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City Life: Serving God in a Pagan World
by Ray Pritchard

“Without God, the more power we have the sooner we destroy ourselves; without God, the richer we are the sooner […]

Text: Genesis 4:17-26
Sermon Series: First Things: The Amazing True Story of How the World Came to Be (Genesis 1-11)
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Adam’s Rib: How God Arranged the First Marriage
by Ray Pritchard

Yesterday I performed a wedding ceremony for Chris Hall and Kara Hansen. It was a lovely occassion, as weddings usually […]

Text: Genesis 2:18-25
Sermon Series: First Things: The Amazing True Story of How the World Came to Be (Genesis 1-11)
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The Seventh Law: What God Starts, He Finishes
by Ray Pritchard

We begin with the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor whose opposition to Adolph Hitler during World War II […]

Sermon Series: Seven Laws of the Spiritual Life
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The Sixth Law: There is No Growth Without Struggle
by Ray Pritchard

Life is hard. Does anyone reading these words have any question about that? I didn’t think so. Because we live […]

Text: James 1:2-4
Sermon Series: Seven Laws of the Spiritual Life
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The Second Law: God Doesn’t Need Us But We Desperately Need Him
by Ray Pritchard

Last Sunday we started a new sermon series called The Seven Laws of the Spiritual Life. In this series we […]

Sermon Series: Seven Laws of the Spiritual Life
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Nothing Shall Offend Them: A Message for Unhappy, Irritated, and Bent-Out-of-Shape Christians
by Ray Pritchard

For our final message in this short series from Psalm 119, I want to look at a verse I first […]

Text: Psalm 119:165
Sermon Series: Living by The Book (Psalm 119)
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“Before I Was Afflicted I Went Astray”: Why Your Troubles are a Gift from God
by Ray Pritchard

Sometimes we face things for which there is no earthly explanation. In those moments we need to erect a sign that reads, “Quiet: God at Work.” Don’t miss what God wants to teach you through your troubles.

Text: Psalm 119:67, 71, 75
Sermon Series: Living by The Book (Psalm 119)
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Follow the Christmas Star
by Ray Pritchard

There is a danger from viewing the sweetness of a Christmas pageant where all our children are so fresh-faced and adorable and everything is so clean and neat and nice, and the lighting is just right, the costumes so well done, and the staging so powerful, and the music so inspiring, that we can subconsciously think that this is the way it really was.

Text: Matthew 2:7-12
Sermon Series: Christmas Messages
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We Shall Be Like Him: The Purifying Hope of Christ’s Return
by Ray Pritchard

Better days are coming, child of God. Let this thought encourage you in your long journey home. God has determined to make you like Jesus. Because you are his child, you will one day be like his Son. That family resemblance, which is today so faint as to sometimes be almost invisible, will in that happy day be so clear that no one in the universe could miss it.

Text: I John 3:1-3
Sermon Series: The Last Days According to Jesus
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Sheep on the Right, Goats on the Left: The Final Separation of the Saved and the Lost
by Ray Pritchard

Jesus forgets what we remember. And he remembers what we forget. You can find the whole gospel in those two sentences.

Text: Matthew 25:31-46
Sermon Series: The Last Days According to Jesus

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