Sermons from Pastor Jacob Jurado

God In The Movies

2007-12-04T20:15:00.000-08:00

SERIES TITLE: God In The Movies

TITLE: Deck The Halls

What in the world does the movie "Deck The Halls" have to do God? Is there anything in this movie that can direct us to eternal truth? Let's take some time to explore and find out.

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Advent: Word Became Flesh I

2007-11-26T11:02:00.000-08:00

SERIES: Advent I: Word Became Flesh

For the Advent Season we will be looking at the different implications of Jesus coming to this world in the flesh. We'll end this series on December 23rd, where we'll take a step back and take in all that we've learned and seen during the series. As we gather on the 23rd, we'll find something that is powerful and compelling, and yet something that is very dangerous. This series is inspired by the writings of Vince Antonucci in his blog www.vinceantonucci.com

SERMON TITLE: Jesus and Dirty Babies

As we begin our advent season, we look at the implications of the world becoming flesh, we realize that Jesus entered our world. Not just our physical world, but he enters our world of struggles, temptations, and pain. But he just doesn't enter our world, but he comes into our world....our own personal darkness and chaos to bring us light. This message was inspired by a pastor named Vince Antonucci (go to his blog and read it all-www.vinceantonucci.com)

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The Bait of Satan X

2007-11-19T13:03:00.000-08:00

The Bait of Satan IX

2007-11-12T14:30:00.000-08:00

SERIES TITLE: The Bait of Satan

You will encounter offense, and it's up to you how it will affect your relationship with God. Your response will determine your future. If offense is handled correctly, you will become stronger rather than bitter.

MESSAGE TITLE: Reconciliation (Part 1)

In this message we looked at the 6th commandment from God, Jesus commentary on that commandment (Matthew 5:21-25) and how in the world murdering has anything to do with our series: the Bait of Satan. Jesus does something very cool in this passage, but we usually miss it. We know that Jesus equates "anger" with "murder", but do you know where he goes from there? Listen and find out.

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VIDEO FILE: During the sermon I showed two video clips as an illustration. Here's one of them. I uploaded the same video through blogger and through YouTube. I thought i would try both of them out since i've never done this before

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The Bait of Satan VIII

2007-11-04T14:06:00.000-08:00

The Bait of Satan VII

2007-10-28T12:28:00.001-07:00

The Bait of Satan VI

2007-10-21T13:26:00.001-07:00

SERIES TITLE: The Bait of Satan

You will encounter offense, and it's up to you how it will affect your relationship with God. Your response will determine your future. If offense is handled correctly, you will become stronger rather than bitter.

MESSAGE TITLE: Laying Down Freedom

We look at two passages from Matthew. One shows how Jesus offends the religious leaders without a second thought. The other depicts Jesus going out of his way, laying down his rights, in order not to offend the same people. Is there any way to reconcile this dichotomy within Jesus? Let's study the scriptures and find out...

AUDIO FILE: My main recording didn't work, but my backup caught everything. The recording isn't as loud or good, but it works. Click here to listen

VIDEO: Here was an illustration I used during the sermon

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The Bait of Satan V

2007-10-15T11:10:00.000-07:00

The Bait of Satan IV

2007-10-04T14:22:00.001-07:00

SERIES TITLE: The Bait of Satan

You will encounter offense, and it's up to you how it will affect your relationship with God. Your response will determine your future. If offense is handled correctly, you will become stronger rather than bitter.

MESSAGE TITLE: Spiritual Wanderers

God Has planted us here and desires for us to strengthen our root system and grow. What keeps us from growing & maturing in our walk with Jesus is being offended. Often, we transplant ourself from church to church or from relationship to relationship whenever we're offended. What happens to a plant if you keep transplanting it every few months? The same thing that happens with wandering Christians: they die.

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The Bait of Satan III

2007-09-27T13:25:00.000-07:00

SERIES TITLE: The Bait of Satan

You will encounter offense, and it's up to you how it will affect your relationship with God. Your response will determine your future. If offense is handled correctly, you will become stronger rather than bitter.

MESSAGE TITLE: How Could This Happen To Me?

There were two main thoughts that came out of study of Joseph: (1) Although Joseph's brother's tried to steal God's plan for Joseph (When the brothers were plotting to kill Joseph they said, "then we'll see what comes of his dreams.), they failed. That's because nobody can take away what God wants to do in our lives (except ourselves). (2) If Joseph would have held an offense against his brothers and blamed them for all his troubles, two things would have happened: First, God would have never let Joseph out of prison and rise to power, because Joseph would have killed his brothers. Second, Joseph would have never been able to see the good that God wanted to do (Gen 45:5-And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.)

AUDIO FILE: No audio file this week. Recorder didn't work.

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The Bait of Satan II

2007-09-27T12:31:00.000-07:00

The Bait of Satan

2007-09-17T12:39:00.000-07:00

SERIES TITLE: The Bait of Satan

MESSAGE TITLE: Me Offended?

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Jared To Africa

2007-09-10T13:08:00.000-07:00

MESSAGE TITLE: Jared to Africa

DESCRIPTION:
This week Jared Sanchez came and shared with us his calling to Africa

Links
View more pictures of Jared's Missionary trips by clicking here

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The Uncommitted Jesus

2007-09-05T14:19:00.000-07:00

SERIES TITLE: The Stained Church VII

SERIES DESCRIPTION:
There are some issues that we need to deal with as the body of Christ. Issues that takes the cleansing that Jesus provided and smears a stain over our purity, holiness, and righteousness.

MESSAGE TITLE: The Uncommitted Jesus

DESCRIPTION:
We know that the virtue of "Faithfulness" or of being "Committed" is very important to our Christian Faith, but would you be surprised if we found Jesus to be very uncommitted? This was exactly what the Pharisees labeled Jesus. Maybe the question shouldn't be, "are you committed?" but the question should be, "What are you committed to?"

Links:
Here's the link that i mentioned in the sermon concerning the Brad Pitt interview. Click Here

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No Message This Week

2007-08-20T16:20:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I attended the South Dakota State Convention, so I did not preach.

Next week my family and I are taking off on vacation immediately after Church, so i won't have time to post another message until September 3rd.

Pastor
Jacob

Option "B"

2007-08-13T20:29:00.000-07:00

MESSAGE TITLE: Option "B"

DESCRIPTION:
As Jesus began his ministry we find him calling Andrew, Simon, James and John to "Come and Follow Me". As we dive deeper into these words we'll find that Jesus is awakening a deeper dream that's deep within their hearts. He's calling them from option "b" to something powerful and inspiring.

Acknowledgment:
This message was inspired and taken from Rob Bell's commentary in his book, "The Velvet Elvis".

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The Stained Church VI (Two Questions)

2007-08-07T11:08:00.000-07:00

SERIES TITLE: The Stained Church

SERIES DESCRIPTION:
There are some issues that we need to deal with as the body of Christ. Issues that takes the cleansing that Jesus provided and smears a stain over our purity, holiness, and righteousness.

MESSAGE TITLE: Two Questions

DESCRIPTION:
As we come to the close of this sermon series, I leave you with two questions that steam from Jesus wonderful dinner at the house of Levi. These two questions stem from Jesus response to the Pharisees when He says, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." I pray that these two questions propel our church into the will of God.

Acknowledgment:
This message was taken and adapted from a Lecture Greig Groeschel gave to Church Leaders at the Buzz Conference 2007. Click Here to listen to Greig's Session. Click Here to Watch this session. Or Click Here to go to the buzz conference web page and listen to the other great speakers.

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The Stained Church V (Love Neighbor)

2007-08-04T10:39:00.000-07:00

The Stained Church IV (The Two Collide)

2007-07-23T11:37:00.000-07:00

SERIES TITLE: The Stained Church

SERIES DESCRIPTION:
There are some issues that we need to deal with as the body of Christ. Issues that takes the cleansing that Jesus provided and smears a stain over our purity, holiness, and righteousness.

MESSAGE TITLE: The Two Collide

DESCRIPTION:
As we turn to 2nd Samuel 6, we see Michal confront David on his undignified actions. Maybe this isn't just a confrontation between a man and his wife, but maybe this is a confrontation between a man who loves God with all his being and a woman who doesn't. Maybe this is the same situation that we have experienced many times in our life.

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The Stained Church III (Spiritual Effects)

2007-07-16T10:48:00.000-07:00

The Stained Church II (Traditions)

2007-07-09T11:46:00.000-07:00

The Stained Church I (The religious Spirit)

2007-07-02T14:18:00.000-07:00

SERIES TITLE: The Stained Church

SERIES DESCRIPTION:
There are some issues that we need to deal with as the body of Christ. Issues that takes the cleansing that Jesus provided and smears a stain over our purity, holiness, and righteousness.

MESSAGE TITLE: The Religious Spirit

DESCRIPTION:
Jesus makes the point that there are people who think that they are His followers, who speak prophetic words, cast out demons, and heal, but He doesn't know them. How do we get to this point where we substitute religious activity for a vibrant relationship with Jesus? Could the account in Numbers 21 concerning a bronze serpent really shed light onto this for us?

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Redemption Via Sex

2007-06-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

TITLE: Redemption Via Sex

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DESCRIPTION: In Genesis 3 we find the relational unity God created broken in pieces. How does God provide redemption? What must be done to continue bring redemption? What does this story have to do with us?

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Mother's Day: A Moment of Perspective

2007-05-13T10:36:00.000-07:00

TITLE: Mother's Day: A Moment of Perspective

SERIES:

DESCRIPTION: God gives us these moments of perspective to clearly show us our life and to offer a chance for repentance

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The Tested (part I)

2007-04-29T10:34:00.000-07:00

TITLE: The Tested (Part I)

SERIES: Why We're Tested

DESCRIPTION: Why is God testing Abraham? Why doesn't God just search his heart?

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