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  • Toby Powers avatar

    No Regrets

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Apr 14, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,113 views

    As Paul neared life’s end he wrote to Timothy a message of NO REGRETS. If your life was nearing the end today, could you say the same?

    From the Desk of Pastor Toby Powers Truth Baptist Church Bremen, GA www.trumpetoftruthonline.org Have No Regrets II Timothy 4:6-8 Intro: The Apostle Paul writes to young Timothy as he looks out at the chopping block where the Roman guards will soon chop off his head and he says these words in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Live Like You Were Dying

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Jun 2, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,076 views

    This is a sermon i wrote around the anniversary of my mentor’s death a couple of years ago, it’s a little personal, but hopefully someone can use it.

    Country singer Tim McGraw had a great song a couple of years ago called, "Live Like You Were Dying". The song was written in relation to his father Tug, and his diagnosis of cancer which led to his death a couple of years ago. He brings up a very interesting point in this song…what would you do ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Four Lies About Death Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Feb 16, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 11,141 views

    A biblical response to common myths about life after death.

    Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO What Happens When a Person Dies Series Four Lies About Death Hebrews 9:27-28 A book of children’s letters to God contains this entry: Dear God, what is it like when a person dies? Nobody will tell me. I just want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Four Certainties About The Future Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Feb 16, 2007
    based on 47 ratings
     | 10,562 views

    The story of the Rich Man and Lazarus illustrates some much needed insight into what the future holds for everyone who dies before Jesus comes.

    Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO What Happens When A Person Dies? Four Certainties About the Future Luke 16:19-31 I’ve conducted lots of funerals through years. Most have been quite normal. A few have been a little different. But I never had ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    One Minute After Death Series

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 18, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 10,184 views

    This is the first of five sermons in the series, "Life After Death" that give the Biblical teachings on the Intermediate State, Heaven, Hell, the Judgment and the Christian and Suicide. This sermon describes the Christian after death.

    Bob Marcaurelle (Sermon Series- Life After Death) FOR INFORMATION ON BOOKS AND ALSO 832 MESSAGES ON AN AUDION CD- CONTACT “The Pastor’s Pulpit” 2003 Lynn Ave, Anderson, SCm 29621, or call 864-224-0782 for a brochure 1. "ONE MINUTE AFTER DEATH" (The Intermediate State) 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Funeral Message For Gayle Pearson

    Contributed by James May on Sep 19, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 9,836 views

    Funeral message and graveside statements for a 54 year old man who had a heart attack.

    Funeral Message for Gayle Pearson September 19, 2006 We are here to honor the life of Lawrence Gayle Pearson. As I have listened to the eulogy and the letter written by his children, and I have spoken with some of the family members, I have come to know that Gayle was not always what he appeared ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Happens When You Die? Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 30, 2003
    based on 117 ratings
     | 23,516 views

    Like an unwelcome intruder, death has made a rude entrance into many of our lives. When someone close to us dies, we can’t help but wonder what will happen to us when we stop breathing. Jesus told a story one day to help illustrate the suddenness of dea

    What Happens When I Die? Rev. Brian Bill 6/3/01 A little girl was standing outside her Sunday School classroom when the pastor noticed she was holding a big storybook entitled, “Jonah and the Whale.” The pastor wanted to have some fun with her so he asked her, “Do you really believe that Jonah ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It Is Over! Series

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 10,338 views

    God is looking forward to your arrival to be with Him. Eternity is your destiny and heaven is your home. Since you are going home, let me tell three things you need to know about going home.

    In was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” When He had said this, He breathed His last. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Derrick Thompson, Sr. avatar

    Into Thy Hands

    Contributed by Derrick Thompson, Sr. on Jun 10, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 8,498 views

    A dying experience

    Welcome ....... As Christ our Lord hung there on the cross of Calvary, nails in his hands, nails in his feet, blood gushing from his side, his body in agonzing pain, he took those dying moments to speak with his Father. Four of our Lord’s seven sayings was directed to his Father. Father forgive ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Death A Christians View

    Contributed by James Phillips on Jun 20, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,548 views

    How a Christian should look at death.

    DEATH A CHRISTIANS VIEW. We build great monuments to the dead. The greatest and best know is the Tashmahal in India. Built by a loving husband to remember his wife. We here today will not have an Tashmahal built for us at best a granite head stone with a few words inscribed on it. We in America ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    We Know In Part Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 10, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,191 views

    We know little about life after death, but we do know that heaven is not possessing things, that hell is about separation from God, and that the love of God will reach even to the most alienated.

    We think that having things will make us happy. The truth is that happiness comes from sharing what you have with someone you love. Fulfillment is not measured by how much you have. Genuine fulfillment is measured by who you have it with. That is true in this life. I believe that is also true ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Do You Live; How Will You Die? Series

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 26, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,265 views

    The first of a two-part series on "The Rich Man and Lazarus," this is a salvation message that looks at the comfort of heaven in contrast to the agony of hell.

    HOW DO YOU LIVE; HOW WILL YOU DIE? --LUKE 16:19-31; PSALM 49:16-20; PSALM 52:5-7 To be a disciple of Jesus Christ, He must be number one in our lives. We’ve seen that emphasized so clearly these past several weeks in the teachings of Jesus found in this section of the Book of Luke. We first of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Our Eternal Destiny!

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Oct 29, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 8,247 views

    Today is "All Saints Day", we know how Filipinos loved this day as we love those who have gone before us. But God’s message today is for us who are still living but someday will surely be with them.

    OUR ETERNAL DESTINY! Hebrew 9:27 “Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.” For Filipinos ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are You Ready??

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,167 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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    Transformation

    Contributed by Steve Klink on May 19, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,087 views

    A Short Funeral Meditation

    “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.” Webster’s defines metamorphoses (as in transformation) as a change of physical form or substance. I remember when I first observed the process of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ