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1 Peter 2:4-10, The People of God

According to Wikipedia, “A people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term ‘a people’ refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or

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1 Peter 1:3-9, Our Incorruptible Inheritance

What does it mean to be a Christian according to Peter? It means to be full of love for Jesus, believing in him, with an absolute hope in the salvation Jesus is bringing to us (faith, hope and love), because

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1 Peter 1:1,2, The Special People of God

Naturalization is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen of a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country…The rules of naturalization vary from country to country but

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2 Thessalonians 2:13-17, Help to Stand Firm in the Faith

Paul has quieted the disquieted spirits of his readers about missing the rapture, reminding them that the Day of the Lord could not have come yet, and them miss the rapture, because certain events had

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Sermon on Zephaniah 3:14-20, Joy to the World

We are in our second week of advent, the time in our Christian Church calendar year that we look forward to the coming of Messiah Jesus.  Of course, Jesus has already come.  Come, and gone ahead of us

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Sermon on the Life of Joshua, When You Get Tapped on the Shoulder to Carry a Big Load

Every generation of believers has the same task, to preach the gospel in such a way that all nations become disciples of Jesus Christ, being baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,

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Sermon on Genesis 28:10-22, When God is Unexpectedly There

10 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head

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Sermon on Prayer – My Journey of Prayer

I’ll never forget my experience of visiting the Toronto revival or “blessing.” I went three nights, and each night had three parts: worship, message, and prayer. The worship was wonderful,

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Amos 9:1-10, Complete But Not Utter Destruction

One of the consistent themes of the prophets is the preservation of the remnant. When God brings complete destruction, He nevertheless preserves some Israelites with whom to fulfill His covenant of them

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Amos 1:1,2 – Yahweh Roars

1:1 The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. 2 He

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Sermon on Joel 2:19-27, Hope for the Hopeless

“I love you…I love you and I’ll never leave you.”  That is what she had been told, and that is what she had believed.  After all, Sandra and Dave had been dating for some time by that point. 

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Sermon on Ezekiel 36:33-38

Ezekiel 36:33 ” ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land will be cultivated

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Sermon on 1 John 1:5-2:2

I have sensitive eyes.  Don’t you think so?  Haven’t you all experienced how amazing it is to stare into my sensitive eyes?  No, that is not what I mean when I say I have sensitive eyes.  Mary

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Ezekiel 34, Yahweh as Shepherd

Now that God’s judgment has been completed, Yahweh begins to speak once again about His caring for Israel, of her restoration from destruction. And He uses one of the most endearing of images for

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What Does It Mean to Fully Trust God?

Question: What does it mean to put my full trust in God? What does that look like practically? Answer: It means that instead of trusting in my own ability to protect myself or others, to acquire peace,

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