I preached this message on Sunday, January 22, 2023, the week before we would have our first combined service with three other local congregations. The reference to 5th Sunday services refers to the months that have five Sundays. It means you can have up to 4 combined services in a given year. This message is …
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Reflections on the Book of Acts #19: Facecloths and Aprons?
Here’s the link to Acts 19. Sometimes you read a passage of Scripture and something sticks out because it speaks to you, because it’s especially meaningful or helpful. Then there are bits that stick out because when you read them, you think, “Huh?” This chapter of Acts has one of those. Here it is: God …
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Pruning
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I …
Hope in the Face of Death
Here is my sermon from this morning on the story of the raising of Lazarus in John 11:17-44 and Paul's words about Jesus' return in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. I hope it encourages you. Here is the text of the sermon, if you'd prefer to read it: It was filmmaker Woody Allen who once famously said: …
“He Set His Face”
This is my sermon from this past Sunday, March 27. I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. But I have other sheep that are not from this sheep pen; …
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