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  • Rick Duncan avatar

    Who Killed Jesus? Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Mar 9, 2004
    based on 79 ratings
     | 4,190 views

    This message seeks to give the Biblical answer to who killed Christ. It’s part of a series of messages related to Mel Gibson’s film, The Passion of the Christ.

    The cover of a recent Newsweek magazine asks the right question: “Who really killed Jesus?” This debate began about a year ago as Mel Gibson’s new film, The Passion of the Christ, hit the media’s radar screen. He immediately ran into a buzz saw of opposition from the liberal media and Jewish ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Fred Elliott avatar

    Jesus Last Words Of

    Contributed by Fred Elliott on Jun 18, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,223 views

    We must be a witness

    JESUS LAST WORDS OF INSTRUCTIONS TO CHRISTIANS ACTS 1: 8-11 I. The very last words spoken by Jesus before ascending to Heaven A. Ye shall receive power 1. We still have that same power today B. Ye shall be witnesses 1. In Jerusalem- city 2. Judea- county 3. Samaria- ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus In The Storm With Us

    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Jun 20, 2003
    based on 60 ratings
     | 27,936 views

    Christian faith is secure only when we recognize and live daily with the assurance that God is always with us, even in the storms of life.

    JESUS IN THE STORM WITH US Scripture: Matthew 14:22-36 and Psalm 29:1-11 INTRODUCTION: Christian faith is secure only when we recognize and live daily with the assurance that God is always with us, even in the storms of life. Most of us are acquainted with the story recorded in Matthew’s gospel ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Compassion Of Jesus Christ

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Jun 22, 2003
    based on 99 ratings
     | 44,992 views

    Jesus during His ministry on earth, had compassion on many occasions. Find out those times when He was moved to service by compassion, in this message.

    A Sermon For You A Ministry of Huckaby’s Evangelism Today’s Sermon Title The Compassion of Jesus Christ By-Evangelist Gary Huckaby Webster defines the word "Compassion" as; Pity or Sympathy. From the Greek "Compassion" is defined as "Inward Affection, Pity or Sympathy, yearning. What ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Is Coming Soon

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jul 8, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,925 views

    Saddess in the followers of Jesus but promise he was coming back

    JESUS’ SECOND COMING ACTS l:ll It was a sad day for the followers of Jesus the day He was killed. It must have seemed their hopes just crumbled around them. Still there was yet another sad day. But this one was when Jesus come crashing from that grave and walked again upon earth. Sad for Satan and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard White avatar

    Just Like Jesus Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Jul 9, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 17,532 views

    Max Lucado’s book is the idea behind this series. The heart of Jesus is a key characteristic in being a Christian. In an opening to the Max Lucado book of the same title he says: “God loves us the way we are. He loves us too much to leave us the way we

    Just like Jesus In an opening to the Max Lucado book of the same title he says: “God loves us the way we are. He loves us too much to leave us the way we are. He wants us to be Just Like Jesus.” In the book are 12 sections dealing with the heart and how we can have a heart like Jesus. If the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Jesus Calms The Storms

    Contributed by Jon Earls on Jul 22, 2003
    based on 144 ratings
     | 55,088 views

    Everyone has faced the storms of life, this sermon talks about how Jesus can calm those storms we they arise. 4 point aliterated outline.

    Jesus Calms the Storms Rev. Jon Earls Introduction: Robert Munger was in a storm, this is his story in his own words, he wrote: Being assaulted by winds and walls of waves and a wildly tossing sea was like being run over a train in a dark tunnel. We knew the typhoon was coming, but I for one ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Eric Stefanski avatar

    Jesus Calls A Sinner! Series

    Contributed by Eric Stefanski on Sep 21, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,044 views

    "Jesus Sinners Doth Receive"

    Jesus Calls a Sinner St. Matthew 9:9-13 St. Matthew had quite a reputation to live down! The ’publicans’, or ’tax collectors’, of the Roman Empire were so crooked that the animosity toward the IRS today is partly because of them. Why should we be mad at the taxmen when it is Congress that levies ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Just Let Jesus

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on Sep 23, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,607 views

    We are in a spiritual fight, and we need to recognize that we have the necessary tools and forces to not give up, but to go to the last round where Jesus Christ will be the final victor, and peace, truth, and justice will prevail.

    Mark 9:38-50 “Just Let Jesus” Many of you are familiar with the blockbuster movie Rocky, in which a very muscular, physically fit, local Philadelphia guy, Rocky Balboa, fights the world’s heavy weight boxing champion Apollo Creed. In the first smash hit, Rocky fights Apollo for 15 rounds, but ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Jesus, The Good Shepherd

    Contributed by Michael Erickson on Sep 23, 2003
    based on 270 ratings
     | 60,881 views

    Jesus is the Good Shepherd who calls for His sheep to follow.

    *Ask the children in the congregation: If you could be any animal, what would you be and why? Why is it that no one ever says they want to be a sheep? It is never a mascot of a sports team. But from the Christian perspective, it is often seen as a romantic or complimentary thought to who we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Loves Lingayats

    Contributed by B. D. B Moses on Sep 24, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 4,899 views

    Our Commission from the Lord is to “go and make disciples” of all nations (peoples). Jesus loves the Lingayats and has a desire for the Lingayats to know the truth of His saving power.

    The Lingayats are the twelfth largest people group of India and the largest people group of Karnataka. Lingayats number 9 million people in the Karnataka state alone. A Lingayat is one who wears the Linga, a small spherical object that the Lingayat believes represents God. Lingayats are also ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Four Steps To Jesus

    Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Oct 18, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 10,974 views

    The saddest thing that can happen to a Church member is to go to the grave without receiving Christ into their life. You’ve heard the invitation over and over again but here are four practical steps that might be helpful.

    One bright and beautiful Sunday morning, people gathered in the church and listened to the organ play. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the door, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from him. Everyone left except ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Charles Wilkerson avatar

    Worship For The Disciple Of Jesus

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Oct 21, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,486 views

    What does it mean to worship as Christ’s people

    I came across a comment by a missionary in Paraguay. Who wrote, “While …serving in Paraguay, a Maka Indian named Rafael came to sit on my porch. I was eating and went out to see what he wanted. He responded, "Ham, henek met." Again I asked what I could do for him, but the answer was the same. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Holler For Jesus" Revised

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 25, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 5,807 views

    If we feel like we don’t matter; in Christ we find that we matter a great deal.

    “Holler For Jesus”(Revised) Mark 10:46-52 By Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org There’s a song…and I think it’s by Bob Segar…the lyrics go like this: “I feel like a number, I’m just a number…” Well, I bet there are a ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Jesus Speaks In Parables Series

    Contributed by Gordon Kroeker on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,356 views

    Only a few parables are found in Mark. Most of those are found in Mark 4.

    Mk. 4:1-34 JESUS SPEAKS IN PARABLES A. Recently, hearing about the trial of John Allen Muhammad, has seemed to be a mysterious case to me. 1. He had not only won the chance to represent himself as his own defense and lawyer - but I read that he is out to prove to the nation that he had ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite