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Showing posts with label Ecumenism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecumenism. Show all posts
Friday, March 28, 2025

The Church in Franklin (Venango County) PA: How are we doing? - What serving here more than a decade has shown me.

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  My wife Nicole and I moved to Franklin, PA in January of 2012.  I'm not a native Pennsylvanian, but we've invested our lives in th...
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Monday, November 6, 2023

Sermon Video: Having grace in disputable matters, part 1 - Romans 14:1-9

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Chapter 14 of Romans is Paul's full argument as to why Christians ought to treat each other with grace with respect to "disputable ...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Sermon Video: Pastor Powell and Pastor Phillips, The Harvest is Plentiful - Matthew 9:37-38

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To commemorate the reopening of our building's original worship space (now known as Clark Hall) after the collapse of the ceiling two ye...
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

My thoughts featured by the Project on Rural Ministry (of Grove City College)

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Recently I was asked by Pastor Charlie Cotherman if there was something about rural ministry that I might write for the Project on Rural Min...
Friday, February 4, 2022

Did God answer Jesus' prayer for Unity among his followers? - John 17

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  A memento for the once dominant multi-clergy trivia team created by my wife Nicole (our one non-clergy member on the team,  but representi...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Sermon Video: "whoever is not against us is for us" - Mark 9:38-41

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  The Church has struggled (and Israel before it) throughout its history to properly define what it means to be 'one of us'. We eit...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Sermon Video: "Do we not all have one Father" Malachi 2:10

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The prophet Malachi reminds us that everyone who is in a relationship (covenant) with God has the same father.  One Father = One Family.  In...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Sermon Video: The people who made Paul's ministry possible - 1 Corinthians 16:10-24

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As he wraps up his letter to the church in Corinth, the Apostle Paul reminds them of his partners and colleges in the work of the Lord, from...
Thursday, February 27, 2020

What if we don't need a new church plant?

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In 2016, Pastor Charlie Cotherman led the planting of  Oil City Vineyard Church  just upriver from us in Oil City.  I know Charlie, and God ...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Sermon Video: Work together for the truth - 3 John 1-8

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Continuing the themes from 2 John, the Apostle commends a leader from a church that he is connected with named Gaius for his devotion to the...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Sermon Video: Our mandate to be intrafaith but not interfaith - 1 Corinthians 10:18-22

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While trying to help the community of the church at Corinth, a small minority among the people of Corinth, Paul warns them about "parti...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Sermon Video: "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting" - Acts 26:1-16

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Imagine spending your life, all of your passion and effort, on behalf of God, only to learn at the end that your entire attempt was not simp...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Sermon Video: Debatable Matters Part 2: Consistency vs. Conscience, 1 Corinthians 8:4-8

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As Paul continues to speak to the issue at Corinth of whether or not Christians there should eat meat that had been previously offered as pa...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

A review of: "Side by Side" - Being Christian in a Multifaith World by Dr. Richard Olson

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On February 1st of this year, Judson Press published a book by Dr. Richard Olson, retired seminary professor at Central Baptist Theological ...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

When cooperation becomes capitulation: The Koran in Church

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Those who have followed this blog for any length of time, or who know me personally, are well aware that I am an advocate for intra-Christia...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Sermon Video: The Sorrow of Divisions within the Church - 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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The first issue dealt with by Paul in his letter to the church at Corinth after his introduction is unity.  Paul had received a report that ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Warning signs of an unbalanced worldview

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As I was meandering about on Youtube recently, looking to see if there were any new interesting videos posted in the areas of textual critic...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Sermon Video: "How many will be saved?" Luke 13:23-30

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In this passage, Jesus responds to a very important question that is asked of him, "how many will be saved?"  Will the grace of Go...
Friday, August 21, 2015

From where does my belief in Christian unity come?

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In light of the baptism of my daughter Clara, there are likely some who are wondering where my belief in Christian unity (ecumenism) has it...

A father's prayer of thanksgiving to God

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This is the closing prayer that I gave at the end of the baptism of our daughter, Clara.  My wife, Nicole is Catholic, I am the pastor of th...