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Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Beginning of Wisdom (Torah Club) lesson #22/23: When the Torah Club lesson mistranslates and misquotes an Early Church celebration of the Lord's Day to make it sound pro-Sabbath keeping instead

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  Everybody makes mistakes, myself included.  But when you publish a book, shouldn't there be an editor who asks if the quote you are us...
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Sermon Video: With Jesus on the road to Emmaus - Luke 24:13-35

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What did Jesus do on the afternoon of Easter Sunday?  As it turns out, he took a walk with two of his disciples and spent a few hours explai...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Sermon Video - Jesus celebrates God's provision with his friends, Luke 22:14-15

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What did Jesus seek out on the evening when his Passion was only hours away?   The company of his friends and devoted followers.  More speci...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Sermon Video: Christ arose, we too will be raised - 1 Corinthians 15:20-23

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Of the many blessings and joys that the resurrection of Jesus from the dead brings to those who believe in him, one that we will all need so...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

"Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" - An Easter reminder that God has already solved our biggest and most important problems

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  In J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, The Fellowship of the Ring , the titular fellowship arrives with its nine members at the Gates of Mor...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Sermon Video: The Resurrected Jesus: peace, understanding, evangelism, Luke 24:36-49

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The first Easter Sunday culminated with a surprise visitation from Jesus to his closest disciples.  After a day of wonder, angelic messages,...
Monday, March 7, 2022

Sermon Video: The Resurrection of Jesus - Mark 16:1-8

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Much of what we hear and read about in life is colored by hyperbole.  The greatest and most turns out to be a pitch.  Not so the Resurrectio...
Monday, April 5, 2021

Sermon Video: "Peace be with you!" - John 20:19-23

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  On the evening of the first Easter, following a confusing morning involving an Empty Tomb and visitations from angels, the disciples of Je...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Sermon Video: How to know the power of Christ's resurrection Philippians 3:10-11

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How can I know Christ? Really know him? The Apostle Paul considers that thought and responds with two ideas: know the power of his resurre...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Sermon Video: In Christ all will be made alive - 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

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The fear of death is common to all of humanity, and in the present COVID-19 crisis, it is being felt keenly by millions. But death is not t...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Sermon Video: Pity the Christians? - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

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Here's a hypothetical: What if there is no resurrection from the dead (Jesus included)? For Christianity and Christians this is catastr...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Sermon Video: According to the Scriptures - 1 Corinthians 15:1-7

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The Apostle Paul begins his extended discussion of the significance of the resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ with a reminder to the...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

A Refutation of: Easter isn't about sacrifice, it's about faith and love - by Jay Parini

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The opinion piece from CNN was written by Jay Parini, an author and English teacher at Middlebury College.  It appears that his perspect...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Sermon Video: "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" Luke 24:1-12

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In Luke's account of the resurrection of Jesus, there is no effort taken to hide the initial reactions of the women at the tomb (frighte...
Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Sermon Video: "He is not here, he is risen" Matthew 28:1-10

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As the faithful women came to the tomb seeking to care for the body of Jesus on Sunday morning, they encountered a remarkable sight: An ange...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Sermon Video: The Curtain is Torn - Luke 23:45 (1997)

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We all start somewhere, maybe Billy Graham had the audience on the edge of their seat during his first sermon, but the rest of us need time ...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Sermon Video: The Rise of the Son - Mark 16:1-8

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On the first Easter morning, it was not the apostles to whom the message of the resurrection of Jesus first came, for they were in hiding, r...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Sermon Video: "Let us rejoice and be glad" - Revelation 19:6-9

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This text was chosen for our Easter worship service because the event that it talks about, the future "wedding of the Lamb" is act...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Sermon Video: "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD" - Psalm 118:22-29

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When Jesus entered Jerusalem on the day we now commemorate as Palm Sunday, he was greeted with cheering crowds waving palm branches and spre...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Sermon Video: "But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead." - I Corinthians 15:12-22

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There has been much discussion in recent generations about the possibility of removing the teachings and ethics of Jesus from the life ...