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  • Billy Ricks avatar

    What Do These Stones Mean?

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on May 24, 2008
    based on 31 ratings
     | 14,208 views

    When God took the children of Israel across the river Jordan he called them to set up memorial stones. The stones caution us to remember, they challenge us to recount, and they call us to respond.

    Intro: There was a rumor circulating in Washington some time ago that Osama Bin Laden had died and gone to Heaven. As the story goes, when he arrived in Paradise, Osama was greeted by George Washington who slapped him across the face and yelled, "How dare you attack the nation I helped conceive!" ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    He Got Up... So You Can Too Series

    Contributed by Rudolf E. Y. Mensah on Apr 20, 2025
     | 607 views

    Today is not just another Sunday. It is Resurrection Sunday—the day death bowed, hell trembled, and the grave lost its grip!

    Sermon Title: "He Got Up... So You Can Too!" Scripture Text: Matthew 28:5-7 (NKJV) "But the angel answered and said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • douglas dudley avatar

    My God Why Have You Forsaken Me? Series

    Contributed by Douglas Dudley on Mar 7, 2005
    based on 30 ratings
     | 15,634 views

    One is the loneliest number you will ever do.Have you ever been forsaken? Jesus was! Based on a few sermons I read several years ago. Some original,most not!

    MYY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FOSAKEN ME? TEXT- MATTHEW 27:45-50 INTRODUCTION I’m sure all of you remember the singing group, “Three Dog Night.” One is the loneliest number that you ever do Two can be as bad as one It’s the loneliest number since the number one No, is the saddest experience ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Nails

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 11,670 views

    A sermon on the Crucifixion.

    Colossians 2:13-15 – “And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;” “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Simmons avatar

    The Power Of Shared Suffering

    Contributed by David Simmons on Nov 26, 2000
    based on 114 ratings
     | 6,490 views

    Because Jesus understands our suffering, we do not suffer alone.

    INTRODUCTION If I were writing the Bible, I probably would have left this passage out. After all, we have here not the image of the powerful Messiah that I would like to show off, but the figure of fear and frailty. For centuries we have recognized that Jesus was all God and all man, but here it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gethsemane Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 28, 2003
    based on 84 ratings
     | 19,979 views

    History’s two greatest battles were fought in Gardens. The Garden of Eden and The Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus won what Adam lost because He fought the battle on His knees. After Gethsemane, Jesus followed through but no longer struggled with the decisi

    Here is the bulletin insert I included with the sermon following it: Gethsemane and The Cup of Wrath It is interesting that Jesus went to the “Garden of Gethsemane” on the Mount of Olives. The garden still exists today, including a number of olive trees which may date back to the time of Jesus. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    My Soul Looks Back Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 30, 2003
    based on 49 ratings
     | 12,422 views

    When we look back at our lives and the disasters they contain, we do have to ask whether we brought some of these things on ourselves, whether scapegoating is occurring. But God is at work in all things, even disasters, for the Kingdom.

    I’m convinced that the best education in the world is the one you gain listening to other people tell their life stories. So much can be learned just from hearing what others have been through. This past week I attended a workshop for ministers. It was supposed to be about creating and handling ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Darrell Stetler II avatar

    Was It Really Like That? Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Mar 23, 2004
    based on 45 ratings
     | 2,498 views

    One of the biggest questions I’ve heard people asking about Mel Gibson’s movie is: "Wow. . . did that really happen?" A reviewer in TIME mag put it this way: "The first thing you have to decide is. . . is it based on fact or fiction?" *HANDOUT INCLUDED*

    WAS IT REALLY LIKE THAT? How many of you here today have seen The Passion of the Christ? How many of you left there with questions? <HANDS> This series, I’m taking some of the most common questions I’ve heard, and giving them an honest look. One of the biggest questions I’ve encountered with ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Dennis Lee avatar

    "having What It Takes:" The Parable Of The Tower

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jul 30, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,021 views

    In today’s “Parables to Live By,” we will be looking at what Jesus said it takes to be His disciple in a message entitled, “Having What It Takes.” These are two parables Jesus uses in talking about real discipleship

    Parables to Live By “Having What It Takes:” The Parable of the Tower Luke 14:25-33 Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQpPqJo3Lio  While Jesus was traveling in the area of the Jordan River, he was approached by a rich young ruler who asked, “Good Teacher, what good ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • T. Michael Crews avatar

    The Dreadful Will Of God

    Contributed by T. Michael Crews on Dec 4, 2006
    based on 36 ratings
     | 16,005 views

    An Exposition of Mark 14:32-52

    The Dreadful Will of God Mark 14:32-52 How do you follow God when He is leading you where you don’t want to go? A Peanuts cartoon shows Charlie Brown lying in bed, dreading another crisis that he knows has to be faced the next day. He offers a universal lament when he exclaims When something bad ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Cleveland avatar

    Jesus Christ Sets Captives Free

    Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Nov 23, 2008
    based on 18 ratings
     | 20,958 views

    Jesus Christ is the great Liberator of His people. Come and see how He sets captives free.

    John 8. Zanzibar is an old city in East Africa. It is the home of the Swahili Institute, the official guardians of the Swahili language. But, for nearly 300 years it was the home of one of East Africa’s largest slave markets. But, something happened in Zanzibar. About 150 years ago a man walked ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • David DeWitt avatar

    The Sacrifice Of The Savior

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 12, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 3,056 views

    This is a devotional writtren for our church newsletter on the death of Jesus.

    The Sacrifice of the Savior Romans 5:8 There is no credible historian that denies the crucifixion of Jesus because it is so well documented in other ancient sources. The Roman crucifixion was likely one of the most horrible methods of execution ever devised. In essence, it is a long, agonizing ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Matthew Kratz avatar

    The Road Less Traveled Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 14, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,734 views

    1) The Disciple’s Confession (Mark 8:27-33) and 2) The Disciple’s Lifestyle (Mark 8:34-38)

    The merchant vessel, the Sun Sea slowly made its way south along the outer edge of Vancouver Island on Thursday night. It’s a small freighter packed with almost 500 smuggled migrants who had crossed the Pacific Ocean to the West Coast of Canada. Whether it is by covert border crossings, human ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    Jesus, In Your Place Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 27, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,326 views

    This is the 8th sermon in the series "When Jesus Comes To Your Town". This series is based on the "Passion Week".

    Series: When Jesus Comes To Your Town [#8] JESUS, IN YOUR PLACE Mark 15:21-47 Introduction: As we have studied in our series, ¡§When Jesus Comes To Your Town¡¨, we have studied when Jesus comes to our home, our church, etc¡K; but today you must see what Jesus did for you- ¡§Jesus, In Your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charles Scott avatar

    God's Friday

    Contributed by Charles Scott on Oct 17, 2006
     | 2,745 views

    God’s Friday is the day when, through the Cross, humanity could be reconciled with God demonstrating God’s triumph that we celebrate today.

    GOD’S FRIDAY AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF SUFFERING John 19:1-27 Brothers+ This is the fourth God’s Friday we have shared. The little exchange we had yesterday regarding the terminally ill reminded me of one thing all followers of Christ in the Communion of Saints share: suffering. Standing at the ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican