Isaiah 63:7-9
With a new year upon us, we will soon come to realize that there is no wanting for resolutions. It is resolve that we lack.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS STORE
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
While all other stores promise to fulfill your holiday needs, God’s restore redeems our eternal need.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
A JOYFUL REALIZATION
Matthew 11:2-11
The journey of faith is an ever-unfolding saga of new discoveries and joyful realizations.
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The journey of faith is an ever-unfolding saga of new discoveries and joyful realizations.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
THE BLESSING OF PEACE
Romans 15:1-13
If peace is the blessing God desires to bestow upon us then it will be realized only when we are at peace with ourselves, one another, and him.
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Sunday, December 1, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
SUITING UP
Ephesians 6:10-17
Once the game plan has been established there is nothing left but to suit up and play the game.
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Once the game plan has been established there is nothing left but to suit up and play the game.
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Sunday, November 10, 2013
THE GAME PLAN
Hebrews 12:1-3
The barbell at the gym is suppose to be heavy; running the track hard; the Christian life challenging. Everything we desire to see accomplished requires a plan.
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Sunday, November 3, 2013
THE PROCESS
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Athletic metaphors had a long history in the Greek philosophic tradition. The apostle, Paul, borrows from that tradition to talk about the life of faith.
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Sunday, October 27, 2013
THIS IS OUR WHY
John 20:19-23
The “why” of the church’s existence isn’t to embark upon a new mission but to continue the one established by Jesus.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
A RUNNING FAITH
John 20:1-10
A running faith emerges from the shadow of the cross into the glory of the resurrection.
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Sunday, October 13, 2013
FINISHING UP FINISHED BUSINESS
John 19:30
“Tetelestai”—it is finished—carries many yet unfinished implications.
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Sunday, October 6, 2013
THE TRIAL OF THE AGES
John 18:12-27
The credibility of Jesus can never be determined by secular courts or the institutional church. No, Jesus is on trial every day by the way we live our lives.
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
MISSIONAL PRAYING
John 17
By hearing this prayer of Jesus, we discover what was closest to his heart as the cross looms near.
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Sunday, September 15, 2013
ABIDING LOVE, Part 2
John 15:9-17
We are born to love but learn to fear. Much of our faith journey is unlearning fear and practicing love
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Sunday, September 8, 2013
ABIDING LOVE
John 15:9-17
We are born to love but learn to fear. Much of our faith journey is unlearning fear and practicing love.
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Sunday, September 1, 2013
THE ROOT OF A FRUITFUL FAITH
John 15:1-17
At the very heart of the Christian faith is the person of Jesus Christ.
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
THE SPIRIT OF GOING
John 14:15-31
Too many think the Holy Spirit is about self-expression when in reality He is the means by which God expresses himself.
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
MEMORABLE LEADERSHIP
Numbers 13-14
Out of twelve leaders called to spy out the Promise Land only two are remembered. What distinguished them from the others?
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Sunday, August 11, 2013
THE BETRAYER WITHIN
John 13:21-30
The life of Judas comes as a warning to each of us to beware of the betrayer that lurks within.
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
THE GRACE OF NEVERTHELESS
John 12: 37-50
Following the hard words of Jesus regarding the condition of unbelievers, He offers hope in the transitional word “nevertheless.” It is a word of amazing grace.
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
AN OFFERING THAT MAKES SCENTS
John 12:1-8
When something is said to smell fishy it means something’s not right. Jesus uses the sacrifice of Mary as an example of an offering that smells good and right.
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
THAT HE IS, Part 2
John 10:11-21
With the many varied opinions of who Jesus is and how he is understood, His “I am” statements offer the most definitive word.
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
THAT HE IS
John 10:11-21
With the many varied opinions of who Jesus is and how he is understood, His “I am” statements offer the most definitive word.
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
John 10:1-10
Spiritual thieves and robbers present other ways to God; making deals with the devil while it our souls that are at stake.
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Sunday, June 16, 2013
TRUE DISCIPLES
John 8:31-36
Discipleship is to learning as belief is to salvation. If not diligent, we can have the one and miss the other.
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
UNNECESSARY REGRET
John 8:21-30
While life has many regrets there is none more haunting than having rejected God’s grace.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
AN ILLUMINATING EXISTENCE
John 8:12-20
An age is called dark not because there is an absence of light, but because people refuse to see it.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
BUMPER STICKERS, T-SHIRTS, AND CLICHES
John 7:25-39
Cheesy stickers, t-shirts, and clichés, while well-intended, reduce the great act of God in salvation to a religious expression outside of ourselves instead of a faith that flows from us.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
THE CLASH OF CULTURE AND CALVARY
John 7:1-13
Jesus had no such notions of his church being a market-driven spectacle but a cross-bearing army.
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
GOING OR STAYING: The Seven Saddest Words
John 6:60-61
You are going to believe in something. What you believe in will determine whether you go or stay.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
FAITH’S FALSE IDOLS
John 5:39-47
You and your bible may be the two things that keep you from discovering life in Christ.
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
A COMPELLING ARGUMENT
John 5:31-40
After making an objective claim regarding His divine status and equality with God, Jesus offers subjective arguments that make for a compelling argument.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
A DIVINING MOMENT
John 5:17-30
To realize that in Jesus you have found God is a Divine moment that will define you for the rest of your life.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
A MIRACULOUS FAITH
John 4: 43-54
While we tend to pray for miracles out of concern for the moment, Jesus performed miracles with an eternal expectation.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
EASTER: From Reservation To Resolve
John 20-21
While Jesus said, “It is finished,” never has there been a declaration that has left behind so much unfinished business in the life of so many.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
AN INFECTIOUS FAITH, Part 2
John 4:27-42
In assessing one’s life, all we really want to know is that our existence mattered. This assurance is realized only as we embrace and live a missional faith.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
AN INFECTIOUS FAITH, Part 1
John 4:27-42
In assessing one’s life, all we really want to know is that our existence mattered. This assurance is realized only as we embrace and live a missional faith.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
SERVANTHOOD: An Increasing Decrease
John 3:23-36
We must realize that if our passion is to truly serve Christ then there can be no hidden aspirations.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
PASSION FOR THE CHURCH
John 2:13-22
Is your passion truly that the church be about the business of God or that it’s business be your bidding?
Sunday, February 17, 2013
IDENTITY THEFT
John 1:19-34
The qualities of an ideal witness are captured in the life and ministry of John the Baptist
Sunday, February 10, 2013
THE FIRST AND FINAL WORD, Part 2
John 1:1-18
When God spoke the Word of Jesus into the world it was the embodiment of everything he wanted to say.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
THE FIRST AND FINAL WORD, Part 1
John 1:1-18
If we count John’s as the pearl of all accounts of the Gospel, then the prologue is the overture to the symphonic expression of this gospel.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
THE QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY
John 21:15-25
While it is significant to profess one’s love for Jesus the responsible way that this is acted out in one’s life is of far greater significance.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
THE QUESTION OF FISHING AND CATCHING
John 21:1-14
The ascended Lord continues to manifest himself through the life and ministry of his church.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
THE QUESTION OF RECOGNITION
John 20:11-18
Startling moments of recognition can change the course of one’s life.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
A NEW YEAR MAKEOVER
Colossians 3:1-17
A makeover of the soul extends far beyond the superficial makeovers of turning over a new leaf.
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