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Showing posts with label Fear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fear. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Sermon Video: The cause of Peter's bitter tears, Luke 22:54-62

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Peter's denial of Jesus is famous, in part because all 4 Gospel accounts cover this low-point of the Apostle's life. But what cause...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Sermon Video: The anguished prayer of Jesus before his Passion - Luke 22:39-46

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In the hours before his Passion began, with less than a day before his agonizing death on the Cross, Jesus spent intentional time alone in p...
Friday, February 2, 2024

The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory, by Tim Alberta: A book review

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  1. I found the book to be deeply emotional, in a good way.  It connected with my own care and concern for the Church in America on a gut l...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

I'm not afraid, should I be?

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  Psalm 46 1 God is our refuge and strength,     an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way   ...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

Sermon Video: The Fall of Peter: Love and Fear - Mark 14:66-72

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Alone in the courtyard while the trial of Jesus progresses, Peter is faced with three increasingly dramatic opportunities to affirm himself ...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

Sermon Video: "Yet not what I will, but what you will." - Mark 14:32-42

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Jesus submitted to the will of the Father. In the Garden, though it cost him anguish that few people will know, he submitted. There was no...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

Sermon Video: "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" - Mark 9:14-29

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 Is faith all or nothing?  Is there room for hesitancy, fear, or doubt?  Faith isn't like a light switch, all on or all off, but a conti...
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...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

Sermon Video: Jesus calms the storm - Mark 4:35-41

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  In an episode that reveals his true power to his disciples, Jesus calms a storm on the Sea of Galilee with a word. Lessons for us? Wheth...
Friday, July 31, 2020

How should Christians act during a pandemic? - Wisdom from Martin Luther's experience with the Plague

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The response of American Christians to the COVID-19 pandemic has run the gamut from faithful adherence to CDC guidelines, to open and proud ...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

Coronavirus: It will reveal our true character

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In the past twenty-four hours, the impact of the Coronavirus upon life in America accelerated greatly:  The NBA is on hiatus (with other spo...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Sermon Video: Building up God's people, including the doubters - Jude 17-23

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Given the need that the Church has to be on its guard against false teachers and divisive people, what ought we to do about those who have d...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

The Slippery Slope argument is paralyzing our republic

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** This is not a political comment, I purposefully avoid those, if you choose to take these thoughts that way that's up to you, but you...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Sermon Video: The Lord's Will Be Done - Acts 21:1-14

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As Paul finally approaches his destination of Jerusalem, both those traveling with him and those fellow disciples of Christ whom he meets at...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Sermon Video: The living hope of the resurrection - I Peter 1:3-5

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Hope is a necessity.  It may not sound as necessary as food and water, but we need hope.  The future is unknown, our own deaths are certain,...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

The peril of fear mongering among Christians

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In a recent interview with Time  magazine, the president of Faith and Action, Rob Schenck, a noted anti-abortion activist, spoke of the dang...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Sermon Video: What, me worry? - Luke 12:22-34

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In this passage, Jesus offers some of the most practical, yet difficult, advice you will ever hear when he says, "do not worry about yo...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Sermon Video: "whom you should fear" - Luke 12:1-9

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Fear is a powerful emotion, it affects many of the decisions we make in life, for both good and ill.  After speaking to the crowd about the ...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Democracy, The Free Press, and Facebook

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Something struck me as I was working my way through William Shirer’s massive and insightful “The Collapse of the Third Republic”, which is ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Sermon Video: Do we need to look anywhere else? - Luke 7:11-23

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If you or I were arranging the material that Luke had to work with when writing his Gospel, I don’t think we would have placed the epis...