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Gospels

Messy World, Messy Birth

30-Dec-18 Luke 2:1-20 Most of us here this morning probably don’t remember being born, I certainly don’t, even though I am pretty sure that I was there. But there are stories about our births that we have been told. We probably know where we were born, and we likely know some of the circumstances and […]

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Gospels

The Star Of Hope

Christmas Eve 2018 We had been watching the star for about two months before we really got serious about it. I’m not sure why it took us so long, to make something of this, but you know how schedules are and all; I guess it took us that long to actually realize that it really […]

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Prophets

The Lord, Whom We Seek?

09-Dec-18 Malachi 3:1-4 It sounds like wonderfully good news. The Lord, whom we seek, will suddenly come to his temple. What a wonderful dream! How wonderful it would be if the Lord came suddenly to his temple. How excited we would be! This is what we have long been hoping for. This is the day […]

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Gospels

Convulsive Indications

02-Dec-18 Luke 21:25-36  I like to think that my redemption is drawing near. I like to think that I will personally witness the return of Jesus Christ to this earth. There are times when I am so finished with this old world, that my prayer is, “Come and get us, Jesus, I’m done with this […]

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Writings

A House For The Lord

25-Nov-18 Psalm 132  Have you ever been so absolutely committed to some cause, worthy, or not so worthy, that you spent nearly every waking moment thinking about it? Did that cause, from time to time, enter even into the life of your dreams because you were so consumed by it? This can happen from time […]

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Prophets

The Feast Of The Covenant

04-Nov-18 Isaiah 25:6-9 When I was a wee little lad, I suffered a recurring nightmare which I have never forgotten. In this terrible dream, all is darkness. Darkness is everywhere. There is no light, and there is nothing to see. At some point though, in the dream, a thick, rubbery, grayish blanket descends to cover […]

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Gospels

Looking Good, Or Seeing Well?

28-Oct-18 Mark 10:46-52 It was as good a place as any for him to do his panhandling. It hadn’t always been this way; he hadn’t always made his living by begging. Once upon a time, there had been a job and a family. But then came the terrible accident. He saw it coming, but his […]

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Writings

Job Hears From God

21-Oct-18 Job 38 (Reader’s note: the sermon was the 38th chapter of Job. The following is merely commentary.) It’s been years since I’ve seen it, but I really like the movie, “The Wizard of Oz.” It’s one of those movies that you never forget. I looked it up before I went on vacation, and the […]

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Epistles

Bold We Approach

07-Oct-18 Hebrews 4:14-16 This is not an easy world in which to live. And it never has been. We certainly wish that this was not true, but it is. We yearn for a life of ease and pleasure, and even if we manage to attain it, we are never quite satisfied, especially when it comes […]

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Epistles

Higher Expectations

30-Sept-18 James 5:13-20 Is any among you suffering? If ever there was a rhetorical question, that certainly is it. At any given time, in every Christian fellowship, some one is going to be having an awfully rough time of it. Suffering seems to be the lot of all human beings. Suffering happens to all of […]