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Isaac Butterworth
Contributing sermons since Feb 20, 2004
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Clinging To The Lord In Hope
Contributed on May 12, 2022
Life becomes 'bitter' and we lose hope with we turn away from the Lord, but the Lord restores hope by drawing us back to Him.
CLINGING TO THE LORD IN HOPE Ruth 1:1-22 What is wrong?—Life becomes ‘bitter,’ and we lose hope when we turn away from the Lord. What is true?—The Lord restores hope by drawing us back to Him. What to do—We must cling to the Lord in hope. Why? Because… I Hope in the Lord Leads to Obedience ...read more
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Introduction To The Book Of Ruth
Contributed on May 12, 2022
Mounting losses threaten to leave us bitter, but God restores life to His people.
Introduction to the Book of Ruth What is wrong?—Mounting Losses Threaten to Leave Us Bitter ‘She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.”’ [Ruth 2:20] What is true?—God Restores Life to His People. 14 ‘Then the women said to Naomi, ...read more
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Reflecting The Light Of Love
Contributed on Apr 30, 2022
The darkness in this world spreads, but the light of Christ shines. And it illumines us and radiates through us to the world.
I want to draw your attention again to the beginning of this passage, where it say, “When he had gone out…” (John 13:31). Who is John talking about here? Who is it that has just “gone out”? It’s Judas, isn’t it? If you rewind a few verses in this thirteenth chapter of John, you see that Jesus is ...read more
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Putting It All Together
Contributed on Apr 5, 2022
It's nonsense to build our lives on a lie, but people do it. God calls us to build on a foundation of truth.
There is nothing quite so destructive as a lie. No one wants to be lied to. It is nothing short of betrayal. And no one wants to be lied about. It is an ugly and contemptuous act. The Bible traces our worst problems back to a lie. The serpent, remember, asked the woman whether it was true what he ...read more
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Relying On The Work Of The Spirit
Contributed on Apr 5, 2022
When we bear witness to the saving power of Christ, we must rely on the Spirit to empower our efforts.
Jesus had told them to wait—His first disciples, I mean. He had given them important work to do—the most important work of all, actually—but He had told them not to attempt it just yet. No. They were to wait. “Don’t give,” He said, “until you have received. Nothing can be done by you until ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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The Book Of Ruth
Contributed on May 12, 2022
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Core Commitments For Christian Living
Contributed on Apr 5, 2022
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The Glory Shines Through
Contributed on Jun 16, 2015
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A Season Of Joy
Contributed on Mar 23, 2015
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All My Trials, Lord
Contributed on Feb 16, 2015
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Persecuted For Faithfulness
Contributed on Aug 6, 2018
Many of our sisters and brothers are persecuted even in our own time. Voice of the Martyrs reports, for example, the experience of a young man named Philip, who lives in Laos. Philip walked two hours to another village to hear the gospel. Just three weeks after he returned home as a new believer, ...read more
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The Vastness Of Space
Contributed on Jan 2, 2015
I have read that the nearest star to our sun is called Proxima Centauri, and it’s about 4.22 light years away. As you know, a light year is not a measurement of time; it is a measurement of distance. Light is the fastest thing we know of, and a light year is how far it takes light to travel in a ...read more
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Beholding The Night Sky
Contributed on Jan 2, 2015
When our daughter was in Junior High School, she made friends with a group of girls from Olney, Texas, a community about forty minutes to the south of us. And they invited her to a function their school was having on a certain Friday night. So, I drove her over, and, when the time came, I went ...read more
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The Emporer's Clothes
Contributed on Dec 19, 2014
Do you remember the story of the emperor’s clothes? If I am recalling it right, someone persuaded the emperor to buy a suit of clothes that only people with the most exquisite taste in fashion could see. Of course, the emperor could not see the clothes, nor could anyone else – because the peddler ...read more
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Abandoned At Seventeen
Contributed on Dec 8, 2014
One of the characters in Kent Haruf’s novel Plainsong, is Victoria, a seventeen-year-old girl who is four months pregnant. When her boyfriend finds out about her condition, he breaks up with her. And when her mother finds out, she kicks her out of the house and says to her, “You got yourself into ...read more