Sermons

John 19. 31-42Life ends – and life begins – on the cross! The preacher described it as awesome! Overwhelming! Grander and more glorious – actually, he said glorious-er – than anything we could, possibly, imagine! Using the vision of god’s…
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the passion according to luke (22:14–23:56)The only way we get closer to god is when god comes closer to us! Each Sunday morning, every time a preacher steps into a pulpit or behind an altar, he or she has one…
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Isaiah 43.16-21God’s love creates us; god’s love inspires us; god’s love moves us! The way it – usually – works is that I read the passage for the morning. In this case, Isaiah, chapter forty-three, verses sixteen to twenty-one. And…
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Joshua 5. 9-12We are a people not of a destination, but of the way!! It’s called a canon-within-a-canon. Canon not in the sense of an artillery piece. But canon as in a collection of sacred books. That’s what we called…
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reflecting on the journeyChurch is created by, sustained with, and born again in … the gospel! It’s been a little more than three years. Since we sold our building. Truth be told, we expected to be farther by now. But…
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Genesis 15. 1-12, 17-18Believing is nothing more – or less – than taking god at god’s word! And he believed the LORD; and the LORD reckoned it to him as righteousness. And he believed the LORD; and the LORD reckoned…
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Deuteronomy 26. 1-11The journey is god’s, not ours! This was one of “those” weeks! One of “those weeks, not in a bad way, but in a good one! It began when I read the passage from Deuteronomy. The passage we…
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Exodus 34. 29-35Life is rooted not in the Old, but in the Cross! For years, now, my Monday mornings have begun, pretty much, the same way. At nine o’clock sharp, the phone rings. I answer. And for the next hour…
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reflecting on the journeyLoving like Jesus brings crosses and resurrections,not crowds. “Transformational Ministries.” At least, that’s what it was called, twenty years ago, when we – as a congregation – began. Of course, it’s a thing of the past, nowadays….
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