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  • Kumar Aryal avatar

    Are You Ready?

    Contributed by Kumar Aryal on Jun 9, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,797 views

    Are you ready for the Second Coming of Christ?

    ARE YOU READY? Luke 12:39-40 Introduction Good morning church! I am glad to be here with you all this morning and thankful to God for this great opportunity of sharing His word. Let us begin our time with the word of prayer: Pray Illustration I would like to begin our time together with a real ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    It’s The Last Hour Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 3, 2010
    based on 27 ratings
     | 16,341 views

    It’s the last hour - recognize, remember, remain. 1- It’s the last hour - recognize the enemy 2- It’s the last hour - remember you’re united 3- It’s the last hour - remain in Christ

    INTRO.- It’s the last hour. I don’t like the sound of these words: THE LAST HOUR! ILL.- Three buddies die in a car crash, they go to heaven to an orientation. They are all asked, “When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say about ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Being An Advocate For Others Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Apr 24, 2010
    based on 11 ratings
     | 35,921 views

    A sermon examining the importance of standing up for others.

    BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR OTHERS Philemon 1:8-21 (Antioch Baptist Church: Sunday Morning, July 6th, 2025) Listen online at - https://youtu.be/hA3T00nqTGM?feature=shared It’s the kind of story that makes the news; a man who had set out on a mission to destroy a church unexpectedly came to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Immoral Church Members Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 17, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,133 views

    In today's lesson we learn about the discipline of immoral church members.

    Scripture We continue our study in The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. One of the challenges that Christians face is the discipline of church members engaged in blatant, unrepentant sin. Let’s learn about this in a message I am ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • John Gaston avatar

    The Rapture: Are You Ready?

    Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 15 ratings
     | 12,051 views

    The Rapture is not a side-show of the Gospel, but a main attraction that should capture our attention.What is the Rapture? What are its 4 benefits? And what are the 7 indisputable signs that the Rapture is about to occur?

    THE RAPTURE: ARE YOU READY? INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. JOKE #1 Pizza or Mobster? The following are either actual mobster nicknames or pizza specials. Can you tell which is which? 1. Big Tuna 2. Pistol Pete 3. Greasy Thumb 4. The Greek 5. Meatball 6. Lucky 7 7. Johnny Sausage 8. Big Brother 9. Burger ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Bowed Back And A Handicapped Mind

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 6, 2012
    based on 24 ratings
     | 34,013 views

    The spirit of infirmity can hurt the body and the mind.

    Luke 13:10-13 KJV And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. [11] And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. [12] And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Citizenship

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Oct 19, 2010
     | 6,366 views

    What it means to actually be a citizen of heaven.

    Citizenship October 17, 2010 Phil. 1:27a Intro: In the “big picture”, what is your life really about? What do you want out of it, what do you expect out of it, where are you putting your energies and efforts on a day-by-day basis? And I mean that “day-by-day” bit, it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Rising, Running, And Reporting

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 21, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,275 views

    For many, life is a panicky run. Serious things happen to us, and we run to tell somebody. The reaction may be to go home and do nothing, and to leave others weeping and perplexed. But when we encounter the risen Christ personally, not as an abstractio

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC, March 26, 1989 (Easter Sunday) When you see someone running, do not jump to any conclusions about why that person is running. If you see somebody pickin’ ‘em up and layin’ ‘em down, well, there could be a lot of reasons why. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stand, Fight, And Don't Run Away

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Oct 28, 2010
     | 10,936 views

    As citizens of heaven we must fight together for the faith, stand together with one spirit and one purpose, and not be intimidated in any way.

    Stand, Fight, and Don’t Run Away Oct 24, 2010 Phil 1:27-30 Intro: Only some of you here today have experienced military service. Only some of you know what it really means to go through basic training, to be put in a squadron, to be taught how to fight as a unit, where your very lives are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Come: To A Choking World

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 6, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,750 views

    What chokes the joy out of life? Too many cares that major on minors, and the relentless pursuit of material success. Jesus came to be authentically human among us.

    Nearly every time I take an airplane trip, I get a happy surprise. When we take off and rise through the congestion of earth and the grim gray clouds of our immediate atmosphere, there comes that astonishing moment when the plane bursts through the cloud cover into bright sunlight. I am always ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Changing Minds About Jesus

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,561 views

    Discussion about changing attitudes and perceptions about Jesus so people can see Him for who He really is.

    Changing Minds about Jesus Matthew 21:7-11; Mark 15:6-15 April 5, 2009 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT IS FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: One of the most challenging parts of being a pastor is confronting erroneous ideas about Jesus. He’s just a nice spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Doug Lyon avatar

    Training Time For Reigning Time (Part 1)

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jan 14, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,705 views

    Four demands are placed on belivers who desire to win the race of the Christian life.

    Shiloh Bible Church Introduction America is a sports-crazed society. And various cities in the US vie for the honor of being known as the sports city. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Ron Rapoport writes: “The thing I like most about writing sports in Chicago is that there is no off season. Wake up ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ron Murphy avatar

    Surprise

    Contributed by Ron Murphy on Apr 9, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,269 views

    Four different groups were quite surprised to find Jesus alive on the third day. To which group might you belong?

    Introduction: I. Even after his death, the Pharisee’s were concerned. A. Matthew 27, verses 63 and 64 read, “...’Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I am to rise again.’ 64 ‘Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • David Smith avatar

    Luke 21:5-19 (A Guest Sermon From Sandy Gray)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 7, 2007
    based on 70 ratings
     | 24,423 views

    A guest sermon by Sandy Gray on the transitory nature of human life BODY,P,A,TD,TH,UL,OL,LI,DL,DT,DD...

    “All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them”. (Isaiah 40:6-8). I’m wondering if you noticed a new grey hair when you were getting ready for church this morning? I’m wondering if ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Dear Forgetful Series

    Contributed by Alfred Beck on Sep 10, 2015
     | 6,138 views

    Letter to the Church at Ephesus

    Dear Forgetful I Samuel 7:1-4 Revelation 2:1-7 Everybody loves a love story, and there is no greater love story in the history of the world than the one found in this book. This book is the story of a love that is patient and kind, faithful and everlasting. It is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational