Heaven Video- found on sermonspice- Man on street video that ask people if they believe in Heaven. Starting a new series today on Heaven- What’s it like? What will we do there? Where does this ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled

    Contributed by Chew Chew on May 31, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,376 views

    Funeral message for an elderly Christian brother

    Text: NAS John 14:1 "Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 "In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jake Kircher avatar

    Living In Eternity

    Contributed by Jake Kircher on Jun 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,520 views

    Is eternity only a future thing? No, it fact, it has already started. Which aspect of eternity are you displaying in your life on a daily basis?

    Tonight, I would like to spend some time together thinking about eternity. To help us begin to wrap our minds around this huge topic, I want to start off by just brainstorming what comes to mind when we see or hear this word. What comes to mind? What do you feel? ***Allow a few minutes to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Homeless No More

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Jun 15, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,865 views

    This is a funeral homily for a homeless man who had lived at a local shelter for 30 years before his death.

    Homeless No More - A Funeral Homily Isaiah 58:6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Following Jesus To The Tomb Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Aug 31, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,817 views

    By following Jesus to the tomb we learn that it’s okay to shed some (1) tears over life’s loses, but that our tears must eventually give way to the (2) truth.

    Following Jesus to the Tomb My wife has a lot of shoes. That may not surprise you. One pair of shoes in particular, however, is unique. She’s had them since high-school, and written on the heal with white-out pen is the inscription G22. In fact, all of the girls on my wife’s old pom squad have a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    Good Grief!

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,273 views

    When (not if) you go through grief, if you have Jesus Christ at the center of your life, you can make it through.

    Every Tuesday in September, and there are five of them, I will be facilitating a group entitled "Living After Loss." As I have thought about you this past week, I realized there’s one word that applies, or will apply, to all of us, and that word is grief. How many unmentioned needs are in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Death Seems Better Than Life

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 12, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,401 views

    Suffering is part of the experience of everyone’s life. Consequently, the suffering question is one of the most profoundly disturbing factors today.

    For the first eight years of my life, I lived on the south side of Dallas, TX. Across the street from us lived the Hicks family. They had four children, all of them older than we were, but we occasionally played with them, until they got too big for us and then we moved away. When I was in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Matthew Olanrewaju avatar

    A Building From God

    Contributed by Matthew Olanrewaju on Sep 17, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,639 views

    When death occurs, Christians should have more cause to thank God and not despair as Our bodies are erthly tents which if destroyed, we, however, have a buiding from God, eternal, in the heavens.

    “For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” 2 Cor 5:1 The second epistle of Paul to the Corinthians Chapter 5, verse 1, is contained in a letter written to comfort Christians in situations of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Crystal Ball

    Contributed by Donald Jewell on May 28, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,349 views

    How the hope of heaven changes us.

    The Crystal Ball This morning I want you to imagine with me. I am in the yard hoeing the garden, after a while my hoe hits a metal object. I get down and start digging around the object with my hands until I uncover a small metal box. I lift it out of the ground and examine it. After a careful ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan