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Visiting Graves
John 11:32-44 I am a big Star Trek fan. As a pastor and preacher, I am aware others may not share my love of these shows, so I put severe limits on how often I reference Star Trek in conversation, and...
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What Perplexes Angels
Luke 24:1-12 In Luke’s version of the discovery of Christ’s resurrection, there are two “men” waiting at the tomb to announce that Christ has risen from the dead. I place “men” in quotation marks for a...
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Seeing Christ in Full
This is the first in an Easter season series on Revelation. Revelation 1:4-8 When I was in seminary, one of my pastoral duties was to provide support for a very large assisted-living apartment complex...
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Think About the Future
Romans 4:13-25 (NLT) Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith....
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Triumph Over Sin and Death
Romans 5:12-21 (NLT) When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was...
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Day of Adoption
It is Pentecost Sunday, and we of course should not gather on this day without hearing the story of the Holy Spirit falling upon a small group of Christ’s followers, birthing our Savior’s church in the...
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Mark 8:31-38 (NRSV) Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days...
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John 2:13-22 (NRSV) The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables....
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John 20:1-18 (NRSV) The story of the resurrection is joyous, of course. That which we should fear the most, death, is shown to be a temporary condition. There are, however, other emotions we can sense...
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Children, There Is Truth
1 John 5:9-15 (NLT) Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son. All who believe in the Son of God know in...
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