Category: Sermons
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Our Sages: Models for Our Worship
Traditional Sermon Pentecost 11 I’m not much for preaching on the Old Testament lessons that we read each week in church. If you pay any attention to my sermons, you know that already. I’ve always been most interested in talking about Jesus, from the pulpit. But when I started my sermon prep last week, and…
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Nice Jesus, Mean Jesus
New Day Sermon Pentecost 10 Sometimes Jesus’ words seem almost too difficult to accept. Today we wrestle with some of those words and consider how we see in them a reminder that even when Jesus seems harsh, he is speaking to us in love.
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Have No Fear
Traditional Sermon Pentecost 9 What are you afraid of? We’re all afraid of something. Maybe you have nyctophobia, a fear of darkness or arachnophobia, a fear of spiders. Maybe your fear is a little more unusual like Arachibutyrophobia – the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. I know for a…
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A Meaning-Filled Life
Traditional Sermon Pentecost 8 The Teichmann’s are going on vacation soon! I’ve been counting the days. BUT…first we have to pack. Oh the packing. We started putting together a list of the stuff we’ll need. The list keeps on getting longer. At this rate, we’ll need to tow a U-haul trailer behind us for all…
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No Longer Alone
New Day Sermon Pentecost 8 As we hear the familiar “Parable of the Rich Fool” we are reminded of both the curse of placing too much trust in material possessions, and also the problem of isolating ourselves from others around us.
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Talking to God
New Day Sermon Pentecost 7 Life is like a roller coaster. While on it, how do you talk to God? Note: The beginning of the sermon features a clip from the movie Bruce Almighty.
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Maybe, Maybe Not
New Day Sermon Pentecost 4 A different look at the familiar Mary and Martha story, which offers the possibility of living in the tension found between Martha’s actions and Mary’s listening.
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Team Mary vs Team Martha
Traditional Sermon Pentecost 6 I want to begin by asking you all a question – Are you more like Mary or more like Martha? If you had to pick a team, whose team would you be on? Would you choose team Mary because you may be more of a contemplative student of Jesus – basking…
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A Hike To Remember
Traditional Sermon Pentecost 5 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all…
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Go and do likewise
New Day Sermon Pentecost 5 Jesus ends the Parable of the Good Samaritan with the phrase, “Go and do likewise.” What does going and doing likewise look like?
