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When You Are Misunderstood - 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4 - Dec 7, 2009 - 1232
Are you guilty of assumicide? That’s a word I discovered this week. It’s what happens when you make false assumptions about others so that you can portray them in the worst possible light. Michael Andrus says we do this all the time: We are so prone to be suspicious. When we become offen ... More
Praying With Paul - Jan 5, 2003
PRAYING WITH PAUL by Ray Pritchard Our 2003 church theme is “Lord, Teach Us to Pray.” If you wonder how we choose the themes each year, the answer is, “It varies.” Sometimes the pastors spend a long time discussing it and sometimes the answer comes very quickly. This year the the ... More
Why Is Life So Hard? - 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 - Nov 27, 2009 - 1231
The call came at about 10:30 P.M. Someone had died. Would I please call the family? Before I could pick up the phone, the mother called me. Her son had taken drugs and had died earlier that evening. As I got dressed to go to the home, I wondered what I would say. When I got there everyone was millin ... More
Praying With Paul - Jan 5, 2003
PRAYING WITH PAUL by Ray Pritchard Our 2003 church theme is “Lord, Teach Us to Pray.” If you wonder how we choose the themes each year, the answer is, “It varies.” Sometimes the pastors spend a long time discussing it and sometimes the answer comes very quickly. This year the the ... More
Why God Dries Our Tears - II Corinthians 1:3-7 - Jun 25, 1989 - 272
The call came about 10:30 P.M.. Someone had died. Would I please call the family? Before I could pick up the phone, the mother had called me. Her son had taken drugs and had died earlier that evening at St. Francis Hospital. As I got dressed to go to the home, I wondered what I would say. When ... More
Why God Dries Our Tears - II Corinthians 1:3-7 - Jun 25, 1989 - 272
The call came about 10:30 P.M.. Someone had died. Would I please call the family? Before I could pick up the phone, the mother had called me. Her son had taken drugs and had died earlier that evening at St. Francis Hospital. As I got dressed to go to the home, I wondered what I would say. When ... More
Happy are the Sad - Matthew 5:4 - Jan 14, 1996 - 52
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” This is one of the strangest statements in the Bible. It is a paradox and a mystery. “Blessed are those who mourn,” said Jesus. Happy are the sad! What do these strange words mean? Who are the mourners, why are ... More
The Blessing No One Wants - Matthew 5:4 - May 12, 2012 - 1309
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). This is one of the strangest statements in the Bible. It is a paradox and a mystery. “Blessed are those who mourn,” said Jesus. Happy are the sad! What do these strange words mean? Who are the mourners, ... More
Helping Through Prayer - II Corinthians 1:8-11 - Jan 5, 2003 - 499
Since this is the first Sunday of the new year, I want to begin by noting that our church theme for 2003 is, “Lord, teach us to pray.” This is the 13th year that we have chosen a theme. Each year the process is a little different. Some years it takes a long time and much discussion to ar ... More
Helping Through Prayer - II Corinthians 1:8-11 - Jan 5, 2003 - 499
Since this is the first Sunday of the new year, I want to begin by noting that our church theme for 2003 is, “Lord, teach us to pray.” This is the 13th year that we have chosen a theme. Each year the process is a little different. Some years it takes a long time and much discussion to ar ... More
Happy are the Sad - Matthew 5:4 - Jan 14, 1996 - 52
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” This is one of the strangest statements in the Bible. It is a paradox and a mystery. “Blessed are those who mourn,” said Jesus. Happy are the sad! What do these strange words mean? Who are the mourners, why are ... More
