15-Nov-15 Mark 13:1-8 The temple in Jerusalem was so beautiful that it was beyond description. It is impossible for us to even begin to imagine how beautiful it was. There are written descriptions of its beauty, but even these fail to adequately convey the awesome and stunning vision that the temple presented to all who […]
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Well Aged Wine, Strained Clear
01-Nov-15 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 around me, at least nothing that I recognize. At some point in the dream, a […]
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Looking Good or Seeing Well?
25-Oct-15 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 this way. He once had a job and a family. But then came the terrible accident. He saw it coming, but his hands were too […]
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Job Hears From God
18-Oct-15 Job 38 How many of you like the movie, “The Wizard of Oz?” It’s OK this time to put your hands up, it’s not like I’m asking you if you sinned this week or not…OK, how many of you sinned this week? With the “Wizard”, you either like it or not. Some people have […]
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Bold We Approach
04-Oct-15 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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So That We May Be Healed
27-Sept-15 James 5:13-20 Is any among you suffering? If ever there was a rhetorical question, that certainly is it. Of course there is someone suffering. At any given time, in every Christian fellowship, someone is going to be having an awfully rough time of it. Suffering seems to be the universal lot of all human […]
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Some Basic Consideration
20-Sept-15 James 3:13-18 When I first looked at this passage, the first thing that occurred to me was that it might be a waste of time to preach a sermon on it. And that’s because none of us, myself included, have any of the spiritual defects that James writes about in this handful of verses. […]
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A Closer Look
06-Sep-15 Psalm 23 by Jeff Morse I have had the idea for a long time that some passages of Scripture that are often used and even may be memorized by some of us could use a closer look. We tend to do most things in too much of a hurry these days and reading the […]
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The Third Greatest Commandment
30-Aug-15 Mark 6:45-52 He intended to pass them by. In the Gospel of Mark, this is the second time that the disciples have been in trouble in a boat. And quite frankly, that’s somewhat ironic. The disciples are fishermen by trade; they are experts in boatsmanship. They’ve got skills and experience that should keep them […]
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Bread That Satisfies
23-Aug-15 John 6:22-35 The picnic is over. It happened while I was on vacation. But that’s OK. Most of us know about the picnic anyway. And so this morning, we are looking at the aftermath of the picnic, and things aren’t looking all that great for Jesus. It seems that he has suddenly dropped in […]
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