Sermons About Heaven
What happens when we die?
Continuing our Ask anything series, this time looking at the question, 'what happens when we die?' Simon encourages us to see our future hope in light of the resurrection and takes us through 6 questions regarding our future as Christians.
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Preparing for a Dramatic Exit Part 1
There are a lot of things we do not know about Jesus' second coming, but here are some very important things to know.
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Isaiah: Restoring the World (Isaiah 6:1-8)
Is the gospel about personal forgiveness of personal sin, or is it about the corporate restoration of the entire cosmos? Christians have lined up on both sides, ready to argue their case, but have failed to see what’s really at stake in this discussion. In this sermon, we will see that our longing for transcendence and our desire for restoration are ultimately met in the same way.
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Finding God In Times Of Emotional Trauma & Confusion
Pastor gives us a guide to staying on the right track amidst some of the difficulties of life.
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When I Get Where I'm Going
When we get where we're going, as Christians, what will it be like? We talk about going to heaven, but we need the occasional reminder of what it will be like.
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An Inviting Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?
Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries brings a Word concerning our relationship with Our Beloved Pastor George and he also shares a sermon on Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test? Podcast Legend: 00:00 – 38:15 – Worship 38:16 – 43:20 – Pastor George prays 43:21 – 44:48 – Cookie brings a Word 44:49 – 50:55 – Pastor George’s radio preview 50:56 – 52:47 – Various announcements 52:48 – 1:08:15 – Betty speaks then Cindi & Pastor pray with her 1:08:16 – 1:31:02 - Dick Dungan brings a Word concerning Our Beloved pastor George 1:30:03 – 1:53:30 – Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries shares on “Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?” 1:53:31 – 2:03:42 – Closing Worship & Benediction
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Exit: How to be ready to leave.
No matter what your age, it is important to think about how to finish strong – how to live always being ready to leave. On the road of life we must all one day take the final exit off of it. Here Paul gives two ways we are to live today, so we are ready to live tomorrow. They describe my mom – and I hope they will describe you.
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Philippians 1:27-30 - Heavenly Citizens
The Life we live matters. Today when people want to define what an Evangelical is we often forget that the Lordship of Christ extends to everyone area of our lives. We tend to focus on here and now when as Christians we should focus on our heavenly citizenship. We are heirs of the King, but far too often we seek the benefits of this world rather than the heavenly kingdom of which we claim we want to spend eternity. Why would anyone want to have a heavenly citizenship without holiness is just a reflection of how anemic and weak American Christianity is today. In this passage Paul gives us 3 avenues that will help redirect our loyalties toward the heavenly kingdom. They include: 1) The Call to live as worthy Citizens (27a), 2) The Distinctives of Worthy Citizens (27b-28), and 3) The Grace of Worthy Citizenship. For Paul the Gospel of Christ is first. The gospel must be the center pole of all that we do and any philosophy of ministry we have. The call to be a heavenly citizen is a call to salvation and be a disciple of Christ. Paul also shows how allegiance, spiritual steadfastness, teamwork, and fearlessness are character changes that will speak volumes to an outside world and to the Christian community about the supremacy of the Heavenly Kingdom. Finally Paul shows us that believing and suffering are given to us in our heavenly citizenship. The Philippians were all recipients of grace as they hade been given the gifts of salvation (believing) and suffering. If we only see grace to be only pleasant benefits and blessings then suffering will be seen to be anything but grace. This must be combated because it leads people away from the true God and the true Gospel.
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Epic Act VII - Restoration
Listen as Pastor Brad concludes the EPIC series with a description of the restoration that God will bring to all creation.
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How Good Is Good Enough
Many people think that good people go to heaven. They like this theory because: It seems like a fair system; you'll make the cut; it motivates you to be good and it's very consistent with the idea of good God. The problems with the theory is that there is no clear standard of good and bad; we don't know how good is good enough and it makes a liar out of Jesus. The bible tells us that Everybody is welcome; Everybody gets in the same way and Everybody can meet the requirement. Good people don't go to heaven --- forgiven people go to heaven.
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Going Home
Jacobs time is up in serving Laban and he is ready to go home and leave with nothing. As Christians we need to be ready to go home and not be too attached to the things this world has to offer.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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Part 3: A Place Of Blessing
God's promise to Abraham is that he will redeem not only humanity, but the earth as well. Man was made from the earth, for the earth. Salvation is not simply man being redeemed in order to vacate the earth he was created for by "flying away to heaven." God will redeem all of creation and man will once again dwell in a perfect creation. The promise of land for Abraham was more than just land, it was the earth.
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The Hope of Resurrection
Luke 20:27-40 As Luke comes to the end of his writing project, Jesus comes to the end of His life, and speaks of the end of the age. And it is as the "end" is beginning that we come to understand the vital place of hope in the life of those charged with extending the Kingdom authority of God through the gospel. For Christ-followers, "resurrection" is more than an event; it is the recognition that God wins in the end, and all creation is liberated from the chains and corruption of sin.
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20080420 - Deut. 23:1-18
exclusivity who gets into the kingdom god is holy, let us be holy judgement
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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Our Eternal Hope
We have an Eternal Home. There will be no tears or sadness, or even death. The old will have gone and the new will have come.We have an Eternal Home. Christ has gone to prepare us a place in Heaven. Do you live in that hope? Do we weep for the lost? Our citizenship in heaven is sure only in Christ.
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Parable Of Absent From The Body
You have heard it said many times, "Absent from the body present with the Lord." But when you die do you go straight to heaven or is there a resurrection in the last day? We will look at this verse and all the other scriptures that prove the orderly arrangement of Gods plan.
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Paradise
What does the Bible have to say about Heaven? What happens to us when we die? And what can we expect in the life to come? Listen as Pastor Tim Hawks reveals what scripture has to say about this provocative topic.
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Happily Ever After
Have you ever wondered what Heaven is like or how it is possible? Listen as Pastor Tim teaches on two important aspects of Heaven – the best of what we long and hope for.
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Kingdom - Now and Later
Is the message of Jesus about another world, or about life in the here and now?
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Jesus: The Living One
John's description of what he saw provides us with first hand knowledge of the risen Christ in His kingdom - the Revelation of the title. We look at John's description of the glorified risen Jesus; at how John reacts to this sight and at how Jesus describes himself. We close by considering how we should react to this new and awe-inspiring understanding.
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Genuine Faith Meditates on the End
People will often speculate about how close we are to the end times and how many prophecies have been fulfilled and how many are left to go. Sometimes this speculation can go too far and cause people to get so wrapped up in when Jesus is coming back that they lose sight of Jesus Himself. The thought that Jesus will come back soon also tends to lead people to withdraw from the world and stop caring about its condition. Peter reminds his readers that the end of all things is at hand and exhorts them to do the exact opposite. He urges us to be self-controlled and hospitable, to serve one another with the gifts that God has given us, and to love each earnestly, because earnest love covers over sins.
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Our Father
This week we looked at the basis for all prayer - the fact that through Jesus we are children of God.
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All About Jesus
The world is divided. There will be trouble. The only solution is Jesus. The Bible revolves around the gospel message. It is all about Jesus!!
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Pressing On Towards the Goal
Paul pressed on past his past and fixed his eyes on Jesus. What is your focus? Is it on God or on self? Is your hope placed in heaven? All of Paul's dreams and aspirations were put on the one thing that could save him. His eyes and hope was fixed on his Savior Jesus Christ.
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Is It In You?
You have an enemy that wages war against the soul, that you might love the "world." Is it in you?
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The Hope of Perfection
This week we looked at the hard words of Jesus concerning how we are to love our enemies and avoid retaliation. The words of Jesus are convicting, but the promise of the Holy Spirit and its ongoing work in our life gives us a great reason to hope!
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Serve Because of Grace
Life seems unfair. It is tempting to blame God or to try to do things better than God seems to be doing them. The reality is that everything we have is by God's grace. He is working it all together for his own good.
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Hotline to Heaven
Pollster George Barna has revealed that although the majority of Americans "pray" at least once per week' they also feel that their prayers are ineffective. How can we have a hotline to Heaven?
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The Lords Supper Remembering the Lamb that was slain
The Lord's supper is the time that we set aside to remember what Christ has done for us. Do we really contemplate all that Jesus did for us? During communion time, do we make it about us or about Jesus? May each one of us take a step back and glorify God for what he has done for us in Christ.
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Eternity
The message of etenity is one that must remain at the fore front of our minds and hearts. Email Craig through craigireland@inbox.com
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Heaven On Earth
This message begins our journey through the Old Testament as we discover God's passion for restoring heaven to earth. In this message we see that heaven is where God is and God created absolute perfection on the earth and in the garden of Eden. We were made to rule the earth, living a life of shameless pleasure in bodies that never wear out or die. It's heaven on earth.
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Life Is Precious
The teaching of Evolution has convinced this world that we are nothing more then animals. Should we be surprised when humans act like animals? We will find value in life once we realize we are all made in the image of God. He made us to be like him. Life is Precious because God knows us and loves us. We have hope and peace because Christ Jesus died and was raised from the dead for us.
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A Faith that Overcomes Fear
The challenges of life have a way of bringing to the surface our fears, insecurities, concerns, anxieties, uncertainties. What if we didn’t have to live in slavery to our fears? What if our faith could overcome our fears no matter what comes our way? If that kind of faith exists at all, we will find out about it in the Scripture, so let’s continue to learn from the life of Jacob and see if we can find some help.
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Trading the Eternal for the temporary
Are you storing up treasures on earth that are temporary? Or Are you storing up treasures in Heaven where they are Eternal?
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Jesus Descended into Hell
Did Jesus really descend into Hell after his death? If he did, why did he go there?
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Jesus and the Afterlife
One of the most important questions we all must answer is what happens to us when we die. In tonight's passage, Jesus is asked this perennially important question by the Sadducees, a group of religious leaders who think the idea of life after death is absurd. Jesus responds with insight and authority, proving the Sadducees wrong and pointing us all to the hope of the resurrection found only in Jesus himself.
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The Reality Of Christmas: Beyond Expectations---Matthew 11: 1-19
The Reality Of Christmas: Beyond Expectations---Matthew 11: 1-19
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Our Future State: The Bodily Resurrection II
Continuing in our study of Revelation, Pastor John takes us to I Corinthians 15, in Paul's extended discussion of the bodily resurrection.
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