Tag: Sermon on the Mount

• Sermon of February 10, 2019 — “A Terrible Kind of Imprisonment”

  

  Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say…

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  February 11, 2019

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• Sermon of January 27, 2019 — “The Kingdom Calls for Charity”

  

  Matthew 5 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 “Blessed are…

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  January 29, 2019

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• Sermon of March 11, 2017–“Washing Away Barriers”

  

  John 13:1-20 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son…

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  March 12, 2018

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• Sermon of January 14, 2018 — “Independence Day”

  

  John 8:31-41  Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by…

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  January 17, 2018

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• February 5, 2017 Sermon — “The Super Bowl of Sermons”

  

  Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3 ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 ‘Blessed…

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  February 6, 2017

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• August 28, 2016 Sermon — “Heeeere’s Solomon!”

  

   First Book of Kings Chapter 6:1-14             In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord. 2The house that King Solomon…

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  August 29, 2016

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• May 8, 2016 Sermon–“Ten Tasks”

  

  Exodus 20:1-21 Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3you shall have no other gods before me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven…

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  May 9, 2016

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• Sermon of May 3, 2015–“In the Vines”

  John 15:1-8 ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. 2He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 3You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me as I…

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  May 4, 2015

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• Sermon of September 28, 2014–“Thirst”

  Exodus 17:1-7 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with…

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  September 29, 2014

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• Sermon of June 22, 2014–“School’s Out!”

  Matthew 10:24-39 24“A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master;25it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! 26“So have no fear of…

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  June 23, 2014

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