Mark 9:2-8 A man visited his friend who had just started as pastor of a church and realized that the acoustics for worship would be much improved if the piano was moved from the left side of the pulpit to the right. He suggested this but the pastor had talked with the elders and realized [...]
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Luke 4:14-21, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 19:1-10 Imagine the scene. It’s Saturday, time to go to the synagogue for the weekly service. You step in and there is a bit of a buzz. “Did you see who’s come back? It’s Jesus, Mary’s son. I hear he has been teaching in synagogues all over the place. Everyone [...]
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Mark 4:26-29 I have been delighted at the response to my sermon last week. If you were not here, I talked about the need to have a devoted time to be with God each day. This may not sound new or different, but I shared from the weakness in my life and encouraged people to [...]
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Mark 13:28-36 II Peter 3:3-14 One of the popular Christmas songs in the US is Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Oh! You’d better watch out, You’d better not cry, You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town! He’s making a list, He’s checking it twice, He’s gonna find [...]
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Mark 13:1-32 One of my favorite cartoons has its character walking down the street and he sees a man with a message printed on a board hung around his neck. The message reads “Repent for the end is near!” The character rushes into an ice cream store and orders, “Give me a double hot fudge [...]
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