Category: Sermon
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“Compassionate Community” – a sermon prepared for First Church Orlando, for our series, “Christ Centered Community”
“12 Christ is just like the human body—a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many. 13 We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jew or Greek, or slave or free, and we…
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“Christ Centered Community” – a sermon preached on March 8, 2020, at the First United Methodist Church of Orlando
4 Now you are coming to him as to a living stone. Even though this stone was rejected by humans, from God’s perspective it is chosen, valuable. 5 You yourselves are being built like living stones into a spiritual temple. You are being made into a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices…
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A Little Embarrassed…
I’m curious what you’re reading, and if there are authors you’d recommend to diversify my reading list. Whatever you’re reading, I encourage you to diversify your reading list, as well.
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Spiritual Leadership
Somebody needs to be asking, “What is Jesus’ vision for our church? What is Jesus calling us to do and be? How is Jesus calling us to learn and grow? How does Jesus want us to spend these offerings? How does Jesus want us to use these buildings? Who does…
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Darkness covered the land… (A Good Friday Sermon)
I wonder when the sun shined again. Did the sun return that day, after Jesus was taken down from his cross, or did the darkness remain, as afternoon passed into the night? Was it dark, when they laid Jesus in his tomb? Did the sun rise with the dawn on…
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“Come” – a sermon in a series called “Thirsty?,” preached at First Church Coral Springs on Sunday, March 4, 2018
God does not play hide and seek with us. God isn’t stingy. God doesn’t want us to thirst for him unnecessarily. God doesn’t make us jump through hoops to catch him. The offer is made – “Come and drink.” The offer is made – “Ask me, and I will give…
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“Seek Simple” – the first of a 5-week sermon series, called “Simple,” preached at First Church oral Springs on Sunday, August 20, 2017
St. Francis… One of my spiritual heroes is St. Francis. Francis was born in Italy, near the end of the 12th century. His father was a wealthy cloth merchant – so Francis grew up in wealth, ease and luxury. But, after a long illness, Francis experienced a radical spiritual…
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“More” – a sermon preached at First Church Coral Springs on August 13, 2017
Possibilities… It was the last semester of my last year of college. I was facing the reality of impending adulthood; and, I wasn’t ready. I was about to graduate, but I had partied my way through college. My degree was unmarketable. My grades were pathetic. I didn’t have any real-world…
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