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Expecting Christ’s Return (1)
Read more: Expecting Christ’s Return (1)Bible Readings Psalm 110; 2Thessalonians 1:1-12 Introduction Dear friends in the Lord, “Do you really think that God will allow his church to go through a time of tribulation?” This was the question during a discussion about the end-times. “What do you think?” I asked. He went on to explain about the rapture…
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From Covenant Agreement to Covenant Denial
Read more: From Covenant Agreement to Covenant DenialBible Readings Matthew 13:18-23; Judges 2:1-15 Introduction My dear family of God, My telephone rang. The voice was of a young man who attended a camp I conducted some months prior. At that camp, he made a commitment to serve and love the Lord. He was serious about it as we prayed together. But now…
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Choose today whom you will serve
Read more: Choose today whom you will serveScripture Readings Luke 14:15-30; Joshua 24:14-27 Introduction Dear friends in Christ, Not far from us there is an ice cream shop which sells 76 flavours of ice cream. When the grandchildren come up for a visit, going for ice cream is a no brainer. Imagine yourself this scenario: I take my grandies to that…
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Zealously guarding true worship
Read more: Zealously guarding true worshipScripture Reading Acts 17:10-15 Joshua 22:9-34 Introduction Dear friends in the Lord, Our society puts a high premium on privacy. We have passwords to protect our privacy, codewords to unlock our bank accounts, fingerprint technology to protect our smartphones, voice recognition to open doors, encryption technology to protect messages and bank records. We check our…
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Obedience and reward
Read more: Obedience and rewardBible Readings Luke 8:16-18, Joshua 14:6-15 Introduction My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, For some reason not known to me, I sometimes forget to type the word “not” in a sentence where it is needed. To compound the problem, even proof-reading my now work does not help; I just mentally add “not”…
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The Gates of Hell Destroyed
Read more: The Gates of Hell DestroyedBible Readings Revelation 1:9-18 Joshua 12:1-6 Introduction My dear family in the Lord, In the Greek Orthodox tradition, the day after Resurrection was devoted to telling jokes. They felt they were imitating the cosmic trick that God pulled on Satan in the Resurrection. Satan thought he had won, and was smug in his victory, smiling…
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The Holy God Judging Sin
Read more: The Holy God Judging SinScripture Readings Revelation 19:6-16 Joshua 11:18-23 Introduction My dear friends in the Lord, Jesus Christ, If the only attribute God possesses were love—as many people apparently think—Christians would be stunned into silence at every occasion of death, pain, war, suffering and pain. What do we make of a verse like: For it was of…
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The Day God Listened to a Man
Read more: The Day God Listened to a ManBible Readings Joshua 10:1-15 Ephesians 1:15-23 Introduction Dear Brother and Sister, the theme for our sermon this morning is The Day God listened, with the subtitle A day like never before. Whether we like the idea or not, we need to know that as a church, as people who are followers of Jesus Christ, we are engaged…
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Victory over death and slavery
Read more: Victory over death and slaveryBible Readings Luke 24:1-2 Acts 13:26-39 Numbers 33:3-4 Introduction My dear brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, It is not uncommon for us, when we hear that someone died, to ask, “How old was he/she?” The younger a child was when it died evokes in us unspeakable emotions. If the person was very old, there…
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