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Advent for a too familiar Nativity
GOOD NEWS! Aren’t you glad you’re NOT a preacher this ‘Christmas’ season? After all, how much more can we say about the nativity of the Lord Jesus in Bethlehem. WE have preached the Gospel every year — the openings of the Gospels applicable to our pageants, programs, concerts, carolings, Christmas Eve services, Midnight Masses, Christmas…
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The Christ Child bound in the womb of eternity
A human life is bound in the womb of eternity. In one sense a child is not fully born by its mother into the fullness of life — but only into a helpless and limited mortal life — where babe may become child, child may become man or woman — this quick-passing human life bound…
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Matthew 25 – Parable of the Ten Virgins
Awake, the voice is calling us! “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (literally: Awake, the voice is calling us) is a Lutheran hymn written in German by Philipp Nicolai, first published in 1599 together with “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”. It appears in German hymnals and in several English hymnals in translations such as “Wake,…
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Miracles, Wonders & Signs: Peter’s Amazing Answer
Peter’s Answer to the Acts of Pentecost How does the anointed follower of Jesus Christ answer the unanswerable questions from the multitudes? Luke records not only the truly awesome events of Pentecost and bewilderment by the crowds, but also the Apostle Simon Peter’s amazing answer to thousands gathered in Jerusalem. Acts 2: And suddenly there…
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Apocalypse 10 + Gospel of the Seventh Seal
The Seven Trumpets You weren’t expecting it… never-the-less, the sound of the coming Wrath of the LORD is come! OR You listened to those who predicted it, yet the Wrath of the LORD was not revealed. So since it’s been millennia and the END has not come, it will not … or so you thought.…
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Witnesses to Jesus Risen! – Thomas
Jesus is risen! .. You can’t prove it, can you? Christ Born & Witnessed, Crucified, Risen, Ascended.. The Witness of Thomas Imagine what Thomas must have pondered before he saw Jesus once more.. His miracles were authentic. He was a man like us, yet so unlike us. We discovered many times that the Lord Jesus…
