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Benches, COVID-19 and Faith

Posted on March 30, 2020 by

Pastor Lawrence offers this reflection for us to start the week. I purchased two folding benches last week. I had been thinking for some time that having a bench or two would be very useful at our family gatherings. You … Continue reading →

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Bearing Gospel Fruit

Posted on July 14, 2019 by

A sermon by Michael Pahl on July 14, 2019, called “Bearing Gospel Fruit,” reflecting on Colossians 1:1-14.  It is the first in our summer series on “Colossians: The Fullness of the Gospel.” Here is a written excerpt: If we want … Continue reading →

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Confident Faith, Courageous Love

Posted on November 18, 2018 by

A sermon by Pastor Michael Pahl on November 18, 2018, called “Confident Faith, Courageous Love,” reflecting on Hebrews 10:19-25. Here is a written excerpt from the introduction: Fifteen years. It had been fifteen years since the first round of persecutions. … Continue reading →

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Being a Discerning Christian in the Information Age (Or, What to Do When You’re Forwarded That Email)

Posted on August 18, 2016 by

We all get those emails, forwarded to us by a concerned friend or family member. Or we see the posts as we scroll through our Facebook feed. Or we hear the reports in the coffee shop, passed along in solemn tones. … Continue reading →

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Trust in God, Love One Another

Posted on June 29, 2016 by

One of my parishioners in a former church used to say that preachers really only have two or maybe three different sermons. “Every sermon they preach—doesn’t matter the text or the title—is really just a variation of one of those … Continue reading →

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“Confess and believe, and you will be saved!”

Posted on February 15, 2016 by

If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with … Continue reading →

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“We should re-think our theology? Say what?”

Posted on July 31, 2015 by

Earlier this summer I preached a sermon on grieving the losses in our lives, whether it’s the loss of someone we love through death or the loss of something we have invested with great significance—a relationship, a career, a home. … Continue reading →

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