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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Are You Wired For The Kingdom Of Light? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 12, 2011
    based on 66 ratings
     | 11,861 views

    God lit up the night with angels to celebrate Christ’s birthday. We can light up the world when we do the same... but are we wired to do that? (Uses a famous sycronized home light display as the opening and closing of the sermon).

    Open with youtube video of Christmas lights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F44d2IzCrKo (beautiful synchronized Christmas light display featuring “Carol of the bells”) APPLY: The light show you just saw was put together by the Holdmans of Pleasant Grove, Utah. For the past few years 1000s of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Do You Seek The Living Among The Dead? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 31, 2013
    based on 107 ratings
     | 84,039 views

    What do people visit cemeteries to find? Dead people. So, why would the angels ask "Why do you seek the living among the dead?

    OPEN: In the last century, there was a very prominent British philosopher named Bertrand Russell who had a interesting view of life and death. He wrote: “The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Who Do You Belong To? Adoption Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 12, 2009
    based on 67 ratings
     | 22,816 views

    There are some powerful applications to what we receive from God when we’re adopted by Him.

    OPEN: I read the true story of a woman who explained that her favorite spot at the local zoo was the “House of Night”, where nocturnal creatures crawled and flew about. She said “One very bright day, I stepped into the exhibit and was plunged into total darkness. Almost immediately, a small hand ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The End Of The Road Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 30, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,768 views

    This invitation, this cry of love, and this hope of justice calls to us today. It calls us to respond, to love in return, and to commit our lives to justice until “that day”, when God finally comes and brings complete justice

    The End of the Road Nov 16, 2008 Zech 14 Intro: This morning brings us to the end of our journey through the Old Testament book of Zechariah. We’ve been immersing ourselves in the time of God’s people, returned from slavery in Babylon in the 4th and 5th century BC, to find their homes and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    An Unusual Sacrifice Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 5, 2010
    based on 59 ratings
     | 37,681 views

    Leviticus is probably the most "boring" book of the Bible (even Jesus doesn’t quote from it), but in it’s pages are some of the powerful stories of forgiveness you’ll read.

    (This is the 2nd in a series dedicated to the most boring Scriptures in the Bible. At least… the things many people regard as boring) For some people, there’s nothing more boring than the tedious, almost unending regulations that God gave His people in Leviticus. In fact, when most people attempt ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Rooster Call Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 21, 2011
    based on 167 ratings
     | 52,667 views

    Roosters are used to wake people up. But what did Jesus use the Rooster to "wake" Peter up to?

    OPEN: How many of you have ever fallen asleep in Church? (Wait for a show of hands) Most people have – at least once. ILLUS: In the days of the Pilgrims, churches had a person they called a “tything man”. His job was to keep people awake during the sermons (usually 2 to 3 hours in length) by using ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Me?

    Contributed by Jose R. Hernandez on Apr 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,303 views

    Do not allow the enemy to trap you in the “why me?” Just remember who you are.

    If you remember, last week I mentioned that on occasions the believers tend to fall in the enemy’s trap; on occasions, the believer tends to fall in the trap of self pity, which in almost all instances causes them to deviate from God’s path. This was certainly the case with the prophet ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Believe And Live

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 14, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,420 views

    Jesus is calling us to believe and live for him beyond the power of reason to believe

    INTRO The French philosopher Voltaire once said: “Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.” Voltaire spoke of a form of faith that lives, breathes, and moves beyond the ordinary, to the extraordinary. In like manner, Dale Carnegie spoke of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Won’t You "Friend" Me? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 18, 2012
    based on 173 ratings
     | 45,656 views

    Facebook friends really aren’t friends, they’re casual acquaintances on the internet. But real friendship is a powerful thing that Jesus not only gave us, but taught us to use for His kingdom. What does Friendship mean to Jesus and to us?

    OPEN: I read about a woman who telephoned a friend and asked how she was feeling, "Terrible," came the reply over the wire, "my head’s splitting and my back and legs are killing me. The house is a mess, and the kids are simply driving me crazy." Very sympathetically the caller said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Outward, Inward, Upward

    Contributed by John Lowe on Aug 13, 2014
     | 8,846 views

    Jesus gives us a picture of the world being ready for a great spiritual harvest, but in need of laborers to gather it into the barns. He urges the disciples to pray that the Lord of the harvest, who is Jesus Himself, will send forth the workers to gather it.

    Title: Outward, Inward, Upward Text: Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. (Matthew 9:38) Scripture Reading: Matthew 9:35-38 Introduction: I have never been out of the USA, but I have heard that traveling in other countries is often an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Day They Cancelled Jesus Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 13, 2021
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,304 views

    The cancel culture has swept our nation... and destroyed lives, careers and futures. But the actions of those of the cancel culture are as old as history. They cancelled Abel, and the prophets... and they even cancelled Jesus. Or at least they thought they had.

    OPEN: There is a phenomenon that is quickly sweeping through our country that’s called the “Cancel Culture.” It’s a mindset that demands that if anyone says or does something that someone else finds offensive, THAT PERSON must be silenced and destroyed. As a result people have lost their jobs, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Fruit Of The Tree Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 19, 2020
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,452 views

    The Sycamores of the Middle East are highly prized. And it was one such highly prized and valuable tree who's limbs held a despised and sinful man. Why was he despised and what difference did Jesus make in his life?

    OPEN: The story of Zacchaeus only occurs in the Gospel of Luke. It seems to me that its possible that, as Luke interviewed people for his Gospel, he may have spoken with Zacchaeus - and the man’s story stood out to him. It’s also possible, given that Zacchaeus’ name is used here, that he was known ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Keeping Good Company Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 10, 2020
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,473 views

    Why should I be careful of the company I keep? Should I avoid the company of sinners, and mockers and the immoral? And if I do this (avoid sinners) how can I carry the message of Christ to the lost?

    (Poem) “All the water in the world - however hard it tried, could never, never sink a ship… unless it got inside. All the temptations of this world might wear you pretty thin, but they won't hurt you, one least bit... unless you let them in.” (I could not find the author) It’s a repeated ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Psalm 110 Series

    Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Mar 15, 2020
     | 5,867 views

    A rare conversation between two Lords - the LORD and the Lord. The enemies of the second Lord are to be put under his feet, and he is to be a high priest forever after the priestly order of Melchizedek. What is the order of Melchizedek?

    For Sermon Central researchers: I have posted a series of 15 sermons on the Psalms. In recent personal studies I have found the psalms to be richer and more thought-provoking than I had fully appreciated. I had too often swept swiftly through psalms without slowing down to inquire as thoroughly as ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Bona Fide- A Study Of James- Part 11- "Stuff That Works" Series

    Contributed by Randy Edwards on Mar 20, 2017
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,928 views

    Part 11 of our Bona Fide series

    Bona Fide A study of James Part 11 “Stuff that works” I am often told by people who don’t know me or how I work very well “ You need a new truck, when they see my old Ford” Or you need a new trailer when they see me rocking it back and forth in order to secure the cross latch Sometimes well ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist