Category: Sermons HCE
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Sermon of September 11–“When Moses Led . . .”
Many folks know the story of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. And a lot of us know it from the movie “The Ten Commandments” or from a children’s Bible. But do we really know the story as well as we think we do? I ran into a few complications in writing this sermon because…
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“No Harm, No Foul” –Sermon of September 4, 2011
Matthew 18:15-20: 15 ‘If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. 16But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word…
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Sermon of August 28, 2011–“Shaped, Not Sheltered”
Wow, there were a LOT of sources consulted on this one–conversations with friends, Karl Barth’s Romans and John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Relgion for starters. The information about honesty, giving, and trustworthiness comes from Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone. The information on possible causes for the London Riots came from a few sources–a couple of…
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Sermon of July 10
“Esau: Like you but with poor impulse control” I’m not an economist–but I am very interested in the psychology of money and resources. I’ve discovered in my ministry that the key is not how many resources a ministry has but what kind of theology leads you to use the resources. The United States in the…
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Sermons of June 12th and 19th–Pentecost and Trinity Sundays
Here are two sermons looking at the last two Sundays: First is an exposition of what I think might be going on at Pentecost and the second is an attempt to define a mission for the Christian Church in a way we can all understand. I hope that you will find these two sermons illuminating:…
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Sermon of May 15th–Good Shepherd Sunday
10‘Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls…
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April 10, 2011–Sermon
The sermon for April 10 is Bound at Bethany. I pray it helps you understand freedom in Christ, even in the midst of death.
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“Spiritual Sight”–Sermon of April 3, 2011
To hear Sunday’s Sermon, click here: Spiritual Sight John 9 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ 3Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works…
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Sermon of January 30, 2011–“The Mardi Gras Message”
A reading from 1 Corinthians 1:18-31: 18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written, ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.’ 20Where…
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Sermon of January 23, 2011–“A Shining Shift”
Matthew Chapter 4:12-23: 12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali— 14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: 15 “Land of Zebulun and land…
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