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  • Christopher Martin avatar

    "Our Ever Present Help" Series

    Contributed by Christopher Martin on Mar 29, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,372 views

    A sermon preached 9/11/2006 @ North Prairie Lutheran Church for a special prayer service held to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Some material is from a sermon by Rev. Timothy Pauls.

    9/11 Anniversary Service of Prayer & Remembrance Psalm 46:7 Our Ever Present Help 9/11/2006 North Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Scarville, Iowa (ELCM) In the last seventy-five years or so, there are certain dates that are frozen forever in the minds of many Americans, due to a significant event ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Aubrey Vaughan avatar

    The Last Written Words Of William Shakespeare Series

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 24, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,591 views

    This is evangelistic message using Willliam Shakespeare’s last will and testament as a spring board to share the good news.

    The last written Words of William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare lived from 1546 -1616, his plays have been studied for centuries, he has an unrivalled position in the literary world, lots of people admire his wisdom and insight into human nature. Many phrases that we regularly use today come ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Sorrow Is In Tune With God

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jul 4, 2007
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,278 views

    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

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Out Of Body Experience

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on Jul 10, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,324 views

    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

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Heaven Is On My Side

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jul 13, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,860 views

    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

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jon Daniels avatar

    Wake Up Call!

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on May 24, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 16,795 views

    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

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Transformed For Life Into Heaven” Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jun 12, 2006
    based on 60 ratings
     | 19,430 views

    # 5 in a series on Eternity: What Awaits after death. This sermon talks about the new physcial body believers will have for all eternity.

    “Eternity: What Awaits After Death” Sermon # 5 “Transformed For Life Into Heaven” 1 Corinthians 15:35-52 In 1 Corinthians 15:35 the Apostle Paul asks two questions that concern us all. “But someone will say, “How are the dead raised ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Is The Lord Your Shepherd?

    Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on Jun 12, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,472 views

    David knew what it meant to be a shepherd. David knew what it meant to be shepherded. During times of loss, we too can find God as our shepherd.

    Read Psalm 23 David wrote this Psalm (song). He was a shepherd as a youngster growing up. Came from a large family of which he was one of the youngest boys, hence the job taking care of the sheep. Story is told of how David’s sheep were threatened on two occasions by a bear and a lion. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    When Death Seems Better Than Life

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 12, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,531 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

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    Expecting To Have Tomorrow

    Contributed by Clint Shrum on Jan 8, 2007
    based on 39 ratings
     | 6,284 views

    The uncertainty of time and tomorrow

    EXPECTING TO HAVE TOMORROW James 4:14-15 Intro: There are a lot of people including myself this morning who have plans for when they are able to retire. In a conversation with my Dad Friday morning I told him when my wife and I was able to retire we wanted to purchase an RV and travel across the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Larry Elder avatar

    A Safe Place

    Contributed by Larry Elder on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 13,051 views

    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

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    2 Big Questions

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,455 views

    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

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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
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,308 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

  • Bruce Willis avatar

    Eternal Life Is - Christ's Life!"

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Apr 19, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,036 views

    This sermon explains the truth about eternal life, gives the believer assurance of eternal life and at the same time presents the gospel to the unbeliever from the Exchanged Life perspective of Christian truth.

    I. The Introduction How many of you have seen the sad, saga of Anna Nicole Smith’s life, death and hopeful burial broadcast across the news for the past two weeks? The saddest thing is, there seems to be no hint of eternal life in anything that’s been broadcast. However, God’s original purpose ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Really Happened To People Who Died Before The Resurrection Of Jesus? Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on May 1, 2007
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,322 views

    This is a study on Sheol - the abode of the dead. This concept is found both in the Old and the New Testament.

    SHEOL: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO PEOPLE WHO DIED BEFORE THE RESURECTION OF JESUS? All who died before the resurrection went to SHEOL. Ecclesiastes 9:2-3 (HCSB) Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational