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  • Frederick Meekins avatar

    The Study Of The History Of The End Of The World, Part 1

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on May 31, 2023
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    The Study Of The History Of The End Of The World, Part 1

    Deep within their hearts and minds, a significant number sense that the world is careening towards something that is both catastrophic yet wondrous all at the same time. Not exactly sure of what that is, many attempt to get a handle on this feeling of apprehensive expectation by conceptually ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    5 Ways To Stay Encouraged In A Lonely World

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jun 24, 2023
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    Hope is the secret weapon of the Christian. Hope is the weapon of our mind to defeat any discouraging thought. Use this powerful weapon, by training your mind to counter any pessimistic thought with the truth of the scriptures.

    According to a study by Harvard, 36% of Americans, so more than one in three, described their level of loneliness as "serious." In a lonely world, how can we find encouragement? How can we find a mindset that leads to stability and peace? That is the challenge in this world. The battle ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Why Are We Told Not To Love The Evil Of This World?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Aug 1, 2023
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    John was writing to all believers to urge them that they should obey Jesus and that they should love all believers.

    In this passage of scripture, John focuses his attention to three distinct groups of Christians. John addresses new Christians, more established Christians, and those in the middle, in a specific order. He then, in a similar fashion, converses with each once more, in a similar request. New ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Empowering Spirit Within And Confronting The External World Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 5, 2023
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     | 1,258 views

    To Christians, power is the means to fulfil a divine mission. We are meant to be salt and light, agents of change in the world, guided by the power of the Holy Spirit.

    The Empowering Spirit Within and Confronting the External World Introduction What is the essence of power? Is it the relentless force of a river, at once life-giving and potentially destructive? Or the formidable energy of atoms, capable of both creation and devastation? Power may manifest in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Preparing For Bad Times Without Trusting In The World

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 28, 2023
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    Daniel sinks back into self-reflection, with symptoms reminiscent of what we today know as a “panic attack.” How does he escape?

    Saturday of the Last Week in the Year (Dec 2) 2023 I heard a radio commentator say recently that he can’t remember a time when he heard as many people talking about the “end times” as he hears today. This being the last week of our Church year, we are hearing “end time readings,” particularly from ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Birthday Of The Church--Going Out Into The World For Christ Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 15, 2024
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    Pentecost has been a big deal from the beginning, because it’s really the “birthday of the Church.”

    Pentecost Sunday 2024 There’s kind of an undogmatic understanding in the Church about the major religious festivals of the Christian year. They basically come from the writings of and through St. Paul. In first place there is what is formally called “the Triduum,” the three days preceding Easter, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Anchored In Hope When The World Feels Uncertain PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 5, 2025
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     | 154 views

    God offers unshakeable peace and renewed strength in life’s storms when we bring our fears to Him and trust in His faithful presence.

    Some of us walked in today with our shoulders tight and our phones buzzing. Headlines howl. Schedules stretch. Hearts race. You know the feeling—when the ground under your feet seems to shift and your peace feels paper-thin. In those hours, we want something steady, something sure. We long for a ...read more

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    Anchored In Hope When The World Feels Uncertain PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 13, 2025
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     | 121 views

    Prayer is our refuge in anxiety, inviting God’s peace and strength to guard our hearts and renew us amid life’s worries and uncertainties.

    Some of us walked in today with a knot in the stomach and a weight on the chest. Worry whispers at 3 a.m., bills pile on the counter, diagnoses arrive in sterile envelopes, and the what-ifs line up like storm clouds on the horizon. Our hearts try to outrun our thoughts, and our thoughts try to ...read more

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    Why Did The World First Hate Jesus?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Aug 17, 2025
     | 166 views

    Sin is what drives people away from God or it is what has kept them from knowing the Lord.

    Why Did the World First Hate Jesus? John 15:18 Sin is what drives people away from God or it is what has kept them from knowing the Lord. Christians will get a lot of contempt and hatred from the world. As Christians, we need to love and support one another. Do we permit little issues to impede ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Our Timeless God In A World Out Of Time

    Contributed by Paul Dayao on Aug 27, 2025
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    This sermon explores God's eternal nature from Psalm 90:2, offering His existence before, beyond, and after time as the ultimate anchor of security, peace, and hope for believers in a hurried and time-bound world.

    Introduction: The Tyranny of the Clock When people wake up early in the morning, as the sun begins to rise, a familiar pressure is already building. It’s the pressure of the clock. We live our lives governed by time. We are ruled by deadlines, by schedules, by the rush of traffic that makes us feel ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Humans Still Matter In An Ai World

    Contributed by Antonio Manaytay on Nov 1, 2025
     | 214 views

    Humans still matter in an AI world because only we bear God’s image—capable of love, wisdom, and purpose that no machine can ever replicate.

    Introduction Brothers and sisters, we are living in an extraordinary time. Machines can now think, speak, and even create. Artificial Intelligence — or AI — can write stories, diagnose diseases, drive cars, and translate languages. Some even wonder: Will AI replace us? Do humans still matter? But ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    No Room In The World: The King Of The Universe Enters In Obscurity Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Nov 20, 2025
     | 240 views

    The birth of Christ reveals a God who enters the world in humility and obscurity to fulfill prophecy, accomplish salvation, and inaugurate a kingdom the world still cannot comprehend.

    NO ROOM IN THE WORLD: THE KING ENTERS IN OBSCURITY November 23, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Luke 2:1-7 Church, this morning we’re coming back to one of the most familiar passages in all of Scripture — Luke 2:1–7 — but I want you to hear it without the background noise ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    People Like You Make The World Go 'round Series

    Contributed by Jim Luthy on Apr 28, 2003
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     | 5,849 views

    The good news of the kingdom of heaven includes the truth that you were created for significance. But before you run too far too fast, let me point out that Jesus is basically saying, “You are the salt and the light, but you may not be fulfilling God’s p

    People Like You Make the World Go ‘Round Matthew 5:13-16 Pastor Jim Luthy Did you hear the story this week about the family of Major Hal Sellers? Major Sellers is a 13-year veteran currently assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps. About two weeks ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Nike Factor

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 28, 2015
     | 4,962 views

    In all his obedience Jesus was standing in for us, doing for us what we could never do for ourselves.

    “Just do it.” That’s the way Nike hopes to motivate us to “get back to sport,” as they put it, to get back in the game. “Just do it,” they tell us, and, of course, they also tell us: the best way to “do it” is to use their shoes and their gear. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Bye Bye Passivity Series

    Contributed by Michael West on Sep 29, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,812 views

    We are called overcomers. One of the first steps in overcoming is to fight and resist passivity.

    Sunday January 6th, 2008 Scripture: Matthew 11:12 Sermon: Bye Bye Passivity Pastor: Michael West, River of Life Overcomer—say it—overcomer… It is the call of God upon our lives. It is the nature of Christ within us and that character of all those who “through faith and patience inherit the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible