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In His Steps
by Ray Pritchard

The Christian walk is synonymous with innocent suffering and pain, through which Christ our Lord suffered and died. He left us all an example of how to follow him in this. A Christian’s call to this behavior goes against the grain of his human tendencies: to suffer unjust treatment without retaliation, trusting only that God would be the judge of things ultimately. Jesus lived the sacrificial life to which he calls all his believers. It is a life that leads to the cross, and he has modeled how to live this sacrificial life for us. When we suffer unjustly, we share in a tiny portion of what happened to him. When we are mistreated, we are to turn the other check, bless those who curse us, and return good for evil. We are not to retaliate, not to threaten, not to get even. Jesus showed us how to live, and he showed us how to die. This response is a miracle in itself and is under girded and made possible only by the gift of grace from God.

Text: 1 Peter 2:21-25
Sermon Series: Strangers in a Strange Land (1 Peter)
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Eighth Day Savior
by Ray Pritchard

What would it cost Jesus to be the Savior of the world? He paid for our sins with the price of his own blood. Jesus is just one week old, and already he enters into the pain of human existence.

Text: Luke 2:21
Sermon Series: Christmas Messages
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A Question for Jesus
by Ray Pritchard

If Christ has really been born, why is the world so messed up? Why aren’t things better by now?

Text: Matthew 11:3
Sermon Series: Christmas Messages
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The Man Who Killed Jesus: “Suffered Under Pontius Pilate”
by Ray Pritchard

This has been a week unlike any other in my lifetime. Last Wednesday the new movie by Mel Gibson, “The […]

Text: Isaiah 53
Sermon Series: The Apostles’ Creed
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A Savior is Born
by Ray Pritchard

Recently I received an e-mail from a man who attended “Two from Galilee,” the Christmas program presented by our music […]

Text: Luke 2:11
Sermon Series: Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned at Christmas
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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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Faded Glory: Why Christ Had to Come
by Ray Pritchard

Christmas is all about who we are, and who God is, and how far God will go to save us.

Text: Psalm 8 & Hebrews 2:5-9
Sermon Series: Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned at Christmas
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How God Destroys Human Pride
by Ray Pritchard

What sort of people does God look for when he gets ready to populate heaven? If heaven has an admissions […]

Text: I Corinthians 1:26-31
Sermon Series: The Cross, the Church and the World (I Corinthians 1:18 - 2:16)
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Overcoming Lingering Bitterness
by Ray Pritchard

In God’s plan, even our enemies serve a good purpose.

Text: Genesis 45
Sermon Series: The Overcoming Series
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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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