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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Does Your Money Own You? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 6, 2013
    based on 104 ratings
     | 31,653 views

    No man can serve two masters. And the allure of wealth has destroyed the faith of many. So, how can I make sure that my money doesn’t own me? That it doesn’t become my "god"?

    OPEN: In 1347, the Black Plague was raging through Europe and thousands of people died. Many people saw it as judgment of God. And so, hoping to appease God’s wrath, the citizens of Lubeck, Germany surrounded the churches and monasteries of their city and offered them enormous amounts of money and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    We Are The Temple Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 4, 2020
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,980 views

    What does it mean that we are the "Temple of God?" Why would God refer to us that way and what can it teach us about how we should live our lives?

    OPEN: In the heart of Kentucky is a facility dedicated to housing hundreds of bars of pure gold --- weighing more than 4,600 tons. Does anybody know what that facility is called? (Fort Knox) When we think of Fort Knox we often visualize it as being nothing more than the vault that holds that gold, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Sanctifying Shield Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 15, 2013
    based on 32 ratings
     | 49,902 views

    Jesus prays that the Father will protect us. But how does the God do that? How does God guard us and shield us when we live so exposed to the temptations and lusts of this world?

    OPEN: Down in Kentucky, our nation has a very special place designed to protect our gold supply. Do you know what it’s called? (Fort Knox). That’s where our nation keeps most of our gold. But more than gold has been stored there over the years. Ft. Knox has also held the Magna Carta, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Down Into The Land Of Slavery Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 28, 2014
    based on 26 ratings
     | 15,149 views

    God had planned this trip to Egypt for centuries. But why choose that pagan land? Why not someplace else?

    OPEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLc81CS7TY4 (We turned the video's sound down as I explained the artist and artwork that was being shown). I’m not much for modern art, but this particular piece of artwork intrigued me. It’s the work of the renowned French artist Bernard Pras. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Investing In Your G R A Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 28, 2013
    based on 91 ratings
     | 29,963 views

    Why should I seek first God’s Kingdom and His righteousness... and how can I know I’ve done so?

    OPEN: There was once a rich man who was very, very miserable. He had all he could buy, but nothing seemed to please him and he didn’t know why. So, one day he visited an old friend and explained his misery to him. The old friend smiled and said “Fred, I know what your problem is, and I can show ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Praise Of The Wise Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 22, 2013
    based on 24 ratings
     | 41,627 views

    Why would the Wise Men travel so far, at such expense, and over dangerous roads? Jesus wasn't "their" King was He? And what can we learn from how they responded to Jesus wasn't they arrived?

    OPEN: When I was a boy, every December we’d sing: We Three Kings Of Orient Are” Stand with me and let’s sing just the first verse together: “We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar. Field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star. O star ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    This Is Us Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 2, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,949 views

    We have 2 advantages over non-Christians. Because of God's blessings in our lives, we are better off than many in this world, but we must be careful not to see ourselves as being "better" than others.

    For the next few weeks we’re going to be focusing on what can we learn from Scripture as it applies to a popular new TV series (now entering its 3rd season) called “This Is Us”. It’s been nominated for 8 Emmys because of the power of its writing and its acting, and it has literally brought many of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Christian - The Judgement Seat Of Christ – Part 2 Of 3 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 27, 2025
     | 53 views

    Above all things God wants faithfulness. Rewards attach to a faithful servant. God is a God of small things and in quietness and confidence is our strength. We look at the quality of works and the testing by fire. To not make the mistake of “TRYING to do” for a reward as that is wrong.

    THE CHRISTIAN - THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST – PART 2 OF 3 In the last study we opened up this subject to see both the joy and seriousness of it. This time we will consider more aspects of The Judgement Seat of Christ including what brings reward and the quality of deeds done for Christ. I will ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Led By The Star Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 24, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,246 views

    What was the star that led the Wisemen to Jesus and what difference does that make to us today?

    OPEN: Years ago I wrote a song about the Wise Men. The first verse went this way “Out in the fields, watching the sky. Looking to heaven, searching on high. Troubled by things I’d seen on this earth, I knew that my answer lay with a child’s birth. For the prophecy said that a star in the sky, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Cure For Greed Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 13, 2013
    based on 47 ratings
     | 47,998 views

    Greed is listed as one of the worst of sins - right up there with lewdness, adultery, and murder. But how likely am "I" to be plagued by greed? And how can God cure me of this terrible sin?

    Back in the 1800’s there was once a 350# wrestler in Europe named “Yusuf, the terrible Turk.” Three hundred and fifty pounds is a fairly huge man, and there wasn’t an ounce of flab on the man. He was formidable. And in his four years in Europe, he was impossible to beat, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jon Sullivan avatar

    God's Name Handle With Care Series

    Contributed by Jon Sullivan on Jan 30, 2008
     | 3,499 views

    Building Strong Families from lesson based on the 10 Commandements

    Acts 3:1-10 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer--at three in the afternoon. [2] Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. [3] When he saw ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What’s Wrong With Christianity - Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Mar 27, 2019
     | 8,448 views

    Christianity teaches things that many in the body of Christ do not support.

    The title of the message tonight is “What’s wrong with Christianity.” And if you will notice in your notes, there is not a question mark. I’m not asking a question. I am making a statement. So, tonight, I’m going to tell you what’s wrong with Christianity. We’re going to begin with I Timothy 2:5. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Goolum - "My Precious"

    Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Apr 14, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 2,088 views

    What is it in our lives that we could term "my precious" that we are desperately hanging onto while we know it is slowly killing us

    Goolum – “My Precious” Who’s seen Lord of the Rings? • Who is your favorite character? • My favorite character is Goolum. I love the scene where the two personalities are arguing In the movie we are introduced to him as this weird looking creature bearing little resemblance to a normal human ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    God’s List Of Do’s And Don’ts (1-3)

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 15, 2022
     | 2,742 views

    Often, when God’s man has the courage to stand before the people of God, and declare the whole counsel of God’s Word, it does not earn him any favorable treatment.

    Why? Because he tells them things they do not want to hear. For example, how many would turn to the astrology section of the newspaper, if it told them something like this, “You are a very dumb person, and because of that, some very bad things are going to happen to you today!” They turn to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Sermon On The Mount (Part Eleven) Series

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 11, 2019
     | 4,936 views

    Today, Jesus deals with the issue of making promises. Let's see what we can take away from it.

    THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (part eleven) Matthew 5:33-37 A pilot and his navigator had been shot down and were adrift at sea in their tiny lifeboat. After several days without food, water and any hope of rescue, the pilot began to pray. "God, you know I haven't lived a very good life. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ