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C. Philip Green
Contributing sermons since Sep 12, 2008
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It's About The Family
Contributed on Jul 8, 2026
When you and another believer have different convictions, set aside those differences and love one another, serve Christ together, then build each other up.
Some time ago, John Burke (the founding pastor of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas) tried an experiment to determine if he was a judgmental person. He assumed he was not judgmental, but for a whole week, he kept track of his judgments about other people. Here's what he discovered: Judging ...read more
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When Christians Disagree
Contributed on Jul 1, 2026
When you disagree with another believer, accept him, assume the best about him, and affirm him.
Pastor Stewart Ruch notes that there's always a huge gap between the ideal and the real in family life and in the church family. For example, he says, every autumn my family likes to go apple picking. Here's the ideal day of apple picking. The leaves are golden and rusty, the sky is ...read more
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Make America Great Again
Contributed on Jun 25, 2026
If you truly want to make America great again, respect authority; love your neighbor; and put on Christ.
In 1900, a former schoolteacher named Carrie Nation walked into a bar in Kiowa, Kansas, proclaimed, “Men, I have come to save you from a drunkard’s fate,” and proceeded to hurl bricks and stones at bottles of liquor. The men, interested less in spiritual salvation and more in physical safety, fled ...read more
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Love In The Concrete
Contributed on Jun 18, 2026
Don’t just love people in the abstract. Love people in the concrete. That means love them honestly, humbly, and honorably.
There is an old story about a professor of psychology, who, although he had no children of his own, liked to tell his neighbors how to raise their children. For example, when he saw a neighbor scolding a child for some misbehavior, he would say, “You should love your boy, not punish him.” Then one ...read more
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Living Sacrifice
Contributed on Jun 11, 2026
In response to God’s amazing love, give Him your body, mind, and gifts.
In 1973, Tony Orlando sang a song which topped the charts that year. It was about a man who has “done his time” in prison and is now returning home on a bus. He has written his sweetheart, asking her to “tie a yellow ribbon ‘round the old oak tree” if she still wants him. “If I don’t see a ribbon ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Romans
Contributed on Feb 12, 2026
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Ezekiel
Contributed on Nov 20, 2025
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Advent (2025)
Contributed on Oct 29, 2025
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Parables Of Jesus
Contributed on Aug 15, 2025
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Minor Prophets
Contributed on Apr 25, 2025
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George Floyd
Contributed on Jun 11, 2020
God can use you to make a difference in our broken world no matter your past. Just commit your way to the Lord like Jephthah did and depend on His Holy Spirit. When I think about Jephthah, I think about George Floyd, who was recently murdered in Minneapolis. George was a towering 6-foot by 6-inch ...read more
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Notre Dame On Fire
Contributed on Apr 18, 2019
Just this last Monday (April 15, 2019), many of us were horrified to watch the great Cathedral of Notre Dame on fire. Its great spire toppled into the roof of the cathedral, and many feared that Paris’ most iconic landmark would be a total loss after standing for 850 years. However, early the ...read more
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Jesus Cared
Contributed on Jan 2, 2013
JESUS CARED Henri Nouwen once said, "What we see, and like to see, is cure and change. But what we do not see and do not want to see is care: the participation in the pain, the solidarity in the suffering, the sharing in the experience of brokenness. And still, cure without care is as ...read more
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Jealous Horses
Contributed on Feb 3, 2011
JEALOUS HORSES When we lived in a small town in central Kansas (Ellsworth), we made many trips to the nearest big town, Salina, Kansas on old Kansas Route 140. On one of those trips in the spring (March 12, 1990), we saw a horse at the edge of a luscious, green pasture with his head stuck ...read more
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In The Story Of Pollyanna, There Is A Woman Who ...
Contributed on Sep 23, 2010
In the story of Pollyanna, there is a woman who runs the town. She’s not the mayor and doesn’t even sit on the city council. It’s just that she has inherited a tremendous amount of money from her father, and she has a controlling interest in all the major businesses in town. As a result, no one ...read more