Sermons on Down From Cross:

Christmas Sermon: From A Cradle, To A Cross, To A Crypt, To A Crown

Contributed by Russell (Rusty) Pruitt on Dec 25, 2016

Jesus Christ being born that first Christmas morning was, in my opinion, the greatest miracle of all, because every other miracle results from this miracle.

From a Cradle, to a Cross, to a Crypt, to a Crown Text: Matthew 1: 18-25 Introduction: Jesus Christ being born that first Christmas morning was, in my opinion, the greatest miracle of all, because every other miracle results from this miracle. How could fallen, sinful mankind – separated from ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Hearing The Loneliness Of The Cross

Contributed by Steven Chapman on Jun 22, 2015

This good Friday message speaks of the abandonment that Jesus expresses when God turns away from him. But it is loneliness that has meaning and purpose -- our salvation.

Hearing The Loneliness Of The Cross Matthew 27:45-46 Usually, we have the cross posted at the top. Today, we have it right up front, some place that it can not be overlooked. On Tuesday, as the Worship Team prepared for rehearsal someone asked about the cross. It was said that it looks so much ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:45-46

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Faith From A Cross: Luke 23:40–43

Contributed by Christopher Metze on Jul 11, 2025

A reflection on the criminal's faith in Luke 23:40-43

A condemned criminal hangs on a cross next to Jesus. He, like all who are crucified, has been brutalized. He’s been stripped of his clothes and deprived of dignity. He’s bleeding profusely due to long, sharp nails having been driven into his hands and feet. He’s thirsty, hungry, lonely, and is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:40-43

Denomination: Lutheran

Seven Saying From The Cross-Number 5. (Hix)

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Mar 19, 2012

Christ alone can quench our thirst. He alone can meet the deep need of our hearts. He alone can give peace, a peace that this world cannot offer!

John 19:28-29-After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. The physical aspect: He ...read more

Scripture: John 19:28-29

Denomination: Baptist

Good Friday - Christ’s Words From The Cross

Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 22, 2011

On this Good Friday, we are going to meditate upon Christ’s Words from the Cross, with the prayer that they will reveal to us something of the amazing grace of our Lord Jesus.

GOOD FRIDAY - CHRIST’S WORDS FROM THE CROSS Note: This Good Friday, we had a special combined worship service with us (Beausejour Community Church), St. Ouen’s Country Church, and Elim Baptist Church. Pastor Jeff (Elim) and I taught on Christ’s Words from the Cross, and Pastor Darrell (St. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34-44

Denomination: *other

Crossing Into Your Destiny

Contributed by William Yates on Jun 12, 2002

This message speaks on the steps Israel took in crossing into the Promised Land. We can learn from these principals as we cross into the destiny God has for us!

In the movie, The Dead Poets Society, Mr. Keating (played by Robin Williams) brings his class before a display case featuring photographs of previous students. He asks the students to stand near it and listen carefully they are saying. In a haunting voice, he then utters: “Carpe Diem! Carpe Diem! ...read more

Enjoying The Ups And Bracing For The Downs Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 11, 2017

Life is filled with ups and downs, but God’s Word helps us anticipate and soften the downs and keep the ups from morphing into downs.

Enjoying the Ups and Bracing for the Downs (Proverbs 25:25-28) 1. I have told this joke before, but it has been a few years. 2. Two guys are bungee-jumping one day. The first guy says to the second, "You know, we could make a lot of money running our own bungee-jumping service in Mexico." The ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 25:25-28

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Banishing Ghosts From Our Lives!

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 21, 2016

You are not called to be hunkering down by things that haunt you.

I am not a believer in true ghosts as we think of them in human culture. They are not disembodied souls wandering about because they cannot cross over or are condemned to wander the earth for their sins like Jacob Marley. No loved one comes back from Heaven and no one can come back from Hell. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Baptist

Crisscross Double Cross Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 24, 2009

We are secure in our faith. John tells us that those who walk away from the faith were never a part of the faith to begin with.

In 1936, when delays slowed construction, over $130,000 was invested in a novel safety feature: a vast net -- similar to a circus net -- suspended under the Golden Gate Bridge. The safety net extended ten feet wider than the bridge’s width and fifteen feet further than the roadway’s length. It gave ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Let The Walls Come Down Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Oct 25, 2008

From a human perspective it was an unconquerable city. Improbable? No, impossible! Impregnable. And each of us have a walled city in our lives. Link inc. to formatted text, audio & video, PowerPoint.

Let the Walls Come Down Joshua 5:13-6:20 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/LetTheWalls.html The children of Israel have moved: • From the wilderness of worry to the promised land of peace. • From the wilderness of wandering to the promised land of progress. • From the wilderness of despondency to the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Knocked Down, But Never Knocked Out

Contributed by John Gaston on Jul 3, 2016

When we face a theological crisis because it seems like God has turned against us, we need to back up & look at the Cross and know that it guarantees the love of God & that God's will is to bless & save us. Keep believing!

KNOCKED DOWN, BUT NEVER KNOCKED OUT Rom. 8:31-39 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. I’m sure most of us have some kind of plans for the 4th of July. Many have gone camping, to the beach, and plan to watch some fireworks. 2. Sheila Settler is a school bus driver and likes to chat with the children ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:31-39

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Windows From History

Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 3, 2007

A series of stories from history illustrating Jesus’ call to carry the cross in Mark 8:434-38.

Windows from History Mark 8:34-38 Mk 8:34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Mk 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34-38

Denomination: Nazarene

Seven Sayings From The Cross-Number 2. (Hix)

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Feb 26, 2012

My situation is not my destination

A person said today on TV, taking about someone who had committed a terrible crime. Said, “Hell will burn hotter for them!” I understand what she meant when she said that, that the punishment would fit the crime, but the truth is Hell is going to be hot for anybody that winds up there…Nobody is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:39-43

Denomination: Baptist

Seven Saying From The Cross-Number 4 (Hix)

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Mar 11, 2012

Jesus has been hanging now six hours upon the tree, and He has not once so much as thought about Himself, He has interceded for His tortures. He has comforted the thief in his agony, and promised him a reward for his faith. He has looked with lovin

Matthew 27:45-46-Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Verse 45-The significance of the darkness: To ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:45-46

Denomination: Baptist

"My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?" Series

Contributed by Kevin Cummins on May 14, 2003

Christ went through a period of agony on the cross as He was separated from His Father. This sermon looks at the reason he was separated from His Father.

Today we come to the fourth week of our series on the Seven Statements from the Cross. Last week we saw Jesus entrust his mother to John, John would become her son, and her, his mother. We saw through their total obedience what kinds of sacrifice obedience can require of a family, spiritual and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:45-46

Denomination: Church Of God