Posted by amityfirst on Jul 17, 2023 in Sermon archives
Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die” Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:1-11 John 11:1-45 Wow, And once again we have almost finished our journey through the season of Lent and we find ourselves on the cusp of Easter starting, of course, with Holy Week, Good Friday, and then Easter Sunday. Now, it bears remembering that for over 1500 years, the celebration of Easter has been The primary focal point of the Christian faith; not Passover or Palm Sunday or...
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Posted by amityfirst on Jul 17, 2023 in Sermon archives
“Look Instead For What God Can Do” 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 In the September 16th, 2011 edition of Time magazine, Megan Friedman wrote, “When it comes to Pat Robertson, sometimes truth and fiction are hard to distinguish. On The 700 Club in 2005, Robertson blamed Hurricane Katrina on the issue of abortion in John Roberts’ Supreme Court nomination. Around the same time, Dateline Hollywood published a satirical article claiming Robertson...
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Posted by amityfirst on Jul 17, 2023 in Sermon archives
“ Starting Over All Over Again” Genesis 12:1-9 Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17 Ah Nicodemus. I know it’s not a good thing to openly have favorites, but of all the Bible characters that I know- from King David to Ruth And from Peter to Paul, Nicodemus is right up there in the top 10. As John tells us Nicodemus was a pharisee and leader of the Jewish people, but I can’t hold that against him. The fact but he was a member of the Sanhedrin tells me of the...
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Posted by amityfirst on Jul 17, 2023 in Sermon archives
“Honest Hearts, Raise the Roof” And welcome one and all to this glorious day, the first Sunday in the season of Lent. As you know, the Lenten season is the 40 day period preceding Easter Sunday in which we are encouraged to do a little soul searching, if you will. This self examination is meant to be bolstered by the practices of prayer, repentance, alms giving, And self denial to name a few. So, it should come as no surprise that the gospel reading for this. the first...
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Posted by amityfirst on Jul 17, 2023 in Sermon archives
“Therefore Choose Life” Deuteronomy30:15-20 Psalm 119 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37 Hear with me one more time the words of Christ from perhaps the most famous sermon of all time: the Sermon on the Mount. (Matt 5:22) “But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister[b][c] will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’[d] is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of...
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