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How to Be a Great Lover
by Ray Pritchard

My text today is one of the great short stories of the Bible. Somebody like Steven Bochco could turn this […]

Text: Luke 7:36-50
Sermon Series: Absolute Praise (Psalm 103)Sermon Series: Close Encounters with Jesus
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We Three Kings
by Ray Pritchard

Let us lay aside our cares and follow the Wise Men on their journey to Bethlehem.

Text: Matthew 2:1-12
Sermon Series: Christmas Personalities
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Herod: The Man Who Tried to Kill Christmas
by Ray Pritchard

This is the story of the man who tried to kill Christmas. It is strange and bizarre and doesn’t seem […]

Text: Matthew 2
Sermon Series: Christmas Personalities
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Mary: Believing the Impossible
by Ray Pritchard

“Nothing is impossible with God.” That’s as true today as it was 2000 years ago.

Text: Luke 1:26-38
Sermon Series: Christmas Personalities
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Joseph: A Teenager’s Dilemma
by Ray Pritchard

If you were given the opportunity to meet any person in the first Christmas story, who would you choose? I’ve […]

Text: Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon Series: Christmas Personalities
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To Tithe Or Not To Tithe
by Ray Pritchard

There are certain problems a pastor faces whenever he talks about the subject of giving. Chief among those problems is […]

Text: Various
Sermon Series: Christian Giving
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How to Spot Counterfeit Christianity
by Ray Pritchard

I’d like to begin by quoting from an article published in 1988 in Celebrity magazine. The article is entitled, “The […]

Text: I Corinthians 12:10
Sermon Series: Spiritual Gifts
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Martha’s Vineyard
by Ray Pritchard

I first met Bill Petch twelve years ago this summer. I was fresh out of seminary and starting my first […]

Text: I Corinthians 12:28; Romans 12:7
Sermon Series: Spiritual Gifts
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Taking The Plunge
by Ray Pritchard

Of all the issues that divide Christians, none is more hotly debated than the issue of baptism. For centuries godly […]

Sermon Series: Critical Issues
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Make No Small Plans
by Ray Pritchard

Before we moved to Oak Park last August, someone gave us a copy of the Chicago Magazine’s Guide to Chicago. […]

Text: Various
Sermon Series: State of the Church Sermons

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