THE MARATHON OF FAITH

Posted by on Oct 18, 2009 in 2009 | 0 comments Preached October 18, 2009 from Hebrews 12:1-2 Theme: If we are diligent to keep our eyes on the right ‘focus-points’, we will run the race of faith with endurance. Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, ...
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THE PRECIOUS & CRUCIFIED BODY

Posted by on Oct 4, 2009 in 2009 | 0 comments Preached October 4, 2009 from Matthew 27:55-66 Theme:  God sovereignly preserved the precious, crucified body of our Lord for the day of His resurrection.. As we continue our study of the Gospel of Matthew, we come this morning to Matthew’s description of the beginning of three very remarkable days—days like no other in all of history. They were the three days in which the...
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STOP BEING A 'STRANGER' TO GOD!

Posted by on Sep 27, 2009 in 2009 | 0 comments Preached September 27, 2009 from Ezekiel 14:1-11 Theme:  Professing Christians who have hidden sin in their hearts estrange themselves from God.. I ask you to turn in your Bible this morning to the Old Testament book of Ezekiel. While some people may feel that some portions of the Old Testament prophets are difficult to understand, I don’t believe they could say that about what we find in...
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THE DAY 'SALVATION' CAME TO A SINFUL MAN'S HOUSE

Posted by on Sep 13, 2009 in 2009 | 0 comments Preached September 13, 2009 from Luke 19:1-10 Theme:  The story of Zacchaeus teaches us about God’s saving grace.. I invite you to turn with me this morning to one of the Bible’s stories about Jesus. It’s a very important story, because it teaches us about one of the most important things we could ever know about—God’s grace to save sinners. This passage is found...
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TRULY THIS WAS THE SON OF GOD!

Posted by on Sep 6, 2009 in 2009 | 0 comments Preached September 6, 2009 from Matthew 27:50-54 Theme:  The events that followed Jesus’ death on the cross point it out as the most significant ‘death’ in all of history. We come, this morning, to a truly remarkable passage in our study of the remarkable Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 27:50-54 tells the story of our Savior’s death on the cross. And it begins with these...
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THE DAY THAT DARKNESS FELL

Posted by on Aug 30, 2009 in 2009 | 0 comments Preached August 30, 2009 from Matthew 27:45-59 Theme: The events around the cross show us how seriously God treats sin . We’ve been in a very serious portion of the Gospel of Matthew lately. We’ve been looking together at the story of our Savior’s sacrifice for us on the cross. And today, we come to what I think has to be the most serious passage in all this most...
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