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Hope For The Hopeless

Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 10, 2015

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What happens when your dreams have been restored only to be ripped from you again. This message looks at the story of Elijah and the widow who lost her son.

So we are picking up our story where we left off last Mother’s Day. You remember where we left off last Mother’s Day don’t you? For the few of you who don’t recall last year’s message. It began with a drought in the country of Israel, God’s prophet Elijah was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:17-24

Denomination: Wesleyan

Where Is God In This Crisis?

Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 14, 2002

based on 35 ratings

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A message in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks-spiritual anchors for your soul in a changing world.

Psalm 46 1 God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. 2 So we will not fear, even if earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. 3 Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! 4 A river brings joy to the city of our ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:25-29, Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

The Source, Means And Goal Of Success

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 18, 2003

based on 24 ratings

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Only when we are able to come to the full realization and trust in that God’s Sovereign will are people able to come to grips with the incomprehensible. For this reason Paul writes, “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To be Him be t

Rom. 11:33-36 Every day the news is filled with incomprehensible stories of tragedies which causes some people to ask the question, “Why does God allow so much suffering in the world?” The terrorists attack on the World Trade Center has caused billions to ask the question, “Why did God allow ...read more

Scripture: Romans 11:35-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Making Sense Out Of Suffering

Contributed by Owen Lukins on Nov 15, 2000

based on 48 ratings

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Making sense out of suffering as a result of an unexpected disaster. While we are helpless Christ comes to the rescue.

17th August 1997 Tathra/Bega UCA SCRIPTURE: Romans5:1-8 SUBJECT: Making sense out of suffering INTRODUCTION: I will never forget the scene …. I had just entered the Thredo Alpine Hotel which had been transformed into the Disaster Welfare Centre. I was not really that sure of what my role as ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-8

Denomination: *other

Why Is It Essential That We Leave All Things In The Hands Of Our Sovereign

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 1, 2002

based on 30 ratings

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Why Is It Essential That We Leave All Things in the Hands of Our Sovereign God? – Rom. 11:33-36

Why Is It Essential That We Leave All Things in Hands of Our Sovereign God? – Rom. 11:33-36 Every day the news is filled with incomprehensible stories of tragedies which causes some people to ask the question, “Why does God allow so much suffering in the world?” The terrorists attack on the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 11:33-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Funeral Service For Elderly Man

Contributed by Michael Bolin on Jan 31, 2010

based on 5 ratings

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funeral for relative with Alzheimer Disease.

Friends, we have gathered here to praise God and to witness to our faith as we celebrate the life of Jerry Venable. We come together in grief, acknowledging our human loss. May God grants us grace that in pain we find comfort, in sorrow hope, in death resurrection. When we think of Jerry Venable, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 24:1

Denomination: United Methodist

Words And Prayer For Virginia Tech

Contributed by John Tung on Apr 25, 2007

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Addressing the Virginia Tech. shooting this week and offering words of prayer before my sermon.

Today, I want to start by addressing the shooting at Va. Tech. this week. I have followed the news this week, as you have. It seems to me that the cause of this shooting was mental illness exacerbated by the immigrant experience. So, the first thing I want to say is that we need to take the stigma ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sin Can Never Deliver What It Promises Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Sep 17, 2007

based on 4 ratings

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This is the final message in a series from the book of Lamentations.

Our culture is perhaps the most unique culture to ever exist on the earth. Our mindset is unlike any other in history. We live in what is called a “Post Modern” world. When Pontus Pilate asked Jesus, “What is truth?” He could never have known that he was echoing the sentiment of an entire culture. ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 5:1-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus Loving Heart

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jun 4, 2007

based on 134 ratings

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A sermon for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost The story of the Widow at Nain

2nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 5C Lectionary 10 C Luke 7:11-17 "Jesus’ Loving Heart" 11* Soon afterward he went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12* As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:11-17

Denomination: Lutheran

In The Master's Service

Contributed by Beth Garrod-Logsdon on Oct 9, 2007

based on 4 ratings

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27 Ordinary, Year C, Worldwide Communion A sermon to remind us not to question the job that God has called us to do.

Luke 17:3-17 & 2 Timothy 18-14 *** Children’s Sermon - play "Simon Says" and discuss what happens if you do something that Simon didn’t say to do. Are you "out" of the game forever? How is this like life in Christ? How is repentance and forgiveness like getting a second chance? *** So, until ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:3-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Fate, Failure And Fig Trees (And Why Bad Things Happen To Good People)

Contributed by David Smith on Oct 17, 2007

based on 11 ratings

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It’s the age-old theological question - why do bad things happen to good people? Jesus, as ever, doesn’t give us the response we expect.

They say that philosophy deals with two sorts of questions: * Questions to which everybody knows the answer (eg. Do I really exist?). * Questions to which nobody knows the answer (eg. Why do I exist?). Religious teachers tend to deal the same sorts of questions, perhaps particularly questions ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-9

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Why Did God Let This Happen?

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 23, 2001

based on 117 ratings

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In the midst of a nation where people are beginning to ask questions about where God was when New York & Washington were hit, this is a humble effort to deal with that question.

OPEN: A little girl came home from a neighbor’s house where her little friend had died. "Why did you go?" questioned her father. "To comfort her mother," said the child. "What could you do to comfort her?" "I climbed into her lap and cried with her." APPLICATION: In this mother’s time of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:1-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Bad Things Happen To Good People

Contributed by David Smith on Feb 26, 2008

based on 6 ratings

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It’s the age-old theological question - why do bad things happen to good people? Jesus, as ever, doesn’t give us the response we expect. ...

They say that philosophy deals with two sorts of questions: * Questions to which everybody knows the answer (eg. Do I really exist?). * Questions to which nobody knows the answer (eg. Why do I exist?). Religious teachers tend to deal the same sorts of questions, perhaps particularly questions ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-19

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Faith In Need

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Mar 1, 2010

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In this lesson we meet two very different people who have two things in common, both are n deep need of help and both look to Jesus to meet their need.

Faith in Need 08/03/08 AM Text – Mark 5:21-42 Our lesson today deals with two of the very best examples of faith to be found in all the scriptures. We will meet two very different people who have two things in common, both are suffering tragedy, in deep need of help and both look to Jesus to meet ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Will Not Yield Series

Contributed by David Simpson on Sep 12, 2016

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This message was delivered to a Men's Breakfast group and Sunday services on the fifteenth anniversary of September 11th. Our society and the church have often yielded in many ways since then. A wake up call to the church.

Sermon Lanier Christian Church September 11, 2016 (Also Hamilton Mill Christian Men’s Breakfast – 9/10/16) David Simpson – Sermon Series: Signs of Life - #3 Signs of Life: I will not Yield Isaiah 42:8 Fifteen years ago today, on a Tuesday, America was shaken to its ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 42:8

Denomination: Christian Church

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