From a sermon based on Revelation 22:1-6,12-20

“The Coming Kingdom Today” Is the coming Kingdom of God just something that we look forward to someday, or can we find glimpses of it today?

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I haven’t tried this, since we’re doing DiscipleQuest here, but we’re looking into the concept to integrate into our Sunday School program.

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So I was at a new grocery store to get supper, but when I went to check out, I realized I didn’t have my wallet, and they didn’t take Apple Pay, so I acted like I was self-checking, put it all in a bag, and walked out. That’s when I got caught. But then a guy stops the clerk and produces a receipt with my name on it for my items. Not just my items, but everything I’ll ever buy there in the future. All paid for, in advance.Before I ever walked into the store.

Then I notice he has a whole stack of these receipts, all with different names on them.
Oh, wait. It wasn’t a store. It was my life. And it was Jesus. And He paid with His life. And you still can’t pay with Apple Pay.

This Easter, I’m wrapping up our “I AM” series with John 11:25-26: “I Am the Resurrection and the Life”

None of Jesus’s statements about His identity would’ve meant anything if He were dead in a tomb today. Yet not only did He raise many others from death, He raised Himself, and because He lives, we will live with Him. But how does that change today?

“I Am the Light of the World” From an “I Am” Lent series. John 8:12 We all know darkness in different parts of our lives, but when we open our eyes to the light of Christ, we find that the darkness scatters.

“Whom do you seek?” Sometimes when we look for God, we find the unexpected. Should that bother us?

From a Lenten service based on John 18:5-6 from an “I Am” series. Uses the image from the Shroud of Turin.

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For sermon based on Romans 10:8-13 that happens to fall on Valentines Day
Description: “How can I be sure of love?” In our world, love and broken promises seem to go together. But when want to be sure about love, how can we know?

(Psalms 119:11) I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

For my sermon on Psalm 19:7-14
Description: “The Sweet Law” Does obedience excite you? Probably not. But the better we know God, the more we desire obedience to Him.