2019

Please enjoy the sermons below from 2019. All messages are organized by series beginning with the most recent. Individual sermon titles link to brief written reflections on each message.

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Grace at the Center

Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. There he was tempted for forty days…

Luke 4:1-2a

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“Grace at the Center” - Sermon Reflections

12/29/19 - Grace at the Center

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Home For Christmas

I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “Look! God’s dwelling is here with humankind. He will dwell with them, and they will be his peoples. God himself will be with them as their God.

Revelation 21:3

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How Can We Sing?

Our tormentors requested songs of joy: “Sing us a song about Zion!” they said. But how could we possibly sing the Lord’s song on foreign soil?

Psalm 137:3b-4

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“How Can We Sing?” - A Message for Thanksgiving

11/24/19 - How Can We Sing?

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tHIS mESSY lIFe -

sTAGE 3: aDULTHOOD

Although you should have been teachers by now, you need someone to teach you an introduction to the basics about God’s message. You have come to the place where you need milk instead of solid food. Everyone who lives on milk is not used to the word of righteousness, because they are babies. But solid food is for the mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between good and evil.

Hebrews 5:12-14

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tHIS mESSY lIFe -

sTAGE 2: adolescence

There will come a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. They will collect teachers who say what they want to hear because they are self-centered.

2 Timothy 4:3

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“THIS MESSY LIFE - STAGE 2: aDOLESCENCE” - Sermon Reflections

10/13/19 - Finding Our Place
10/20/19 - Homecoming King
10/27/19 - Too Cool For School

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this messy life

- stage 1: childhood

Like a newborn baby, desire the pure milk of the word. Nourished by it, you will grow into salvation, since you have tasted that the Lord is good.

1 Peter 2:2-3

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fishing with jesus

And Jesus said to them,

“Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Mark 1:17-18

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half truths

Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teaching. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:31-32

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SPIRITUAL

When Pentecost Day arrived, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound from heaven like the howling of a fierce wind filled the entire house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be individual flames of fire alighting on each one of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

Acts 2:1-4

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The Way That Leads to Life

Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, my chosen one. Listen to Him!"

Luke 9:35

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GOD

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

1 John 1:18 (NIV)

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