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  • Michael McCartney avatar

    Hope Has Come Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 11, 2025
     | 227 views

    With the birth of Jesus, a new hope was infused into the Jewish people of God and in the world as a whole – HOPE had finally arrived to set people free from the bondages of this world!

    Video Transition: Missing Jesus – Skit guys! Series Christmas: Hope has Come – The promise has been delivered! Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7 Isaiah 9 - To Us a Child Is Born is prophesied 700 years before Jesus’ birth: 1Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Petticrew avatar

    Is Christian Hope Just Pie In The Sky

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 19, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,052 views

    Christian hope is not pie in the sky but founded on the concrete reality of what has been promised by God.

    Has anyone seen The Postman. It’s a bit old now, it was released a few years ago. And while it comes from a good book, the movie does boil down to a new setting for Kevin Costner to play the same character he played in every other movie he’s ever been in. But in this movie, the self-centred guy who ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Joe Bedy avatar

    The Resurrection Brings Comfort, Peace And Hope

    Contributed by Joe Bedy on Mar 20, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 4,600 views

    If Jesus is NOT the way, the Truth and the Life we are worse off then those who are enjoying the "good life."

    After winning the Masters for his second consecutive year in 2002. A reporter asked Tiger Woods, “What would you say to Bobby Jones if you saw him right now?” (Bobby Jones helped to design the Augusta National Golf Club and passed away in 1971). Woods responded with something like this, “I ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bradford Robinson avatar

    We Had Hoped...distraught By The Cross Series

    Contributed by Bradford Robinson on Mar 23, 2003
    based on 127 ratings
     | 11,621 views

    This sermon takes a look at the cross through the eyes of the disciples and how the cross which was originally one of suffering and shame became one of rejoicing and elation.

    How could they have been so wrong. One by one they each chose to leave everything and to answer the call to follow Jesus and become fishers of men. For 3 brief years they watched in anticipation as Jesus worked miracles and taught with authority. Peter even stated that Jesus was indeed the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    The Hope Of Advent: Coming Alive In Christ

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 26, 2000
    based on 1,528 ratings
     | 197,613 views

    Christmas is the promise of new life in Christ. We know what Christ is like. We know the joy of sins forgiven. We know the hope of heaven.

    THE HOPE OF ADVENT: COMING ALIVE IN CHRIST Ephesians 2:1-10 Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    Keep Your Hope In The Final Revelation

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 3, 2023
     | 1,377 views

    Think about the concept of seeing God face to face - it is spoken of through the Word - a hope of salvation.

    11.5.23 1 John 3:2–3 (EHV) 2 Dear friends, we are children of God now, but what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he is revealed we will be like him, and we will see him as he really is. 3 Everyone who has this hope purifies himself just as Jesus is pure. Keep Your Hope ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Scott Bayles avatar

    When Christ Comes: The Hope Of Resurrection Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 14, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 12,906 views

    The second in a series adapted from Max Lucado’s When Christ Comes. This sermon explains what our resurrected bodies will be like. It is expository and alliterated.

    When Christ Comes: The Hope of Resurrection! Scott Bayles, pastor adapted from Max Lucado’s When Christ Comes First Christian Church, Rosiclare, IL Suppose you were walking past my farm one day and saw me sitting in the field crying. (I don’t have a farm nor am I prone to sitting in fields, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Tom Feola avatar

    “hope The Anchor Of Our Soul

    Contributed by Tom Feola on Jul 21, 2013
     | 7,609 views

    Hope is what keeps us steady in our lives. Look at the story of Elijah and see how he losted hope because of one person telling him that she would kill him.

    What ever happened to hope Part 2 “Hope The Anchor Of Our Soul” Proverbs 13:12 (NKJV) Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 LivingBible Hope deferred makes the heart sick; but when dreams come true at last, there is life ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Perry Fowler avatar

    Hope When I Feel Unworthy Series

    Contributed by Perry Fowler on Dec 13, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,563 views

    Do you feel unworthy? Unneeded? Unwanted? Christmas reminds us of our value. God did several things to communicate our value to Him when Jesus was born. What did God do?

    Years ago, a champion chess player named Paul Morphy visited a museum and saw a picture called: “One more move.” As a champion chess player this picture stopped Morphy in his tracks. You see, the picture was a piece of art that showed a man playing chess with the devil; assumedly as a game for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Jack avatar

    Where There's Christ There's Hope Series

    Contributed by James Jack on Sep 24, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,338 views

    In God we have a living hope - Christ who is risen from the dead.

    You might have heard the old saying “where there’s life, there’s hope”. That saying tells us how important hope is to people, because if we reverse it, it says “where there’s hope, there’s life” – which means that where there’s no hope, there’s death. As humans, we live on hope. It feeds us, it ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Gordon Curley avatar

    Where There's Christ There's Hope!

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 5, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,316 views

    Where there's Christ there's hope! (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: 1 Peter chapter 1 verses 1-9. Quote: • “We don’t look alike, we don’t act alike. • We don’t dress alike. • We have different tastes in the food we eat. • The books we read, the films we watch, the cars we drive and the music we ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Mark Hall avatar

    Our Blessed Hope Part I Series

    Contributed by Mark Hall on Feb 23, 2023
     | 2,925 views

    We are looking for Jesus Christ our Savior and Blessed Hope in the Rapture of the church This sermon can be used in whatever way that brings glory to God.

    THE BLESSED HOPE - PART I Let’s stand together and open our Bibles to Titus 2 as we continue with our series “God’s Watchman,” with today’s message, “The Blessed Hope – Part I.” Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Perry Fowler avatar

    Hope When I Feel Alone Series

    Contributed by Perry Fowler on Dec 6, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,516 views

    The birth announcement of Jesus was exciting and challenging all at the same time. Immediately she experienced "aloneness." Her fiancé wanted to put her away privately. Her future kids would not initially believe her story. What do we learn from Mary's "aloneness?"

    This year is the 33rd anniversary of the “Home Alone” movie where a young boy named Kevin McAlister was accidently left behind and alone in his home during the holidays while his family causing young Kevin to have to set up bungling traps for “to be” burglars- “Harry and Marv.” The last 33 years ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Lee avatar

    Elevate To The Next Level: "Living In Hope”

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jun 1, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 701 views

    We’ll be looking at the second part of our mini-series within our main series on elevating our discipleship to the next level. This message will center upon the attribute of hope. Like air, water, and food, hope is a necessity of life and is essential especially when everything seems hopeless.

    Elevate to the Next Level “Living in Hope” Watch on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkwrBPycZA&t=6s This morning we’re in the second part of our mini-series within our main series on our need to elevate our discipleship to the next level. And this mini-series is based ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    Elijah's Cloak Gives Believers Hope

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 21, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 7,909 views

    Elijah’s ascension, Christ’s ascension, and our hope revolve around the promises of our ascended leaders and the cloaks they give us to have and use.

    May 23, 2004 2 Kings 2:7-14 Fifty men of the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan. 8 Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran