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Have you ever wondered what a difference a day makes?
given on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 Have you ever wondered One question from a friend is all it took: Have you ever wondered what a difference one day makes? One question, just one has circled in and out of my head for days, weeks now. Have you ever…
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The Big Evangelism: Is Our Church Ready?
given on March 18, 2012, part of the Lenten series on evangelism Today I wanted to run away. The evangelism topic is still a scary one and I do not have all the answers. I cannot change the circumstances that surround the community or the history of the church. What…
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The Shepherd’s Gift of Faith
given on Sunday, December 18, 2011: the Fourth Sunday of Advent “I wonder as I wander . . . “ “I wonder as I wander. . .” probably is one of the most appropriate phrases for me, personally, as any other I might try to apply to myself. Those…
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A Father’s Gift of Faith
to be delivered on December 11, 2011–the 3rd Sunday of Advent Picture this: You are sound asleep after an exhausting day working with wood and saws and tools. Suddenly you wake up and realize you just had this dream that makes no sense at all. You feel troubled, restless, and…
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Thanksgiving Blessings: God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
given on Sunday, November 20, 2011 Genesis 1:31-2:3 (from the NIV) 1:30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.”…
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What does your faith do for you?
given on Sunday, November 13, 2011: What Does Faith Do for You? With all the push to get things done this week, I kept thinking about the planned topic for today’s sermon: What does faith do for you? I had written that down in July. I debated whether I should…
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Awestruck
given on Sunday, February 20, 2011 Several times this week I found myself awestruck. Last Sunday morning it was seeing the eagle perched in the tree on Hwy M. On below freezing mornings it was the weather forecast predicting 70 degrees. Thursday morning I watched the snow piles along the…
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Rural America/Rural Missouri
given on Sunday, May 16, 2010 Special note: The structure for Sunday was atypical. The scripture and the sermon were divided into different phases so I am posting the entire script for the service: Sunday, May 16, 2010 Order of Worship I can do everything through him (Christ) who gives…
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The Promise of One Seed
given on April 18, 2010 Have you noticed the grandeur of God’s world this week? I do not think any one of us could ignore it, especially living in the middle of the heartland. Still the mystery of just one seed is revealed to us year after year. And I…
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Oh my, Nehemiah
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…
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