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What Child Is This?
John 1:1-14 By now, we’ve heard quite a bit about the birth of baby Jesus, particularly if we’ve managed to attend a Christmas Eve service somewhere. And it is a glorious story, a warm place in...
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City of the Blind
Mark 11:1-11 The story of Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem proves it is possible to celebrate the right person for all the wrong reasons. Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a colt. People lined the road,...
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May Such Be Done to Me
Genesis 15:1-21 Father Abraham—at this point in the story, simply Abram—is remembered as the archetype of the faithful man. It’s good to know, however, that even our best examples have moments of doubt...
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Of Crows and Cardinals
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.—1 Corinthians 1:18 To the world, the message of the cross is like cake...
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Saying It, Living It, Part 2
Matthew 16:21-28 “Get behind me, Satan,” Jesus said to Peter. Ouch. Last week, we heard how Jesus declared Peter to be the rock, the foundation for the church that will exist for all time. That...
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The Long Arm of the Lord
John 6:24-35 Today is a communion Sunday. In just a little while, we will share some bread and some grape juice, and in doing so we are supposed to be drawn into the mystery of God’s work in the world....
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The Deepest Kind of Riches
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (NLT) This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes. I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have...
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Crux of the Solution
Romans 3:21-31 (NLT) But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are...
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Mark 9:1-9 (NRSV) And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.” Six days later, Jesus took...
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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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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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