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Panic settled upon me after hearing how driven the state of Kansas has become in its effort to lure, entice, kidnap the KC Chiefs across state lines. Wouldn’t that be a federal offense? The same sense of panic sat in when Jackson County failed to renew the tax for the KC Royals in April. Why panic? I
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During the past few months, I have had the honor of officiating at two funerals, and yesterday I attended a third funeral. There is one resounding principle that keeps ringing in my ears: the greatest gift ever is love. Yesterday’s funeral was for a member of my church family of 28 years. I came to this community to
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given on Sunday, February 21, 2010 Hallelujah! The Israelites had waited a very long time for the Messiah so why all the warning from the prophet Isaiah? For hundreds of years the Israelites followed the Law of Moses. They were working hard to maintain their faith while living in a complex world of pagans. Their
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given on Sunday, February 14, 2010 I want you to stop a minute, close your eyes, and think back to a moment in time when you either met that special someone or when your son or daughter met that someone special and they rushed in to tell you. Can you picture that face? What was
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given on Sunday, February 7, 2010 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000193 EndHTML:0000024792 StartFragment:0000002957 EndFragment:0000024756 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/What%20Do%20You%20Know.doc I Timothy 4:6-14 from the Message 6-10 You’ve been raised on the Message of the faith and have followed sound teaching. Now pass on this counsel to the followers of Jesus there, and you’ll be a good servant of Jesus. Stay clear of
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given on January 31, 2010 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000204 EndHTML:0000026082 StartFragment:0000003480 EndFragment:0000026046 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/What%20if%20neighbor%20is%20Jesus.doc Last week I drove past the Church of Nazarene’s outdoor sign and it caught my attention: “What does love have to do with it?” Naturally the lyrics to the song started running through my head, but seeing that sign also coincided with the thoughts
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given on January 24, 2010 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000178 EndHTML:0000020765 StartFragment:0000002441 EndFragment:0000020729 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/Oh%20my.doc Have you met Nehemiah? I know I have not met him face to face, but I have met him through his words in the Old Testament. He is a hard worker who listened to God. He worked with the religious leader Ezra, but he
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given on January 17, 2009 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000188 EndHTML:0000019367 StartFragment:0000002557 EndFragment:0000019331 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/Serving%20M%26M’S.doc Nothing beats a chocolate rush as good as one provided by M&M’s. You know the old advertising claim that they would not melt in your hand only in your mouth. Needless to say I have had ample opportunities to test that and I can
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given on Sunday, January 24, 2010 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000178 EndHTML:0000021034 StartFragment:0000002441 EndFragment:0000020998 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/Oh%20my.doc Oh my, Nehemiah! Have you met Nehemiah? I know I have not met him face to face, but I have met him through his words in the Old Testament. He is a hard worker who listened to God. He worked with the religious
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given on Sunday, January 17, 2010 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000188 EndHTML:0000025320 StartFragment:0000002557 EndFragment:0000025284 SourceURL:file:/Serving%20M%26M’S.doc Serving M&M’s Nothing beats a chocolate rush as good as one provided by M&M’s. You know the old advertising claim that they would not melt in your hand only in your mouth. Needless to say I have had ample opportunities to test that
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given on Sunday, January 10, 2009 [Oddly the blizzard-like and frigid weather which began on December 23, 2009, has caused our churches to cancel services on both December 27, 3009 and January 3, 2010. This sermon is one which begins in the cold and hopefully will warm hearts in ways that will grow our Christian
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given on Sunday, December 20, 2009 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000201 EndHTML:0000027082 StartFragment:0000003840 EndFragment:0000027046 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/Chr%20Cards%20wonder,%20dreams.doc The third Sunday of Advent and the cards are still sitting around and not in the mail. Yet, the short Advent season is over half way through and I am at least a week behind mentally. I did not even begin listening to
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