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December 18, 2011 - An Antidote to Fear
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Scripture: The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. (Lk 1:30 ) Luke 1:26-38 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name...
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August 14, 2011 - Providence is Not Just a City in Rhode Island
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Scripture: Genesis 45:1-15 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, "Send everyone away from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept so loudly...
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July 10, 2011 - Faith in the Face of Frightful Family Dynamics
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Scripture: Genesis 25:19-34 Genesis 25:19-34 These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham was the father of Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of...
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July 3, 2011 - Rest Stop
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Sermon by Dan DeWeese Date: July 3, 2011 Title: Rest Stop Scripture: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 16 "But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, 17 "We played the flute for you,...
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May 1, 2011 A New and Living Hope
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Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9 In a Sentence: The message of Easter is a source of hope. It is a reminder to us that life is more powerful than death; that light is more powerful than darkness; and, in the end, love will overcome hatred. New Testament...
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February 13, 2011 - God's Role and Ours in Establishing God's New Realm
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Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, for...
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August 15, 2010 - Restore Us
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Title: Restore Us Scripture: Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 Text: Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved. – v19 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon...
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August 8, 2010
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It often seems to me that life is a long process of leaving home and coming home again. Robert Frost once said, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” My family of origin is growing older and larger and...
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August 1, 2010 - Soul Conversation
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Soul Conversation Dan DeWeese Luke 12:13-21 - The Parable of the Rich Man 13Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator...
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May 16, 2010 - Freedom from or Freedom in Chains
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Acts 16:16-34 16One day, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling. 17While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, “These men are...
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April 11, 2010 - We Are Witnesses
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Title: We Are Witnesses Scripture: Acts 5:27-32 Text: We gave you strict orders.... (Acts 5:28a) Theme: Witnesses to the power and love of the resurrected Christ Acts 5:27-32 ( NRSV ) 27When they had brought them, they had them stand before the...
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January 3, 2010 - A Picture of God
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Scripture: John 1:1-18 Text: Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known. In a Sentence: In Jesus we get a picture of who God is and how God...
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What I Want Most in Life
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Text:1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 In a Sentence: What we value most in life reveals a lot about who we are as persons, and perhaps even more significantly, shapes and influences the persons we become in life. 1 Kings 2:10-12 Then David died and was...
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Spending Life Well
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Scripture: Psalm 39:4-7 “LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered—how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best,...
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A Fruitful Tree
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Scripture: Psalm 1 Psalm 1:1-6 ( NLT ) Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night. They are like...
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There Is a River
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Scripture : Psalm 46:1-11 ( NRSV ) 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 3though its waters roar and foam,...
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A Most Important Question
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Scripture: Mark 1:21-28 Text: Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” (Mark...
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Why the Wise Men Were Wise
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Scripture Matthew 2:2 & 11 Matthew 2:1-12 NRSV) In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, {2} asking, "Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed...
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Insignificant Package, Significant Gift
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Title: Insignificant Package, Significant Gift Text: Luke 2:22-40 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every...
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In Those Days (Christmas Eve)
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Title: In Those Days Text: Luke 2:8-20 (Luke 2:1-3 NRSV) In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered....[and] all went to their own towns to be registered. It’s an astounding story, when you think...
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