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Alan Perkins
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
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The Heart Of A Shepherd
Contributed on Nov 19, 2025
Peter gives us a description of how elders should carry out their work. This sermon contrasts an "I Deserve" mindset with an "I Owe" mindset.
As most of you know, my personal biography includes many years as a manager in a large organization, and part of my job was to interview and hire people. Over the years, as the jobs that I was responsible to fill got higher up in the organization, the job descriptions expanded. The years of ...read more
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Tested By Suffering
Contributed on Nov 12, 2025
Peter instructs us to regard suffering as a test of our faith, one that we can pass by rejoicing in suffering.
This morning, we resume our study of a letter written by the apostle Peter, one of Jesus’ twelve disciples, sometime around 62-64 A.D. This is a general epistle, a letter written to believers scattered throughout five Roman provinces in northern Asia Minor; in what is today the country of Turkey. ...read more
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Unsurprised By Suffering
Contributed on Oct 31, 2025
Those to whom Peter wrote 1 Peter were experiencing persecution for their faith. Peter instructs them not to be surprised. This sermon examines four reasons why people are surprised by suffering, and why they shouldn't be.
Years ago, when my wife and I were expecting . . . And notice that I didn’t say, “when my wife and I were pregnant”. That seems to be a thing these days, with husbands and wives saying, “we’re pregnant”. And I know it’s intended as a way for the husband to express solidarity with his wife, and to ...read more
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Leaving A Spiritual Legacy
Contributed on Oct 16, 2025
What will you leave behind when your life on earth is over? The Scriptures tell us that a spiritual legacy is far more valuable and lasting than any financial inheritance.
As I look back over the first 65 years of my life [65 years, two months, and two weeks, to be precise, tick tock], I’ve been thinking a bit more about what difference my life has made so far, what more I would like to accomplish, and what I will be leaving behind, when eventually I “shuffle off ...read more
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Instructions For The End Of The World
Contributed on Oct 11, 2025
What should you do if you knew the world would end soon? Peter gives us the answer.
This morning, we continue with our study of First Peter. As a reminder, 1 Peter is a general epistle, written in the first century to believers in several Roman provinces, in what today is the country of Turkey. Peter’s main purpose in writing the letter was to encourage them to maintain a ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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1 Peter
Contributed on Nov 19, 2025
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The Purpose-Driven Life
Contributed on Oct 28, 2002
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Songs For The Journey
Contributed on Mar 10, 2002
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Songs Of Ascent
Contributed on Feb 16, 2002
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A Home Cooked Holiday
Contributed on Sep 13, 2001
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God Hears Our Singing With Ears Of Love
Contributed on Oct 16, 2022
Let me give you an illustration. It’s from the movie “The Music Man”. Have you seen that movie? “Ya got trouble, my friend, I say, trouble right here in River City.” In that movie, the con man Harold Hill has been selling band instruments, promising the townspeople that he will teach their children ...read more
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Sold: Ten Percent Of Apple Computer For $800
Contributed on Mar 25, 2018
I’d like to begin this morning with a story. It involves these men [photo of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs]. You probably recognize them: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. The two men who founded Apple Computer. Right? Well, no, actually that’s not completely accurate. Here is a photo of the original ...read more
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What Comes Out Of Your Mouth
Contributed on Apr 10, 2011
WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH How carefully do you monitor what goes into your mouth, compared to what comes out of it? For example, do you follow a low-fat diet? Do you obsessively track the grams of fat going into your body? Do you watch the number of calories that you consume? Do you avoid ...read more
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Small Words, Profound Effect
Contributed on Jan 12, 2003
SMALL WORDS, PROFOUND EFFECT "The tongue has the power of life and death . . . " That may sound a bit extreme to you; a bit exaggerated. How could mere words kill anyone? But consider this. You’re probably familiar with Karen Carpenter, the popular singer from the seventies who died in 1983 of ...read more
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Power Of The Tongue
Contributed on Jan 12, 2003
[Power of the tongue] At a birthday party for Strom Thurmond, Senator Trent Lott was paying tribute to the man, and he made this statement, "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed ...read more