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  • Purpose Driven Strength - Purpose Driven Life Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 22, 2004
    based on 114 ratings
     | 19,752 views

    Paul rejoiced in his weaknesses and hardships and difficulties... was he crazy? No, he had learned the source of strength in his weakness.

    OPEN: Years ago, the story was told of a Sunday School teacher who – on the Sunday before Thanksgiving - was encouraging the children in her class to share things they were grateful for. A little boy was asked what he was thankful for, and he thought for a moment. Then the boy went through a ...read more

  • Csi Jerusalem - The Motive Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 60 ratings
     | 19,367 views

    The "Motive" of Christ’s death on the cross is fairly clear in Scripture... but there are people who are offended by that message.

    OPEN: (We started the sermon playing the theme music for "CSI Miami". Then commented:) Some of you may be asking “What in the world was that?” That was the theme music from the hit TV show “CSI Miami”. There’s CSI, CSI Miami, and CSI New York… and for the next few weeks we’re going to be ...read more

  • A Centurion's Story Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 16, 2006
    based on 38 ratings
     | 20,514 views

    A first person portrayal of the Centurion who proclaimed "Surely this was the Son Of God."

    (Everything listed in parenthesis is either a stage direction or a comment meant to give information that was not verbalized as part of the actor’s monologue. Items used for this presentation were: a rented centurion outfit, a short sword, a cat of 9 tails, and a tube of tanning cream to give the ...read more

  • Csi Jerusalem - Who Killed Jesus? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 23, 2006
    based on 36 ratings
     | 15,727 views

    Christ’s death on the cross was a crime of passion. The crime was ours... the passion was God’s.

    OPEN: (began with music theme of CSI – “Who Are You”) The year was 1910. The place - Chicago, Illinois. The time - The early hours of the morning. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hiller were lying in bed when Mrs. Hiller sensed something was wrong. She awoke to see that the gas light outside their bedroom ...read more

  • Evidence That Demands A Verdict Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 1, 2006
    based on 65 ratings
     | 43,080 views

    If I had been Jesus, I would have shown the men on the road to Emmaus my scars and proved I had risen from the dead... but Jesus didn’t do that. Why?

    OPEN: For the past few weeks, I’ve been preaching on the topic of CSI-Jerusalem. We’re Crime Scene Investigators…or more specifically “Cross Scene Investigators”. The following story is true. And while it is somewhat morbid it serves to illustrate what I want to say this morning. Several years ago ...read more

  • Csi Jerusalem - Eyewitness Testimony Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2006
    based on 55 ratings
     | 24,927 views

    Jesus built His church upon the foundation of a multitude of witnesses. Sometimes we forget how significant that can be.

    OPEN: About 10 years ago, during a Homicide trial in Nassau County in the state of New York, the prosecution was examining their witness on the stand. In his testimony, the witness stated that he saw the victim lying on the ground, obviously dead. When the prosecution had finished, the defense ...read more

  • Raising A G-Rated Family In An R-Rated World Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 15, 2006
    based on 144 ratings
     | 39,173 views

    It has grown increasingly more difficult to keep the world from influencing our families. What can we do to counter that influence?

    OPEN: A man was once hired to go and take a census in the hills of east Tennessee. He came to one ram-shackle home, knocked on the door and was greeted by a young girl. Brandishing his clipboard, the interviewer asked the girl, "Is your mom home?" She said, "Nah, she ran off with a moon shiner." ...read more

  • Committing A G-Rated Marriage Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 22, 2006
    based on 44 ratings
     | 37,464 views

    My original premise for this sermon was "strong Christian marriages are built upon the commitment the Christian has to their marriage" - but I don’t believe that anymore... find out why.

    OPEN: In our series of building a G-rated home in an R-rated world, one of the things we need to realize is that much of what we’ve come to believe about marriage has come from those who teach an “R-rated” view of how married people ought to think. God’s view of marriage is far different than this ...read more

  • Teachable Moments Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 28, 2006
    based on 256 ratings
     | 66,834 views

    It’s sometimes dangerous to forget things... and Deuteronomy 6 is telling us how important it is to teach our families to remember that God should be 1st in our lives. How do we do that?

    OPEN: I once read the true story of woman who had been just learning to golf. She had been at it for about a month or so when her father-in-law invited her to go golfing with him. After teeing off on one of the holes, her father-in-law was intent on finding the ball he had sliced into the ...read more

  • Spring Cleaning Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 5, 2006
    based on 114 ratings
     | 54,158 views

    The Passover was the first and most important feast day of the Jewish people... but it was only the first feast day of "The Feast of Unleavened Bread". There was a reason for that. Do you know what it was?

    THE SCENE: Israel had been in slavery in Egypt for years. In answer to the prayers of the Israelite people, God sent Moses to Pharaoh with this command: “Let my people go!” But of course Pharaoh wouldn’t listen and so God brought 10 terrible plagues upon Egypt and Pharaoh to convince them that it ...read more

  • The Bad Dad Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 12, 2006
    based on 124 ratings
     | 30,662 views

    Eli failed his son in 3 very distinct ways. What can we learn from his "bad" example?

    OPEN: Have you ever had something go “bad” in your refrigerator? How can you tell when food is spoiled? Well, one of the first hints might be – when you open the door - it smells like something has died inside. But someone has come up with a list of ways in which we can determine whether our food ...read more

  • It's A Wonderful Life Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 27, 2004
    based on 66 ratings
     | 25,703 views

    What would it have been like if Jesus had never been born?

    (Showed Clip of “Clarence” trying to convince George Bailey he’d really had a wonderful life. Used scene where they were drying their clothes out after George “saved” Clarence from drowning) OPEN: A Sunday school teacher once asked her class of children: “What is Christmas a time for?” Many of ...read more

  • The God Of The Box - "More Than Enough” God Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 2, 2005
    based on 67 ratings
     | 16,662 views

    Pagans doubt God because they try to put Him in a box. But Christians sometimes doubt because they forget that He was in the box to begin with.

    OPEN: (I had brought a large cardboard box on stage that my children had turned into a house) I suppose some of you have wondered what this is. Does anybody know what I have on stage with me? That’s right - it’s a box. But, it’s not just any box. This is a marvelous box. This is the creation of ...read more

  • More Than Enough Faith - More Than Enough God Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 10, 2005
    based on 154 ratings
     | 52,811 views

    You just can’t get by on borrowed faith. In order to please God we need a personal faith... but how do we attain that? The story of Naaman has some interesting insights.

    OPEN: Two engineers applied for one job at a computer company. They had identical qualifications, so to determine which one to hire, the firm gave them a test. Each did well, except they both missed the same question. The manager called the first candidate, explained the results of the test and ...read more

  • Standing Up For God - More Than Enough Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 17, 2005
    based on 67 ratings
     | 20,615 views

    Many times it’s difficult to stand up for God... especially when it comes to the matter of our giving. (Offering was taken after sermon and the offering increased significantly over the Sunday before)

    OPEN: The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to, after the worship service, ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. Therefore, he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had ...read more