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William Jewett
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
Newest Sermons
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The Wonderful World Of Worship
Contributed on Nov 27, 2001
Part 1 of 4
Have you ever been on a sailboat, with the wind at our backs blowing through the sails, riding across the waves, sun glistening across the water? It’s pretty exhilarating, isn’t it? But what happens to that sailboat when it’s tied down and not sailing? Wind sails through its riggings, but the ...read more
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Collision Course With Reality
Contributed on Nov 27, 2001
Part 2 of 4
Jack Chinn was on board the U.S.S. Princeton when that new aircraft carrier was launched at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1942. For two and a half years, the ship was home to Chinn and several hundred other men. More than just a military vessel, the Princeton was also a small town. Naturally, ...read more
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Birth Of A New Era
Contributed on Nov 27, 2001
part 3 of 4 of our series on worship as a lifestyle
In a television program I watch there is an episode in which the minister stood up before the congregation. It was a vast sanctuary -- but it was almost empty. The minister looked out upon all of the empty seats and surveyed the 4 lonely people in the congregation -- one young man, and three ...read more
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Contributed on Nov 27, 2001
part 4 of our series on worship as a lifestyle not an event or place
God is the Audience of My Worship Gordon Dahl said, "Most middle-class Americans tend to worship their work, work at their play, and play at their worship." William Temple, the renowned archbishop of Canterbury, defined worship as quickening the conscience by the holiness of God, feeding the mind ...read more
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Principles To Live By: Developing Character
Contributed on Nov 9, 2000
how to develop Christian character
Supposing an important person in the space program phoned to invite us to travel in a spaceship to a space platform - like a house circling in space - how many of us would like to go? What are our reasons for wanting to go - or to stay behind? Going into space is risky. We aren't designed to live ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Worship As A Lifestyle
Contributed on Nov 27, 2001
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Living My Best Life
Contributed on Nov 2, 2000
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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One New Year’s Day, In The Tournament Of ...
Contributed on Nov 2, 2000
One New Year’s Day, in the Tournament of Roses parade, a beautiful float suddenly sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The whole parade was held up until someone could get a can of gas. The amusing thing was this float represented the Standard Oil Company. With its vast oil resources, its truck ...read more
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In A Seminary Missions Class, Herbert Jackson ...
Contributed on Nov 2, 2000
In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had them push his car ...read more
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F.b. Meyer Wrote About Two Germans Who Wanted To ...
Contributed on Nov 2, 2000
F.B. Meyer wrote about two Germans who wanted to climb the Matterhorn. They hired three guides and began their ascent at the steepest and most slippery part. The men roped themselves together in this order: guide, traveler, guide, traveler, guide. They had gone only a little way up the side when ...read more
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John Maxwell Tells A Story That Illustrates The ...
Contributed on Nov 2, 2000
John Maxwell tells a story that illustrates the importance of a positive attitude. A newly married woman insisted on going to the California desert so she could be near her soldier husband. The only place the couple could find to live was a rundown shack near an Indian village. The daytime heat was ...read more
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Martin Luther Put It This Way In The First Of ...
Contributed on Nov 2, 2000
Martin Luther put it this way in the first of the 95 theses he nailed to the door of the Wittenberg church: "When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said ’repent,’ He ...read more