Posted by amityfirst on Aug 21, 2025 in Sermon archives
“The Boy From Bethany” Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 11:1-11/ John 12:12-16 Hi there- my name is Yoseph. I am 10 years old and live in the little town of Bethany. Now Bethany is not so bad a place, I guess, except we have a lot of sick people. My dad says they won’t let them live in Jerusalem, so they bring them out here. The Essenes have built some places for the really poor people to live, too. I like the Essenes. They’re not so bossy like the Pharisees. A...
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Posted by amityfirst on Aug 21, 2025 in Sermon archives
“Behold, I Am Doing a New Thing” Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:4-14 John 12:1-8 Have you ever wondered why Jesus acted the way he did in those few months before his arrest and crucifixion in Jerusalem? First of all, by telling his disciples well in advance of the events to come, he made it all that much more difficult to make this fateful journey. The disciples dragged their feet and begged and threatened; they did most anything they could to stay away from Jerusalem city....
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Posted by amityfirst on May 5, 2025 in Sermon archives
“Behold, I Am Doing a New Thing” Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:4-14 John 12:1-8 Have you ever wondered why Jesus acted the way he did in those few months before his arrest and crucifixion in Jerusalem? First of all, by telling his disciples well in advance of the events to come, he made it all that much more difficult to make this fateful journey. The disciples dragged their feet and begged and threatened; they did most anything they could to stay away from Jerusalem city....
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Posted by amityfirst on May 5, 2025 in Sermon archives
“What Happiness For Those Whose Sins Have Been Forgiven” Psalm 32/ 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Charles Spurgeon was an English evangelist in the early to mid 1800s. Even though Rev. Spurgeon was classified as a Baptist, his preaching has crossed many lines into many denominations. I have read only a smattering of his writings, and I have found that if you are looking for happy feel good sermons, then Charles Spurgeon might not be for you. Our twin theme for...
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Posted by amityfirst on May 5, 2025 in Sermon archives
Come To the Waters Isaiah 55:1-9 1 Corinthians 10:1-13/ Luke 13:1-9 I’d like to start out with a different translation of our reading from Isaiah today. So hear now the 1st 5 verses of Isaiah 55 from Eugene Peterson’s paraphrase, “The Message”: 1-5 “Hey there! All who are thirsty, come to the water! Are you penniless? Come anyway—buy and eat! Come, buy your drinks, buy wine and milk. Buy without money— everything’s free! Why do you spend your money on junk...
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Posted by amityfirst on May 5, 2025 in Sermon archives
(1) Welcome to the second Sunday in the season of Lent. For the next few weeks, we will be reading about the last trip to Jerusalem that Jesus was to make. We will hear about the Jewish people, desperate for a Messiah, who were content to wait a while longer, evidently, because when the true Messiah was finally standing right in front of them, they rejected him. They rejected him because he didn’t live up to their expectations . Jesus just wasn’t who he was...
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