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Category Archives: sermons
Lent devotions: Jesus the Christ – Mark 6 v 13
Mark 6:13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them. The word ‘Christ’ means ‘the Anointed One’ and it was meant to signify that Jesus was specially chosen, divinely honored, and majestically exalted … Continue reading →
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Tagged anointing with oil, anointment, blood of Christ devotions, Christ is King, devotions for Lent, Gospel devotions, healing oil, Lent devotions, Lenten devotions
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4 Minute Daily devotions: Prisoner for Christ
Our government is concerned about torturing terrorists over here, but what about human rights abuses taking place against Christians in China? Click on Podcast version here Deuteronomy 26:6 But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, putting us to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alimujiang Yimiti, Chinese Church persecutions, Christian devotions, Christian prisoners in China, church devotions, daily devotions, human rights abuses in China, team devotions
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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Prison Wall
Isaiah 61:1b He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners… Podcast version here: I didn’t know it at the time, but my name and telephone number … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bible devotions, Christian deliverance, daily devotions, devotions, devotions for Christians, Isaiah 61 devotions, Isaiah 61 v 1, leadership devotions, short devotions, team devotions
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Sunday Sermon – Mark 1:4-11 – That’s My Boy!
Psalm 29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic. When Psalm 29 was written, it took place during the Bronze Age, when human understanding about physics, nature, and the climate was very … Continue reading →
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Tagged Altona Confession, Christianity and nazism, Declaration of Barmen, german Confessing Church, Gospel of Mark sermons, preaching the Gospel, presbyterian sermons, sermon Mark 1, sermons, Sunday sermon
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Christmas Eve Homily
I can remember it as if it were yesterday. It was Christmas Eve, 1968 and I was an eleven year old boy – yes, I am 51 – and I was captivated by the Apollo 8 team, whose dangerous and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Apollo 8, Apollo 8 reflections, Apollo devotions, Apollo missions, Christmas, Christmas Eev sermons, Christmas Eve, Xmas, Xmas Eve, Xmas Eve sermons
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Sunday Sermon: High School Antics
Lectionary Passge: Matthew 22:34-46 35,36 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” When I was a boy, our family lived a hundred yards away … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bible Belt, Christianity, Crusades, Great Shema, Huckleberry Finn, Jesus Christ, love thy neighbor, loving God, Mary Queen of Scots, Scotland, soccer, Sunday sermon, Tom Sawyer, trespassing
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4 Minute Devotions: Clearing the Way
God helps us to overcome obstacles and can clear the way ahead in our lives, so that we may serve Him fully and faithfully. A short reflection on Isaiah 57 v 14. Podcast version here They’ve been working … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bible devotions, Bible messages, Christian devotions, clearing the way, devotions, elders devotions, encouraging devotions, free devotions, Guidance, hope, moving on, office devotions, Presbyterian devotions
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Sunday Sermon: A Holy Helper – John 14:15-21
Yesterday, we held an elders’ retreat here at the church. We’re working on a few important ideas about how to strengthen our church’s commitment to Christ, His Kingdom, and His ministry in this part of Knoxville. It was an important … Continue reading →
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Tagged Auschwitz, Baptism, Boston tea Party, Cas Walker, Erin Presbyterian Church, Himmler, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John 14:15-21, lectionary sermons, presbyterian sermons, promises of God, Reconstruction, salvation, Tiananmen Square
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Sunday Sermon: Hearing His Voice John 10:1-10
Someone broke into a car in our neighborhood last week. It happened during the day when the subdivision was empty and quiet. The thieves broke the lock and stole some important items out of the car. No one heard or … Continue reading →
Posted in apologetics, Bible, Bible messages, Bible readings, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian apologetics, Christian blogs, Christianity, Church and State, church growth ideas, conservatives, current events, defending the faith, Devil, faith, faith in the Church, free speech, God, Gospel, Gospel message, Gospel values, heresy, heresy in the Church, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Knoxville, prayers, Presbyterian, Presbyterian beliefs, Religion, religious beliefs, religious issues, sermon, sermons, spirituality, Sunday sermon, Theology
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Tagged false prophets, Jesus Christ, Joel Osteen, Oprah, prosperity Gospel, real faith, separation of Church and State, Thomas Jefferson, Tolle, true Gospel, Way Truth Life
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Daily Devotions: Dream Maker
The first time that I came across Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was through a BBC documentary that I happened to be watching one Sunday night. I was a teenager then, so it must have been about five years after … Continue reading →
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Tagged assassination, Civil Rights, Civil Rights March, commemoration, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, equality, free speech, freedom, I have a dream speech, justice, liberty, march on Washington, Martin Luther King, MLK, MLK Day
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