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  • Robert Leroe avatar

    God's Enduring Work Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 28, 2006
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    God is sovereign, He controls the “times”, yet in spite of this, we often fail to recognize God’s hand at work in the world. We have at best a limited view of all that God is doing.

    Overcoming Futility—a sermon series on Ecclesiastes “God’s Enduring Work” Chapter 3 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts What do we do with the brief time we’ve been given? In a lifetime, the average American will spend 6 months waiting at stoplights, one ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Better Off Dead? Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 3, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
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    Chapter 4 focuses on two burdens, injustice and alienation, that aptly describe the distress of living without God. Without spiritual resources, life is pretty tough. Our options are to trust God or trust nothing.

    Overcoming Futility—a sermon series on Ecclesiastes “Better Off Dead?” chapter 4 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Chapter 4 focuses on two burdens, injustice and alienation, that aptly describe the distress of living without God. Without spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Intentional Relationships Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 30, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
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    If we are to live life to the full, we must have intentional relationships with other Christians

    Keys to Life August 22, 2004 Intentional Relationships This summer, we have been preaching through a series called “Keys of Life” and we have hit on many different topics. Today I want to talk about the key of relationships – specifically intentional relationships between ...read more

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    Give Yourself A Break

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
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    With statistics concerning sociological changes in America this sermon discusses the stress Christians are experiencing. Movie clip from "Cheaper by the Dozen" provides an illustration.

    Give Yourself a Break Eccl. 4:6-12[1] 6-20-04 Intro I want to begin this morning with a clip from the movie, Cheaper by the Dozen.[2] In this movie Coach Tom (played by Steve Martin) and his wife Kate (Bonnie Hart) have twelve kids. They are doing fine until opportunity knocks—an opportunity ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Mark Canfield avatar

    Google: What Are You Searching For? Series

    Contributed by Mark Canfield on Nov 9, 2006
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    Is there one site that has the answers to the most relevant questions we face everyday of our lives? During this 5 week series, join us as we search together for the solutions to life’s most basic questions.

    GOOGLE: What Are You Searching For? Week 1: A Network of Real Friends October 2006 The search for information has become the new pastime for many people today. But with literally 100’s of millions of websites to browse, where do you find what you’re searching for? Is there one site that has the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Arriving On Time

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 14, 2006
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    Time is one of the great philosophical questions of all time – if I may make such a circular statement. Humankind has been in conniption fits since the dawn of time trying to discover its nature. What is time? How does it move? We know how to tell tim

    Note: Although not quoted directly, I am sure that this sermon was greatly influenced by Chuck Swindoll’s work Living on the Ragged Edge. Arriving on Time Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI April 17, 2005 This morning I want to dispel one of the most widespread myths to ever ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Is Your Driving Force? Series

    Contributed by Glen Lawhun on Jan 15, 2005
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    What is your driving force? What makes you tick? Do you even know? For what do you work? For what do you toil? Why do you live the way you do? Does it even matter? For what do you give your energy to? What matters most in your life?

    Ec 4:4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. 5 The fool folds his hands And consumes his own flesh. 6 Better a handful with quietness Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Gift Of Work Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Sep 6, 2010
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    Why do we work? How can we content?

    [If you would like to receive a free sermon each week by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com.] THE GIFT OF WORK Would you like to have more money? Most people would like to have more money. If you want to make more money, usually that means working more or finding a job that pays more. (Or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Two Are Better Than One Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Sep 13, 2010
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    God did not design us to be loners.

    [If you would like to receive a free sermon each week by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com.] NOT CREATED TO BE LONERS Again, I saw vanity under the sun: one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Worship According To God's Will Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 18, 2010
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    We must worship God as he wishes, not as we wish.

    Monday of 25th week in Course 20 Sept 2010 The Spirit of the Liturgy Try as we might, we cannot ever find Jesus “cutting a deal,” or negotiating the Truth. He seemed always to be spoiling for a confrontation with Sadducees–the crooks who ran worship–or Pharisees, or ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Working Together Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 24, 2010
    based on 14 ratings
     | 35,056 views

    In today's lesson we learn that since working alone is futile, we ought to work together with others.

    Scripture A New York Times article on people who are sick of too many hours at work tells the story of Diane Knorr, a former dot.com executive. “The first time I got a call way after hours from a senior manager, I remember being really flattered and thinking, ‘Wow! I’m really ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Making The Most Of My Life

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 4, 2012
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    What do you do when everything seems to go wrong, when you have more to do than you can possibly accomplish, & you’re not sure what to do next? How do you get the most out of life in times like that?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2019) TEXT: Ecclesiastes 3:1-17; 2 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Timothy 6:17 ILL. His name is John. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans & no shoes. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    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

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    I See Said The Blind Man! Series

    Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Dec 5, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,308 views

    When we look around what will we see?

    I SEE SAID THE BLIND MAN! ECCLESIASTES 4:1-16 Introduction: Late in life Solomon strayed form God. He’s searching for the real meaning of life. His search is “under the sun” and that renders him somewhat blind to that which is “above the sun.” In this chapter you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Without God Life Makes No Sense. Ecclesiastes

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jan 12, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,552 views

    God blessed this man with everything that most humans try to achieve in life and he surpasses them all because of God's blessings of knowledge and riches.

    "Without God life makes no sense." Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 We come to the midpoint in our study in Ecclesiastes and I have always thought the reasoning and thoughts of Solomon in Proverbs ...Song of Solomon and here in Ecclesiastes are really fascinating. Why are his thoughts ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist