Posted by administrator on Sep 28, 2021 in Sermon Archives
“Just As God Intended” Acts 1:1-11 Luke 24:44-53 “A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.” ~ John Calvin “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” ~Oscar Wilde “Good intentions are not enough. They’ve never put an onion in the soup yet.” ~ Sonya Levien A while back, I put a sign up in the Sheridan church that said something like: “Warning – anything that you post on Facebook can and...
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Posted by administrator on Sep 28, 2021 in Sermon Archives
Dear readers: because I will be out of town this Sunday, I’d like to republish a sermon from May of 2018 based on John 15:9-17 titled – “A Love Letter From God” John 15:9-17 “If you have never known the power of God’s love, then maybe it’s because you have never asked to know it – I mean really asked, expecting an answer.” ~ Frederick Buechner “It is not joy that makes us grateful, it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” ~ David Steidnl-Rast “Well and good if all...
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“The Path of the Disciple” Acts 8:26-40 John 15:1-8 “Immature love says : I love you because I need you. Mature love says: I need you because I love you.” ~ Erich Fromm “What makes one strong is not the ability to confront adversity and cruelty, but rather the ability to love in spite of it.” ~ Christopher Earle “You will never know the purest love you can give a person, until the day you hurt because they hurt. You genuinely want them to succeed in life and...
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“Gettin’ Our Groove Back” 1 John 3:16-24/ John 10:11-18 “I have all things and abound; not because I have a good store of money in the bank, not because I have skill and wit with which to win my bread, but because the Lord is my shepherd.” ~ Charles Spurgeon “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” ~ Romans 8:31 Madeliene L’Engle, in her book “Glimpses of Grace,” tells a story that is custom made for today. She writes,...
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Posted by administrator on Sep 28, 2021 in Sermon Archives
“Well, I’ll Be!” 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:13-48 “Live in such a way that those who know you, but don’t know God will come to know God because they know you.” ~ unknown “Let God be the judge. Your job today is to be a witness.” ~ Warren Wiersbe I’m guessing that a lot of folks here today are familiar with the founder of the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas named Adam Hamilton. With a membership of over 25,000, The Church of the Resurrection is easily the largest...
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