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Sermons in 2008

July 20 : A Still More Excellent Way [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

“Love never quits.”

July 13 : Flip-Flopping for Christ’s Sake [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

“I have become all things to all people that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.”

July 6 : On Forming a More Perfect Union [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

“Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose.”

June 29 : Heaven on Earth [ Read ]
Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas

“Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, to the glory of God.”

June 22 : Becoming [ Read ]
Sermon by Andrew Plocher

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

June 15 : A Puzzle of Crossed Words [ Read ]
Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas

“…put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead.”

June 8 : Porcupine Quills All Around [ Read ]
Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas

“God is kind, but he’s not soft. In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change.”

June 1 : To an Unknown God [ Read | Listen ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

“For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription: ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.”

May 25 : A Certain Kind of Forgetting [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

“…for the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.”

May 18 : What Next [ Read ]
Sermon by Andrew Plocher

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”

May 11 : The Mother of Believers [ Read | Listen ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

“She is free and she is our mother.”

May 4 : Seeing for the First Time [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

“Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going.’”

April 27 : Seeing for the First Time [ Read | Listen ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes, saying to him, 'Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.' Then he went, and washed, and came back able to see."

April 13 : To Follow the Living Lord [ Read | Listen ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve 'Do you also wish to go away?'"

April 6 : A Sense of Occasion [ Read | Listen ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him."

March 23 : How Foolish We Are! [ Read | Listen ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

".but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God."

March 16 : When Darkness Wins the Day [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Jesus said to them, 'The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you.'"

March 9 : Mary Magdalene's Jesus [ Read ]
Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas

"In overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer."

March 2 : John's Jesus [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through him."

February 24 : Luke's Jesus [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Go tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them."

February 17 : Mark's Jesus [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"And a voice came from heaven, 'You are my Son, the Beloved, and with you I am well pleased.'. Now when the centurion, who was facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, 'Truly this man was God's Son.'"

February 10 : Matthew's Jesus [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

February 3 : When God Tackles the Economy [ Read]
Sermon by Sandra M. Thomas

"Am I not allowed to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?

January 27 : Stumbling Blocks [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to the one by whom the stumbling block comes!"

January 20 : What Proceeds From the Heart [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles."

January 13 : Is There a Doctor in the House? [ Read ]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"But when he heard this, he said, 'Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.'"

January 6 : Seeking Him Who First Sought Us [ Read]
Sermon by Cynthia A. Jarvis

"When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was."

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