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  • Johnny Small avatar

    Heaven Or Hell, Your Choice

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Nov 2, 2003
    based on 67 ratings
     | 27,264 views

    We make many choices everyday, but there is one choice that everyone must make during their life that will affect them for eternity.

    Heaven or Hell, Your Choice We make many choices during our lives. We choose whether we obey our parents as we grow up. We choose whether we study in school. We choose the college that we attend. We choose our hopefully lifelong spouse. We choose our occupation. This is just a few of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Kingdom Of Heaven [part 2] Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 15, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,773 views

    The historical development of the church of God would be one of humble beginnings. However, this parable contains more than this important truth. Hidden within it is a warning about the perversion of the church's method of growth and of satanic attacks up

    Opening illustration: A young teenager was walking to church in a blinding snowstorm. He was unable to get to his church, so he turned in to a little Methodist chapel. The storm was so severe that the preacher couldn’t make it in that night, so a layman stood up to throw something together ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Kingdom Of Heaven (Part 4) Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Aug 31, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,609 views

    The final question which it leaves with us is this: Are you really changed by your contact with Jesus Christ and are you still changing? Everyone in this congregation in one way or another has had a contact, a touch, with Jesus, has heard his voice.

    Opening illustration: A certain man went to Church one Sunday. He frowned when the organist missed a note during the opening hymn. He gave a mean stare at two teenagers talking to each other when the congregation was at prayer. During the Scripture readings, he kept looking impatiently at his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Is There A Hereafter? Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 18, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 27,569 views

    Compelling evidence for an afterlife for people investigating the Christian faith.

    Are our lives parts in a play scripted by God, or is this all there is? Is this life merely a stage, with life-like props? Is there life beyond this realm? The vast majority of Americans believe that there’s life after death. We see it in popular movies like Ghost, Heaven Can Wait, even in Disney ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Only Way To Get To Heaven. Series

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Apr 16, 2009
     | 4,849 views

    There’s only one way to be saved.

    The only way to get to heaven John 14:1-6 A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor’s office for his annual check-up and when it was all done the doctor asked her to step into the office alone for a minute. And as she did he closed the door and said, “Your husband is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Ascension Of Jesus Christ Into Heaven

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on May 21, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,238 views

    Celebrating the Ascension of Jesus Christ into Heaven and what it means for us who remain on earth.

    The Ascension of Jesus Christ the Son of God Luke 24:50-53 “When [Jesus] had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them. While He was blessing them, He left them and was taken up into heaven. “Then they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Five Questions About Heaven

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Mar 14, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,190 views

    As the born again believers looked up into the sky looking for Jesus to soon return they had many unanswered questions to ponder about heaven. Praise be to God that we can review the answers to these questions through Scripture!

    Questions about Heaven? 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 Imagine for a moment what it must have been like to be a Christian right after Jesus’ ascension into heaven. It was during this time much of the New Testament was written by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Getting To Heaven Is Not That Hard. . . Or Is It?

    Contributed by John Lowe on Oct 21, 2015
     | 6,058 views

    Heaven is the most interesting and exciting place in the entire universe. We will be exploring and having adventures. Nothing we now know even comes close. No possession can compete with possessing heaven. No trip can compare with going there.

    6 September 2005 Getting to Heaven is Not That Hard. . . Or is It? Matthew 13:44-13:46 It was only a nickel, but the owner was able to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    True Bread From Heaven

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Aug 1, 2024
     | 1,216 views

    Jesus is the only source of salvation who can bring us forgiven and restored back into an intimate relationship with God the Father. Forsake the world, self, and those things that cannot nourish us spiritually.

    JESUS HAS JUST FINISHED FEEDING THE 5,000 AND IS DEPARTING THE AREA. HE HAD JUST DISPLAYED HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY AND REVEALED THE GLORY OF GOD. ONE WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE SEARED IN THE MEMORY OF ALL 5,000 PEOPLE. NOT QUITE! WE ARE TOLD, BY SCRIPTURE, THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY A BIT OFFENDED THAT ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Heaven Shall Remember Me

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Oct 10, 2025
     | 260 views

    Heaven’s remembrance is not simply mental recall, it is an intentional act of God to intervene in your situation.

    HEAVEN SHALL REMEMBER ME By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Esther 6:1-10 Supporting Texts: Malachi 3:16, Genesis 8:1, Psalm 106:4, Isaiah 49:15-16, Luke 1:5-25 INTRODUCTION: There are moments in life when it feels like your efforts, prayers, and sacrifices have gone unnoticed. You may be ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    All Things New Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 19, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 8,719 views

    Four word pictures of the eternal state, explained for people investigating the Christian faith.

    The central claim of the Christian faith is that someone has died and lived to tell us what lies beyond death’s door. That’s the Easter claim, that Jesus Christ died at the hands of professional executioners, that he was placed in a heavily guarded tomb, and that three days later Jesus Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Thinking More About Heaven Series

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 27, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,617 views

    This series, entitled Heaven Is Our Home, is intended to help you think more about Heaven, order your personal life with Heaven in mind, and stir up a heart for evangelism.

    9By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. Hebrews 11:9-10 21For to me, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jim Kane avatar

    Marriage- Made In Heaven Not On Tv

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 15, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,965 views

    A real marriage is based on God’s plan not TV reality.

    While attending a marriage seminar on communication, David and his wife listened to the instructor declare, “It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other.” He addressed the men, “Can you describe your wife’s favorite flower?” David leaned over, touched ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Douglas Phillips avatar

    Why I Believe In Heaven

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Apr 22, 2017
     | 5,488 views

    I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ON A FEW OCCASIONS TO HELP FRIENDS AND RELATIVES BUILD NEW HOMES. AS IT PROGRESSES SO TOO DOES THE ANTICIPATION OF THE DAY WHEN THEY MOVE IN. SHOULDN'T THE SAME BE TRUE ABOUT HEAVEN.

    WHY I BELIEVE IN HEAVEN REVELATION 21:1-7 I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ON A FEW OCCASIONS TO HELP FRIENDS AND RELATIVES BUILD NEW HOMES. I HAVE NOTICED A COUPLE OF THINGS WHEN THESE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES. FIRST, THAT’S CLOSE ENOUGH IS A PHRASE THAT IS NEVER HEARD. IF MEASUREMENTS ARE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Paul Did Not Go To Heaven

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Feb 27, 2025
     | 480 views

    John went to Heaven and he told Paul about it.

    2 Cor 12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 3 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist