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  • Denn Guptill avatar

    A Sailor's Tale Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 20, 2004
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,894 views

    This is the story of Jonah told from the perspective of a sailor on the boat he sailed on.

    September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, honest it really is www.talklikeapirateday.com.  And seeing I was preaching on Jonah it seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up.  This is the first sermon that I’ve preached in the first person and I wore a pirates costume. Arrr mattes, ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    A Sailors Tale

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 26, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,299 views

    This is a first person narrative telling the story of Jonah

    September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, honest it really is www.talklikeapirateday.com. And it seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up. This is the a repeat of the message I preached last time it fell on a Sunday. We started with a clip from the Veggie Tales Jonah Movie which ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Mack Armstrong avatar

    Simple Sailors Seek Solutions Series

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Mar 14, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,715 views

    Jonah had run out of "wiggle room." He had run, slept, hid and remnained out of sight long enough. Now he stood before seasoned sailors who, in kindness and sympathy demanded an explanation from him.

    JONAH 1:8 SIMPLE SAILORS SEEK SOLUTIONS I. SIMPLE-NESS: A. Superstitious. B. Sensible. C. Steady. II. SINCERITY: A. Seekers. B. Scrupulous. C. Sympathetic. III. SEASONED: A. Sagacity. B. Sensitivity. C. Saddened. The scene on the high Mediterranean Sea centuries ago was not one ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Mack Armstrong avatar

    Sleepy Sailor Scares Seasoned Seamen Series

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Feb 21, 2008
     | 3,224 views

    One man’s disobedience, affected so many innocnet people. Although Jonah gave up on his call from God-God did not give up on His call to Jonah and He waited until the right time, to get Jonah’s attention.

    JONAH 1:5 SLEEPY SAILOR SCARES SEASONED SEAMEN I. STORM: A. Sudden. B. Similar. C. Savageness. II. SAILORS: A. Sinners. B. Struggling. C. Seeking. III. SLEEPER: A. Spent. B. Shadow. C. Squandering. The ship in which Jonah was sailing was never given a name in the Bible. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Daniel Habben avatar

    Independent Jonah And The Sailors Of A Floundering Ark Series

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Sep 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,717 views

    Jonah runs away from God.

    In its 1981 debut, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” made $384 million US worldwide. There didn’t seem to be a country that didn’t fall in love with character Indiana Jones. Kids everywhere were swooping around playgrounds cracking imaginary whips and humming the movie’s theme song as they “uncovered” ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    Lessons From God's Original Sailor Man

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Sep 21, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,580 views

    God looks for certain people to use.

    Lessons From God’s Original Sailor Man Gen 6.9 September 12, 2004 First Baptist Church, Chester, IL Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: A Residents along the Mississippi River are no strangers to overflows and flooding during the spring thaw and rains. Since the early 18th century, settlers ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Roy Fowler avatar

    A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jul 25, 2020
     | 4,766 views

    These trials or test, this virus, these riots are taking a toll on us.

    Sermon Title: A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. Scripture Text: John 16:33 As we consider all these trials or test, this virus, and these riots that are taking a toll on us. Let us push God to the forefront of our lives. John 16:33 (NLT) 33 I have told you all this so that you may have ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Invite Jesus To Your Boat

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Feb 3, 2015
     | 7,526 views

    To show that we only need JESUS in our life here on earth for us to accomplish greater things for Him. John 14:12 (Amplified Bible) 14:12 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the thi

    I. EXORDIUM: Who's in the boat with you? OF course, JESUS. He's the Sailor of my life. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we only need JESUS in our life here on earth for us to accomplish greater things for Him. John 14:12 (Amplified Bible) 14:12 I assure you, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Gordon McCulloch avatar

    For Those In Peril On The Sea, Our Forgotten Seafarers & The Sailor Society

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Jul 8, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,060 views

    This is a sermon for the Sailor Society, a charity responsible for looking after our seafarers, those almost forgotten by society, those who live a hard life.

    This sermon was delivered to Holy Trinity in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 8th July 2018; Holy Trinity is a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. Matthew 25:31-46 Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in you sight. ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

  • Michael Collins avatar

    17 The Prayer For Mercy Series

    Contributed by Michael Collins on Nov 11, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,030 views

    The devotion is about the prayer by the sailors before they threw Jonah overboard so as to bring a calm to the sea.

    # 17 – The Prayer for Mercy Jonah 1:14 – “Therefore they cried out to the LORD and said, “We pray, O LORD, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O LORD, have done as it pleased You.” “Therefore they cried out to the LORD…” In our last ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Melvin Shelton avatar

    The Detection Of Jonah.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Oct 18, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,753 views

    The sailors had been in many storms no doubt, but there was something different about this one.

    You know I believe we ought to look seriously at the scene on the ship. I know we have already talked about Jonah on the ship but there are some other lessons we can learn from this picture. Actually, what we can learn is something about the detection of Jonah’s sin. What we have here is something ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Baldwin avatar

    Jonah's Guilt Series

    Contributed by Robert Baldwin on Aug 25, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,104 views

    Jonah’s guilt is revealed to the sailors. your sins will find you out.

    Jonah’s Guilt Jonah 1:8-10 Jonah is saying, “I am a Hebrew” yet he did not act like a Hebrew. He said, “I fear Jehovah.” And yet he is fleeing in rebellion against Jehovah. Many say they fear God but live their lives as if they do not believe he exists. He professes that he believes God has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Baldwin avatar

    The Church Is Rebuked Series

    Contributed by Robert Baldwin on Aug 18, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,812 views

    A heathen sailor is rebuking the prophet of God. It is the church of that day being rebuked by the world.

    The Church Is Rebuked By The World (Jonah 1:6) Intro. A heathen sailor is rebuking the prophet of God. It is the church of that day being rebuked by the world. And worse, it is not because he is acting carnally nor about his disobedience to God, for this they did not know about. He is being ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Swanson avatar

    The Protesting Prophet Series

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Oct 31, 2022
     | 1,087 views

    Jonah sinned and ran from God; the sailors were spared and came to God.

    Fear of God – Scared 1:3 In verses 1-3: Jonah is referenced in 2 Kings 14:25. He prophesied during the rule of Jeroboam II, the king of Israel from 703-753 B.C. He might have been one of the youthful prophets of the school referenced regarding Elisha's service (2 Kings 2:3). Jonah was called ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Robert Leroe avatar

    Military Veteran Funeral Message

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 25, 2002
    based on 215 ratings
     | 98,143 views

    Paul compares our bodies to tents, a familiar image for soldiers who yearn for homecoming.

    Funeral message for a Military Veteran Poem: “The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat the soldier’s last tattoo; No more on life’s parade shall meet that brave and fallen few. On Fame’s eternal camping ground, their silent tents are spread; But glory guards with solemn dignity the bivouac of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational