Matthew 28:1-10 A Frightening Morning I want you to imagine that first Easter morning, specifically from the perspective of the women. Perhaps you think of an early morning stroll through a garden with a few friends. That was not really what was happening. It was very early in the morning, so early that it was…
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Acts 2:22-41 Introduction Have you ever had a recurring dream? It may not be exactly the same dream but it is the same sort of dream or it happens at the same place or it includes the same people. I have had a number of recurring dreams over my life, usually repeating frequently during a…
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Luke 24:36-44 Introduction I want you to imagine that the risen Jesus was coming to visit you. Not a dream or a vision, but appearing to you physically. What would you do to prepare yourself? I suspect that one of the things that you would want to do is to get ready to listen. I…
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Luke 24:1-12 Introduction Have you ever heard that saying, “If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is”? This is a good general rule of thumb. For example, if you receive an email saying that someone from another country, who you don’t know, has left you one million dollars, you should be…
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Daniel 12:1-4 Introduction Death. It is not a pleasant topic but it is something that unites us all. We hate when we hear about a terminal diagnosis but in another way, we all have a terminal diagnosis the day we are born. We just don’t know the date. This past week, two people I knew…
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Luke 20:27-40 Introduction Our message is looking at a story of seven brothers who all married the same woman but kept dying after getting married. What kind of message is that for Thanksgiving? We want something up beat. We want something that gets us excited about life and what God has done for us. To…
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1 Corinthians 15:1-22 Introduction There has been a lot of talk in recent years about whether it is time to give up on the label ‘evangelical.’ For many people evangelical refers to being a supporter of Donald Trump or some other narrow definition. There is a thing now called post-evangelical, referring to people who reject…
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A sermon based on John 20:24-31 and preached at Queen Street Baptist Church. Introduction There is no lack of bad news for us these days. We have a regular diet of crimes, wars and terrorism. There is so much of it that it takes a lot to shock us anymore. I recently came across one…
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