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The Reminder of Reliance
The Reminder of Reliance

Introduction

Would you rather have an endless supply of brownies or of ice cream? Would you rather lose your sense of hearing or your sense of sight? Would ...


Desiring God makes us remember who God is.


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Later On, We'll Conspire

Introduction

There's something subversive about Christmas. To subvert something is to overthrow it, usually by indirect means. Subversion isn't a frontal ...


Reclaiming the world-changing and life-giving power of Christmas


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Blessing the World and Ourselves, Too

The Story Behind the Sermon (by Bill Haley)

Why is it important to preach on social justice? It's important to preach on social justice for the simplest ...


Practice justice, like God himself, and you will be blessed and you will bless the world.


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Embrace Your Reponse Ability

Introduction

Each week in this series we've asked this question: Am I taking responsibility for my life—really? The reason we've been asking this ...


Life is uneven, but God cares about what we do with what we have.


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Heart Murmur

In our lesson from Matthew 25 today, Jesus tells us a parable that is likely to be a bit disturbing to most of us if we really examine our lives in light ...


What does God do with a careless heart?


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What Do You Need to Be Happy?

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The story behind the sermon (from Francis Chan)

This message is about being content. It comes out of Philippians ...


When we give everything to Christ, we discover the secret of being content.


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Secrets of Financial Contentment

Introduction

When I was a kid, my dad told me two stories all the time.

In the first one, a couple goes to Harvard University and asks to see the president, ...


Contentment is a daily decision about how you address your financial anxieties.


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A Crop Is A Crop

Introduction

We've been considering what it means to be jars of clay—ordinary, fragile people living in a difficult and dangerous world. The message ...


You harvest as much as you sow, and never more.


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Stewards of Just-Us or Justice?
Stewards of Just-Us or Justice?

I graduated from college over 20 years ago now. As communication majors, one of the things we learned is that people respond to positive messages and ...


Christians need to actively work for social justice on both a small and large scale.


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Stewards of Just-Us or Justice

Text: Malachi 2:17–3:5
Topic: What Christians should do about social justice

Introduction

I graduated from college over 20 years ago. As communication ...


Christians need to actively work for social justice on both a small and large scale.


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When You've Been Good and Life Goes Bad

Introduction

God's Word teaches us there are three sources of trouble in our lives. Number one is the most general and most often experienced: You and ...


True followers of Jesus will have troubles, and they will endure.


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