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  • Chris Surber avatar

    Against The Grain Series

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 1, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,794 views

    Let us learn from the example of Horace Bushnell. Let us find the courage in Christ, to go against the grain.

    Against The Grain, Acts 23:11 Introduction When I was a teenager I spent a couple of years living with my Dad and Grandpa in Butte, Montana. It was a true bachelor lifestyle with three generations of Surber men living under one roof. The only place we shopped was as the local butcher shop which ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Against Hypocrisy

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 12, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,548 views

    A court case - with the people of God in the dock.

    AGAINST HYPOCRISY. Psalm 50:1-8; Psalm 50:16-23. “A Psalm of Asaph,” reads the superscription. Asaph was a chief musician contemporary with King David (1 Chronicles 16:4-7). Asaph is also referred to as a ‘seer’ (2 Chronicles 29:30). Taken as a whole, the content of this Psalm appears ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    Against The Flow Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Nov 24, 2012
     | 3,749 views

    Through caring conversations, devotions, service and rituals we nourish our faith and shine brightly in a world of darkness.

    Romans 8:31-39 “Against the Flow” INTRODUCTION For the past four weeks, we have talked about (what I like to call) wholistic stewardship. The proposition I have presented is that Biblical stewardship involves more than what we drop in the offering basket. Stewardship is more than ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Against Universalism

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 6, 2021
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    1) What does Bible say about universalism? 2) Because of what Bible says, how is church to conduct herself? (Material adapted from David Faust in his book, "Growing Churches, Growing Leaders", chapter called Children of a Graceful God, pgs. 108-113)

    HoHum: David Faust asks, What do you get when you cross a Jehovah’s Witness with a universalist? A knock on the door for no apparent reason. Universalism is a widely accepted philosophy. Universalism says that no matter what everyone will eventually be saved. Today people say things like, “Oh ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    What Does Our Hope Consist In? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 4, 2021
     | 1,350 views

    Without God in the world we have no hope. When we come to know God as a true and present and living reality in our lives, we receive the gift of hope.

    Monday of 2nd week in Advent What was the hope of the man with the paralyzed limbs? What was the hope of the men who in their faith and love let him down into the room where Jesus was? At first glance, the only thing they seemed to want was a healing touch, a friend once more able to walk. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Ken Pell avatar

    Deliver Us From Evil: The Hope Of The Resurrection

    Contributed by Ken Pell on May 2, 2011
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    The resurrection makes life worth living -- and leaving!

    DELIVER US FROM EVIL: THE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION Revelation 14:13 Sermon Objective: The Resurrection makes life worth living … and leaving. INTRO Easter Sunday, as exhilarating as it is, has, shall I say a “negative side-effect” that we must address. If we are not careful we begin to live and ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Steve Ely avatar

    Heart Attacks - Pt. 1 - Believe For Hope Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Feb 23, 2016
     | 12,237 views

    The enemy attacks our heart in an attempt to drive us into a place of hopelessness. We must find hope again!

    Heart Attacks Pt. 1 - Believe for Hope Introduction For better or worse our children reflect us. The traits and attributes that we have as a father or a mother are transferred to our offspring. We expect that as parents. It is from that vantage point that we recognize that as children of our ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Heart Attacks - Pt. 3 - Hope Resisted Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Feb 28, 2016
     | 6,763 views

    The enemy attacks our heart in an attempt to drive us into a place of hopelessness. We must find hope again!

    Heart Attacks
Pt. 3 - Hope Resisted Introduction
 There are 5 principalities that we are assigned to confront and drive out of our body and region. The first was isolation. We talked about how we need each other. God designed us for one another. We then confronted poverty. We now ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Smith avatar

    The Hope Of Heaven (Revelation 7:9-17)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 14, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 16,504 views

    This passage in Revelation 7 came to light at a time when the church was dealing with a lot of pain and death through persecution, and when indeed every victory that they di...

    It’s an image of the coming Kingdom - Heaven, the Kingdom of God, the New Jerusalem. Call it what you will, it is an image of the final dawning of the new age - the climaxing of human history, and, strangely, it seems quite appropriate to be talking about it today. The end of the world is becoming ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    In The Name Of Jesus

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Apr 17, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,080 views

    There is power, healing, salvation in the name of Jesus. in the fight against the Coronavirus, we cannot forget that god is bigger than any problem we face.

    In the name of Jesus Acts 3:1-10 11-16 Introduction- Good morning! I look around and I picture where people would be sitting Who would have thought that a month ago we would be having church minus people in the pews? That believers would have to be creative in bringing the gospel even to ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Andrew Dixon avatar

    Sermon # 19 - God Gives Us Hope Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Oct 23, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,042 views

    As Jonah was thrown into the sea it seemed all was over, but God had prepared a big fish to keep Jonah safe. In all those seemingly hopeless times, God is in control and let’s keep in mind that God’s grace and His justice always go hand in hand.

    We read in Jonah 1:15, “And they lifted Jonah up and threw him out into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.” (AFV) As we continue our studies on the life of Jonah and its relevance to the church, many have been blessed and we thank God for these good testimonies. God instructed Jonah to ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Dennis Lee avatar

    The Kingdom Of God: "Humanity’s Only Hope”

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Aug 4, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,199 views

    The Bible has always had a word and it always has had the last word, and that’s because it’s God’s word. And the Bible, God’s word tells us exactly what humanity’s only hope is. It is being brought into the Kingdom of God by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Come and discover the full story.

    The Kingdom of God “Humanity’s Only Hope” 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpgefJMK4gA&t=13s There is no more ridiculous charge brought against the Bible than it is an old book and no longer relevant. Yet there is nothing more remarkable than the reality that the Bible ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Sound Out! Do We Have Hope?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 24, 2025
     | 151 views

    Is hope a verb? Or is it a noun? Hope is essential to our daily living. We must sound out to evaluate our hope patterns.

    SOUND OUT: DO WE HAVE HOPE? By Wade Martin Hughes Sr. Kyfingers@aol..com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) IS HOPE A VERB? IS HOPE A NOUN? *HOPE: optimistic state of mind, a feeling of positive outcome, a confident expectation in the promises and character of God, the object of desire. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    Slipping Down The Lifeline – But Not To The End (We Hope) Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 17, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,627 views

    There is the lifeline that connects our communion with the Lord but we can slip and fail, and so we slip down that lifeline of communion. Many of the great men of God failed but were wonderfully restored in the comfort of God. What can we lose as we slip? How do we return?

    SLIPPING DOWN THE LIFELINE – BUT NOT TO THE END (we hope) Tales are told of people in rescue attempts trying to hold on to a rope in the stormy sea or raging river and over time their grip lessens and through fatigue they slip further and further down the rescue rope until they disappear. That ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brian Atwood avatar

    How Living With Integrity Increases Our Hope

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Nov 16, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,779 views

    How living with integrity increases our hope.

    We’re in the series "From Hurt to Hope." We’ve been learning more about how to experience the hope that God offers – even when the deck is stacked against us. We’ve been covering the Apostle Peter’s first letter, which was written to Christ followers of the First Century being brutally ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist