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Are you Bearing Fruit Or Just Taking Up Space? - March 7, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
It was like a recounting of the six o’clock news. Jesus knew these current events were fresh in the minds of the disciples. We don’t know details in 2010, but it seems obvious that, for some reason, Pilate had decided to . . .
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I Will Be With You - Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Offered by Bill Gamelin, a member of our Preaching Team
Welcome this evening on another journey through Lent and on the way… on The Jesus Way. Maybe you have been at a place in life where everything was just right. Maybe you are there right now. You know what I mean . . .
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How Can I Keep From Singing - February 28, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
The old hymn sings that we ought to “take it to the Lord in prayer.” “It” is listed as: sins, griefs, trials, temptations, trouble, sorrows, weakness, the loads we carry. The old hymn reaffirms for us that we do indeed have a friend we can trust, a friend who is . . .
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Standard of Living - Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Offered by Marlene Sowers, a member of our Preaching Team
The Standard of Living in the United States is among the highest on earth. It is a quality of life represented by material comforts. Measured in terms of annual income, home ownership, and life expectancy, people come from all over the world to live in the United States. We have . . .
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Using The Holy Spirit To Drive An Awkward Nail - February 21, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
“No Christian will suppose that Jesus in his carpentry shop ever laid aside the hammer and used the Holy Spirit to drive an awkward nail.” So wrote Austin Ferrer.
Have you ever been tempted to . . .
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The Jesus Way - Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
I was becoming a bit frantic. Dare I admit it? I was lost. It was a Thursday evening several years ago. I remember the day was Thursday because it was a Church Council meeting night. I had told Emily, the only one home, that I was going to go for a run on . . .
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Glory Through Suffering - February 14, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
It is a dazzling sight. Jesus shone, clothed in divine light. It is a dazzling sight watching Jesus interact with saints of the past, Moses and Elijah. It is a dazzling sight as the cloud envelops them all, when the Voice rains from above: “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him.” It is a dazzling sight.
There is so much that could be said about this text, but today . . .
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Wasted Grace - February 7, 2010 Offered by Christy Pawloski, a member of our Preaching Team
I was paralyzed. I couldn’t think, I couldn’t rationalize – all I could do was wander aimlessly with a blank expression on my face. It had finally happened… Bed, Bath & Beyond had finally overwhelmed me. I was on an important shopping trip armed . . .
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If We Don't Agree, Will You Still Love Me? - January 31, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
Most call it “the wedding passage,” but 1st Corinthians 13 was not written with marriage in mind. Oh, what Paul wrote certainly applies to marriage and all other meaningful relationships, but when Paul wrote 1st Corinthians 13, . . .
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Gather Around The Book - January 24, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
The Jews had finally returned to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon. Multiple generations of people had lived and died, and the current generation of people tried their best to settle in and around Jerusalem. They were a demoralized bunch. They had not been . . .
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Cryptic Clues - January 17, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
A couple times in our congregation we have sponsored the fellowship event called a Road Rally. It is a game where teams pile into separate vehicles with a first clue that will lead them to the next spot to find another clue, and so on until all have rendezvoused at the final destination. It is . . .
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I'd Give It All Up For You - January 10, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
His face fills the TV screen. He tells us that he never dreamed, never anticipated that in his 50’s he would have had a heart attack. He tells us that he should have taken better care of himself, that he should have had regular check-ups. He tells us . . .
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New Creation - January 3, 2010 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
If we page through the Gospel of John looking for an account of the birth of Christ, we may be initially disappointed. There are no shepherds, no cradle, no swaddling clothes. There are no pregnancy stories of Mary, and there is no . . .
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New Clothes Worn And Applied - December 27, 2010 Offered by Deb Gamelin, a member of our Preaching Team
Today's sermon is from our second Lesson. The apostle Paul is so good at lessons of practical Christianity that maybe we should listen? In first Colossians 3 verses 5-11 we put off our "old clothes" …sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, greed and idolatry. We rid ourselves . . .
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Blessings Given, Blessings Received - December 20, 2009 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
Most of us don’t spend much time thinking about how our moments and days, how our experiences and decisions might have a greater impact beyond our own lives. What is the bigger picture? Who else is . . .
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Happiness and Joy: A Difference? - December 13, 2009 Offered by Pastor Jim Helman
The Apostle Paul was in prison, and he did not know if his trial would mean freedom or death. There was so much time to think, and all of the believers he had come to know and love . . .
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