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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Rapture Problems Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 10, 2002
    based on 148 ratings
     | 17,135 views

    Is the Rapture what everyone thinks it is, or are there a few things we’ve overlooked.

    RAPTURE PROBLEMS TEXT: Matthew 24:30-51 OPEN: How many of you watched or heard about the recent movie "Noah’s Ark" starring Jon Voight? The network that developed it spent a great deal of time promoting the credentials of the actors and writers. They built it up as one of the greatest TV film ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Ready Or Not Here I Come

    Contributed by Steven Pace on Apr 15, 2002
    based on 316 ratings
     | 47,577 views

    From a childs game of Hid and Go seek to you can’t hide from God... This sermon has people looking to the sky again.

    Here I Come! Ready or Not! Matthew 24:36-51 When I was a kid one of my favorite games was hide-n-go-seek. I use to love that game. As a matter of fact, our youth and children at our church still love playing it. You know it is one of the simplest, yet the funniest games I have ever played. Hiding ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andrew Chan avatar

    The Future, The Rapture

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 3, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 5,921 views

    At a time of uncertainty and with death so prevalent around us, it gives us great comfort and hope to know that there is hope in the future for all who trust Christ.

    1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Sept.30, 2001 A man went to see his doctor because he was suffering from a miserable cold. His doctor prescribed some pills, but they didn’t help. On his next visit the doctor gave him a shot, but that didn’t do any good. On his third visit the doctor told the man to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    Be Ready

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 21, 2022
     | 2,062 views

    Is our job to predict when Jesus will return or to be ready? Let’s discuss this in Matthew 24:36-44.

    Is our job to predict when Jesus will return or to be ready? Let’s discuss this in Matthew 24:36-44. End of an Era But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. (Matthew 24:36) If Jesus is God the Son and coequal with the Father, how does He not know ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    We Really Need To Wake Up Today

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 23, 2022
     | 1,398 views

    "if Jesus says He is going to come at a time we least expect, when should we be ready for our death or His second coming?

    First Sunday of Advent 2022 “The Son of man,” we hear from Jesus, “is coming at an hour [we] do not expect.” So what? Should I be concerned about that? Modern men and women, bathed in a sea of information about what the world considers important, spend much time hearing about things they can buy ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    Stay Alert

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 25, 2022
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,209 views

    VS. 42 – “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.”

    Stay Alert – Matthew 24: 36 - 44 Intro: A young pastor was preparing his sermon when his daughter came in and said, “Daddy, can we play?” He answered that he was busy and in about an hour they would play. To which his daughter answered, “When you’re finished, I’m going to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Mary Erickson avatar

    On That New Day

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Nov 28, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,415 views

    A sermon for the first Sunday of Advent, Year A

    November 27, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Matthew 24:36-44 On That New Day Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. There’s something about beginning a new year. On January first, we take down the old, dog-eared ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Gerald Roberts avatar

    Advent The Season To Be Ready

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Nov 29, 2022
     | 2,058 views

    Advent is the season in the church to get ready.

    “Advent the Season to Be Ready” Matthew 24:36-44 1. Be Prepared The Boy Scout motto is the same as the Girl Scout motto: “Be Prepared.” • What should the boy or girl scouts be ready for? • rattlesnake bite, a sprained ankle, poison ivy, wet or cold weather, a lacerated arm, sunstroke Or, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Shane Williams avatar

    The Year 2000 And Christ's Return

    Contributed by Shane Williams on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 59 ratings
     | 4,601 views

    As we approach the next millennium there is much speculation concerning what is to happen. Do the events in the Bible predict that something will happen at the turn of the millennium?

    As we approach the next millennium there is much speculation concerning what is to happen. Most people believe that something terrible is going to take place as we come upon the year 2000. The reasons for this feeling are almost unanimous. You will hear people talk of wars and earthquakes, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dan Dunn avatar

    Stop, Thief! Take It All!

    Contributed by Dan Dunn on Dec 2, 2000
    based on 90 ratings
     | 8,437 views

    We are called to be "ready disciples," accountable for our living in such a way that we will ready for the Second Coming of Christ, no matter when it takes place.

    "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    Are We Getting Close Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 14, 2002
    based on 185 ratings
     | 11,018 views

    This is the 1st sermon in the series "The End". This sermon ask the age-old question, "when is Jesus Christ coming back?"

    Sunday Evening March 17, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: The End [#1] ARE WE GETTING CLOSE? Matthew 24 Introduction: 1. A question that has been asked over and over again by Christians is, “When is Jesus coming back?” Even the disciples asked Jesus this question. 2. Although we need to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • D. Greg Ebie avatar

    Get Ready For That Day Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 30, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 9,037 views

    IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS (Part 1) As certainly as Jesus came the first time let there be no doubt HE WILL COME AGAIN! The same scriptures which told of His birth also boldly proclaim His Second Coming. Jesus’ first coming some 2,000

    INTRODUCTION: Thanksgiving has come and gone. In case you haven’t noticed “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” Of course I think it’s been that way for a long time at the mall; retailers give a whole new meaning to “Christmas in July.” The stores have been ready for Christmas for ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Gene Gregory avatar

    Looking To The Future

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 5, 2005
    based on 46 ratings
     | 4,808 views

    A short look at some recent signs of Christ’s soon return, and how we are to respond to them.

    Yesterday, desperate, homeless villagers on the island of Sumatra mobbed American helicopters carrying aid. From Dawn until sunset on New Year’s Day, 12 Seahawk helicopters shuttled supplies to the hungry and traumatized inhabitants of the island. (DENIS D. GRAY, AP) Currently, the death toll ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ian Lyall avatar

    Jesus Will Return

    Contributed by Ian Lyall on Sep 28, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,355 views

    That Jesus will return is a constant theme of the New Testament and a basic Christian teaching. His return could be near. Are we ready?

    I’ve read recently about an inscription on the Dome of the Capitol building in Washington. It’s placed where few can see it. It’s a line from the poet Tennyson: One far-off divine event to which all history moves. That ’one far-off divine event’ is the one we pray for every time we say ’Thy ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Andrew Chan avatar

    The Problem With Focusing On The Wrong Things

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 20, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 8,042 views

    How to ID false teaching so we won’t lose focus in the last days

    The Problem with Focusing on the Wrong Things Many are lost –focus on wrong things. Events of world shake them up, such as Sept.11. Christians, if the Bible is right, ought not be shaken up. Bible tells us to zero in… it ‘s the last hour… 18Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free