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SERMONS 2006

SOVEREIGN HOPE: BEING THE CHURCH TODAY

December 31 "Emmanuel: Light of the Ages"

John 1: 1-14

December 24 Christmas Eve Services

Matthew 1: 18-25

December 17 "Emmanuel: At Home in Christ's Love"

John 15: 9-17

December 10 "Emmanuel: The Source of Joy"

Luke 1: 39-45

December 3 "Emmanuel: A Sense of God's Wholeness"

Philippians 4: 4-9

November 26 "Emmanuel: Looking Up with Hope"

Psalm 42: 1-5

November 19 "Let the Holiday Stress Begin!"

Psalm 107

November 12 "What is Two Cents Worth?"

Mark 12: 38-44

November 5 "What's Most Important"

Mark 12: 28-34

October 29 "The Global Clan: A Twenty-First Century Reality"

Kirkin Ephesians 2: 11-22

October 22 "Equipped and Renewed:

The Church As Training Center"

Ephesians 4: 1-7, 11-13

October 15 "What Is Your Net's Worth?"

Mark 1: 16-20

October 8 "The Gifts of the Spirit: All Of Us Working Together"

Romans 12: 1-8

October 1 "The Fruit of the Spirit: God Grows It In Us"

Galatians 5: 16-25

September 24 "Christ-Centered Ways:

"Pattern for Mission and Ministry"

Colossians 1: 15-20

September 17 "Having a Kingdom Mentality:

It's All About God's Ways"

Luke 4: 14-21

September 10 "Jesus Came to Serve:

Serving Together in the Church"

Mark 9: 33-35; Mark 10: 35-45

September 3 "Giving Joy to the Heart:

Life Rooted in the Nature of God"

Psalm 19

August 27 "The Confessing Church: The Lord's Prayer"

Luke 11: 1-13

August 20 "The Confessing Church: The Ten Commandments"

Deuteronomy 6: 1-12

August 13 "The Confessing Church: The Apostles' Creed"

Matthew 3: 13-17; 28: 16-20

August 6 "The Confessing Church: The Heidelberg Catechism (1563)"

Romans 7: 14-25

July 30"Saved by Grace for Works"

Ephesians 2: 10

July 23 "Saved by Grace through Faith"

Ephesians 2: 8-9

July 16 "Christmas in July? Telling About the Savior"

1 Peter 3: 8-18

July 9 "Five Days in Bethlehem: We All Need a Savior"

Romans 3: 9-24

July 2 “TAKING THE PLUNGE:

Enlistment – Signing on the Dotted Line”

Matthew 14: 22-33

June 25 "Restoring The Lost Heart - Jesus' Way"

John 21: 9-19

June 18 "Longing For a Father"

Galatians 3: 26 - 4: 7

June 11“Taking The Plunge: Gifts- Putting Your Gifts to Work”

Matthew 25: 14-30

June 4 “Taking The Plunge: Needs- God’s Calling for You”

Luke 9: 10-17

May 28 “Taking The Plunge: Urge-Sharing Your Passion”

Luke 12: 13-21

May 21 “Taking The Plunge: Life-Sharing Your Story”

Mark 4: 35-41

May 14 “Taking The Plunge: Personality-Getting To Know You”

Luke 10: 38-42

May 7 "God's Humor"

Genesis 18:1-15

April 30 “Why Jesus Showed Up”

I John 3:1-7

April 23“Right Before Our Eyes: The Word Of Life”

I John 1:1- 2:2

April 16 “Resurrection: reality for everyday living”

Psalm 118

April 9 “Hosanna! Help! God to the Rescue”

Psalm 124

April 2

March 26 “Is Joy Too Good to Be True?”

Psalm 126

March 19 “Watching and Waiting: Clinging to Hope”

Psalm 130

March 12 "A Passionate Faith"

Psalm 132

March 5 “In Distress? Call on the Lord”

Psalm 120

February 26 “The Way of Jesus”

Galatians 2:20 – 3:6

February 19 “Profits or Prophets in the Church?”

John 2: 13-25

February 12 “Everyday Faith – What God Wants from Me”

I Peter 1:22 – 2:12

February 5 “In Life and In Death: We Belong to God”

II Corinthians 4:6 – 5:1

January 29 "The Church Irrelevant or the Church Influental"

Ephesians 2:11-22

January 22 “If God’s Gonna Do What God’s Gonna Do… Why Pray?"

I Kings 18: 17-39

January 15 “Why Me?”

Romans 8: 28-39

January 8 "The Best Thing in Life"

Luke 5:1-11