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  • Michael Bolin avatar

    New Year

    Contributed by Michael Bolin on Jan 31, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
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    what is your plan for this year?

    A boy told his father, "Dad, if three frogs were sitting on a limb that hung over a pool, and one frog decided to jump off into the pool, how many frogs would be left on the limb?" The dad replied, "Two." "No," the son replied. "There are three frogs and one decides to jump, how many are left?" The ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • David Ward avatar

    Turn Turn Turn

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 30, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
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    A year’s end/New Year’s message adaptable to many occasions. BIG IDEA: "God’s got it, even though we don’t get it"

    “Turn Turn Turn” Ecclesiastes 3:1-17 INTRODUCTION: "End of Year" Lists are everywhere in the media as a new year approaches: Most Newsworthy Events of the Year, Famous People Who Have Died This Year, Most Notable Sports Stories of the Year, Most Annoying People of the Year (Paris, Britney, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Whatever Was,is, Whatever Will Be Is"

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Jan 2, 2014
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    New Years Eve Sermon for a Historic Watch Night Service dealing with the past year and some hard questions on the concept of God as only a Good God.

    December 31, 2013 (Watch Night/New Year's Eve/New Year’s Day) Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 “Whatever was, is, Whatever will be is” Psalm 8 (UMH 743) Revelation 21:1-6a
 From time to time, God tests us—as Abraham was tested—to see just how much we trust God and how much ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Lalachan Abraham avatar

    Be An Agent Of Change, Not A Victim-Part -1 Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 9, 2014
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    “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Bible says “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2)

    A Time for Change- Ecclesiastes 3:1-17 “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2) Today, we live in a world of rapid change. The evidence of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Time Is It?

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jan 14, 2014
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    How we understand God affects how we see time.

    What Time is It? Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Many of us “baby boomers” can still remember the song sung by the Byrd’s, “To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn written in the 1960’s in which the poem the Preacher writes here is the prominent text. Pete Seeger, who adopted the words for the lyrics for the song was ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Brian Gordon avatar

    Epic - Eternity Series

    Contributed by Brian Gordon on Nov 7, 2011
     | 3,825 views

    Sermon Series based on the John Eldgredge book

    I. Introduction A. Why do you think we long for the great stories? a. Why do we love to hear, see, or read the great stories? b. Ecclesiastes tells us why. c. Because God has planted eternity in our hearts. d. We long for what we have lost, but I’ll get to that later. B. Life is an epic ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Donald McCulley avatar

    Time Life Presents Series

    Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Dec 5, 2011
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    It's about time, and it's all about life.

    TIME LIFE PRESENTS ECCLESIASTES 3:1-22 Introduction: Have you ever caught one of those “Time Life” commercials on television? Time Life is a company that markets CD’s, DVD’s, Music Videos, etc. What does this have to do with this chapter? In twenty-two verses the word ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    What Happens When We Die? Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jun 18, 2014
     | 7,864 views

    Today…we’re going to begin a series entitled, “AfterLife”… looking at what the prophets…and Jesus…and Paul have said about eternal life.

    What Happens When We Die? Series: AfterLife Brad Bailey – April 27, 2014 Intro: Here’s a question to get us started in hearing god his morning…Where are you going? —not for lunch… not in your career … I mean the “BIG going.” What awaits you when ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "The Problem Of Time" Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Mar 10, 2016
     | 23,324 views

    "Life is like a coin. You can spend anyway you want to but you can only spend it once."

    A Study of the Book of Ecclesiastes: Finding Satisfaction In Life ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Ray avatar

    "The Merry-Go-Round Of Time"

    Contributed by Paul Ray on Jul 22, 2013
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    God's timing is sovereign, sufficient, seasonal, and surprising. God turns extreme calamity into extreme possibility in the pendulum swing from Good Friday to Easter morning. Change comes as an unfolding pattern rather than a mindless swing of events.

    January 20, 2013 “The Merry-Go-Round of Time” Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses. 2 He sets the time for birth and the time for death, the time for planting and the time for pulling up, 3 the time for killing and the time for ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    God Is The Center Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jul 25, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,407 views

    We place ourselves at the center, when it should be God.

    God is the Center Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 July 26, 2015 Back in the 1960s the mayor of the city of Chicago was Richard J. Daley. He was famous for being the last of the big time bosses of the city. Daley was sharp, powerful, and had an enormous ego. One fall a speechwriter who worked for Daley ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    Proper Timing Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jul 28, 2015
     | 9,500 views

    Through the ebb and flow of life God is with us.

    Ecclesiastes 3:1-17 “Proper Timing” INTRODUCTION Video Clip Ecclesiastes 3, especially verses 1-8, is one of the best known passages of scripture. This probably due, in part, to the popularity of the 1965 release of the song, “Turn, Turn, Turn,” by the Byrds. Most of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Terry Blankenship avatar

    Time: The Great Equalizer Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on May 29, 2012
     | 12,607 views

    Why am I here? Where am I going? What is my purpose? King Solomon contemplates these issues as he questions our time, tasks and tests while here on earth.

    Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 Time: The Great Equalizer! There is a season, A time for every purpose (activity; desire; deliberate willful acts) under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Eulogy Eloise Fergurson

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 23, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,412 views

    This is a eulogy for a woman who believed in God but was not a part of a local church. She was greatly loved by her family and community.

    Eloise Fergurson by Rick Gillespie-Mobley Psalm 97:1-7,11 John 14:1-6 Eloise Fergurgson On September 27, 1920, God decided to give the world a special gift in the form of a tiny little girl by the name of Eloise in a small section of place called ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    The Seasons Of Life Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Aug 25, 2010
    based on 15 ratings
     | 20,973 views

    Let God be God, and stand in awe of Him.

    [To receive a free sermon each week by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com] Let’s begin with a music trivia question. Question: What #1 pop hit has the oldest lyrics? Answer: The Byrds’ version of Turn! Turn! Turn! (released on October 1, 1965). The lyrics are from Ecclesiastes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist