Jesus Sees That They Are Sheep Without A Shepherd
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Last week we heard how Jesus sent his apostles two by two with no money, no bag, nothing. He sent them out completely disarmed, and we also go out disarmed when we speak sincerely about our lives and what God is doing for us. People are not looking for perfection, but…
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He Sent Them Out!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Amaziah was the priest of Bethel, which was a national sanctuary. Not only was he the priest but the chief priest and he was from the official family of the sanctuary. In addition he was the public relations guy for the king. And the kingdom was very affluent and their liturgies…
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Little Girl, I Say To You, Arise!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the gospel of Mark (5: 21-43) we hear of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue, who comes with great humility, falling at his feet and pleading for help. This leader goes to the King of leaders and begs for help. Jairus keeps order in the synagogue and Jesus keeps order…
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I Will Make You A Light To Those In Darkness
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We have the opportunity to celebrate the birth of John the Baptist this weekend, which not by chance is one of the longest days of the year. Even in the timing of John’s birth the length of days is saying, “I must decrease and you must increase.” He said this in…
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Our Mission Is To Sow The Seed
Brothers and Sisters: The works of God always start small, are likely to be overlooked and even scorned and therefore the person must have a great desire for knowing Jesus Christ and great patience. The first parable we hear today from Mark (4: 26-29) tells about the seed growing by itself. It is a contrast…
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Half-Truth: God Will Not Give You More Than You Can Handle
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Welcome to our fifth and final week of our series Half-Truth. We may do a few short series over the summer so please stay with us. We are going to shift gears a bit this week and not speak about one of the basics of our faith but something you may…
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Half-Truth: The Eucharist Is Only A Symbol
Dear Brothers and Sisters, This week for the feast of Corpus Christi we wanted to take a look not at a half-truth that exists in society but one that exists among Christians. Perhaps you never gave much thought to what the Church teaches concerning the Body and Blood of Christ and for this reason this…
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Half-Truth: All Religions Are The Same
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I hope you are enjoying our series on Half Truth; I find it fascinating and very current with the questions people ask today. I also pray you will like the closeness of our worship space and that you will continue to worship with us even in the aduditorium. In some ways,…
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It’s The Church That Makes Us One
Dear Brothers and Sisters, This is our second week on our series called Half-Truth. We were saying last week that half-truths have some element of truth in them, but not completely. If we buy into these half-truths of the culture then we find ourselves in a place where we don’t want to be. Last week…
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Half-Truth: There Are Many Ways To God & It Does Not Matter Which One
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are starting a new series today called Half-Truth. Over the next five weeks we are going to look at some popular beliefs in our culture that are half-true. They are somewhat right, but not fully. They contain an element of truth but in leaving out the rest of the truth…
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