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    Getting Great Through God’s Great Love Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 22, 2024
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     | 194 views

    Why is John 3:16 such a powerful verse in Scripture - and what it say about who we are and what God thinks about us?

    I once read that the printing press was one of the greatest inventions ever. Up until that time, all books were painstakingly printed by hand - which made books very rare and very hard to find. But the Printing press changed all of that. Information was suddenly made available to 1000s of people. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Be Great By Faith Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 15, 2024
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     | 1,419 views

    John says we've been given the right to become Children of God. How do we receive that right, and what can it mean to us?

    A preacher was on a radio program where the interviewer was an atheist. The atheist demanded that the preacher NOT quote any scripture during the interview. “I don’t want to hear any Bible on my airways. You got that? No Bible on my airwaves.” So, then the interviewer started the program by ...read more

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    Greatness Through Servanthood Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 8, 2024
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     | 830 views

    The Bible talks less about what makes a great leader than it does about what makes a great servant. What is it about God's leaders that requires them to be servants of others?

    Today we are putting a man's name into consideration as a future Elder. I hadn't actually planned a sermon on Eldership (the sermon series I'm preaching through is something I'm working with other preachers on) but the text seemed to be a good groundwork for understanding what ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Resting For Greatness Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 1, 2024
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     | 1,272 views

    The Sabbath was on Saturday, and yet we worship on Sunday. Why do we do that, and what lessons from the Jewish Sabbath can we learn as Christians?

    Before we get into the heart of the sermon I want to address idea of the Sabbath. The Sabbath was the 7th day of the week and that’s SATURDAY. On the Sabbath, Jews would worship God, spend time with their families. And… essentially, they did little else. The Sabbath was a DAY OF REST. In fact, ...read more

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    Repent & Believe! Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 19, 2024
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     | 1,786 views

    Why is repentance so important... and why did Jesus follow telling His audience that they needed to include belief with that repentance?

    About 10 years ago, there was a 67-year-old Belgian woman named Sabine Moreau. She had left home to travel about 1 ½ hours to Brussels (the capital city of Belgium). TWO DAYS LATER, after having crossed five international borders, she found herself in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, ...read more

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    The Gospel Sermon Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 11, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,123 views

    Mark's Gospel has been believed to have been written to the Roman people. So, why would Mark begin by declaring that he was going to tell them the "Gospel of Jesus Christ"... what did the Romans need to hear, and what do we need to hear from Mark's Gospel?

    In the book of Acts, we’re told the Apostle Paul preached at Troas, and he preached so long that a man went to sleep and fell out of the window. When the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth - their sermons lasted so long that the congregation apparently placed a large hourglass on the pulpit to remind ...read more

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    Our Mission Statement Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 5, 2024
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     | 1,921 views

    Only about 17% of church goers know what the Great Commission says. Why so few? And how can we not only know what it means, but do what it says?

    Just before midnight on April 14th, 1915 – the British Ocean Liner Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in less than 3 hours’ time. To this day, the tragedy of the (supposedly) UNSINKABLE Titanic still captures our imagination. On April 15, the news spread that the “unsinkable” Titanic had hit ...read more

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    Supernatural Truth Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 28, 2024
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     | 2,064 views

    Demons and Angels - are they real? And if they are, what significance do they play in our lives as Christians?

    The US Library of Congress has a list of about 27 categories of Supernatural beings (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tgm010399/) and the list included Centaurs Fairies, Ghosts, Ghouls, Mermaids, Monsters, Vampires, Werewolves, and so on. And on that page (where they list all these creatures) ...read more

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    Rsvp-Ing Your Future Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 20, 2024
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     | 3,045 views

    What is this wedding feast Jesus tells of, and what can I do to make sure I'm included?

    Randy Alcorn told story about his friend Ruthanna Metzgar, a professional singer. She had been asked to sing at the wedding of a very wealthy man, and they were invited to the reception. It was being held on the top two floors of the Columbia Tower in Seattle - the tallest skyscraper in the ...read more

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    Greater Purpose Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 14, 2024
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     | 3,036 views

    Is your purpose in life to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Him. If so... how do we do that?

    A man named William Barclay once observed that “There are two great days in a person’s life. The day we are born and the day we discover WHY.” Hmmm. the day we discover WHY we were born! Well, that’s interesting. Lots of people never even consider why they were born. I mean, they kind of drift ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Golden Goal Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 7, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,565 views

    The "Golden Rule" is both simple and profound and sums up the lifestyle Christians should embrace. But what does this "Rule" mean to us, and how can we live it to its fullest?

    (Asking the audience) What Is Golden Rule? “Do unto others as you’d have them do unto you.” That’s a simple and yet powerful statement that has caught the imagination of the world, and it’s almost as if nobody (before Jesus) had ever thought about that! ILLUS: Several years ago, there was a ...read more

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    Better Banking Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 30, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,285 views

    There’s the “bank of earth" and there’s the bank of heaven, and the one in heaven gives a far better rate of interest. But what's wrong with "banking" my wealth on earth?

    A man told of buying his 7-year-old daughter a game called “The Game of Life”. It was the SpongeBob SquarePants version of The Game of Life and his daughter thought it was very cool. His daughter Tabitha thought the person who got to the end of the game first was the winner. But that wasn’t what ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Deep Prayer Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 23, 2024
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     | 2,079 views

    What is it about the "Lord's Prayer" and other comments from the Sermon on the Mount" that can help us pray a deeper prayer than what we've prayed before?

    (Play video of children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlBK97Q4Ae8 - timestamp .12 thru .39) Jesus prayed a lot. According to one researcher, there are 17 times in the Gospels tell us He prayed. Among those 17 times, we see that Jesus prayed… Before He chose His 12 disciples. (Luke 6:12-13); He ...read more

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    More Righteous Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 16, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,868 views

    Why would Jesus seemingly praise the Pharisees saying our righteousness should exceed theirs? Why would I need to compare my righteousness to that of men that Jesus despised?

    A man was telling about being a student at the University of Southern California, and he and his friends worked hard to earn their PhDs, because they wanted to be would allowed to hold the coveted title of “doctor”. Then, one day one of their professors told about a friend of his who’d called his ...read more

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    Building On The Blessing Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 10, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,432 views

    If I'm persecuted because of my faith, I should rejoice and be glad? How does that work?

    In August… of 325 A.D. the Roman Emperor Constantine brought together leaders from churches all across the Empire to a city called “Nicaea” to discuss a new heresy that had risen called Arianism. Arianism was a cult led by a man named Arius who taught that Jesus was NOT God… but was merely a ...read more

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