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  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    Why Maundy Thursday

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 2, 2020
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    What is Maundy Thursday all about? Is it just for Catholics? Let’s look at where Holy Thursday comes from in the Bible, and what it means for us. Let’s examine John 13:1-17, 31b-35?

    What is Maundy Thursday all about? Is it just for Catholics? Let’s look at where Holy Thursday comes from in the Bible, and what it means for us. Let’s examine John 13:1-17, 31b-35? Passover John 13:1-2 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Are You Angry?

    Contributed by Doug Houck on Dec 26, 2020
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    An important factor in mental health is telling ourselves the truth about our rights so we are not angry. The story of Cain is used to introduce Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) a.k.a. Misbelief therapy

    INTRODUCTION Genesis 4:1-6 …”Why are you angry?” Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.” Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in the process ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Why Are We Here? Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Mar 31, 2021
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    In answer to the question: Why does God need our worship? Is that our purpose - only to live and praise God?

    Question to be asked: Why does God need our worship? Is that our purpose - only to live and praise God? Intro: Why are we here? I hope that by the time we’re done here this morning you don’t leave saying, “Why are we here, again?” I’m driving in Canada some years ago, and every once in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why It Had To Be Calvary

    Contributed by John Gaston on Mar 31, 2021
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    The atonement for all mankind had to happen on that hill, among those specific people, by the specific method of crucifixion, to only that specific Person, for the specific purposes that God outlined. There was no other way.

    WHY IT HAD TO BE CALVARY Luke 23:33 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. SUPPORT A FAMILY : THE PROSPECTIVE FATHER-IN-LAW ASKED, "YOUNG MAN, CAN YOU SUPPORT A FAMILY?" THE SURPRISED GROOM-TO-BE REPLIED, "WELL, NO. I WAS JUST PLANNING TO SUPPORT YOUR DAUGHTER. THE REST OF YOU WILL HAVE TO ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Why Is The Sky Blue?

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 15, 2020
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    Jesus answers his adversaries difficult question with a creative answer.

    Why Is The Sky Blue? Matthew 22: 15 - 22 Intro: Anyone who has interacted with children knows they can ask a lot of difficult questions. Examples: Why do leaves change different colors? / If shampoo comes in so many colors, why is the lather on your head always white? / If the No 2 pencil is so ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Why The Lord Withdraws

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Jan 30, 2022
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    Sometimes we can become prideful and overconfident in our own abilities, which is sin; and so, God will hide His face from us (Isaiah 59:2). The Lord will hide from us in order to gain our attention and cause us to cling to Him.

    One day a mother was out shopping with her son. Every time she took him shopping with her she couldn’t keep him by her side. As soon as she would turn her back, the boy would wander off somewhere, though keeping his mother in sight the entire time. She would then have to go and retrieve him. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Exoneration, Why And How?

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Feb 13, 2021
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    Starts off with David, Bathsheba and Nathan. Then moves to Romans and tell how we are exonerated and why and how to receive salvation.

    Illustration: Forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness but because you deserve peace. Jonathan Lockwood Hule For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. -David sent his Army’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Why Were They Angry?

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 16, 2021
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    Looks at why the religious leaders were angry when the healed man carried his bed roof on the Sabbath.

    John 5 (2) Why Were They Angry? John 5:1-16 Why were the religious folks angry? This man had been paralyzed for 38 years. Jesus healed the man, and the religious folks were angry. Can you imagine what would happen these days. The newspapers might not give Christianity credit. They might not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Ash Wednesday

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 16, 2021
     | 4,547 views

    Does lent serve any purpose for a Protestant?

    Prelude Does lent serve any purpose for a Protestant? Purpose Let’s look at several reasons for a Christian to fast and pray. Plan We’ll look at the topic of fasting in Joel 2, Psalm 51, 2 Corinthians 5-6 and Matthew 6. Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Praise God? Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Apr 19, 2020
     | 4,786 views

    We are to praise God always because there are many reasons through Jesus Christ!

    Good day! It is good that you are worshiping God, for God is our Creator, Provider, Sustainer, Savior, Redeemer, Promise Keeper, and always giving us love! Let us always remember that God is always deserving of our worship, not only on Sundays but everyday of our lives. God is good, All the time…. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Why Have Church? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 1, 2020
    based on 5 ratings
     | 12,156 views

    Why do we do church? What is our goal and how do we accomplish that goal?

    A man once told about his school’s Spring Break Trip to Italy. When they visited Rome they entered St. Peter's Basilica, the 2nd largest church in world. The tour guide explained, "This church is so large no man on earth could hit a baseball from one end to the other. Not Lou Gehrig. Not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Are You Crying?

    Contributed by Ezekiel Ette on May 7, 2020
     | 5,601 views

    Do not cry the Lord is risen

    Easter Sunday April 12, 2020 Why Are You Crying? Ps. 118 1 -2, 14 – 24; John 21 : 1 – 18. Ezekiel Ette In the 2000 years of Christianity, there are only two recorded occasions where the church was officially closed around the world. The first was during the Spanish Flu which occurred between 1918 ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Why Some Will Not Forgive Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2020
     | 2,536 views

    Not everyone is willing to forgive the truly repentant. This lack of forgiveness can be divided int three categories at least.

    Why Some Will Not Forgive Luke 15:25-32 Review: We forgive as God does, conditioned upon repentance. When we wrong another, and we take responsibility and ask forgiveness for the specific wrong, things are then out of our hands. If people forgive us, it is out of their graciousness. If they do ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Why Prayers Are Not Answered

    Contributed by James Dina on Jun 18, 2021
     | 7,717 views

    I cried to God and He has heard me, and attended to the voice of my prayer; Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy away from me.

    WHY PRAYERS ARE NOT ANSWERED "I cry unto you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you didn't regard me" (Job 30:20) I prayed and cried to "the God that answers prayer" but He does not answer; Maybe He didn't hear me. That's the question that goes on in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Why Are We Free?

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jul 4, 2021
     | 2,506 views

    Today we celebrate our nation's freedom. Our forefathers sought freedom from England and drafted the Declaration of Independence. What about us? Why did we need to be set free, what set us free and why have we been set free?

    WHY ARE WE FREE? Today we celebrate our nation's freedom. In 1776 the Declaration of Independence was drafted. The colonists wanted to be declared free from Great Britain. They were getting tired of the taxes levied upon them as well as a few other rules and regulations that were put in place ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ