Tag: Jesus
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Service of May 12, 2024–“Bodily Resurrection”
Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first…
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“The Holy Spirit in Unwelcome Places” — Service of April 21, 2024
Acts 17:1-9 After Paul and Silas had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures, 3explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from…
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Emmanuel Reformed will soon be celebrating 204 years!
Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Easter greetings to you in this exciting time of year! The trees are budding, the flowers blooming, the sun (sometimes) shines through all this rain, and Jesus is risen from the grave!!! We have a few exciting things to bring you up to speed. The post-Easter sermon series…
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Service of April 7, 2024 — Acts 1:1-14
In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning 2until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them…
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Sermon of March 17, 2024 — “Keep Awake” Mark 13
Mark 13: As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!’ 2 Then Jesus asked him, ‘Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.’ 3 When he was sitting on the Mount…
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Sermon of March 10, 2024–“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” Mark 12: 28-44
28One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” 29Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,…
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Sermon of March 3 — “Crime Doesn’t Pay”
Mark 12:1-17 Then he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower; then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. 2When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants to collect…
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“Transfiguration Sunday” February 11, 2024
Mark 8:27—9:8 27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?”…
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“The Return of the Lost Causes” Sermon of January 28, 2024
21When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. 22Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet 23and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death.…
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“A Hometown Tour of Forgiveness” Sermon of January 14, 2024
o Mark 2: 1-22 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since…
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