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  • James Turner avatar

    What Will You Do When The Lights Go Out?

    Contributed by James Turner on Mar 9, 2001
    based on 136 ratings
     | 9,845 views

    How to weather the storm, coming out of darkness into his light.

    Title: What Do You Do When the Lights Go Out? Text: John 1:1-5 & 9 Matthew 5:14-16 -I want to talk to you about this simple question - What do you do when the lights go out? Pray Light the candle Turn lights out (Stats by George Barna) I. Los Angeles School District A. They practice five ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Lighten Up!

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 25, 2013
     | 4,072 views

    We seek to improve areas in our lives. Our spiritual improvement is key. We must "wake up" and "dress up" in our walk with God.

    1. Improvements • A young wife said to her husband, "Don’t forget to bring home another mousetrap." Her husband said, "What’s the matter with the one I bought yesterday?" She said, "IT’S FULL." • A woman walked into her bathroom at home. As she did, she saw her husband ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Will A Good God Really Send Bad People To Hell? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 26, 2011
     | 4,652 views

    One need do nothing in order to go to hell. Failure to receive the grace of God in Christ Jesus the Lord positions the individual against God and against righteousness.

    “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Funeral Message For A Believer

    Contributed by Scott Maze on May 24, 2021
     | 3,111 views

    Larry loved the story of Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus. It was his favorite story in the Bible. And no wonder he liked it so much. This is the probably the world’s most famous conversion story.

    Larry loved the story of Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus. It was his favorite story in the Bible. And no wonder he liked it so much. This is the probably the world’s most famous conversion story. The story is so potent that Luke shares it three times in Acts: Acts 19:1-19; 22:1-16; ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rev Emmanuel O. Adejugbe avatar

    Part 3: When Praise Is A Protest Series

    Contributed by Rev Emmanuel O. Adejugbe on Feb 10, 2026
     | 210 views

    Your song is a weapon, not just a reaction. We often think of worship as a response to comfort, but the most powerful praise is a rebellion against circumstances. From Habakkuk’s barren fields to Paul and Silas’s midnight jail cell, we examine the "Midnight Mandate."

    THE PATTERN INTERRUPT Here's what we've been taught about praise. We sing when life is good. We worship when circumstances cooperate. We lift our voices when we feel like it. That's conditional worship. That's circumstantial faith. And that's not what the Bible teaches. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    Shinning Brightly In Christ Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 1, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,943 views

    We are called be lighthouses in a dark and stormy world.

    Shinning Bright In Christ Text: Eph. 5:8-14 Introduction 1. Illustration: There is a story from one of Max Lucado’s books of a lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    Never Say "Good Night"

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jan 25, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,721 views

    how God wants us to stay awake in this dark world

    January 27, 2002 1 Thessalonians 5:4-11 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    Living In The Last Days (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Aug 7, 2003
    based on 59 ratings
     | 11,594 views

    This is the 17th study in the study "Hope In The Darkness".

    LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS (Part 1) 2 Peter 3:1-18 As a father of three, I have learned how to repeat myself. When I am trying to teach one of my children a lesson I must teach it to them several times and remind them of it often. In the last chapter of Peter’s second letter, he states that he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Curry Pikkaart avatar

    Jesus Is Just Another Man Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 24, 2015
     | 4,219 views

    Some say 'Jesus is just another man.' How would you respond?

    “Cross Currents: Jesus Is Just Another Man” Col. 1:1-14 Have you ever heard someone say, “Jesus is just another man - a great one, perhaps, but just another man.” Professor Virginia Ramey Mollenkott is a leading teacher of this view – she states “Jesus is simply ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Apostacy

    Contributed by Gerry Pratt on May 25, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,124 views

    Here are pointed out the warning signs, consequences, and the cure for apostacy.

    Apostasy: (Webster) - The abandoning of what one believed in, as a faith, political party, principles, etc.. A. If I were to address a large group of Christians and asked if any of those present were in the grips of apostasy...none would answer. 1. I should then be able to draw ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Jesus, The Living Savior

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 30, 2002
    based on 164 ratings
     | 10,010 views

    If there was no resurrection, 1. Death 2. Darkness and 3. Evil would have won. But death was defeated, darkness was vanquished, and evil was conquered.

    In 1981 there was a devastating flood in central China. During the flood an ancient pagoda collapsed at Famen Temple. A few years later, archaeologists were digging through the rubble when they made a startling discovery. Sealed in a miniature stone casket, they found what they believed to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • George Durham avatar

    Bethlehem, Newtown, And Incarnation

    Contributed by George Durham on Dec 23, 2012
     | 1,916 views

    There are many similarities between the darkness into which Jesus was born in Bethlehem and what we now face in the darkness of the Newtown massacre of the innocents.

    Bethlehem, Newtown, Incarnation? So what does this mean to me today? Luke 2: 1-7 (current news tie in: Did you know that NEWTOWN, Connecticut was listed as #5 in 100 SAFEST CITIES! 14,612 MURDERED last year in U.S. 281 Every Week!/ 40 Every Day! IT SHOULDN’T SURPRISE US THAT WE NEED TO ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Davon Huss avatar

    Eaten By Now

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 5, 2022
     | 2,014 views

    Talk about the dark places of the earth and about the light for those dark places (Outline adapted from Phil Young of Illinois)

    HoHum: An American was visiting in a 3rd world country. While walking down the street, he was surprised to see a native reading the Bible. “My good man,” he said. “In my country, that book is considered out of date.” The native responded, “My good man, if that book is considered out of date in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    When We’re Scared To Go Against What Everyone Else Is Saying

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 29, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,150 views

    A look at Pilate's desire to please the people and the ways that we often behave in the same way.

    AN EASY TEMPTATION: We want to satisfy the crowd. - Mark 15:15. - Most of us like being liked. We want people to approve of us. - And it is nice when everyone is backing what we’re saying or what we’re doing. - This is probably the most important phrase in our passage for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Daniel Habben avatar

    Stand Firm With The Lion (Of Judah) & Stand Firm Against All Lions

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 3, 2022
     | 2,413 views

    They can weigh up to 550 lbs. but still run at 50 mph for short bursts, covering 100 m in 5-6 seconds. A swipe of their paw can generate a strike force of up to almost 23,000 lb/ft.

    They can weigh up to 550 lbs. but still run at 50 mph for short bursts, covering 100 m in 5-6 seconds. A swipe of their paw can generate a strike force of up to almost 23,000 lb/ft. In comparison, a professional boxer’s knockout-punch registers only 925 lb/ft. They can open their mouth nearly a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran