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  • Darron Khan avatar

    Our Days Are Numbered

    Contributed by Darron Khan on May 29, 2002
    based on 115 ratings
     | 50,655 views

    This sermon was designed to direct its audience to the reality of death and how living in the light of death will serve to keep our lives focused and our priorities in order.

    Our Days Are Numbered Celebration Service May 5, 2002 A man went in for his annual checkup and received a phone call from his physician a couple of days later. The doctor said, "I’m afraid I have some bad news for you." "What’s the news?" the man asked. "Well, you have only 48 hours to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ken Sowers avatar

    Nothing Like It In The World

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,988 views

    The story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead

    Our trip - 2400 miles - Sedona’s red rocks, Canyon DeChelly’s rounded rims, 800 year old ruins and kivas, 2000 yr. Old bristle cone pines among the lava rock laden Cedar Pass, 10,300 feet up. Tens of thousands of hutus in Bryce Canyon each one individually sculpted by wind and rain. Immense arches ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Where Was God? Series

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Sep 23, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 6,414 views

    In order to understand God’s actions on 9/11 and in our personal tragedies, we must understand God’s character.

    Sept. 22, 2002 John 11 “Where was God?” INTRODUCTION I got a new cell phone this week – same phone #, just different phone. I never had a cell phone before I moved to West Virginia. I didn’t see the use in having one. But now that I have one, it’s great! When I’m on the road, I can ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard White avatar

    What The Sisters Needed To Learn Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 25, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 3,893 views

    Many times we are put through things that either disturb us or really test our faith. When this happens ask God "what are you trying to teach me?"

    What the sisters needed to Learn? John 11:1ff JN 11:1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. 3 So the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Kyle Meador avatar

    A Lifestyle Of Love Series

    Contributed by Kyle Meador on Dec 7, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,447 views

    Children need to learn to demonstrate the love of Jesus is the both small and the significant moments of life, just as Jesus did.

    What Parents Owe Their Children A Lifestyle of Love – part one Do you ever remember this game? You’d just met and spent some time with a very special person of the other gender. The gleam in their eyes, the smile on their lips… you can’t stop thinking about them. When they’re around, you feel ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jesus Wept

    Contributed by Rich Hadley on Dec 12, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 9,597 views

    The Christian response to disaster and grief as modeled by Jesus.

    The World Trade Center...the Murrah building in Oklahoma City...Columbine High school... The list of names that fill the obituary columns daily... We try not to notice. But sometimes you can’t help but notice...when the tragedy is as big as the New York skyline or as close as the passing of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Chris Talton avatar

    God's 3 Answers To Prayer

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 18, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 9,714 views

    God always answers our prayers. But He may not answer them the way that we desire. This sermon examines some reasons for God’s response to us.

    September 23, 2001 John 11 “God’s three answers to prayer” INTRODUCTION 1. God says “yes” to some requests. We like that. We respond well to that. In the passage that we looked at last week, Acts 4, the disciples received exactly what they asked for. They asked for boldness to continue ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Death Stinks

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 22, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,671 views

    Regardless of how bad your situation might be, Jesus can take death and turn it into life.

    March 19, 2000 John 11 ¡§Death stinks!¡¨ INTRODUCTION How many of you in this room have ever had to deal with the death of someone who was close to you? Go ahead and raise your hands. I became acquainted with death at a very young age. I don¡¦t remember very much about my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard White avatar

    Climbing Mountains, Tripping Over Stones Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Jan 24, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 5,277 views

    We can step out in faith and climb mountains, or we can keep to ourselves and trip over stones.

    Climbing over mountains, tripping over stones 1 Sam 17:1-57 and John 11:1-50 The style of this is actually segmented narrative, telling three stories at the same time and bringing them together at the end. 1st Story: (1 Sam. 17:1) 1SA 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    In The Grips Of Crisis

    Contributed by David Washburn on Sep 17, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 8,986 views

    Coming to grips with God’s involvement and grace in times of tragedy and suffering.

    An anniversary is a date marking a notable event. Birthdays and weddings mark notable events that are joyous, but all anniversaries aren’t joyous. Some anniversaries mark tragedy, suffering, and grief. My week began under that cloud because a week ago Saturday, September 8th, is one such date. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jimmy Davis avatar

    The Fields Of The World Are Ripe Unto Harvest Series

    Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Sep 19, 2001
    based on 76 ratings
     | 4,556 views

    Picture # 12 in series: The 14 Candid Snapshots of the Maturing Christian as found in the Gospel of John. Lazarus in his tomb is a picture of the whole world lost, dead, and buried in sin, and condemned until Jesus comes.

    Picture # 12: Lazarus; the fields of the world are ripe unto harvest. John 11:1-44 The dead man, Lazarus, in the tomb, is a candid snapshot of the whole world lost and condemned until Jesus comes! Lazarus was in the tomb 4 days; the number 4 is the number of the world (John 11:17, 39). Verse ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Death Intrudes Series

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Jun 18, 2002
    based on 115 ratings
     | 10,072 views

    Like it or not, death intrudes on our lives all the time -- our friends die, our loved ones, and eventually death comes to claim our lives. Jesus says he is the resurrection -- that if we believe in him, even if we die, we will live. But do we really be

    When Death Intrudes by Maynard Pittendreigh John 11:1-57 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. When Martha heard ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Keith Linkous avatar

    Sowing Seeds In A Cemetery

    Contributed by Keith Linkous on Jun 22, 2002
    based on 100 ratings
     | 8,999 views

    Have your dreams died? Do you think the future holds no hope for you. Think again! God can raise up things that have died.......if He can get us to believe Him.

    Death is definitely not a subject that is high on our list of topics for discussion. It seems so contradictory to say, but the truth of the matter is, that, death is a part of life. Death is an unavoidable, inevitable experience. It is the last experience we encounter in the physical, natural ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Russell Brownworth avatar

    How To Live Really Free

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jul 18, 2002
    based on 260 ratings
     | 13,071 views

    If Jesus could raise Lazarus from the dead, why can’t I live better under that same power?

    July 21, 2002 In Artesia, New Mexico, Mary Bratcher accidentally ran over her pet dog, Browny. The family tearfully buried the little mixed-breed dog in a field near their ranch home. The family’s youngest son refused to accept that Browny was gone; neither would Browny’s momma! The momma pooch ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Andrew Chan avatar

    Part 1: Affirmations For Life Series

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 31, 2001
    based on 49 ratings
     | 4,169 views

    Part 1 of "What does the Bible really say about the death penalty" series - To understand the Bible’s teaching on capital punishment we must understand God’s heart and affirmation regarding life.

    What does the Bible really say about the death penalty? PART 1 Affirmations for LIFE from God by Andrew Chan, Senior Pastor, PBC, Vancouver, BC TEXT: Exodus: 21:12-17 (NLT) 12 “Anyone who hits a person hard enough to cause death must be put to death. 13 But if it is an accident and God allows it ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free