Tag: sermon
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putting anger in its place #sermon
So we are back to the Proverbs this morning – which means we are back to the nitty-gritty of life – we are back dealing with the everyday realities of our lives, and our relationships, and our character, and our work. And since are back to the things of daily life, the fact that we…
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where will envy take you #sermon #proverbs #envy
The content of this sermon is based in part on Rebecca Konyndyk De Young’s Glittering Vices (Brazos, 2009). ____________ I could feel envy eating me up – from the inside out. I could feel envy getting hold of my life and my thoughts and my emotions. But it seemed that there was little I could…
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my way or god’s way – a stark choice? #sermon #proverbs
When you read through the proverbs, you very quickly discover that many of them offer a choice between stark alternatives. Always a choice – an either/or, if you will: either wise or foolish either hard working or lazy either righteous or wicked either upright or devious. Looking at these either/ors in the book of Proverbs…
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how to deal wisely (love!) your neighbour #proverbs #sermonseries
In 1952 the National Film Board produced a short film entitled Neighbours. The film went on to win the academy aware for best short film that year. This was partly based on its content, and partly based on the way the film was produced – with actors, but using a technique usually used with puppet…
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Answered prayer?
Sending a child to kindergarten in Quebec can be complicated – particularly if you want to enroll your child in the English system. The year before Tabea went off to kindergarten, Becky and I realized we’d have to get a certificate of eligibility to enroll her in the English system. As you all know, to…
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love in all the wrong places? #GoodSamaritan
This week there was a story about a Good Samaritan in Windsor, Ontario. A house was on fire, and one of the residents couldn’t make it out through the front door. He had to break out a window on the second floor and then climb onto the roof. But from there, as the fire spread…
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living before a hinged cross #gerasenedemoniac
This morning’s sermon – posted before preached! _______________________ The townspeople knew all about this man. At one time he probably lived among them.Very likely he grew up as a boy and young man in their town. But over time they began to see something change in him. Perhaps they saw it all coming over months…
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foxes have holes #FollowingJesus #sermon
My sermon from this past Sunday. ____________________________ “Jesus, shall we command fire to come down from heaven to consume them?” The Samaritans are enemies of the Jews. There is intense animosity between these two peoples. Jesus is travelling through Samaritan territory on his way to Jerusalem, and while he makes this journey he sends a…
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So angry he could die #jonah #GodAsksTheQuestions
He is so angry, he could die. He is so angry, he wants to die. Last week in our reflections on Jonah we ended on a note of mercy and grace. Jonah had made his declaration: 40 days and Nineveh will be overturned. 40 days and Nineveh will be smashed. But it turned out that…
encrusted words 