Sermon John 11: 1-45 “Shadows and Premonitions” April 6, 2014
Sometimes, I like to begin a sermon by taking an inventory of how many times, over the last 26 years, I’ve written one on the particular scripture with which I’m […]
Category: Services & Sermons
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Sermon Matthew 25:34-40 “The Amazing Power of All” March 30, 2014 Ephesians 4:1-6
Back in 2008, a group of us from this church flew to New Orleans to help in the recovery following the devastation of the two massive hurricanes…Katrina and Rita. The […]
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Sermon Romans 5:1-11“The Great Sacrifice” March 23, 2014
It might be suggested that making sacrifices is not an unfamiliar concept. We all do it to varying degrees. We make sacrifices to insure our children and grandchildren have a […]
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Sermon Matthew 4:1-11 “Don’t Tempt Me” March 9, 2014
How many times in our lives do we causally use the phrase, “Don’t tempt me”? Probably, far more than we realize. Going back to the first man/woman story in Genesis, […]
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Sermon Psalm 51:1-17 Create in Me a New Heart” AshWedA March 5, 2014
Perhaps more than at any other time in the Christian year, Ash Wednesday is a call to look inward. This day calls us to an inner journey where we encounter […]
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Sermon Matthew 17:1-9 “A Light amid the Clouds” March 2, 2014
There’s a wonderful devotion in one of my Bibles by a woman named Ruth Senter. I say wonderful because Senter, in her words, captures the ambivalence and reluctance we have […]
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Sermon Psalm 119:33-40 “Following the Rules” February 23, 2014
Psalm 119 is the longest psalm in the Old Testament. There is a reason for this. The Psalm is organized as an acrostic, which simply means each stanza consisting of […]
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Sermon I Corinthians 3:1-9 “Watered, Fed, Now Grow!” February 16, 2014
Within the church and outside it, there is always a sense of dismay when people professing a faith of the same tradition simply don’t get along. Within the church, there […]
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Sermon February 2, 2014 “Did He See His Shadow?” Psalm 84
On this day, in a little town in Pennsylvania, there’s an annual gathering of winter weary people, news reporters and interested bystanders. The town is Punxsutawney and […]
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Sermon Matthew 3:13-17 “Answering God’s Call” January 12, 2014
Many years ago, while serving as the Associate Pastor of the East Longmeadow United Methodist Church, I had the opportunity to overcome my natural uneasiness and accept and live out […]