Independence Day:God's Closeness in Uncertain Times

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  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Waiting For Godot

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 22, 2001
    based on 261 ratings
     | 85,887 views

    How do we wait for God? 1. We wait patiently. 2. We wait expectantly. 3. We wait faithfully.

    Samuel Beckett’s play, entitled Waiting for Godot, is a satire on the human condition. As Beckett sees it, humanity is waiting for Godot, or God, to come and save them, but he never shows up. Their waiting is in vain, for although they have been repeatedly told that God is coming, he never has, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    Dangerous Possessions

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 70 ratings
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    There are spiritual dangers with some of the possessions we own.

    For many, there is a process in life. That process is that we set the goal, we make the sacrifice, we achieve the goal. Then we sit back and take pride in our accomplishment, we feel good about what we have done. We set a lot of goals for our lives, and we approach these goals with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • John Knight avatar

    Mine, Mine, Mine!

    Contributed by John Knight on Jul 25, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
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    Wealth is a gift of God that should be invested for the Kingdom.

    Luke 12:13-34, 41-48 13 Then someone called from the crowd, "Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father’s estate with me." 14 Jesus replied, " Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that? " 15 Then he said, " Beware! Don’t be greedy for what you don’t have. Real ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Big Mistakes That People Make

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jul 30, 2003
    based on 227 ratings
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    We all make mistakes in life, but some can be very bad.

    INTRO.- ILL.- A newspaper in Kansas, trying to correct a mistake that had occurred in a previous issue, carried the following item: “We wish to apologize for an error in the wedding story in last week’s paper. Due to a typesetter’s mistake we said, ‘THE ROSES WERE PUNK.’ What we intended to say, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tom Evans avatar

    Follies Of A Fool Series

    Contributed by Tom Evans on Apr 1, 2002
    based on 106 ratings
     | 7,471 views

    THE RICH FOOL FAILED TO: RECOGNIZE GOD’S BLESSINGS, LIVE A LIFE OF GENEROSITY AND FOCUS HIS RESOURCES TOWARD HEAVEN. Jesus challenges us to avoid his foolish ways.

    FOLLIES OF A FOOL HE DIDN’T EVEN HEAR THE WORDS JESUS WAS SPEAKING TO THE LARGE GATHERING, “I TELL YOU, WHOEVER ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN, THE SON OF MAN WILL ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM BEFORE THE ANGELS OF GOD…” NO, HE HAD COME FOR ANOTHER REASON. CERTAINLY JESUS WOULD HELP HIM. HE PRESSED TOWARD ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • Jamey Stewart avatar

    The Misfortune Of The Rich Fool

    Contributed by Jamey Stewart on Jan 7, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
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    Through this sermon we will define what the rich fool did with the harvest God filled his barns with. We will also uncover three steps you can take to get rid of greed.

    Text: Luke 12:13-21 The Misfortune Of The Rich Fool A. People invest their money in… a. The Stock Market b. Stocks and Bonds c. Retirement Funds B. There is no greater place to invest your money than the Kingdom of God C. We must beware of becoming greedy with what God ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Part 4 Of 6: Idle Spending Series

    Contributed by John Knight on Feb 9, 2003
    based on 55 ratings
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    The waywardness wealth can lead to and how God wants us to spend.

    Making The Most Of My Life: Six Ways We Waste Our Day Part 4 of 6: Idle Spending Luke 12:13-21 "Walmartitits"-accumulating unnecessarily We have a tenacity to accumulate what we don’t need. We have an over-enjoyment of shopping for the sake of shopping. Leads to a mis-perception that our ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    A Life Of Contentment Series

    Contributed by Damien Spikereit on Oct 23, 2000
    based on 204 ratings
     | 13,752 views

    Finding contentment in the midst of a discontent world is possible only in a relationship with Jesus Christ.

    - A barber in a small town was busy cutting hair one day when the local cop walked in to get a haircut. And the barber was feeling a bit generous that day, so he said to the cop... "Since you do such a good job protecting us, and watching over us... today’s haircut is free." The cop said ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Rich Farmer

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 14, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 2,871 views

    Stewardship is the proper management of your time, talent and treasure for the glory of God.

    A. INTRODUCTION: LUKE 12:13-34 1. Don’t call anyone a fool. " . . . whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire" (Matt. 5:22). 2. Definition. Comes from aphron, "to be without mind, not the existence of a mind, but without the use of the mind." -Vines. "Fool is lacking ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Otterstatter avatar

    Be On Your Guard Against Greed!

    Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Aug 28, 2001
    based on 136 ratings
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    Through a parable about a "rich fool" Jesus gave a sharp warning about the love of money. Greed leads to a false view of life. Greed leads to a fool’s death.

    “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” (1 Timothy 6:10) That passage from the Apostle Paul’s first letter to Timothy is well known. It seems that many people who know little else about the Bible can quote that particular passage. Perhaps it is familiar and frequently quoted ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Charles Mallory avatar

    Me, Myself, And I

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Aug 29, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 3,800 views

    How we can keep from becoming enslaved to the demon of greed by understanding the concept of gracious giving.

    IN REGARDS TO WEALTH, O.J. SIMPSON WAS ONCE QUOTED AS SAYING, “I SIT IN MY HOUSE AND SOMETIMES I GET SO LONELY IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. LIFE HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME. I’VE GOT A GREAT WIFE, GOOD KIDS, MONEY, MY OWN HEALTH -- AND I’M LONELY AND BORED... I’VE OFTEN WONDERED WHY SO MANY RICH PEOPLE COMMIT ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    Building Bigger Barns?

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 29, 2001
    based on 257 ratings
     | 35,093 views

    God wants us to enjoy life, but not without a relationship with Him. Beware of the danger of greed and placing one’s confidence in earthly possessions.

    Jesus was teaching His disciples when He was interrupted by someone who wanted him to resolve a family dispute over inheritance. He was not really asking for advice. He wanted Jesus to stand on his side and "tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." (v.13). He wanted Jesus to get the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • David Elvery avatar

    Are You Ready??

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,820 views

    Are we ready for death? If not what do we need to do.

    Are you Ready?? There was a man went in for physical and got a call from the doctor a couple of days later. The Doctor said that he had bad and worse news. "Give me the bad" the man asked. "Your tests showed that you had 48 hours to live." replied the doctor. "That’s the bad news! That’s the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Raphiel Manenge avatar

    Rich Towards God!

    Contributed by Raphiel Manenge on Sep 16, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,237 views

    The life of a man is not composed of what they have.What good does is it for a man to gain the whole world yet forfeits his soul!Be rich in God!

    16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Don Jaques avatar

    Is It A Sin To Save? Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Sep 27, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,869 views

    All Christians need to plan for their financial future without hoarding their resources and becoming preoccupied with financial worries.

    INTRO: I’m a cheapskate when I go to fast food restaurants with my family. Instead of buying separate packages of fries for everyone, I usually try to save money by just getting one “biggie” size package. This works good for saving money. But with four of us trying to share one package, and two ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational