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James Wallace
Contributing sermons since Nov 12, 2009
Newest Sermons
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No Sleepwalking Allowed
Contributed on Nov 28, 2023
Sleepwalking is a dangerous practice, because those who practice it are unconscious, unaware of the dangers around them. In the same way, spiritual sleepwalking is dangerous, but moreso, because those who casually sleepwalk their way through life, expose themselves to deadly deceptions.
Has anyone here ever been afflicted with somnambulism? Okay, does anyone even know what somnambulism is? Well, it's a technical term for sleepwalking. So, back to the original question--has anyone here ever had a sleepwalking experience? How did it go? Did anyone get hurt? The reason I ...read more
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Easter Changes Everything
Contributed on Apr 30, 2023
Has Easter Changed everything in your life? Has it changed anything. Chances are that if that's your answer you need to hear this message, Because, Easter, that is the Resurrection of Jesus Chirst ought to have changed everything for you.
The Resurrection Changes Everything! Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023 John 20:1-18 Some of you are here this morning because you received one of or several of our Resurrection Sunday Mailers. The last of them declared, “Easter Changed Everything!” And so I have taken that as our theme for this ...read more
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Mindset For A Ministry Of Love
Contributed on Mar 3, 2023
Pride & prejudice ruled in the Church at Corinth. Church members were using the wrong standards and motivated by pride in their relationships ot church leaders. What is the proper attitude toward spiritual leaders?
Most of you are likely familiar with the novel Pride and Prejudice and the movie that resulted from it. I don't know much about it other than that has been on my TV more than any other single movie; it's my wife's favorite movie and it probably qualifies as a chick flick. I believe ...read more
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Preventing Spiritual Identity Theft
Contributed on Feb 26, 2023
Do you know who you are? Do you know you're identity in Christ? Might seems like a small matter, until you are stripped of it. Then it can make all the difference in the world.
It’s not often that the start of a New Year just happens to coincide with a new series. But it’s January 1, 2023, and as the Lord would have it, that is exactly what has happened. We recently finished our study in the Book of Romans, and we will proceed this morning right through the New ...read more
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The Message God Blesses--No Matter Who Or How
Contributed on Feb 21, 2023
What is the Message God promises to bless? What message would you tell to a dying man who is on the precipice of eternity?
It was probably 15 or 20 years ago when our church was meeting on Holman Way when I ran into a youth group leader about 20 minutes before a Bible Study on Wednesday night. Her name was Caroline, and I asked her how she was doing. She said okay, but in such a manner that I knew she definitely was ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Christianity For Dummies
Contributed on Feb 21, 2023
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What Jesus Said . . .
Contributed on Sep 30, 2022
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Making Relationships Work
Contributed on May 19, 2022
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Christmas 2021
Contributed on Dec 23, 2021
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God, Grace & The Good News
Contributed on Oct 11, 2021
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When I First Came To Reno To Start A Church, Now ...
Contributed on Nov 12, 2009
When I first came to Reno to start a church, now about 22 years ago, my church planting advisors pointed me toward two men, two pastors who had had an extremely positive and successful experience in their church planting experiences. They had both planted churches in the past decade which had ...read more
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I Had Been A Christian Only A Few Months When I ...
Contributed on Nov 12, 2009
I had been a Christian only a few months when I felt compelled to witness to my father. In the midst of the discussion, I remember a question which he blurted out in frustration. He said, “Well, if God exists, why doesn’t He just blow a big hole in the ground or something?” In other words, why ...read more
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The Eternal Creator Has Ultimately Revealed ...
Contributed on Nov 12, 2009
The Eternal Creator has ultimately revealed himself by becoming one incredible man, Jesus Christ, who demonstrated the truth about God---that He is gracious & willing to save us from our sins. Now that is incredibly great news for us. Of all possible core realities behind this vast universe in ...read more