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Behold the Lamb of God
Behold the Lamb of God

Introduction

I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Now we flip the page and enter the season on the church calendar known as Advent. Advent is different ...


Christmas is about the revelation of the Lamb, but it’s also about the renewal of humanity.


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Love Conquers Envy
Love Conquers Envy

Preacher’s Intro:

This sermon on how love conquers envy was part of a sermon series on how grace covers our shame.

The remarkable response to Brené ...


We can overcome our shame, which connects to envy, as we experience and express God’s love.


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I Am Ascending
I Am Ascending

Introduction

In September 2013, the headline on the cover of Time read: "Can Google Solve Death?" Google's CEO announced a new division of Google known ...


The Resurrection solves the problem of dying—and of living.


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A Disgraceful Christmas
A Disgraceful Christmas

Introduction

I want to ask us a question: What words do you associate with Christmas? I did that exercise with myself and this is the list of words that ...


God can use the most disgraceful moments of our lives to do great good.


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Broken and Conflicted

Introduction

Today, we are finishing our series on David. Scripture talks about David a lot. The New Testament says God chose David because he was a man ...


Only the Cross can overcome family dysfunction.


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Right Smack in the Middle of Sin

Introduction

Every single one of us has had those times when we have not looked forward to seeing particular people: a disappointed mother or disgusted ...



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Growing Up

Introduction

When I was in kindergarten, we used to play a game based on a hit TV show called Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. My teacher, Mrs. Floaten, ...


Humans grow by receiving the truth told in love.


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Where Are You?

Introduction

When I was a kid growing up in Minnesota, my family had a summer tradition. Every Sunday night, all seven kids and my parents would cram into ...


God's persistent, loving question to lost people


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The Story of Our Broken World

Introduction

When I was about ten years old, my dad, a medical doctor, received a special gift from one of his patients: a beautiful globe with shiny sequins. ...


How believing a cosmic lie shattered paradise


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Embarrassed by God

Introduction

I want to tell you about my Aunt Julie, because everybody has an Aunt Julie in their family or an Uncle Harry or a cousin Jessica—someone ...


God often works in ways that we don't understand, and are even ashamed of, in order to demonstrate love, mercy, and redemption.


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Changing What We Are Powerless to Change

This is the final week of our series called "This Year Will Be Different." We've been talking about principles for creating lasting change in your life. ...


If you really want to create lasting change in your life, it takes an act of God.


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Hide and Seek

Illustration: A pastor phoned the home of some recent visitors to his church, and a voice on the other end of the phone answered with a whispered "Hello." ...


Jesus saves us from the sin that makes us hide from God.


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