Posted by amityfirst on Jul 28, 2024 in Sermon archives
“A Troub lesome Trilemma” S 1 Samuel 8:4-20 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35 It was Carl Sandburg that once said, “If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, then pound the table and yell like hell.” Now, I’m not so sure that what Mr. Sandburg said here totally applies to our lessons today, but I do know there seems to be a lot of table pounding going on. Let’s...
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Posted by amityfirst on May 13, 2024 in Sermon archives
“So that they would be filled with my joy” Acts 1:1-11 / Acts 1:15- 17, 21-26 Ephesians 1:11-23 Luke 24:44-53/ John 17:6-19 Good morning and welcome to the 7th Sunday of the Easter tide season. Today we are going to kick back, examine, and celebrate the joyful moment when Jesus , as we say in the Apostles Creed, “ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the father almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.” So yes, today is...
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Posted by amityfirst on May 13, 2024 in Sermon archives
“Why DEI is the Better Part of Deity” Psalm 98:1-4 Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 1 John 5:1-9 John 15:9-17 Good morning, and welcome to this, the 6th Sunday of the Easter tide season. I realize that there are those who don’t care to dwell overly much on this whole 50 day Easter season thing. I mean, Easter is over right? It was great and all that but maybe it’s time to move on. Well , for these folks my only reply would have to be that moving on is precisely the...
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Posted by amityfirst on Apr 16, 2024 in Sermon archives, Uncategorized
“When ‘Strangely Warmed’ Becomes the Norm” Psalm 4/ Acts 3:1-11, 12-19 Luke 24:13-49 (36b-48) From the website Wikipedia, we learn that “According to his journal, John Wesley found that his enthusiastic gospel message had been rejected by his Anglican brothers. And so with a heavy-heart, he reluctantly attended a group meeting that evening in a Moravian meeting house (the Fetter Lane Society) on Aldersgate Street in London. It was there, while someone was reading...
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Posted by amityfirst on Apr 16, 2024 in Sermon archives
“God’s Last Laugh” Psalm 133 Acts 4:32-35 1 John 1:1-2:5 John 20:19-31 As I said last Sunday, this week marks the beginning of the Easter season also known as Easter tide. The official definition from Bible pedia tells us: “In Western Christianity, Eastertide, or the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending with the coming of the 50th day, Pentecost Sunday.” Now, there are those who might say. “Yeah, OK, but what’s the big deal ? This is...
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Posted by amityfirst on Apr 16, 2024 in Sermon archives, Uncategorized
“Behold, The Man” Isaiah 25:6-9 / Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 / Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 Good morning , salutations, greetings, welcome, and let me take this opportunity to remind you all once more that “Christ has risen.” “He is risen indeed.” And if I live to be 110 I swear there will never be a time when those words will fail to give me a special kind of joy. It’s hard to explain, really. All I can think to say is that this feeling of joy...
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