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Hating Mother and Father for Jesus’ sake! (A sermon on Luke 14:25-33)

Now large crowds were travelling with Jesus. He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can’t be my … Continue reading

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Jesus is Crazy! (A sermon on Luke 15 )

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having … Continue reading

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Be Tempted! (A sermon on Luke 4:1-13)

“And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, … Continue reading

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The Unexpected Yuletide Messenger (Luke 3:1-2)

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, … Continue reading

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Remarriage is Adultery!? (A reflection on Mark 10:2-16)

Jesus said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” Every now and then you find yourself tacking a Bible passage that just … Continue reading

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Asking the Right Questions. (A Sermon on John 6:24-35)

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into these boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus. When they had found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, … Continue reading

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Jesus teaches us to Dance (Mark 1:29-31)

Jesus and his disciples, including James and John, left the synagogue and went straight to the home of Simon and Andrew. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and as soon as Jesus arrived, he was told about … Continue reading

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That they may be one ( sermon on John Chapter 17)

Jesus said, “I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your name, the name that you gave me, so that they may be one, … Continue reading

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Life Without Rules (a Sermon on Colossians 2:16-19)

Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Do not let … Continue reading

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