May 9, 2010 Introduction Esther Yang asks us to “Please write to my mother in prison.” Esther is the 28-year-old daughter of Pastor Yang Xuan and his wife Yang Caizhen. They are leaders of a large network of house churches with a large church building in Linfen, a city of 4 million in Shanxi province in China. |
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May 2, 2010
Introduction Not: what are you doing here this morning? Not: why did you come to church? But, what did you bring to church today? What gifts do you have to share to build up the body of Christ or to use in the ministry of the church out there in the world? |
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April 18, 2010 Introduction What are you doing here this morning? I mean, why did you come to church? I know that in the first ten years or so of my adult Christian life (ages 20-30), I went to church to worship the Lord, of course. |
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April 11, 2010 FILL IN THE BLANKS Introduction What are you doing here this morning? I mean, why did you come to church? Each one of us is here because God brought someone or something into our lives to introduce us to faith in Christ and encourage us to be part of the church or come to worship. |
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April 4, 2010 Introduction He asked of himself, “What will come of what I am doing today or tomorrow? What will come of my whole life? Why should I live, why wish for anything, or do anything? Is there any meaning in my life that the inevitable death awaiting me does not destroy?” |
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March 28, 2010 Introduction Well, what’s it gonna be? “Hosanna in the highest?” or “Crucify him?” Blessing or cursing? Honor or dishonor? Saved or damned? How stark the contrast. House of prayer or den of robbers? The children shouting or the religious indignant? Peter or Judas? Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Messiah? |
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March 14, 2010 Introduction The Gospels record what are known as “the seven last words” of Jesus; the last phrases spoken from the cross by Christ in the final hours of his earthly life. As we have traveled this Lenten season, we have heard the strong and merciful word, “Father, forgive them…” A word of assurance, “Today you will be with me in paradise.” The troubling word of despair, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” |
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March 7, 2010 Introduction Holidays fill our annual calendar. New Year’s, MLK, Valentines, Presidents, St. Patrick’s, Easter, Mother’s Day, Memorial, Father’s, 4th of July, Labor Day, Columbus, Veterans, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Over time, however, they tend to loose their meaning. What do people really know or celebrate about George Washington or Martin Luther King? |
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