Pharisees Annonymous

10.24.10 Luke 18:9-14 Pharisee’s Annonymous “I’m not ok. You’re not ok. And that’s ok” (William Sloan Coffin, when asked to summarize the gospel) Intro I’m sure most of you have heard more sermons on this text that years I’ve been alive. But I also know that both the Pharisee and the Tax collector have become [...]

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A Brand New Day

10.17.10 Jeremiah 31:27-34 The Great Stock Market Crash. Pearl Harbor. The JFK assassination. 9/11. These have been life-changing events for lots many people in America. But certainly they haven’t been the only ones you’ve known. Deaths of loved ones. Medical diagnoses that made your heart tremble. Loss of jobs and the things that have meant [...]

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The Tenth

The Tenth 10/10/10–Ord 28c Luke 17:11-19 Once there was a tree….and she loved a little boy. And everyday the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest. He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples. And they [...]

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Table Manners

Table Manners 10/03/10 (Sherwood) Is 2:1-5 1 Cor 11:17-33 WCS– recognized by the United Council of Churches Started in 1936 by Presbyterian Churches here and overseas, but in 1940 the celebration began to take place in other churches as well. Today Christians all over the world will be doing the same thing– we’ll all hear [...]

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