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  • Tom Shepard avatar

    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
     | 5,218 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

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    Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleep, Every Goodbye Ain't Gone

    Contributed by Bishop William Bryant Wilmore, Jr. on May 3, 2007
    based on 91 ratings
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    A eulogy for a woman who died, who had several physical challenges, but was raised in the church and knew the Lord. The sermon can be easily adapted to fit any person who dies in Christ.

    Text: 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Being Stripped Down To The Eternal

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on May 6, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,213 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
     | 5,837 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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    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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    Good Grief!

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007
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     | 7,327 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
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     | 4,461 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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    A Building From God

    Contributed by Matthew Olanrewaju on Sep 17, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
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    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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    Service Of Memories

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 10, 2007
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     | 6,379 views

    there is hope in our grief as we remember loved ones

    Service of Memories sermon One of the greatest gifts that God has given us is the Gift of Memories And all of you here today have come to Church to remember a loved one We treasure the memory of those times that we have had together. Times of joy, times of sorrow, times of sadness and times of ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Funeral Sermon: The Lord Is With Us

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Oct 17, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 18,323 views

    A funeral sermon based on Psalm 23

    The hymn that Muriel requested today is a hymn based on Psalm 23. You would have heard this song on numerous occasions, especially when people are facing difficult situations and times… Because it is a Psalm that during times of difficulty reminds us that God is always with us… And this is not so ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Expecting To Have Tomorrow

    Contributed by Clint Shrum on Jan 8, 2007
    based on 39 ratings
     | 6,251 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

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    Pushing Past The Pain

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jan 14, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 27,323 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

  • Monte Brown avatar

    Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound!

    Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,605 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
     | 168,306 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

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    We Can Only Imagine

    Contributed by Pr. Lynell Aljoe-Thurman on Feb 8, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,160 views

    Funeral for Mark Adessa (24)

    The Lord told Martha in the Gospel of John, “I am the resurrection and the life he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.” (John 11:25-26) (Adlib about Mark Adessa’s short life, likes dislikes etc.) Sir Walter Scott a brilliant prolific Scottish historical novelist wrote the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran