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  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    The Coming Of The Son Of Man.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 8, 2023
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    How should we live in these in-between times as we await the return of Jesus?

    THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN. Luke 21:25-38. The apocalyptic imagery which Jesus employs (Luke 21:25-27) might at first seem uncharacteristic of our loving Lord Jesus: but He stood in the long tradition of the prophets of old (e.g. Joel 2:30-32; Isaiah 24:19). In fact, the return of Jesus as ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Hanging In There Through Anxiety Series

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 10, 2007
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    Anxiety is common to all people, even Christians. We can learn to handle our anxiety by understanding that God is our ever present help, His strength is adequate for anything you might face and His help stands on its own.

    We are living in anxious times. As I grew up we faced total annihilation by way of the bomb. My folks actually considered building a bomb shelter. Some of you may have done that. We wondered what would happen. Our anxieties are ever expanding. We have seen people poisoned by simply eating food that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Gift To An Ambitious World

    Contributed by Tim Hedberg on Jul 21, 2008
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    What is our place in this world?

    God’s Gift To An Ambitious World Psalm 131 June 1, 2008 Spelling Be story, This week on National Public Radio, they told the story of the ever-increasing difficulty graduating seniors are having in getting into the college of their choosing. Despite high grade point averages. Despite involvement ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "picking Up Our Mats"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 21, 2019
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    A sermon about change. Churches must be willing to change or die.

    “Picking Up Our Mats” John 5:1-9a I don’t like change. It scares me. It’s like diving into the unknown. When I was a child, my family moved around a lot. By the time I entered the 6th Grade I had already lived in four different states. I remember when I moved from Dayton, Ohio to ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Part 4 - Genesis 19:1-38 - Just Cause! Game Over! Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 31, 2010
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    Genesis 19 reads like a VIDEO GAME. It opens with a powerful weapon in the arsenal - Abraham's prayer (Genesis 18:23-32) which provides firecover throughout the story. The two angels that come into town are the heroes on a RESCUE MISSION from HIGH COMMAND

    PART 4 - GENESIS 19:1-38 - JUST CAUSE! GAME OVER! Genesis 19 reads like a VIDEO GAME. It opens with a powerful weapon in the arsenal - Abraham's prayer (Genesis 18:23-32) which provides firecover throughout the story. The two angels that come into town are the heroes on a RESCUE MISSION from HIGH ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Unto Us A Son Is Given

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 18, 2013
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,877 views

    The in-breaking of the holy into the world of men.

    UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN. Isaiah 9:2-7. 1. Troubled times It is quite appropriate that the sign of God’s deliverance from oppressive times should be in the birth of a child: for He says, “My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). Whether in Judah’s oppression by Aram and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    King Or Not

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 20, 2012
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    Sermon for Christ The King Sunday, Year B. 2012

    John 18: 33 – 37 / King Or Not Intro: A story is told of a king of one of the monarchies in Europe. On a trip through his kingdom, the king decided to spend one Sunday in church. He went to a small church alone and sat quietly as he began to pray. A woman interrupted the king’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Epicurus And Christ Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 11, 2017
     | 3,440 views

    Renaissance atheists ate, drank and were merry and ignored God’s teaching, because they thought of the Christian God as just another non-existent being who wanted to keep them from enjoying themselves.

    Thursday of the 32nd Week in Course Reformation/Revolution The Pharisees were religious leaders in Israel at the time of Christ, and, like all pious Jews, they believed that God would send a Messiah to inaugurate the Kingdom of God. But most Jews thought that the kingdom would be brought by force, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Birth Of Hope Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Dec 4, 2017
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     | 11,525 views

    The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The burst of light, God's presence, is the basis of our hope.

    Isaiah 9:1-7 “The Birth of Hope” INTRODUCTION Certain things in life are absolutely necessary. Air is one of them. We need air to breathe. We need water, also. Humans can only live about three days without water. We also need hope. Life without hope is difficult, if not impossible. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Catholics Becoming Americans--Sharing The Gifts

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 29, 2018
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    We are Americans, and celebrate the wonderful gifts God has given to us as Americans. But we are first of all members of the Church that Jesus founded.

    July 4, 2018 “Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.” The words of the prophet Isaiah. Nobody would willingly leave home and allow himself to be crammed ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Thirty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, C: The Three Huge Apocalyptic Stones Of Jesus Christ

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 15, 2022
     | 969 views

    “THE STONE IS COMING! “THE STONE IS COMING!”

    Wheeler Winston Dixon is the chair of the Film Studies Program at the University of Nebraska. In his book, “Disaster and Memory”, he writes, “People go to disaster movies to prove to themselves that they can go through the worst possible experience but somehow that they’re immortal.” (The Lure ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Watch Out And Take Heed.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 25, 2022
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,449 views

    The bookends to this excerpt of Scripture underline the need to be on our guard.

    WATCH OUT AND TAKE HEED. Mark 13:9-23. 1. Testimony and Martyrdom. Mark 13:9-13. Jesus warned His disciples that they would face arrests, persecution, interrogation by the synagogue authorities, imprisonment, arraignment before kings and governors – and all because they bore His name. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Life Intercepted By God-1(2024)

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 9, 2024
     | 84 views

    1 of?? The apostle Matthew recorded some key elements/aspects surrounding the conception & birth of Jesus, from Joseph’s perspective. ?What can be learned from Joseph’s perspective about Jesus’ beginnings? Lessons learned from a life intercepted by God. Life Intercepted By God...

    LIFE INTERCEPTED By GOD-I—Matthew 1:18-19(:18-25) Attention: One day, in 1986, before I knew Jesus, I was sitting the living room of my, my wife’s, & our infant daughter’s newly purchased home in Savannah, Georgia. I was watching a Sunday Bible Study program aired by a local pastor. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Awake And Sober

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 12, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,165 views

    According to Paul, Christians are to live constantly aware of the return of Christ Jesus.

    Awake and Sober – I Thessalonians 5:1-11 Intro: First the tsunami, then hurricanes, now unrest in France and bombings in the Middle East. In Luke 21:25 it says, “there will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. . . Nations will be in anguish and perplexity . . “ before Jesus comes. That must ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Build On Rock, Not Sand Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 2, 2017
     | 5,384 views

    " pray for our young religious and seminarians, for all of us will be judged on the basis of where we build–on the firm rock of obedience to God, or on shifting sand."

    Thursday of the First Week in Lent Reformation & Revolution It is the happy decision of the Church that brings us so much of the prophet Isaiah as we celebrate the time of expectation, the time of Advent. Isaiah was a prophet of hope in a time of social and religious and political upheaval. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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