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Troy Borst
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
Newest Sermons
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Which One Am I?
Contributed on May 14, 2025
Spiritual self-awareness as a believer in Jesus means living in tune with God. It does not mean seeing others with eyes, listening to others with ears, and then responding with a judgmental attitude based on what we see and hear. None of us are as righteous as we think we are.
WHICH ONE AM I? LUKE 18:9-14 #SpiritualPride INTRODUCTION I was reading and listening in the Gospel of Luke the other week and a parable of Jesus smacked me right in the heart. I am going to share the parable with you today and see if it smacks you as well. The passage comes right after a ...read more
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A Protective Mother
Contributed on May 7, 2025
We honor the women who have sheltered us. We thank the ones who clucked, and cried, and charged, and comforted.
A PROTECTIVE MOTHER Exodus 2:1-4 #MothersDay INTRODUCTION… Famous Mothers Today is Mother’s Day! It is a day to honor those women in our lives who have made an eternal difference. Maybe it was the woman who gave birth to you, but it also may be an aunt, a sister, or another dear woman who has ...read more
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The Price Is Right
Contributed on Apr 30, 2025
If Jesus enters your heart this Sabbath morning because you have left the door even slightly ajar, please, please do not chase Him out when you leave church. Take Him home with you. Don’t force Christ to find other quarters because you refuse to pay the mere pittance He asks of you.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT JAMES 1:19-27 #thepriceisright INTRODUCTION I should tell you that up front, the sermon that I will share with you this morning is NOT a sermon that I have written. I write all my own sermons each week, but this one is not mine. This one was written for Cold Spring and South ...read more
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The Passover Lamb
Contributed on Apr 16, 2025
Jesus Christ physically died and physically rose back to life giving us His body and blood as payment for sin all predicted by Passover.
EASTER 2025: THE PASSOVER LAMB (3 of 3) MATTHEW 26:17-29 #Easter2025 FLASHBACK (tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Flashback/Film) In narrative storytelling, there is a technique called “flashback” that is commonly used. ‘Flashback” is a narrative technique in which we are shown events that took ...read more
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What Made It A Good Friday?
Contributed on Apr 16, 2025
When it comes to Good Friday, why is it called “Good?”
GOOD FRIDAY 2025: WHAT MADE IT A GOOD FRIDAY? LUKE 23:32-49 #GoodFriday INTRODUCTION / FOCUS ON “GOOD” Etymology is the study of where words come from. Sometimes that can be a fun thing to look at and sometimes it can be mind-numbingly boring. For most of us, it is probably boring. But! ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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The Songs We Sing
Contributed on Jan 28, 2025
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Christmas 2024: Fear Not
Contributed on Dec 4, 2024
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Thanksgiving Sermons
Contributed on Nov 12, 2024
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Isaiah 53
Contributed on Aug 6, 2024
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M16: 5 Sermons In Matthew 16
Contributed on Jun 19, 2024
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God's Parental Sayings
Contributed on Dec 19, 2022
God’s Parental Sayings The point of today’s message revolves around Jesus being the Son of God and what that means for us. That got me thinking about sayings we have all heard from our parents and things we never thought we would say. I wondered, what might God have said to Jesus… Him being His ...read more
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Canadian Poet Margaret Atwood Said, "The Eski...
Contributed on Jun 24, 2015
Canadian poet Margaret Atwood said, “The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because snow was important to them: there ought to be as many for love” ...read more
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Jesus Became A Human Being By Meister Eckhart
Contributed on May 7, 2015
ILLUSTRATION… Jesus Became A Human Being by Meister Eckhart (Miller, ed. The Book of Jesus. pg 241) “Jesus became a human being because God the Compassionate One could not suffer and lacked a back to be beaten. God needed a back like our ...read more
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An Urgent Message At Easter
Contributed on Apr 4, 2015
EASTER FAMILY TIME (p) It is Easter time and a gathering opportunity for your whole family. Your family made a commitment to all get together this year at Easter to make sure you celebrated something this year as a family. Grandma chose Easter and chose to rent a few beach houses for everyone ...read more
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Fear In The Work Cubicle
Contributed on Apr 4, 2015
IN THE WORK CUBICLE (p) It’s a normal day at the office. You got to work 5 minutes late like usual. You find your normal parking place open and you whip your car into the spot and grab all that you need from the passenger seat. You are soon in the elevator heading to your floor. The elevator ...read more