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Smile, It's Thanksgiving! Philippians 4:4-9 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your
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I just posted a Thanksgiving message that I'll preach tonight at our community Thanksgiving service. Titled Smile, It's Thanksgiving! it's a brief message based on Philippians 4:4-9 where Paul encourages us to "rejoice always." I hope your Thanksgiving is a wonderful
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An Opportunity To Testify Luke 21:5-19 NRSV 5 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, 6‘As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon
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If you're looking for some sermon ideas, here's my sermon archives on our church website (which is about to be overhauled completely). I'm still at the National Outreach Convention in San Diego. If you have never attended NOC, you need to put it on
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Faith Puts You In Your Place (mp3) Luke 18:9-14 The Great Dizzy Dean When I was a kid, which was a long time ago, our little TV set picked up three channels -- NBC, CBS, and ABC. On Saturday afternoon, in addition to the Army's Big Picture,
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Faithful Prayer for Justice (mp3) Text: Luke 18:1-8 The Parable of the Persistent Widow 1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared
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Today's New York Times features an article about families eating together. Multiple research over many years indicates that eating a family meal together several times a week -- * Connects family members to each other; * Results in healthier food choices than when eating alone; * Helps prevent eating disorders among
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If you're looking for a great story about going the second mile, or doing unto others, or just being nice, thanks to Seth Godin for sharing this one. It's worth the read, believe me.
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I just posted, You Don't Need More Faith, my sermon for Sunday, Oct 7, 2007, taken from Luke 17:5-10. Click here to go to my sermon blog. Have a great day tomorrow! -- Chuck
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You Don't Need More Faith - mp3 Luke 17:5-10 (background Luke 17:1-4) The Backstory Here's the scene: Jesus has just told the story of the rich man and Lazarus. You remember that story, we talked about it last week. A selfish, self-centered rich man
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My sermon for Sep 23, 2007, Eternal Economics from Luke 16:1-13, is posted on my sermon blog. I'm following the lectionary using the Gospel readings for my sermon texts, so let me know what you think. Have a great day tomorrow! -- Chuck
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A rare photo of Smiley snapped by the paparazzi. CNN reports today that Mr. Smiley, better known as :-), turns 25 today. When asked to what he attributed his long life in the rather short-lived digital world, Smiley said, "Keyboards." So, there you have it -- the secret