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  • Ewen Huffman avatar

    The Empty Tomb- What Does It Mean?

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Mar 30, 2002
    based on 179 ratings
     | 34,925 views

    The empty tomb means: 1) He’s alive! 2) You’re forgiven 3) It’s okay

    The empty tomb- what does it mean? Lk24:1-12 WBC 31/3/2am (Easter Sunday) INTRO: ILL.- Mary Louise Duggard, age 8 said of Easter, "You get eggs, and you remember God." Not bad! Jamila Young-Hogan, age 4,. said, "It’s the day that God woke up." Again, not bad. Amanda Ward, age 7, said, "It’s when ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Kapteyn avatar

    The Three

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
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    As we continue to look at the Apostles Creed we consider what it means to believe in the "forgiveness of sins." Are your sins forgiven?

    Introductory Considerations 1. Call in education among many today to go back to basics - "the 3 R’s" - reading, writing, and rithmetic. It may be easy to learn all kinds of other things, but if basics not there a student is in trouble. 2. Today I call on us to go back to basics. To look at the 3 ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Martin Wiles avatar

    Grace And Forgiveness

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 13, 2010
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    As God has forgiven us in Christ, so we have the obligation to forgive those who have wronged us.

    Grace and Forgiveness Matthew 18:21-35 INTRODUCTION A. Kevin Tunell mails a dollar to a family he would like to forget. 1. Sued for $936 to be paid dollar at a time. 2. Pay each Friday for 18 years to remember the first Friday of 1982. 3. He was driving drunk and killed their daughter. 4. Served a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    The Importance Of Perspective Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Feb 21, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,546 views

    A women weeps at Jesus’ feet and is forgiven. Both she and Simon the Pharisee are challenged to see themselves from a different perspective.

    Introduction A high-school sophomore asks to talk with her parents after dinner. Sitting around the kitchen table, the young girl takes a deep breath and informs her parents that she is pregnant. The parents’ reaction is as expected. The dad threatens to kill her boyfriend after stringing him up ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • David Owens avatar

    Hope For The Fallen Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Aug 13, 2018
     | 11,086 views

    Peter's denial of Jesus gives us the perfect example of how a person who falls can be forgiven and start over.

    Introduction: A. The year was 1779. 1. He was a loyal patriot, a prosperous businessman, a natural leader and an obvious choice to be captain of the Connecticut State Militia. 2. He proved to be a good military leader. 3. He received much praise and acclaim, but when Congress created five new ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Don Schultz avatar

    Behind The Scenes Of The Forgiveness Of Sins

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Dec 5, 2013
     | 2,984 views

    When your pastor tells you that you are forgiven of your sins, a big upset has just taken place...

    7 And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down-- that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • David Dykes avatar

    Grace: The Gift That Keeps On Forgiving Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Aug 19, 2012
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     | 11,228 views

    We love to talk about how God has forgiven us, but we sometimes choke on the idea of forgiving others.

    INTRODUCTION People often speak about a certain kind of gift as a “gift that keeps on giving.” It’s used often, but do you know its origin? In 1924, Victor Talking Machines trademarked that phrase to promote the sale of their talking machines, later called phonographs. This was before cassettes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Letting Go - Self Forgiveness

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 27, 2019
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    A final look at letting go as we end the year. Looking at forgiving ourselves, as God already has forgiven us.

    Letting Go - Forgiveness December 29, 2019 Well, this is it! We’re on the final Sunday of this decade. Next time we meet, it will be a new decade. We’ll be writing 2020, instead of 2019. Some of you would like this year to get over with already. It’s not been what you were hoping for. You’re ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Do We Purify Ourselves? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 9, 2019
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     | 7,134 views

    Some practical help on moving from just wanting to be forgiven of our sins to wanting to be freed from our sins.

    WHY WOULD I WANT TO BE PURIFIED? Do I want to be forgiven of sin or freed from sin? - 2 Corinthians 7:1. - Many Christians are content to merely be forgiven of their sins. Indeed, many presume that’s all there is to salvation. - There’s meant to be much more than that, though. Jesus didn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Forgive--Especially Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 11, 2020
     | 2,086 views

    Forgiveness not only gets you forgiven, it gives you psychological relief, and it can even make a friend out of an enemy.

    24th Sunday in Course 2020 As I share some thoughts about the Sacred Scriptures given to us by the Church for this coming Sunday, it is Patriot Day, September 11, nineteen years into the new world bequeathed to us by four violent but related acts that unforgettable Tuesday. And every three years, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Chris Talton avatar

    The Burden Of Guilt (Pt. 2)

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,553 views

    This is the second in a two-part message about how we can get rid of the guilt that we feel for past forgiven actions.

    February 2, 2003 Zechariah 3:1-10 ¡§The burden of guilt¡¨ (pt. 2) You may know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the writer of the Sherlock Holmes novels. But you probably don¡¦t know that he was quite a prankster. One day he played a prank on 5 of the most prominent men in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    Lest We Drift

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 5, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 3,855 views

    This is a warning, not from a God who wants to find fault, but from a God who has forgiven fault and desires to encourage and purify.

    “For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    The Gift Of Forgiveness

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 9, 2014
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     | 8,014 views

    God's forgiveness unlocks His blessings. Sin is to be forgiven. God's forgiveness needs to be claimed. Sin is to be confessed. God's forgiveness is to be shared.

    I believe all of us has taken this trip before – a guilt trip – probably more often than we like. The feeling of guilt comes when we do something we know is wrong. • It need not be a serious crime. It can be something careless, unethical, rude or immoral. • Yet this ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • David Dunn avatar

    Nob Lessons

    Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 24, 2025
     | 176 views

    God meets fugitives in forgotten places, offering bread, restored courage, forgiven regret, and a remnant of hope that carries destiny forward.

    David is exhausted. Not the kind of tired a nap can fix. He is tired in his bones, in his courage, in his faith. The applause that once filled the air has been replaced by the sound of Saul sharpening a spear. David had been the future king in the palace yesterday. Today he is a fugitive hiding ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Forgiveness Is Conditional: Basics Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 17, 2020
     | 3,937 views

    Forgiveness is conditional and part of a continuum.

    Forgiveness Basics (Luke 17:3-4) 1. Twenty years ago, Rwanda experienced a horrible genocide as one tribal group attacked and massacred another over tribal rivalry. Here is one story of forgiveness from that horrid era. “He killed my father and three brothers. He did these killings with other ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible