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  • Timm Meyer avatar

    Are You Ready?

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Dec 12, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,998 views

    Advent 1(A) - Are you ready? Judgment Day is approaching and all are always to be watching.

    ARE YOU READY? December 3, 2006 - ADVENT 1 Matthew 24:37-44 * * * * * * * * * Dear Fellow-Redeemed and Saints in the Lord: If you had a chance to look in the bulletin, our question, our theme for today is "Are you ready?" In our life we just know that very ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Why Faith And Love Matter Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 30, 2012
     | 4,120 views

    if you have a real relationship with God, you will have faith in his power and love for his people.

    Introduction Jesus’ first full day in Jerusalem has not started off on a pleasant note. He began the morning by cursing a fig tree and ended it by knocking over tables and accusing the Jewish authorities of turning the temple into “a den of robbers.” This got the attention of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Where Are You?

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024
     | 1,450 views

    Where are you? Are you hiding, afraid of God, because of sin in your life? Maybe you’re trying to cover your sin with the fig leaves of your good works.

    Introduction: Does this mean that God didn't know something? Not at all. Someone can easily ask a question to which they know the answer. Usually, the reason to do that is to point something out or teach something. Obviously, Adam and Eve had sinned. God asked, "Adam, where are you?" ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "Are You Ready?"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 27, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,777 views

    Jesus clearly exhorted His disciples to be ready for His coming. Are you ready? Really?

    Alistair Begg recalls a news story he heard while living in England about a Liverpool couple who had their car stolen from in front of their home one night. Several days later they woke in the morning to find their car, cleaned, full of gas and sitting back in front of the house. There was a note ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    The Fate Of The Unprepared

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 24, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,787 views

    Delays have dangerous ends!

    The Fate Of The Unprepared Matthew 25:1-13 In this parable of the Ten Virgins Jesus is continuing the solemn declaration of the uncertainty of the time of His return and of the necessity of being ready for such an event. This is why the opening word "then" is important. It is the link binding ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dead Church Walking Series

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Oct 28, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,337 views

    A church can be be dead and appear to have life. It can also be almost dead and have all the appearances it is dead, but revived by repenting and getting back to the basics of the Christian life.

    Dead Church Walking Sermon 5 in the Series “You’ve Got Mail” Chuck Sligh August 14, 2011 For the PowerPoint for the sermon, write me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to Revelation 3. INTRODUCTION Illus. – Reader’s Digest had a story about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Lowe avatar

    Lessons On The Coming Kingdom Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Nov 15, 2017
     | 11,217 views

    The kingdom is more than a future reality. It is already present. The Pharisees did not have to wait for it. The disciples were already part of it. Even today the kingdom as Jesus established it is present wherever people acknowledge Jesus as King.

    Samaria, Galilee Lessons on the Coming Kingdom (Gen. 6-9) Luke 17:20-37 Jesus Speaks on the Spiritual Nature of God’s Kingdom (Luke 17:20-21) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Awe Of Easter

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 21, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 720 views

    Instead of amusing ourselves to death, let’s live in awe of Jesus, who came back to life in order to give us life.

    The Awe of Easter Mark 16:1-8 Rev. Brian Bill April 19-20, 2025 It comes down to this Jesus is at the center He has victory over the grave There’s one historical reality: the Resurrection of Jesus! I wonder if we’ve stopped marveling at the miracle of Easter. While our culture is captivated by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    25th Sunday After Pentecost. November 15th, 2026. Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 23, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,983 views

    Year A, Proper 28.

    Judges 4:1-7, Psalm 123:1-4, Zephaniah 1:7, Zephaniah 1:12-18, Psalm 90:1-12, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Matthew 25:14-30 A). A MODEL OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE. Judges 4:1-7. JUDGES 4:1-2. At the very outset of this short passage we discover that war MIGHT come against the LORD’s people as a direct ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Parable Of The Ten Virgins Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 29, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 23,845 views

    The parable of the ten virgins is given to accentuate the incalculable importance of being spiritually prepared to meet Christ when He returns to earth, because after He appears, unbelievers who are then alive will have no further chance for salvation.

    A fun part of summer are the frequent weddings that occur. So much has changed over the years with weddings. No longer just a formal service in a church with a standard liturgy and vows, now couples often write their own vows, and for the more ambitious couples, it may be an outdoor service at an ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Awake To The Hope Of Advent: The Coming Light Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 27, 2025
     | 474 views

    In Mark 13:24-37 through Jesus we are encouraged in three ways to 1) Anticipate an Awesome Arrival (Mark 13:24–27), be 2) Attune to the Assurance (Mark 13:28–31), and 3) Awaken to Active Anticipation (Mark 13:32–37).

    Mark 13:24–37. 24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    River Rafting 101 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,365 views

    It’s important to understand that river rafting has many dangers and difficulties just as the journey of life does. We must know how to ride the river and manage the spiritual journey of life.

    Series: Let the river flow pt 2/3 John 7:37-39 “Jesus has the life giving water!” • 37…Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” 39By this he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational