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Category Archives: Sermons
Formed and Deformed: the Spiritual Formation of David
Posted in Bible, Sermons, Spiritual life
Tagged 1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel Key verse, David and Goliath, King Saul, spiritual formation
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David and Goliath: Seeing Beyond the Appearances
(We had technical problems this week and so the video is not yet – and may never be – available. If we can get audio or video, I will post it later in the week.) This one of the most … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Sermons, Spiritual life
Tagged 1 Samuel 16:7, beyond appearances, David and Goliath, Image management, Malcolm Gladwell
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Falling Away: A Before and After Picture
In this sermon, we look at the reasons behind King Saul’s “lifeslide.” We then consider what we can do to follow a different path.
Posted in Bible, Sermons, Spiritual life
Tagged 1 Samuel 13, Backsliding, humility, King Saul, renewal of the mind
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“I Have Sinned”: A Study in Repentance
I used to think of repentance as a thing to be avoided. I thought it was all about feeling so bad about what I had done that I would never do it again. Now I think of repentance as a gift and a blessing.
What changed my mind? The Bible.
St. Paul regards repentance as something that God “gives” – it is a gift and it is priceless! That gift impacts the whole person: emotions, mind, and body—or you could say, feelings, thoughts, and actions.
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Don’t Give Your Kids a God-on-the-Box
Don’t give your children a God-in-the-Box. When our kids were small, we had a Jack-in-the-Box. We would turn the crank, the melody would play on and on until, suddenly, the jester popped out of the box. Our kids wanted us … Continue reading
Can You Hear Me Now? (1 Samuel 2-3)
Listening time: Approximately 25 minutes.
Posted in Bible, Sermons, Spiritual life
Tagged 1 Samuel, Chesterton, God's guidance, hearing God, reading the Bible
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Nothing Fails Like Success
Failure sometimes follows close on the heels of success. The person who gets the dream job (success) allows that job to take the place of their spouse (failure). He or she gets promotions but ends up with a divorce.
The child of an alcoholic vows never to be like his dad. He doesn’t drink (success). But the resentment he carries around with him damages his own kids (failure), and they choose to get back at their dad by – what else? – drinking. Continue reading
Failure: Not the Last Word (1 Kings 19)
Everyone fails but not everyone rebounds from failure. What – or who – makes the difference?
Posted in Bible, Sermons, Spiritual life
Tagged 1 Kings 19, Elijah, How to come back after failure, Rebounding from failure
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Bury Your Idols
Idolatry is the root cause of all of the symptoms of sin. The envy, the deceit, the lust, the anger, the gossip—they all have their source in “the one great sin that all others come from”—idolatry (Idleman). That is why the very first of the Ten Commandments is “you shall not have any other gods before me.” As Martin Luther says, “We never break the other commandments without breaking the first one.” Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Family, Sermons, Theology
Tagged Asherah, Genesis 6, idolatry, Micah 7, Molek, Romans 1:21-31, what is an idol?
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My Sheep Follow My Voice
In John 10:6, Jesus uses a “figure of speech” (Greek, ) one that requires insight to understand the point. We may miss that point, perhaps not from lack of insight, but from lack of cultural familiarity. Jesus’ teaching here is clothed … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Sermons
Tagged Andrew Bonar, Christians and sheep, Good Shepherd, John 10:6
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