Sermons on False Hope:

Hope For Families Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 19, 2008

Exposition of Ps 78 about the failures of fathers to be an example, and the need to train our children differently than present

Text: Ps 78:1-8, Title: Hope for Families, Date/Place: NRBC, 6/22/08, AM Opening illustration: Play the trailer for the bible study • Nine out of ten parents of children under age 13 (85%) believe they have the primary responsibility for teaching their children about religious beliefs and spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 78:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Highway To Hope

Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 20, 2008

Finding hope in a hopless world.

Unfortunately I have not been able to get inside many of your homes up to this point in my ministry here. I sat looking at the directory for almost an hour thinking and praying over each one of you within it. I then had to ask myself what you were struggling with and finally I thought of it: hope. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Blessed Hope

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 28, 2008

Paul, Pt. 24

THE BLESSED HOPE (1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-18) In the 90s, a cult from Taiwan relocated to San Dimas, California, and registered itself as God’s Salvation Church. In 1997, the Chen Tao cult, also known as the Flying Saucer cult, led by Hon-Ming Chen, headed to Garland (mistaken for “God Land”), ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The God Of Hope

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 25, 2008

Man needs to live with hope and only God can give us a sure and enduring hope in life. The Psalmist inspires hope in God as he recounts God’s past deeds and their experience of God’s deliverance.

In “Point Man”, Steve Farrar tells about a photographer for a national magazine who was assigned to take pictures of a great forest fire. He was advised that a small plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire. The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before sundown. Sure ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:1-32

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Messengers Of Hope

Contributed by Daniel Haas on Dec 6, 2008

Isaiah managed to get through with his Message of Hope. And so did the Messengers of Hope at the barn: the Angels, the Shepherds and the Wise Men. Today we receive the Message of Hope and learn how to become Messengers ourselves.

Isa 40:1-11 The Exile is over - Ruins back to life - people return - peace joy and salvation to God’s people - "Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God." - That was 2,500 years ago - Who cares? - Nativity Scene - another story of old. - Who cares? Some of us long for a such Message of Hope. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11

Denomination: Congregational

The Hope Of Christmas

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Dec 14, 2008

Hope is fulfilled as evidenced in an exposition of LUKE 2:25-40

THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS LUKE 2:25-40 Introduction: Christmas ought to be a time of hope. It is a time of remembering the first coming of Christ, observed in our Christmas celebrations. But it is also a reminder of our waiting for the return of Christ. On that first Christmas hope became reality and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25-40

Denomination: Baptist

Why Hope?

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008

In a world of cynics why should we put our hope in God? Scripture gives us good cause to put our hope in Him!

WhyHope December 14, 2008 Buying car experience 22 years old New what monthly payments needed to be Agreed with salesman Went to finance office Payments were over the threshold I questioned There are no free lunches I didn’t want a free car; I just wanted the deal we had agreed on Bait and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:18-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Power Of Hope

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008

We have a great hope and because of that hope we’ll keep on doing what the Lord has called us to do.

The Power or Hope December 7, 2008 Continue our lessons on hope Many times we use this in a less-than-certain way I hope the Cowboys win, the Red Sox, I get a good grade WE use it most often for good fortune, or chance We sit back and see what happens That is not the biblical view of hope Not a ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christ Hope

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008

Our hope is made real as we consider that God became man. Delivered as a Christmas sermon, 2008.

XHOPE December 21, 2008 Xmas – many people are offended by the X in Xmas X represents the first letter in the Greek name of Christ Today I entitled my sermon XHOPE – because Christ adds so much to our hope that we have that I have been talking about the last few weeks Christ makes our hope ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Proclamation Of Hope

Contributed by John Harper on Jan 2, 2009

Hope is a strange thing. It will give you confidence in the bleakest of times. But hope is not any good unless you have your hope in someone that will not let you down. There are a lot of things that we hope for, and a lot of things that we wish for. The

“The Proclamation of Hope” Hebrews 10:19-25 November 30, 2008 Pastor John L. Harper Warden Assembly of God Introduction: Hope is a strange thing. It will give you confidence in the bleakest of times. But hope is not any good unless you have your hope in someone that will not let you down. There ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

An Anchor Of Hope

Contributed by Carl Allen on May 7, 2008

One of the greatest dangers facing Christians is to lose sight of the basis of our hope.  When we become so burdened with the stormy blasts of life that we forget out hope, then we face the slippery slope of sluggish ness, doubt, and even worse, the possi

An Anchor of HopeHebrews 6:9-20Intro In the first part of chapter six, we saw the warning that was issued to those that had never moved pasted the stage of spiritual immaturity and the peril that would face them.  And those words from the author would cause most to look at their salvation.  I ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:9-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Palms Of Hope

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 20, 2005

This is an original story sermon, inspired by the "news from Lake Wobegon", with some serious reflection about what Palm Sunday meant for Jesus and for us.

The Palms of Hope…Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Michael Harris was the long-time pastor of Hope Community Church, a modest congregation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in the small town of Paradise. It hadn’t looked much like Paradise for a very ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-16

Denomination: Congregational

There Is Hope In Jesus

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Mar 26, 2005

Sermon for an elderly alzheimer’s patient that was cremated

Hope in Jesus John 11:17-27 Funeral for Aunt Oda Doolin Braley Introduction On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their ...read more

Scripture: John 11:17-27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Resurrection Of Hope

Contributed by James May on Mar 27, 2005

The Risen Savior has given us a new hope for a better life and for eternal life.

RESURRECTION OF HOPE Sunday, March 27, 2005 – AM (Easter) John 20:11 – 21:25 John 20:11, "But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher…" Last week we began a journey through the Word of God with four messages that would bring ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Reason For Hope Series

Contributed by Dan Waite on Dec 1, 2005

There are reasons for hope in a world filled with despair.

Other sermons can be found at http://lastsermon.blogspot.com/ Isaiah 63:16b – 64:8 A Reason for Hope I. Reality check: There is despair when there should be hope. A. The reason for hope: 1. God is our father (63:16) a. KJV starts this verse with “doubtless” – certainty. b. “Father” ...read more

Denomination: Free Methodist