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  • Don Hawks avatar

    What About Heaven? Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 13, 2002
    based on 106 ratings
     | 12,764 views

    Some common questions about what heaven is like are addressed.

    (Adapted from a message by Tom Holladay at Saddleback Church) There’s a story about a wealthy Christian who somehow got obsessed with the idea of taking some of his wealth to heaven. Now he knew the Bible clearly teaches that you can’t take it with you. But so obsessed was he with this desire that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Blessing In Dying In The Lord

    Contributed by Charles Mccall on Apr 17, 2002
    based on 183 ratings
     | 28,654 views

    You are a blessed individual if you die in the Lord.

    Revelation 14:13 Topic- The blessing in dying in the Lord It is always a sad occasion when someone we have known for a long time has died and is no longer living with us. But yet according to Revelation 14:13, it says “Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.” That is, if a person that we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Ready??

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,246 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

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    What Happens When A Saved Person Dies Series

    Contributed by Ricky Ray on Jan 18, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 5,715 views

    Does all the talk of what happens in the afterlife confuse you? The Bible gives hope for those who know Jesus?

    What happens when a saved person dies? Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. 2 Cor. 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Is this place of judgment heaven, paradise or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Convenient Season

    Contributed by Brian Credille on Jan 18, 2001
    based on 135 ratings
     | 6,025 views

    Paul’s discussion with Felix regarding faith provides insights for us today into basic truths that every person must face.

    A CONVENIENT SEASON Acts 24:24-25 INTRODUCTION Paul had been arrested and was being passed from official to official on his way to Rome. His Roman citizenship had kept him from being killed. Now he stood before Felix, governor of Judea. As usual, Paul was sharing the faith--even with Felix. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What's A Christian Response To War?

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 21, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 2,485 views

    Begin with central affirmation Christ is Life, wills for us to have life, however wars will be here, until we find Christ who can stop wars.

    “What’s a Christian Response to War?” By Andrew Chan, senior pastor, PBC Vancouver Oct.21, 2001 “ The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.” John 10:10 (NLT) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Sin Kills

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,802 views

    There are three ways to die. You do get some options.

    Three ways to die GE 3:21-24 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Keep Doing What You Been Doing

    Contributed by James Bryant on May 1, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,630 views

    When you don’t know what to do....

    KEEP DOING WHAT YOU BEEN DOING Job 13:15 (15) Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. On Tuesday, April 30th, 2002, I laid a dear friend in the grave. Gone all too soon in this life to the next to meet God. Shortly after he took off on a 4-wheeler ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "What A Day Of Rejoicing That Will Be"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 1, 2002
    based on 77 ratings
     | 8,496 views

    The subject of the return of Christ and the resurrection of the dead.

    1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “What A Day of Rejoicing That Will Be” By Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Our passage for this morning touches upon a subject that intrigues Christians and offers us the most glorious hope that we could ever imagine. The ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    A View From The Finish Line Series

    Contributed by Douglas Dudley on Apr 25, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,360 views

    The Apostle Paul gives us a "Real Life" view of the finish line-his finish line. Have we ever considered what our finish line will look like?

    A View From the Finish Line Text: 2nd Timothy, Chapter 4 Introduction. In the last few years, Schools have made an effort to move the classroom out of the classroom. They have concluded that sometimes you’re better able to educate a student by moving them into different environments in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    It Gets Better

    Contributed by Paul Decker on May 1, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,122 views

    God gives us a new beginning.

    IT GETS BETTER! I Corinthians 15:35-49 S: Death and resurrection C: New bodies come at death Pr: GOD GIVES US A NEW BEGINNING. ?: How? KW: Contrasts TS: We will find in I Corinthians 15:35-49 three contrasts that show how God gives us a new beginning. Type: Propositional The ____ contrast is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Roger Thomas avatar

    Ready And Waiting

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Sep 1, 2005
    based on 171 ratings
     | 44,735 views

    Paul’s personal epitaph provides insight into what it means for every believer to be ready and waiting to face the reality of death.

    Through the New Testament 2005 Ready and Waiting 2 Timothy 4:6-8 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO The other day I had a conversation with a family about death and dying. Preachers probably have those kinds of discussions more often than most people. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tim Richards avatar

    Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates Series

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 18,139 views

    The 3rd sermon in a series on gaining an eternal perspective on life.

    Introduction: 1. A few years ago one of the biggest movies of the year was "Forest Gump." Actor Tom Hanks played the role of a handicapped man whose mother believed in him to the extent that he was willing to try anything. He would often quote one of his mother’s favorite lines. "My mother says ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Looking Death In The Eye

    Contributed by Billy Short on Oct 6, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 5,355 views

    We will all face death. How do we prepare for it.

    ƒ²ƒâƒßƒßƒÛƒØƒÙƒÜƒÜƒnƒ²ƒÑƒàƒäƒÙƒãƒäƒnƒ³ƒØƒåƒâƒÓƒØ ¡§Looking Death in the Eye¡¨ Hebrew 9:27 Billy T. Short, Pastor ¡V October 9, 2005 Christopher Short was 2 months old when it happened to him. Kevin Lott was 7 years old, riding a bike with his sister in the yard when it happened to him. Mike Black, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Johnson Sr., avatar

    The Danger Of Presumptous Living

    Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on Jul 17, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,646 views

    This Sermon urges us to consider the brevity of human life and the little control that we have over its span.

    Solomon says that visiting a funeral is greater than visiting a party. At a party, people think more about that night of festivity and folly. But at a funeral, we are inclined to think about eternity. James in our text, ask a great question; "What is Your Life?" It is even a vapor that appears for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist