Posts with the category “sermon-manuscript”
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Hosea's Difficult Marriage
February 15th, 2026
Hosea 1-3The normal, usual way for God to speak his message to people is through the communication of other men. At key times in history, he has given direct messages through men called prophets. But ... Read More
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A New Generation
February 8th, 2026
Deuteronomy 6:4-9Sometimes we believe it’s a predictable pattern that generations gradually decline, that the next generation will automatically be less spiritual or godly than the last, but Deuterono... Read More
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Renewed by God
January 25th, 2026
Exodus 32-34David and Marissa spent years planning the house they would build together someday. They made sketches and Pinterest boards, had late‑night conversations about the number of bathrooms, whe... Read More
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A Relationship with God
January 11th, 2026
Exodus 19-24Have you watched a nature documentary with towering, aerial footage of majestic mountain ranges accompanied by dramatic, soaring orchestral music intended to emulate what it must be like t... Read More
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Redeemed by God
January 4th, 2026
Exodus 1-18; 2:24-25; 3:16-17Today we begin a New Year with a new preaching series. In this series, we will familiarize ourselves with some important big-picture, overview messages from the Old Testam... Read More
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The Birth of Jesus Christ
December 28th, 2025
Galatians 4:4-7Anyone who drives knows the satisfying feeling of “perfect timing.” By “perfect timing,” I mean when you’re driving a long stretch of road and all the lights turn green right as you app... Read More
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The Birth of John the Baptist
December 21st, 2025
Luke 1:5-25; 57-80If you want to run for governor of MN, you must take several steps long before election day to have any hope of success:Confirm their eligibility and file for candidacy.Build a core ... Read More
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The Human Role in the Gospel's Advance
December 14th, 2025
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The Birth of Samuel
December 8th, 2025
IntroductionA young twenty-something, recently moved to town, started working as a clerk at the general store. He came from nothing, really. Living almost his entire childhood barefoot, and hardly rec... Read More
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The Birth of Samson
November 30th, 2025
Judges 13:1-25Who doesn’t like a good dragon story? A king leaves his throne and kingdom to a worthy descendant and heir, but a deceptive and powerful dragon plots to destroy the heir so that he can s... Read More
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The Narcissism Problem
November 23rd, 2025
Ecclesiastes 2:1-17; 12:13-14It’s not about you.Use of the word narcissism rose dramatically in recent years. We know this from Google search occurrences as well as occurrences in books, magazines, ne... Read More
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Our Great High Priest
November 16th, 2025
Hebrews 4:14-16; 10:19-23What is the most important experience for any human to have? To experience love and acceptance from another human being. To experience genuine happiness and enjoyment. To expe... Read More
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Faithfulness
November 9th, 2025
Psalm 136; 23:6; 145:8; Micah 7:18Psalm 136 is a very important and special psalm in the Jewish tradition. They call this psalm “The Great Hallel” or “The Great Praise Psalm.” This psalm would be regu... Read More
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Goodness
October 27th, 2025
Discussion QuestionsWhat do we mean when use the word good to describe God? How is this different from other ways we use that word?What is the problem with deciding whether we think God is good? What ... Read More
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Love
October 19th, 2025
Psalm 86:15; John 3:16; Romans 5:8; 1 John 4:7-19Love is love. Love is blind. Falling in love. Love makes the world go round. All you need is love. And so on. We say so many things about love. But do ... Read More
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Holiness
October 12th, 2025
Isaiah 6:1-8; Exodus 15:11; 1 Samuel 2:2; 1 Peter 1:15-16; Revelation 15:4If you were to name the top five people in the Old Testament (OT) based on their impact and influence, who would you choose? T... Read More
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Omniscience
October 5th, 2025
Psalm 139We are impressed when a person knows a lot of things. We are entertained when people showcase a vast scope of general trivia knowledge on gameshows like Jeopardy! and Who Wants to be a Millio... Read More
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Omnipresence
September 21st, 2025
Psalm 139:7-12; Jeremiah 23:23-24; 1 Kings 8:27Our solar system features 8 planets, our galaxy (the Milky Way) features 100-200 billion planets, and our universe features as many as 100 sextillion pla... Read More
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Sovereignty
September 14th, 2025
Psalm 103:19; Proverbs 19:21; Act 17:26; Romans 8:28How comfortable are you with the idea of riding as a passenger in a driverless car?A national Pew Research survey in 2022 found that 63% of adults s... Read More
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Immutability
September 7th, 2025
Psalm 102; Malachi 3:6; James 1:17How do you feel about change? Not pocket change – like dimes, nickels, and pennies – but I mean change as in “becoming different or modified.” Even then, not all chan... Read More
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Eternality
August 31st, 2025
Let’s begin this message with. Scroll back in your memory through the things you have done, and which happened to you since you woke up. Then work backward through key moments of the past week, then t... Read More
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Simplicity
August 24th, 2025
Deuteronomy 6:1-9As people who live in this present contemporary, Western culture, era, and time, we crave practical instructions for how to do things, how to improve the quality of our lives, and how... Read More
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Incomparability
August 17th, 2025
Introduction“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” Have you ever said that? Have you ever felt that way?This is a common human experience. We say things like this expression when we think about being ... Read More
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Praying for the Church (Part 1)
August 3rd, 2025
Ephesians 1:15-23What gift can you give someone who has everything? In a spiritual sense, how should you pray for people – Christians – who already have everything they need from God? When we pray for... Read More
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Gathering with the Church
July 27th, 2025
In the Colonial Era of America (before the United States became a nation), Sunday church attendance was widespread and central to community life. Some communities required attendance and even issued f... Read More
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Supporting the Church
July 20th, 2025
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Serving the Church
July 6th, 2025
Mark 10:44-45; Acts 6:1-7; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:8-13Last week we learned that Christ cares for the church as a shepherd cares for his flock of sheep. And we learned that men called pastors (or... Read More
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Caring for the Church
June 28th, 2025
John 10:26-28; Acts 20:17, 28; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Hebrews 13:17In our preaching series on “cherishing the church,” we’re learning how to better understand the church so we can better respond to the church... Read More
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Praying Together
June 8th, 2025
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The Church as a Family
May 25th, 2025
Galatians 6:10; Ephesians 3:15; James 2:15; 1 Timothy 5:1-2On Monday (May 19th), the manager of the Boston Red Sox baseball team – Alex Cora – missed a game against the New York Mets to attend his dau... Read More
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The Church as a Body
May 18th, 2025
When a person studies biology, or life science, in school, they eventually study anatomy. Anatomy is the study of the functions, systems, structure, and parts of the human body.For anatomy, a person l... Read More
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The Lord's Supper Do This Often
May 4th, 2025
Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians 10:14-22; 11:23-32Memorials. Memorials have an important place in any society. A memorial is a permanent object or structure, or a repeated event, that is created to remem... Read More
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Baptism: Do This First
April 27th, 2025
When children form clubs, they often have an act of initiation into the group as well as a team bonding ritual that they do more regularly afterwards. They might ask new members to wear a silly hat fo... Read More
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Sin Defeated
April 13th, 2025
Romans 6:1-14Are you familiar with the terms emotional baggage or lingering emotional impact? People use these terms to describe feelings that rise in us when something triggers a relationship or situ... Read More
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What is Spirit Baptism?
March 30th, 2025
Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5; 2:1-4; Romans 6:3-4; 1 Corinthians 12:13When a company introduces a new product, service, feature, or system, we call this a “rollout.” And such rollouts (or “launches”) are pivot... Read More
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Introducing the Church
March 23rd, 2025
When a bride and groom exchange vows in their marriage ceremony, they often finish by solemnly committing to one: “to love and to cherish, from this day forward, until death do us part.” But what does... Read More
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The Parable of the Dragnet
March 9th, 2025
Matthew 13:47-50In this series about the kingdom parables, we learned some important perspectives about what the kingdom of God is like. We’ve learned that it’s in a small phase but is growing gradual... Read More
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The Parable of the Pearl Merchant
March 2nd, 2025
Matthew 13:45-46May I help you find something today? We often hear this question from a polite customer service employee at a clothing or hardware store. They ask this because they know why we are the... Read More
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The Parable of Hidden Treasure
February 23rd, 2025
Matthew 13:34Prior to the 1900s, chocolate was a luxury good in the United States—it was imported, expensive, and mostly for the rich. At that time, a man named Milton was a candy-maker with a string ... Read More
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The Parable of the Leaven
February 16th, 2025
Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:20-21Last week, we learned some valuable perspective from one of Christ’s kingdom parables, a relatively brief parable about a small mustard that grew into a large tree over tim... Read More
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