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John Bright
Contributing sermons since Jan 20, 2015
Newest Sermons
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Believing Is Seeing
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
Sermon for Easter/Resurrection Sunday. Teaching sheet at end of text.
“Believing is Seeing” Mark 16:1-14 Pastor John Bright When Pokémon Go was released in 2016, the church I was serving began to get visitors to the side parking lot. They told me that the location was a gym where they could battle other trainers, It still looked like a parking lot to me. ...read more
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From His Bruises
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
This is a sermon series for the six Sundays of Lent. I am using a wooden "Tau" cross on the platform and some examples of the instruments of torture the Romans used - a large spike, scourge/cat of 9 tails, spear, and crown of thorns. There is a teaching sheet below the sermon.
Series: Jesus’ Blood for Me “From His Bruises” Titus 2:11-14 Pastor John Bright Titus 2 “11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking ...read more
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From His Brow
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
This is a sermon series for the six Sundays of Lent. I am using a wooden "Tau" cross on the platform and some examples of the instruments of torture the Romans used - a large spike, scourge/cat of 9 tails, spear, and crown of thorns. There is a teaching sheet below the sermon.
Series: Jesus’ Blood for Me “From Jesus’ Brow” Luke 22:39-44 Pastor John Bright Luke 22 “39 Coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. 40 When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” 41 And ...read more
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From Jesus' Head
Contributed on Apr 6, 2025
This is a sermon series for the six Sundays of Lent. I am using a wooden "Tau" cross on the platform and some examples of the instruments of torture the Romans used - a large spike, scourge/cat of 9 tails, spear, and crown of thorns. There is a teaching sheet below the sermon.
Series: Jesus’ Blood for Me “From Jesus’ Head” Joshua 24:14-16 Pastor John Bright Joshua 24 “14 “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil ...read more
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From Jesus' Side
Contributed on Apr 6, 2025
This is a sermon series for the six Sundays of Lent. I am using a wooden "Tau" cross on the platform and some examples of the instruments of torture the Romans used - a large spike, scourge/cat of 9 tails, spear, and crown of thorns. There is a teaching sheet below the sermon.
Series: Jesus’ Blood for Me “From Jesus’ Side” Romans 5:12-14, 18-19 Pastor John Bright Romans 5 “12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— 13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Jesus' Blood For Me
Contributed on Mar 4, 2025
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1 Peter
Contributed on Sep 24, 2024
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Advent
Contributed on Dec 8, 2023
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Jonah: God’s Reluctant Prophet
Contributed on Jun 22, 2023
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Holiness
Contributed on Jun 22, 2023
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For Thou Art With Me
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
In Psalm 23:4, we read: “4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.” I often to talk to folks who are grieving the loss of a loved one to remember the “FIVE LITTLE WORDS” of Psalm 23:4 – For… thou… art… with… me. Jesus died so that ...read more
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Have To Die To Go To Heaven
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
Remember, all the bodies are going to die. Jesus had a body. What happened on the cross? He died. So will we. Amen – the end. That would be a terrible place to end a sermon but it reminds me of a Sunday School story. The teacher asked the children, “If I sold my house and car and gave all my ...read more
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Blood From Jesus' Brow
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
The Gospel of Luke gives us an accurate description of a very real and yet uncommon medical condition: hematidrosis. It occurs during times of great mental and emotional stress. There are tiny blood vessels that surround all our sweat glands, especially on our brows. When a person is ...read more
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Jesus Understands Us
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
If Jesus, "has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows,” then He understands what we are going through. Jesus understands our times of weakness. Jesus understands our times of fear. Jesus understands our times of worry. Jesus understands our times of doubt. Jesus understands our ...read more
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Fully Divine And Fully Human
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
"Hypostatic union" sounds fancy in English, but it's actually a simple term. Hypostatic means personal. The hypostatic union is the personal union of Jesus's two natures: one fully human and one fully divine. What the doctrine of the hypostatic union teaches is that these two ...read more