Sermons on death of samuel:

Wake Up Call!

Contributed by Jon Daniels on May 24, 2006

This sermon is a wake-up call for teenagers and their parents in the wake of a fatal car accident.

“WAKE UP CALL” Psalm 57 INTRO – I don’t know many people who actually like this sound (play sound of alarm clock). These come in all sorts of designs with all sorts of sounds. Wake up to the sound of a beep, the radio, a CD, or the sound of rain, or the pounding surf, or crickets chirping. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 57:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

A Safe Place

Contributed by Larry Elder on Aug 1, 2007

God desires that we sense that we are safe in this life. However, many of God’s people live life in fear rather than safety.

A Safe Place Vision Sunday Ps 16:1-3…Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to you for refuge. I said to the LORD, "You are my Master! All the good things I have are from you." The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them! NLT Introduction: Every one of us in this ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 16:1-3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

2 Big Questions

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 1, 2007

Encouragement for those times when God seems silent.

Two Big Questions John 11 This story in our text is probably one of the most familiar stories in the New Testament. It is the story of the death and resurrection of Lazarus, and we’re all familiar with that ... how Jesus called Lazarus back from the dead. But I want you to look at perhaps an ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-44

Denomination: Baptist

Eye Has Not Seen Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on May 1, 2008

Death is not an end but a midpoint, a beginning to the life that we were created to live.

Life After Death – Part 2: No Eye Has Seen Review why I am doing this series – because so many folks in our congregation have lost a loved one in recent months, and I have overheard some strange beliefs about the afterlife during the wakes. I want to address those beliefs and challenge them with ...read more

Scripture: Job 19:23-27

Denomination: Baptist

God's Everlasting Love

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007

The message of Romans 8 however is assurance regardless of the peril, doubt or challenge ahead, we can have assurance in the God who is in control.

Today, more than 200 million Christians in over 60 countries around the word – our brothers and sisters in the faith – face brutal opposition and persecution because of their faith in Jesus. The number one request they have when asked, is always “please pray for us”. So today we bring their ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:31-39

Denomination: Other

Are You Dead Enough, Yet ?

Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jan 14, 2008

Must die to live

Are You Dead Enough, Yet ? Joh 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. Joh 11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Joh 11:3 Therefore his ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Last Enemy Series

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Jan 23, 2008

King Hezekiah is told he is going to die and he had better get ready. What does it mean for Christians to face death? What is our understanding of death in light of what Christ has done for us?

THE LAST ENEMY Many of you know that I love movies. As a true movie aficionado I enjoy watching some of the really old movies. One of the most interesting movies from 1934 was called “Death Takes A Holiday.” In “Death Takes A Holiday,” Death takes on human form as “Prince Sirki” to discover why ...read more

Denomination: Mennonite

"Life After Death, Do You Believe It?"

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 26, 2008

This sermon looks at the certainty of death and its effects and asks the question do you believe in the resurrection?

Life after death, do you believe it? John 11: 17 -11:46 The 100 million dollar question that is often asked is there life after death? A whole host of answers are proposed from reincarnation to resurrection. Abraham Lincoln said “Surely God would not have created such a being as man to exist ...read more

Scripture: John 11:17-46

Denomination: Baptist

When Sorrow Is In Tune With God

Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jul 4, 2007

This sermon deals with what can happen in our lives when we respond to sorrow in a godly way; it can bring about repentance, redemption as well as renewal.

Sorrow and heartache are common to all of us. To pass through life without feeling the hurt of disappointment, the sting of rebuke or the pain of unfulfilled desires is impossible. Sorrow is a part of life and it comes not only at the point of death, but at any sense of loss. The church at ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

Out Of Body Experience

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Jul 10, 2007

Medical-death related "out of body" experiences, heaven/hell glimpses, and a look at remembering "your Creator before the silver cord is loosed...". A practical life-application message.

Eccl 12:6 "Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed…" I. OTHER VERSIONS "before the silver cord is severed" (NIV) "before the silver cord is snapped" (RSV) "before the silver cord is broken" (NASB) II. WHAT IS THIS SILVER CORD? A. “Cord” = chebel (kheh’-bel); a rope (as ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:6

Denomination: Church Of God

Heaven Is On My Side

Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jul 13, 2007

Why is Jesus standing? Because the Son of God has an interest in what is going on. Heaven has an interest in the child of God.

Heaven Is On My Side Acts 7:54-60 Stephen is being stoned for preaching the gospel. As the stones begin to strike him, he looks toward heaven. He looked up “steadfastly.” He fixed his eyes intently on heaven. Recognizing the danger and the effect his speech had produced – seeing that there was ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:54-60

Denomination: Baptist

"If A Man Dies, Shall He Live Again?"

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Apr 17, 2006

Sermon on resurrection based on Job’s question in Job 14:14

If a Man Dies, Shall He Live Again? Job 14:14 INTRO.: Story of Job’s trials. Seldom has anyone suffered like Job. Yet, we see the hand of God at work even in his terrible circumstances. Job’s three friends provide no comfort. Job is at the point of death, so he ponders issues of life and ...read more

Scripture: Job 14:14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Next!

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 18, 2006

When we are standing before the throne on Judgment Day, perhaps one of the scariest words we will ever hear is, "NEXT!"

Every Sunday evening, after I get home from church, I start trying to think about what to preach about the next Sunday. I go through many possibilities, and then it happens – every week the same thing. Come Monday afternoon I have one thought in my mind that just won’t go away, and after ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:44

Denomination: *other

An S.o.s. From Hell

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 18, 2006

77 words of distress being called out from hell, but nobody can help. LUKE 16:19-31.

There was a movie in recent months about a man who was talking on a short wave radio and ended up talking to his father who had died many years before. Now, that is what I call imagination. But, for the sake of tonight’s message, I want you to imagine something, too. I want you to imagine that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: *other

Why Does God Take The Good Ones

Contributed by Johnny Small on Jul 1, 2002

How a death of a young Christian can be used for the Glory of God.

Why Does God Take the Good Ones? When I heard that one of our youth at the church had been killed in a car accident, my first question was “Why Spike, why not someone else?” As always when I unjustly question God, He gave the answer through my lovely wife. She said, “Because God wanted him now.” ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:55-58, Luke 9:23-26

Denomination: Baptist