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Denn Guptill
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
Newest Sermons
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Easter Sunday, Innocence
Contributed on Apr 19, 2025
This is the third part of this series; the first two show how Jesus' guilt was established. This message proves his innocence.
David Milgaard Clayton Johnson Paul Morin Maria Shepherd Robert Baltovich Steven Truscott Perhaps some of those names sounded familiar to you. They are all Canadians who served prison time for crimes they were eventually exonerated for. Steven Truscott was 14 years old in 1959 when he was ...read more
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Good Friday Innocence
Contributed on Apr 18, 2025
This message looks at how official misconduct was at the root of Jesus' arrest, trial and conviction.
The Innocence Project was formed in the United States in 1992 in order to bring justice to those who had been wrongfully convicted. Since then, they are now represented by 70 independent chapters in 50 states and 12 countries. Their goal is to provide investigative support, legal representation, ...read more
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Palm Sunday, The Innocence Project
Contributed on Apr 12, 2025
This series looks at how, beginning on Palm Sunday, how Jesus was wrongfully convicted because of official misconduct.
In 1992, attorneys Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, founded an organization called the Innocence Project, which has been at the forefront of criminal justice reform, using DNA and other scientific advancements to prove wrongful conviction. The mission of the Innocence project is defined this way: ...read more
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A Heart For His House
Contributed on Mar 16, 2025
This message was a part of a stewardship series that looked the cost and sacrifices associated with Solomon's Temple.
A Heart for His Building He walked across the dusty, stony ground, kicked a rock and bent and drew in the dirt. He looked around at the desolate land scape and down at the city below and wondered if his dream would ever be a reality. Would it really happen, someday would the people of God worship ...read more
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Your Own Pillar Of Fire
Contributed on Feb 2, 2025
Sometimes we wish we had a pillar of fire to guide us through the wilderness. This message looks at the Wesleyan Quadrilateral as one suggestion.
It was 1987, I was pastoring in Truro, and co-chairing a young adult’s event just outside of Washington, DC. I had been in DC for the weekend, looking at hotels and meeting space, and I was making my way back to Allentown, Pennsylvania, with my co-chair, Dwight Addington. Dwight pastored Bethany ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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The Innocence Project
Contributed on Apr 12, 2025
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The Songs Of Christmas
Contributed on Dec 1, 2024
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A Return To Civility
Contributed on Jun 23, 2024
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Therefore
Contributed on Oct 7, 2023
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This Changes Everything
Contributed on Nov 27, 2022
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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Eschatology Is Like Golf
Contributed on Jun 23, 2018
Eschatology or the study of the end times is like golf, it’s fun it gives you something to do but in the long run it you end ...read more
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I Tithe—he'll Find Me.
Contributed on May 1, 2011
"I TITHE--HE'LL FIND ME." Two men have ended up marooned on an island in the South Pacific. You can fill in the blanks as to how they got there. So they are on the clichéic deserted island, one palm tree, nothing to see but the ocean. One guy is in a complete panic, pacing back and forth, ...read more
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R.g. Letourneau Said "I Shovel Money Out, And ...
Contributed on Nov 29, 2004
R.G. LeTourneau said “I shovel money out, and God shovels it back ... ...read more
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Two Little Boys Were Walking Home From Sunday ...
Contributed on Sep 15, 2003
Two little boys were walking home from Sunday School where the lesson had been on the Devil and one asked the other “What do you think of this devil business?” “Well” replied the other boy, “You know ...read more
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Old Country Preacher Was Met One Day By A Member ...
Contributed on Apr 28, 2003
Old country preacher was met one day by a member of his congregation who asked, “Preacher if salvation is free, how come you’re always asking for money?” Good question, maybe one you’ve asked yourself. The preacher responded by saying “Salvation is free, as free as the water ...read more