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The Hope of Life Together as the Saints Triumphant

Text:  1Thessalonians 4: 13-18 Years ago, there was a great physician know for his healing skills.  Back then, many people could tell you how this man saved their lives.  Needless to say, the sick and suffering kept him very busy, So busy that he and his co-workers were exhausted by the end of the day. One day a man came […]

Remember Those Persecuted

Text:  Hebrews 13: 1-3 Today we remember there is a day to come.  We are one day closer than we were yesterday.  The Old and New Testament point to it.  The Day of the Lord.  Judgment Day when everyone who lives or who’s ever lived will have to stand before God’s Son. What will the Lord say to us? We […]

Who Then Can Be Saved

Text:  Mark 10: 17-27 I know a man who teaches firefighters and rescue personnel an important skill.  A building collapses.  People are buried in the rubble.  And if you or I would come upon that scene, we might say:  Who could be saved? It looks so hopeless.  But not always.  Sometimes a person is helplessly trapped under that rubble alive.  […]

More than a lesson in Graciousness

Text:  Genesis 18: 1-14 Think of a time in your life.  When someone was especially gracious to you.  I can remember going home with a friend of mine to Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  They invited me into their home.  My friend’s mom cooked up all kinds of special food.  She even set me up with a girl from their church. They […]

To Know Jesus, to really know Him is …

Text:  1 John 2: 1-6 Do you know Jesus?  What do you mean Pastor?  I ask you again.  Do you know Jesus?  Lots of people claim to know him.  Well what do you mean? Pastor.   I come to his church.  I listen to his Word.  I partake of his Supper. But friend, do you know him?  Do we really know […]