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Not by Chance: “Maker of Heaven and Earth”
by Ray Pritchard

If you leave God out, you’ve missed the fundamental truth about the universe. That means that in order to understand human origins and the true history of the universe, we must begin

Text: Revelation 4:11
Sermon Series: The Apostles’ Creed
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The Greatest Risk You’ll Ever Take: “I Believe in God”
by Ray Pritchard

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists […]

Text: Hebrews 11:6
Sermon Series: The Apostles’ Creed
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You Are What You Believe: Why the Apostles’ Creed Matters
by Ray Pritchard

This sermon gives the history of how the Apostles’ Creed came about and explains the importance it has in the Christian church throughout history as well as in our individual lives. The Apostles’ Creed is a declaration of faith recognized by all branches of true Christianity. For 2,000 years the Apostles’ Creed has served as a succinct statement of the irreducible minimum of the Christian faith. It is the common heritage of the true Christian church. It offers a broad survey of Christian doctrine, that focuses all on God as the object of the faith, and what he has done for believers. In this declaration of beliefs, the God of the Christian church is sharply distinguished from the gods of other religions by what he has done for his believers. The authority of these statements of belief embodied in the Apostles’ Creed lies entirely on the Word, that is the Bible, and not on any personal or private interpretations. It follows then that a person who professes to be a Christian must therefore subscribe or believe in everything stated in this creed, at the very least, as a start of what the Christian must believe. The Creed reminds us that truth is not optional. There are boundaries to the Christian faith. Not everything is negotiable. Some things must be believed if you are to call yourself a Christian. You can choose to live outside those boundaries, but if you do, you aren’t a Christian and you shouldn’t call yourself one.

Text: Romans 1:16
Sermon Series: The Apostles’ Creed
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Can You Hear the Angels Singing? Christmas and the “Other World”
by Ray Pritchard

“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And […]

Text: Luke 2:8-14
Sermon Series: Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned at Christmas
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What the World Doesn’t Know
by Ray Pritchard

“We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of […]

Text: I Corinthians 2:6-9
Sermon Series: The Cross, the Church and the World (I Corinthians 1:18 - 2:16)
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The Foolishness of God
by Ray Pritchard

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved […]

Text: I Corinthians 1:18-25
Sermon Series: The Cross, the Church and the World (I Corinthians 1:18 - 2:16)
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“Should I Not be Concerned about that Great City?” Why We are Staying in Oak Park
by Ray Pritchard

It was an exciting time to be alive. The year was 1915, and change was in the air. So many […]

Text: Jonah 4:11
Sermon Series: The Legacy Campaign
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Making a Marathon Marriage
by Brian Bill

Getting married today is like flying an airline where you know that 50% of the planes that take-off will crash. The odds are stacked against marathon marriages today but God never intended couples to experience marital meltdown. If you’re married, or planning to get married, God wants you to have a marriage that lasts forever.

Text: Malachi 2:10-16
Sermon Series: Step It Up
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Overcoming Discontentment
by Ray Pritchard

Let God define your life, not earthly circumstances.

Text: I Corinthians 7:17-35
Sermon Series: The Overcoming Series
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Hope for Tomorrow: How God Keeps His Promises
by Ray Pritchard

This is the 19th and final sermon in the series on Genesis 1-11 that we started in late April. Almost […]

Text: Genesis 11:10-32
Sermon Series: First Things: The Amazing True Story of How the World Came to Be (Genesis 1-11)

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