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Getting Out of Getting Stuck Bobbi and I returned from our end of February-March 2020 cruise vacation to have the nation locked down the following Monday. Although our 50th anniversary was in June of 2021, we weren’t able to take our celebratory cruise vacation until a couple months after, in the relative…

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. I was asked to do a funeral last week and of course God always teaches or shows…

Jesus’ Last Night Message Two Way, Truth, Life Me: Funereal Message i. Remember last week on sermon prep ii. Intro – 3 points – ending iii. Check this out 1. Intro - Jesus in upper room Intro 2. Point 1 - A prepared death Point 1 3. Point 2 - A peaceful death 4. Point 3 - A profitable death 5. Point…

The preacher of preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said, “My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.” Another great theologian, John Owen wrote, “Faith itself is of God. Not of ourselves; and teaches…

Luke 7:11–23 ICC Wednesday in the Word, 5/31/22 I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2. Scripture memory For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 3. Catch- Why should we not believe all we hear and only 1/2 of what we see? "Tricks work only because magicians…

Today we answer the question, can I be cremated?

Scene 1. John had some questions about the nature of Jesus’ ministry and Messiahship. Understandable really, he was in jail. Death was a very likely outcome. And the reports about Jesus that he was hearing didn’t add up with his expectations. Jesus wasn’t taking over Jerusalem. He was out with the common…

Each night when Natalie and I put our boys to bed we typically will head downstairs. We can also, with almost 100% accuracy, guess which little one is leaving their room based solely upon how they open their door. We all have that kind of familiarity with at least one thing in our lives. Maybe it’s the…

Title : A Faith That Saves: Part 2 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore?” When Jesus overheard what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.” He did not let anyone accompany…

Title : A Faith That Saves: Part 2 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore?” When Jesus overheard what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.” He did not let anyone accompany…

“Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne…

Amos 5:1-6:14 When I was a child we spent a lot of time in the church. My dad was the pastor, and we often found ourselves waiting for him to finish his work so that we could go home. One of the most natural things in the world for children that find themselves in these situations is to play church.…

Big Idea of the Message: Fear grows when we feel our inabilities or are anxious about the unknown, but God has promised to protect us and to walk with us through danger. Fear Grows What do you fear the most in life, why do you have that fear - better yet what caused that fear to grow; What is fear; Anxious…

Introduction: One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would…

Numbers 9:1-14 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the second year after they came out from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying, 2 “Let the Israelites observe the Passover at its appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month at twilight you will perform it at its appointed…

Intro; I did a little research on fathers vs. mothers in their roles in the family and who is winning and who is slacking. Well moms, I hate to tell you this, but you are winning. These statistics are a combination of two reports over a 20 year study from the Barna Group on August 2011; The Barna survey…

Faith and the law set two different standards; one brings life and freedom, the other brings curse and condemnation

What a great Sunday we had last week, celebrating the work of Jesus—His sacrificial death and victorious resurrection—while looking at Genesis 22 , Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, his only son, and God’s providential prevention. All of this pointing to God’s giving His Son, His only Son,…

Introduction Love for books - all sorts of books in my library. Most odd is books on funerals. Do a lot of them. Meeting with different families - all kinds of families. The biggest difference is the faith of the deceased. When they were and the family is, there is a spirit of hope and peace. When they…

Funeral Service for Larry Wooldridge

What do you fear? The other week Daniel and I stayed up late and watched the next movie in the Harry Potter Series: The Prisoner of Askaban. In one scene the students are given the task to face their fears. They can only face their fears when they acknowledge them. Some fear sickness and death. As I…

A greedy old miser dies alone. In his will he's divided his fortune between his pastor, his doctor, and his lawyer with one last request... The old man's will states that he wishes to take his fortune with him. His final request is that these three, the last man on earth he feels he can trust, each bring…

One of my favorite books of all time is “The Chronicles of Narnia: The lion, the witch, and the Wardrobe,” And in it, the land of Narnia is under an evil curse, which is described as: “Always winter and never Christmas” And if you think about that: “Always winter and never Christmas” it’s not just true…

Today’s message is really part 2 of where we left off from last week. These messages go together, so if you were not here last week, go back and listen to the message. It will help you see how these two text’s fit together.. The title of our message today is, “Find your rest in God’s Salvation.” Turn…