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  • Joseph Ondu avatar

    Title: The Significance Of Good Friday: Understanding The Sacrifice Of Christ By Pastor Joseph Ondu

    Contributed by Joseph Ondu on Mar 11, 2024
     | 2,025 views

    Good Friday marks the moment when Jesus, through His shed blood, made peace between God and sinful humanity, bridging the gap caused by sin and offering the gift of eternal life to all who believe.

    The Significance of Good Friday: Understanding the Sacrifice of Christ Introduction: Dear congregation, as we gather today, we are reminded of the profound significance of Good Friday. It is a day that marks the culmination of Jesus Christ's earthly ministry, leading to His sacrificial death ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Jelly Beans

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 1, 2013
     | 7,639 views

    A sermon on Romans 12:17-21 on the Christian's response to evil (Outline and material adapted from Mark Copeland's sermon titled "Responding To Evil" at: http://executableoutlines.com/ro2/ro12_17.htm; Jelly Bean illustration came from Sermon Central)

    HoHum: Day after day John Jr. came home from school complaining about a classmate who sat behind him in 5th grade. "Bob keeps jabbing me when Miss Smith isn’t looking. One of these days, when we’re out on the play ground, I’m going to jab him back,” John Jr. said. After ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Getting Real With Your Friends Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 29, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,639 views

    Jesus used the principle of understanding our weaknesses but trusting our possibilities in order to transform people-pleasers into persons of integrity, ambition into selfless commitment, and immaturity into responsibility.

    History is full of stories of betrayal. Those who look like friends sometimes turn on you. Friendship means nothing to people who are bent on preserving privileges or feeding ambitions. Some of us have friends who would sell us for even less than Judas’ thirty pieces of silver if they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Gilbert avatar

    Final Words, Part Two Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Mar 9, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,412 views

    Lessons we can learn from Jesus’ final words on the cross.

    Intro>D. M. Stearns was preaching in Philadelphia. At the close of the service a stranger came up to him and said, “I don’t like the way you speak of the cross. I think that instead of emphasizing the death of Christ, it would be far better to preach Jesus as our teacher and our example.” Dr. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prosperity Gospel – Dealing With False Doctrine

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Jan 13, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,597 views

    The greatest danger in prosperity theology is its hidden message of self-deification.

    PROSPERITY GOSPEL – DEALING WITH FALSE DOCTRINE OPPOSE THE THEOLOGY AND NOT THE TEACHER The evangelist pranced around the opulent stage urging TV listeners to send a donation and receive a prayer cloth, or send a bigger donation and receive miracle water from the Red Sea. He told them that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Sacrifice Required Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Mar 11, 2012
    based on 18 ratings
     | 8,791 views

    It is always good to be reminded of what the Lord has called us to do. What is our mission and how does Hickory Creek accomplish this mission? How are we doing at it and what can each of us as individuals do to be part of the body of Christ called to ac

    On a Mission from God - Sacrifice Required Mark 12:41-44; 2 Samuel 24:18-24 Series intro Slide “We’re on a mission from God” Blues Brothers If you grew up when I did, you remember those words from the movie, “The Blues Brothers.” John Belushi’s character, Jake Blues, was in a church service with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Amazing Authority Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,818 views

    If we would follow Jesus into the place of power, we must also follow Him into the place of prayer.

    Amazing Authority (Mark 1:21-39) A man from Berlin, Germany, took an unusual approach in trying to bring peace to his marriage. CNN reported that the man was using an old air raid siren to stun his wife into submission. “My wife never lets me get a word in edgeways,” the man identified as ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    A Life That Matters Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 4, 2010
    based on 16 ratings
     | 17,805 views

    If we want to live a life that matters, we must sacrifice, suffer, submit and serve. We don’t like those words, because they seem to be steps down to obscurity, but in Christ’s Kingdom they are steps to true greatness.

    The movie, Pearl Harbor, tells the story of two friends, Rafe and Danny, who survive the attack on Pearl Harbor and enter World War II as fighter pilots. In training before the war, Rafe McCawley is one of America’s top fighter pilots. When America initially holds back from entering the war, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Fruitless Religion Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 27, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 10,693 views

    If we want to bear fruit for the glory of God and lead people to Him on a regular basis, then we must let Christ clean out the fruitless religion, and we must pray with hearts full of faith and forgiveness

    A clergyman dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates. Ahead of him is a guy dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket, and jeans. Saint Peter says to this guy, “Who are you, so that I may know whether to admit you into the Kingdom of Heaven?” The guy replies, “I’m Joe Cohen, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Will This Be The Year?

    Contributed by Alan Smith on Apr 20, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 21,843 views

    As this year begins, I can’t help but wonder, “Could this be the year that Jesus Christ returns?”

    I want to begin the lesson this morning by wishing a “Happy New Year” to each and every one of you! I sincerely hope the year we have just started will be the best ever in your life. And my particular wish for each of you is that this will be the year in which you are more open to God’s presence, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Divorce Proof Your Marriage Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 16, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,522 views

    We divorce-proof our marriages when we stop looking for loopholes (or reasons to separate). Instead, we must look to the Lord, committing our selves first to Him then to our mates.

    Gary Thomas, in his book, Sacred Marriage, tells the story of a businessman who moved over slightly as a young man crowded into the airplane seat next to him. They both fastened their seat belts, and the businessman good-naturedly asked as to whether the young man was traveling on business or ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    A Day At The Beach, The Beginning Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 12, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,040 views

    It was just a day at the beach but it was also the beginning of Christianity, when Jesus went from being simply a teacher to the leader and founder of a movement.

    A Day at the Beach: the Beginning This time of year it’s easy for our minds to drift to warmer climes and the beach. If you close your eyes you can almost envision the turquoise water, the white sand and a palm tree that you can lean back on. I love being close to the water. Maybe ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Offender

    Contributed by James May on Feb 18, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,076 views

    I was led by the Holy Spirit to present this sermon in a very dramatic fashion so that it would have a major impact upon the congregation. He accomplished the work. It drove home the point that anyone, at anytime, can become the Offender to betray Jesus

    The Offender Sunday, February 18, 2018 By Rev. James May Please listen closely because I have a very serious matter to bring before the church this morning, and it could have an impact upon the very survival of our church. Sitting among us, right here in the sanctuary of our church, among those ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Attitude-Gateway To Open Heavens

    Contributed by Pastor Amos Dele Dada on Jun 5, 2013
     | 19,606 views

    It takes more than prayer and tithing to experience open heavens,it is a function of positive attitude as a life style.

    Attitude - Gateway To Open Heavens Pastor Amos Dele Dada PhD. P.Eng The life-style of praying for open heavens has been popularized in our time. Books have been written and many more are yet to come to the book stores. Long night meetings are held in our churches with people bombarding heaven with ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Happily Ever After Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 9, 2013
     | 6,359 views

    If you want to live happily ever after with your spouse, then don’t be looking for loopholes or reasons to split up. Instead, look to the Lord and then look only on your spouse. It's more important to BE the right person than to marry the right person.

    Ralph and Janice were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, and Pastor Jones decided to take advantage of their longevity by using their story as a sermon illustration. He asked Ralph to come on stage and share some insight into how he managed to live with the same woman all those ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free