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  • Nate Herbst avatar

    Hope During The Recession In The Economy

    Contributed by Nate Herbst on Jan 1, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,190 views

    The bad news keeps cascading from Wall Street but we, as believers, have a solid hope during this time!

    How should we respond to this recession or depression? The DOW has dropped 5500 points (from 14,000 to 8500) since October 2007 (a 40% drop) - the biggest drop in history. 13 bank failures this year (including WaMu - largest in history). Other investment banks, Like Lehman brothers have dissolved. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joel Smith avatar

    Reason For Hope On The Road Ahead Series

    Contributed by Joel Smith on Jan 1, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,598 views

    The road ahead is about to get rocky, but, we have reason for hope.

    It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. It’s 2009 and what makes this new year unique is there’s more reason for pessimism than optimism at what it will bring. Maybe you’ve heard some of the dire predictions about what the near future holds. A couple of weeks ago, economist and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ossie Burton avatar

    Hope In The Midst Of A Dead Place

    Contributed by Ossie Burton on Aug 16, 2008
    based on 29 ratings
     | 8,853 views

    My sermon shows that God is able to speak life in the midst of any dead situation in your life.

    This prophecy refers to the entire nation of Israel during the babylonian captivity of Judah. The nation had fallen to the Assyrians and many were carried into Captivity. As a result of the captivity, the Jews were in a dead place in their lives. The dry bones symbolically represented the utter ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Blake Inscore avatar

    Bright Hope For Dark Days

    Contributed by Blake Inscore on Sep 25, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,330 views

    This sermon was based on the outline by Randy McWhorter for the California Mission Offering.

    Introduction: A man approached a little league baseball game one afternoon. He asked a boy in the dugout what the score was. The boy responded, “Eighteen to nothing – we’re behind.” “Wow,” said the spectator, “I’ll bet you’re discouraged.” “Why should I be discouraged?” the little boy replied. “We ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Christmas Hope: The Story Of Mary Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 6, 2006
    based on 68 ratings
     | 34,868 views

    This is a Christmas Sermon about Mary. 1. Mary’s Hosanna (Song Of Praise) 2. Mary’s Humility 3. Mary’s Hope

    Christmas Hope: The Story of Mary I want to start off this morning by doing an exercise. Not a physical exercise but a mental exercise. I want you to remember being 15 years old. What were you doing at 15? Fifteen is an awkward age – isn’t it? You are no longer a child yet you’re not quite an ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Hope In Troubled Times

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Dec 12, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,209 views

    Through the birth of the Christ child and the visitation of the angels to the shepherds we see a God who cares and comes to us at our worst times to deliver us.

    When we read the Christmas story of the birth of Christ I think we have a tendency to gloss over and glamorize what really happened. We sing our Christmas songs and envision this postcard picture of Jesus in a pristine creche as he lies in a manger on a bed of hay or straw. It’s beautiful, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    God's Word - God's Hope Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 14, 2006
    based on 201 ratings
     | 48,107 views

    This is a funeral sermon that uses a variety of verses to bring hope to families who have lost a loved one.

    God’s Word – God’s Hope I would take nothing away from the grief you feel today. I would not say everything is all right. Because it is not. We hurt. And we know we will hurt for a long time. When someone close to us dies we feel pain – we feel loss. Those are natural feelings. God made us ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Victor Yap avatar

    The Blessed Hope: The Rapture Of The Church Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,540 views

    Paul, Pt. 25

    THE BLESSED HOPE (1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-18) (When I told my wife I am speaking on the rapture of the church, she replied negatively, “Sure death!”) In the 90s, a cult from Taiwan relocated to San Dimas, California, and registered itself as God’s Salvation Church. In 1997, the Chen Tao cult, also ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Kristopher Morris avatar

    Fear Of Death, Hope In The Resurrection

    Contributed by Kristopher Morris on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,897 views

    The fear of death is a burden many carry. Where do we turn? To Christ, and his promise of the Resurrection.

    Resurrection-Daniel 12:1-3 3rd Last Sunday, 11-9-03 We all have things we don’t like very much. We all have “pet peeves”. I suspect many of us might share some common disdains; heavy traffic caused by rubber-neckers, the nerve jarring sound chalk sometimes makes, a pebble in our shoe. These are ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • David Welch avatar

    Navigating Turbulent Times - Hope Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 8,430 views

    Continuing Romans series dealing with the first of three anchors in verse 12 that enable us to navigate turbulent time. Future Hope!

    ¡§Navigating Turbulent Times¡¨ Romans 12:12 Review I. Receive God¡¦s gift of righteousness 1-5 II. Apply God¡¦s gift of righteousness 6-8 III. Understand God¡¦s gift of righteousness in relations to Israel 9-11 IV. Live God¡¦s gift of righteousness 12-15 A. Think and live wisely 12:1-2 B. Think ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    Hope,waiting, Anticipation And Longing

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 3, 2002
    based on 116 ratings
     | 23,628 views

    A sermon for the first Sunday in Advnet Lectinary series B Waiting for Christ to come

    First Sunday In Advent Mark 13:24-37 HOPE, WAITING, ANTICIPATION and LONGING. 24 ¶ "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 And then ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Hope For Tomorrow, Strength For Today

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 11, 2003
    based on 181 ratings
     | 51,941 views

    A funeral message, explaining what Jesus meant by calling Himself "the resurrection and the life", and how that comforts us in time of loss.

    Opening Remarks: One day a father and his daughter were out for a leisurely drive in the country. It was a hot summer day and the windows were rolled down. Suddenly the daughter began screaming and fidgeting in her seat. A bee had just flown inside the car through the open window. This would not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scotty Killingsworth avatar

    Resurrection, Our Greatest Hope

    Contributed by Scotty Killingsworth on Apr 6, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,639 views

    There are times it is hard for us to understand and even believe in life after death. But the universal question rings in every heart, if this is all there is life is a cruel joke.

    This sermon was preached by Scotty L Killingsworth on Easter Sunday April 11, 2004 to the Evergreen Church. The sermon title is - Resurrection, our greatest hope. Biblical texts used in the sermon come from Job 14 and 19, John 5:24 – 28, Romans 10:17 and Luke 24 Scotty sings Who taught the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Faith, Hope And Love Are Synergistic

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 7, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 7,620 views

    The triad of Christian virtues, faith, hope and love, remain pre-eminent in the life of fruitful people. However, we can be assured that the world, the flesh and the devil will do everything to dilute these fruits of the Spirit as they hate Christ, His ki

    Faith, Hope and Love The triad of Christian virtues, faith, hope and love, remain pre-eminent in the life of fruitful people. However, we can be assured that the world, the flesh and the devil will do everything to dilute these fruits of the Spirit as they hate Christ, His kingdom and His ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • John Knight avatar

    There Is Hope In Life's Darkest Hour

    Contributed by John Knight on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,142 views

    A word to those in grief, and to those who know someone who is.

    There Is Hope In Life’s Darkest Hour Luke 7:11-17 Introduction: Funeral customs ( Http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/burialframe.htm.) Egypt-bodies were mummified with spices, herbs, and chemicals. Maoris (New Zealand)-bodies are burned in huts which are locals for elaborate ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness