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  • Gregory Thomas avatar

    Sleeping With Unfinished Business

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,782 views

    This Is a sermon that will show the saints how we will abandon our journey to destination with out knowing we are yet getting to destination on schedule and for the most part earlier than scheduled.

    Sleeping With Unfinished Business Abandoning a journey to go on a Trip JONAH 1:1-6 1) Now the word of the lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2) Arise go to Nineveh, that great city and cry against it; for their wickedness is come ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Running From God: It's Not About The Fish Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 15, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,992 views

    God places each of us in our Nineveh: work, school, where we live and like Jonah we cannot see the big picture so we ignore our calling and sail away from our Ninevah - and then the storms.

    As you know, years ago when I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, I had a business on the side cleaning Aquariums. I did ok, I was a young man struggling along with my business and one day I was at my aquarium wholesaler and I ran into a man who was in the same business, except he knew what he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    God's Pursuing Love Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Apr 22, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,204 views

    Whoever and wherever you are, God’s love is pursuing you.

    Big Idea: Whoever and wherever you are, God’s love is PURSUING you. Max Lucado: “You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are.” Philip Yancey: “There is nothing we can do to make God love us more. There is nothing we can do to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    Each Man Cried To His Own God Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Aug 30, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,115 views

    Part 1 of a 4-part series on the book of Jonah.

    Each Man Cried to His Own God Jonah: It’s More Than Just a Fish Story Series (Part 1 of 4) Aug. 13, 2006 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: I Opening Illustration II Historical context (Jonah is part of the 12 minor prophets. Small books, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    Throw Jonah Overboard

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Sep 19, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,721 views

    A message about getting rid of that which is Jonah like in our lives.

    Throw Jonah Overboard Text: Jonah 1:1-16 Jonah’s name is connected with the word "Dove", which signifies a messenger (pigeon/dove). His father’s name was Amittai, which means "My Truth". Put the two together and we find that Jonah, by name, was to be a messenger of the Truth! One of the greatest ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mickey Bell avatar

    Can The Community Depend On Shipps Baptist Church?

    Contributed by Mickey Bell on Jun 14, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,001 views

    If we were to close our church doors today, would the community even know we were gone?

    Can the Community Depend on Shipps Baptist? Jonah 1:4-6 Not too long ago, I read a statement I have not been able to get off my mind ever since. You may recall it and then again maybe it didn’t sink in to your mind. Here’s the statement: If Shipps Baptist Church were to close its doors tonight, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Hugh W. Davidson avatar

    The Call Series

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on May 25, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,641 views

    The background and commission of the prophet Jonah.

    The Call Jonah 1:1-3 1. I have read several commentaries and over the years and I’ve also heard many people speak about Jonah. He’s been described as everything from a reluctant prophet to a rebellious one. One writer went so far as to suggest Jonah was one of the first foreign missionaries to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Hugh W. Davidson avatar

    Somedays You Eat The Fish And Somedays The Fish Eats You Series

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on May 25, 2009
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     | 4,595 views

    THe reaction of God to the diobedience of man.

    Somedays you eat the fish and other days the fish eats you. Last week we began looking at the prophet Jonah and you will remember that I mentioned how he was an historical figure as far as the Old Testament is concerned. We are told that he prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Aarssen avatar

    Why Missions Work Is Fishy

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on May 30, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,212 views

    You may have felt you have served God long and faithfully in many areas of church life so why should I consider missions now? Why should I open my heart to people who may have their hearts closed to Gods message?

    Why Missions Work is Fishy Right here at New St. Andrews our WMS reaches men and women, boys and girls in Canada, India, Malawi, Guatemala, Mozambique and Nicaragua as well as Eastern Europe and even Israel and Palestine. We often take for granted that such far reaching work is being ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Missions Work In Zambia

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on May 30, 2009
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     | 3,283 views

    Have you ever cleaned fish? It is a messy smelly job that requires you to get your hands dirty. Missions work can be like that sometimes. Yet what beautiful things can be accomplished when we try.

    Missions Work in Zambia There is a man in Zambia named Jimmy Kongwa. He has been a guest at our church. He and his wife Ivy work tirelessly to rescue the children of their country from disease, starvation, forced labor and a life of crime. They do it through an agency we support called Kids ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Daniel Olukoya avatar

    Evil Diversion

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jul 8, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 48,744 views

    A diversion is turning aside from a course that is to be followed. A diversion is a change of direction or an alternative route. It is also something designed to take away attention from the main course. Simply put, it is a change of direction.

    EVIL DIVERSION Dr. D. K. Olukoya Our Father in heaven, we thank You because you are El-Shaddai, You are the Jehovah- Jireh, the Jehovah-Shamah, and Jehovah Shalom who has all powers in His hands. Thank You for being our provider, shelter and rock. We thank You for the promotion, provision and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    The Watching World Wants To Know

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jul 12, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,069 views

    The world wanted to know – Who Jonah was? Who did he belong to? What was he doing? What was he doing to them? Why was he sleeping at the worst time? Like Jonah, the world watches the believer and wants to know the same thing.

    THE WATCHING WORLD WANTS TO KNOW JONAH 1:1-17 Then they said to him, “Please tell us! For whose cause is this trouble upon us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?” Jonah’s ministry took place in the 8th century B.C. – sometime ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mack Armstrong avatar

    Praying Petitioners Purchase Pardon Series

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Jun 12, 2008
     | 2,757 views

    The sailors sailing with Jonah-Gentiles-prayed for God’s forgiveness and His help and received both. They were the forerunners of we Gentiles who have accepted Christ as our Saviour.

    JONAH 1:14 PRAYING PETITIONERS PURCHASE PARDON I. PETITIONERS: A. Peril. B. Plight. C. Precedent. II. PRAYER: A. Progressive. B. Pardon. C. Perceptive. III. PRONOUNCEMENTS: A. Praise. B. Prophesy. C. Pattern. What were the sailors to do now? They had heard the confession of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Mack Armstrong avatar

    Contrary Clergyman Comprehends Commision Series

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Jul 28, 2008
     | 3,405 views

    Jonah is tossed overboard expecting to die but is saved by a Whale. In this verse, Jonah serves as a type of Christ in the many simalarities of these two men.

    JONAH 1:17 CONTRARY CLERGYMAN COMPREHENDS COMMISSION I. CREATURE: A. Created. B. Controlled. C. Confirmed. II. CLERGYMAN: A. Compliance. B. Concealment. C. Comprehension. III. CORRELATIVES: A. Confinement. B. Contradictions. C. Commissions. Jonah has now, at last, been tossed ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Running To . . .? Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Oct 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,494 views

    Part 1 of a 5 part series about Jonah.

    The Prodigal Prophet: “Running to . . .?” Jonah 1:1-3 July 19, 2009 1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and cry out against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." 3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist