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Text: Psalm 139:13-16, Genesis 2:4-22
Main point: We are important to God because He personally created us!
Among the treasures of our home are two quilts. One hangs on the quilt rack in the entry hallway of our home. On one section of that quilt are many names of a particular congregation we have served.
A [...]
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Text: Genesis 4:1-16
Main point: Our attitudes and our actions can alienate us from God and from one another.
I begin this morning with a very deep and profound question, “What kind of animal are you?”
Now, don’t get defensive, okay? If you were to describe yourself as an animal, what animal would that be?
Let [...]
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Text: Genesis 9:11-13
Point: God’s promises are reliable.
It is said that when James Longstreet began his attack on the second day of battle at Gettysburg during the American Civil War without Pickett’s division present he exclaimed, “I feel like I’m going in with only one boot on.”
After last week’s sermon, I somewhat felt the [...]
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Text: Genesis 18:1 – 15
Main point: Nothing is impossible with God.
This past week during some devotional reading, I read an excerpt from one of Fredrick Buechner’s books entitled, Peculiar Treasures: A Biblical Who’s Who and one of the passages that he addresses in the book is our main passage of this morning.
“Quantitatively [...]
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Scripture Passage – Esther 1 and 2, Luke 8:22-25
Description – The third of three sermons on the Bible and its importance
As I begin this morning, I am asking you to dip into your historical awareness (realizing as I do that not everyone loves history) with this question.
(Slide 1) In your opinion, what has been the [...]
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Scripture Passage – Hebrews 4:12
Description – The first of three sermons on the Bible and its importance.
(Slide 1)
A Sunday school teacher asked, ‘Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?’ ‘No,’ replied Johnny. ‘How could he with just two worms.’
A Sunday school teacher said to [...]
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