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Alison Bucklin
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
Newest Sermons
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Coming Home
Contributed on Apr 28, 2026
God’s faithful people were not content with this world. They wanted a better one, their true home.
There is a famous novel by Thomas Wolfe called You Can’t Go Home Again. Of course you can go back to the place you grew up; the problem is, it’s not the same as the pictures you have in your mind. Either it has changed, or you have. Probably both. But even if your childhood home wasn’t exactly ...read more
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A Mind To Serve
Contributed on Apr 28, 2026
In order to grow in likeness to Christ, we need the Holy Spirit to give us a willingness to submit, to consider others more important than ourselves, and to persevere even when things don't go our way.
We’ve been talking a lot, in the last few weeks, about the body of Christ, the church, this group of people brought together by the Holy Spirit. We’ve looked at the diversity of the body of Christ: how different we all are, in background, in temperament, in strength Spirit and weaknesses. We’ve ...read more
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Live Free Or Die
Contributed on Apr 28, 2026
Living for Jesus really does bring freedom, while living for ourselves is a sentence of death.
This is sermon in stereo. Out of one speaker comes the OT story, and out of the other comes the new. Brass on one side, strings on the other. Each one by itself has its own logic, but the two together, with a little percussion when the moment calls for it, adds up to quite a bit more than each ...read more
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No Experience Required
Contributed on Apr 27, 2026
Just as God gave Moses his name, his presence, a helper, and the tools and skills to get the job done, God does the same for us.
Every pastor in the world has a “call” story. It’s the answer to the question “What led you into the pastorate?” And they’re all different. Some sense God’s call early on, and never waver; some sense God’s call early on and fight God for years, sometimes decades, before giving in and letting God ...read more
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Don’t Stop Now
Contributed on Apr 27, 2026
We can pack up our sacred things and enough bread for the journey and set out on a new path, following Jesus into the new world he is already bringing forth, or we can stay where we are and get left behind.
A key incident in the Israelite's journey narrative was, of course, the parting of the Red Sea and the destruction of the Egyptian armies. It’s wasn't the most important thing that God did, or would do, but it’s the one that has the most star power, the most shock value, so to speak. ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Displaced Women
Contributed on Nov 26, 2022
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A Letter To Jerusalem
Contributed on Aug 7, 2011
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The Inheritance Of The Church
Contributed on Jul 6, 2011
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Wilderness Temptations
Contributed on Jul 5, 2011
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Waiting For Jesus
Contributed on Jul 3, 2011
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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Encounters With Christ
Contributed on Oct 13, 2023
The great preacher Charles Spurgeon interprets part of Micah’s prophecy to refer to pre-New-Testament sightings of Jesus. He gives the examples of Abraham, Jacob, Joshua, and the three heroes of Babylonian Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Observe for a moment here, that each of these four great ...read more
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Chekhov's Advice
Contributed on Sep 6, 2023
The great Russian playwright Anton Chekhov wrote to his younger brother in 1879 responding to a letter in which the brother had signed himself as “your insignificant and obscure little brother.” Chekhov’s answer to this false humility is classic. “Do you know,” Chekhov asked in reply, “before whom ...read more
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More Than The Pope
Contributed on Sep 6, 2023
There’s a joke about the Pope coming to visit New York. His entourage had ordered a stretch limo for him. As he approached, they held the rear door open for him, but the Pontiff said that it had always been an ambition of his to drive in New York himself. So he got into the front seat, and ...read more
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Popularity
Contributed on Sep 4, 2023
Great multitudes will follow as long as there is no price to be paid, no contract to sign, no commands to obey, no orders to follow, no sacrifices to surrender, no gifts to offer, no commitments to keep, no burdens to bear, no suffering to share, no hardship to handle, no effort to exert, no pills ...read more
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Rocks In The Road
Contributed on Sep 4, 2023
In 1996 staff members at Bridger Wilderness Area collected the following comment cards: · Trails need to be reconstructed. Please avoid building trails that go uphill. · Too many bugs and leeches and spiders and spider webs. Please spray the wilderness to rid the areas of these pests. ...read more