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Showing posts with label Holiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiness. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Sermon Video: Is Anything Too Hard for the LORD? - Genesis 18:1-15

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  Through the lens of God's conversation with Abraham and Sarah about the impending birth of Isaac, consider the question of limitations...
Monday, July 18, 2022

Sermon Video: The insanity of: "Let us do evil that good may result" Romans 3:5-8

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By way of answering a question about why our sinfulness doesn't make God's holiness more glorious, the Apostle Paul refutes a hereti...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Sermon Video: The Messiah Needed - Ecclesiastes 7:20

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Are good people in heaven?  The problem with this question is that it assumes a definition of the term "good" that is not connecte...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

The Pursuit of Happiness?

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"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" may be the unofficial motto of America, but it is not, much to the chagrin of many, ...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Why "winning" as the goal ought to be anathema to Christians

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To 'win', at all cost, and by all means, whether in business, politics, or personal relationships, is an idea embedded in the human ...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Sermon Video: The Gospel of Reconciliation - Colossians 1:21-23

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What is the status of humanity in the sight of God?  This is a question of the first importance, and one often answered with wishful thinkin...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Sermon Video: God rejects moral equivalence - Malachi 2:17

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It has been evident throughout human history that virtue is not fully rewarded and wickedness is not fully punished; in fact, at times wicke...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

If God does not love the sinner and hate the sin.

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If  God does not love the sinner and  hate the sin.... He would be unworthy of our love...For such a God would either abandon us as hopele...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Are good people in Heaven?

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Short answer: No Heaven doesn't contain "good" people, it contains forgiven people. God is holy, God is perfect, and only ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Take Time to Be Holy

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This past Sunday we sang an old hymn, "Take Time to Be Holy", written by William Longstaff, that begins with this phrase in i...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

The small margin of error for the shepherd of the flock

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Headlines such as this are a far too frequent occurrence: “Pastor resigns after sex scandal”, “Pastor resigns amid financial scandal”. ...
Friday, September 30, 2011

Walking on the light side - I John 1:5

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I John 1:5 says, "God is light; in him there is no darkness at all."  This verse uses light and darkness imagery to help us unders...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sermon Video: "I will have nothing to do with evil" - Psalm 101

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In this Psalm David explains the process of how a follower of God can proress and grow in the faith. The five steps related in the Psalm are...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

If God is Love...

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The modern world doesn’t like absolutes. It recoils from calling even the most vile acts evil. It dismisses the idea of hell as an antiquate...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

Sermon Video: John 12:23-32 "When I am lifted up"

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Jesus prepares his followers for the road to the cross by explaining that the Son of Man must be lifted up.  In God's ultimate act of lo...
Monday, March 14, 2011

Sermon Video: Psalm 19:7-11, "the Law of the LORD revives the soul"

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This message explores the perfection and purpose of the moral code of God revealed in the Law. Not only is God's law a guide to right ...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Immanuel, "God with us"

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Christmas is upon us once again.  You'd be hard pressed to find an American who hasn't heard of Christmas.  Most of those same peopl...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

From the mountain "burning with fire" to "the city of the living God" - Hebrews 12:18-24

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When Moses approached the presence of God on Mt. Sinai he did so "trembling with fear".  The people of Israel were unable to endur...
Monday, October 12, 2009

Entering God's Rest - Hebrews 4

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I was asked to conduct a funeral this past week for someone from Palo (years ago) that I had never met.  This sort of thing can be difficult...
Friday, September 4, 2009

Where do Good things comes from? James 1:16-18

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We've had a lot of depressing news in this country in the last couple of years, the state of Michigan has been run through the ringer ag...