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Stories are powerful vehicles for shaping a community. But when his nation's story becomes misinterpreted in the first century, Jesus retells it by placing himself at the center of that story. Finding Your Place In The Kingdom Matthew 21:33-46 33 “Listen to another parable: There was a
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Changing Your Mind About The Kingdom * Matthew 21:23-32 NIV’84: “23 Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you this authority?
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Forgiveness Cancels a Debt Matthew 18:21-35 NIV’84 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 “Therefore, the
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The Reconciling Community Matthew 18:15-20 NIV’84 15 “If your brother sins [against you], go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others
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As a young child, my mother would tell me to "Put on your thinking cap" when I had to solve a problem. Jesus says something of the same thing to Peter, but much more directly. How do we develop Kingdom thinking? This brief look at the an encounter
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Just when we think we've got this business of faith and doctrine all figured out, Jesus comes along to challenge our ideas about God. Here's the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow about a woman who wasn't supposed to get in on the Kingdom
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What does the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 tell us about the kingdom of God? Just about everything, that's what. Here's the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow. I hope your Sunday is a glorious one! How To Feed A Big Crowd On A
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Jesus began to teach in parables because so many who heard him didn't get it. The Parable of the Sower and Soils tells why many don't get it, but some do. The important difference between those who do and those who don't isn'
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Tomorrow I'm preaching about Jesus sending the disciples out to do great things -- heal the sick, raise the dead, and cast out demons. But to that list of great things, Jesus added giving a cup of cold water to a little child. Small gifts have great significance
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I preached this sermon today on Trinity Sunday from Matthew 28:16-20. We know this passage as The Great Commission, but the final words of Jesus to his disciples are about the Kingdom of God. Even though this scripture has been used to validate the sending of Christian missionaries to
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If Jesus' entry into Jerusalem was triumphal on Palm Sunday, what went wrong less than a week later? Why did the crowds who adored Jesus on Sunday, turn on him by Friday of that week? And what choice does Palm Sunday present to us today? In this sermon, I&
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When Jesus taught his disciples The Lord's Prayer, he included what might seem like a strange phrase -- "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Does God tempt us to do wrong? If not, why should we pray this part of the