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Jan 20
The Dream - Daniel 2
If you have a dollar in your pocket this morning - every second that goes by it is worth less and less. A dollar is worth less today than...


Jan 14
Set Apart (Daniel, Chptr 1)
You know what was really annoying about New Years this past year? I kept trying to find coverage that my children could watch too, you...


Jan 13
Hand Painted Memories
Let me tell you a story about these. (first I recommend you scroll through those pictures) My Oma (grandma) was a china painter who...


Jan 6
The Set Up - 2 Kings 24
How do we build a life that will last? So many times we experience victory in life, but then something happens and completely wipes out...


Dec 26, 2024
Longings, Jesus - Hebrews 1
Manuscript of Christmas Eve sermon


Dec 23, 2024
Longings, Wk 4 - Love
Hosea and Galatians 3:23-29 I’m starting to believe that Love is one of the more useless words in the English language. Don’t get me...


Dec 9, 2024
Longings, Hope - Lamentations 3
Back in the 1950’s there was a professor at John Hopkins University name Curt Richter who did some famous experiments. Now I’ll warn you,...


Dec 9, 2024
Longings, Joy - Luke 1
I want to begin this morning with a very simple question - What do you long for? In this holiday season, do you long for happiness? Or...


Nov 18, 2024
Forgiveness - Acts 16
As some of you already know we are on week 2 of our little three week series called Election Recovery Guide. We’re not going to talk...


Nov 18, 2024
Humility - Acts 16
Well - I suppose to start this morning we should talk about the elephant in the room. [painfully long pause] And the donkey. And the...


Oct 29, 2024
The Solution - Luke 10
This morning I’d like to open up with a little game I’m going to call “blast from the past”. I’m going to throw a couple of brand names...


Oct 15, 2024
Shifting Landscapes - Acts 11-13
Good morning. Today I want to start by telling you a little story about this guy (put a picture of the parrot on the screen) . This is...


Oct 7, 2024
No Other Gods - 1 Kings 18
Is trust really trust when we’ve got a back-up plan? There was once a young boy who went hiking with his father. The boy was all over the...


Oct 1, 2024
Needs - Genesis 22
Did you ever have a plan in your head for how things are supposed to go - and then they don’t go that way? When I was in seminary, and I...


Sep 23, 2024
Community - Jeremiah 32
Have you ever wondered how much of you is you? Or how much of you is influenced and created by the people around you? I remember when...


Sep 12, 2024
Priorities
You know - we’ve been doing this series on money and following God this past month - and this is what I hope to be true about myself and...

![Fear Over Faith - [Isaiah 6]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c379b4_5ae436d5e586489086b8beadf9627348~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_315,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c379b4_5ae436d5e586489086b8beadf9627348~mv2.webp)
Sep 12, 2024
Fear Over Faith - [Isaiah 6]
I wanted to start this morning with a simple question. What do you want your life to be for? For example, what do you want the top line...

![Security [Luke 12]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c379b4_c865bebfa3f24ed88848950e42b05ba2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c379b4_c865bebfa3f24ed88848950e42b05ba2~mv2.webp)
Aug 14, 2024
Security [Luke 12]
08.11.2024 - Sermon Manuscript Once upon a time there was a man named Bob. Bob was a saver, and very tight with his money. He was NOT a...

![Greed [Luke 12]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c379b4_72aaff53c29e4176aade79fad987d1b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c379b4_72aaff53c29e4176aade79fad987d1b6~mv2.webp)
Aug 6, 2024
Greed [Luke 12]
A long time ago there was this guy named John Wesley - he was a preacher in England. And something happened to him one day that totally...

![Peacemakers [Ephesians 4]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c379b4_b1c2825e38aa4f7691bc1bc4e9e918fe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c379b4_b1c2825e38aa4f7691bc1bc4e9e918fe~mv2.webp)
Jul 22, 2024
Peacemakers [Ephesians 4]
One of my least favorite seasons in life is election season. Before I became a pastor, I never realized how challenging it would be -...
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