July 4, 2010 Introduction It has happened quite subtly. Few people noticed it at first. Little by little, religious freedom in our nation started to crumble. In our public education, in the media, and in government, something fundamental has changed during the past few generations in America. |
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June 13, 2010 Introduction How many times have you heard a parent say to a child, “What on earth are you doing?" Maybe he was shooting a sling shot at a bird on the roof of the house not realizing the stone could take out a bedroom window (yeah, that was my son). Maybe she was coloring her mom’s dresser with a deep red lipstick (yeah, that was my sister). |
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May 30, 2010
Revelation: These Words Trustworthy and True Introduction Is it wrong when a lion ambushes a gazelle? Or when the hawk swoops down on a rabbit? Of course not. These things are just part of nature. Yet in a Boston Globe article some years ago, the terrible photos of refugees fleeing for their lives with their ragged bundles and mournful eyes were explained in these terms. |
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May 23, 2010Introduction "I looked again," writes John of the Revelation. "I saw a huge crowd, too huge to count. Everyone was there -- all nations and tribes, all races and languages… (so much for Jehovah Witnesses’ insistence that there will be literally only 144,000 people in heaven). John goes on to say that this countless crowd was heartily singing: ‘Salvation belongs to our God and to the Lamb.’ All who were standing around the throne worshiped God." |
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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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