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  • Andrew Dixon avatar

    Sermon # 23 - From Darkness To Light Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Feb 16, 2023
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    The allegory of light and darkness is used widely in the bible. What does it signify? Are we walking in the light or still stumbling in the dark? This sermon will sure help us evaluate ourselves to see where we stand.

    As we continue our study this topic of ‘Freedom from Bondage’ we recognize that it is indeed the will of God that His people should be liberated from every sin and bondage. In this chapter we will study the metaphor of light and darkness, which is widely used in the Bible to explain this concept of ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Monty Newton avatar

    Grace For Goodness: Transforming Darkness Into Light Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 30, 2014
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    When we live into the grace of God the light within us produces what is good, exposes and transforms darkness into light.

    Series: Lenten Grace 1. On the First Sunday of Lent we discovered that God’s grace extends beyond Eden. 2. On the Second Sunday in Lent we were reminded that God’s grace is a better way than our works way. 3. On the Third Sunday in Lent we observed in Jesus’ example that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "Hope In The Midst Of Despair"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 29, 2018
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     | 10,944 views

    A sermon for Easter.

    “Hope in the Midst of Despair” John 20:1-18 When you encounter the living Jesus, in the midst of despair, everything changes. In our Gospel Lesson for this morning, we are confronted with a rollercoaster of emotions. Our story begins in darkness. Mary Magdalene went to the tomb while it ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • JM Raja Lawrence avatar

    Walking In The Light When Darkness Threatens

    Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Dec 6, 2025
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    Darkness surrounds us daily. Fear whispers defeat. Thomas faced death with Jesus. Hagar faced the desert alone. Both learned God walks with those who trust Him.

    WALKING IN THE LIGHT WHEN DARKNESS THREATENS John 11:16 INTRODUCTION: FROM DESPERATION TO DIVINE ENCOUNTER Brothers and sisters, let me take you to a moment of desperation in Scripture. Hagar stood in the wilderness of Beersheba with her son Ishmael. Abraham had sent them away. Their water ran out. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dr. Fred W. Penney avatar

    The Hope And Promise Of Advent Series

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Dec 16, 2019
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     | 5,441 views

    We have made Christmas too small -- think big - kingdom big!

    “The Hope & Promise of Advent” Isaiah 9: 9:1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan— 2 The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    The Hope That Changes Life

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 6, 2004
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     | 59,788 views

    Easter is a living message of hope from the other side of the grave.

    An Illinois man left Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him the next day. When he reached his hotel he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • George Durham avatar

    Hope For Broken People

    Contributed by George Durham on Mar 2, 2016
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    Hope for Broken People!; Putting Humpty Dumpty Together Again. 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21

    2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Put Humpty Together Again It's a children's poem generally ignored as nonsense by adults.: HUMPTY DUMPTY SAT ON A WALL, HUMPTY DUMPTY HAD A GREAT FALL; ALL THE KING'S HORSES, & ALL THE KING'S MEN, COULDN'T PUT HUMPTY TOGETHER AGAIN. Just a clever little rhyme often animated ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Brad Beaman avatar

    The Promise Of Hope For The Future

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Dec 12, 2023
     | 2,990 views

    Lamentation does more than ask the question, how? Lamentations gives of the profound answer.

    I hope that you had a good year. We can say that not everyone had a good year. Some lost a loved one. Others were touched by the tragic consequences of war. Many lost jobs and went into financial ruin. Many have come through this last year asking, what hope is there for me? If that is your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Isaiah's Audacious Hope Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 5, 2006
    based on 29 ratings
     | 48,398 views

    One can never start too early to get ready for something really big.

    Isaiah’s Audacious Hope Isaiah 7:14 Rev. Brian Bill 12/3/06 Do you know that after today, there are only 21 more shopping days left until Christmas? Some people panic when they hear this but for me it means that I still have three weeks before I have to begin my shopping! Doesn’t it seem like a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope For Hopeless Times

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
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    In a day of despair, there is hope in the promised Messiah of God.

    Hope for Hopeless Times Jeremiah 33:14-16 During the Second World War the US Army was forced to retreat from the Philippines. Some of their soldiers were left behind, and became prisoners of the Japanese. The men called themselves "ghosts", souls unseen by their nation, and were forced on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • William Nowak avatar

    Hope That Does Not Disappoint Series

    Contributed by William Nowak on Dec 1, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,054 views

    What does the Bible mean when it says that Jesus Christ is our "hope"?

    Isaiah 9:2-7 “Hope That Does Not Disappoint” Intro—It’s hard to believe that it is December already, isn’t it? I guess I’m just used to Thanksgiving being earlier in the month, and you have an extra week or so to get ready for Christmas, but here we are, just 24 days from the Lord’s birthday. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Looking For Resurrection Hope

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 25, 2011
     | 3,637 views

    Jesus became the living promise that springs-forth renewal and life, and the hope everlasting that we too can we too can live without fear, eternally past the grave, and forever with Christ.

    INTRO Hope is faith in the immutable promise that miracles prevail when the darkness tries to win-out with cries of despair. Hope is a gift from God that helps us yearn, and live a life that believes and moves with the pledge of a better tomorrow. And what’s more, hope springs-forth ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Hope Of Christmas: Immanuel

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 24, 2024
     | 887 views

    He alone holds the power to turn around any difficult season or loss we may be facing, and bring great blessing and good through it all …

    Opening Thought: Often when things don’t seem to go right in this life, we start feeling like we’ve been left on our own. Pressures surround, troubles cling, we may be facing huge loss, or we find ourselves in long seasons of waiting. God’s timing seemed off during the 400-year gap between the OT ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • John Delozier avatar

    Advent: Hope Is On The Way Series

    Contributed by John Delozier on Dec 4, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 20,525 views

    Week one of advent starts with the message that in the birth of Christ, in his life, death, and resurrection--Hope Enters the Word & As it was then it remains today "Hope is on the Way"

    Introduction: If I may indulge you with a quick grammar lesson this morning, I would like to look at the dictionary definition of the word hope. I want to draw your attention to what this word means when it is used as a noun instead of a verb. I need you to go all the way back to elementary ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Thing Of Horror Or Of Hope

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 27, 2008
     | 1,848 views

    We must remain faithful, as Christ is faithful, and allow even our sufferings to be united to His.

    Celebration of St. Jerome September 30, 2008 There’s an unintentional irony in the use of these readings from Job and Psalm 88 on the memorial of St. Jerome. Job, sitting on his compost heap scratching his boils, is longing for death, to go down into the depths of the earth. The psalmist, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic