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A Return To Civility
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 23, 2024 (message contributor)
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1. A Return To Civility: Intro
Contributed on Jun 23, 2024
I noticed that as a society we've seemed to have lost our Civility, we no longer show one another respect. Could that be because we've lost our common morality? This is a new look at the 10 Commandments
Earlier this year I was struck by how uncivil our society has become. I can’t remember if it was a personal encounter with someone or something I saw on the news or read on social media. But I do remember thinking: Why can’t we just be civil to each other, what can’t we just be nice? It seems that ...read more
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2. A Return To Civility: 2 Creat No Idols
Contributed on Jul 6, 2024
This message focus on the second commandment as we look at the loss of a mutual morality in today's society.
A couple of weeks ago we began our series “A Return to Civility” and I mentioned how earlier this year I had speculated on what I saw as a loss of civility in our society. We’ve come to a place where we can no longer agree to disagree, and we’ve stopped treating one another with respect, at least ...read more
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3. A Return To Civility: 3 Respect God's Name
Contributed on Jul 14, 2024
In today's world God's name is used as a curse and an exclamation point, this message looks at how we are to use it and not use it.
Recently I was reading an article written by a friend of mine, Mike McNeil. Mike and I are from the same home church, and he taught at Kingswood University for forty years before taking a teaching position with Kings Church in Saint John. Mike writes a column called Soul Apologetics, and this week ...read more
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4. A Return To Civility: 4 Keep The Sabbath
Contributed on Jul 20, 2024
In this crazy world, where it's rush, rush, rush, the idea of a day set apart for rest and reflection seems almost impossible. But, is it?
What a crazy world we live in today. Do you ever feel like the Rabbit in “Alice in Wonderland”? You know the one, he’s always rushing this way and that looking at his watch and muttering, “I’m late, I’m late”. It seems that every hour of every day is filled to the limit with things that need ...read more
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5. A Return To Civility: 6 Do Not Murder
Contributed on Jul 27, 2024
This message looks at the 6th commandment, Do not Murder. It seems like an easy one to keep, but what happens when we broaden it out?
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six-year-olds. After explaining the commandment to "honour thy father and thy mother," she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" Without missing a beat, ...read more
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6. A Return To Civility: 5 Honour Your Parents
Contributed on Aug 3, 2024
When we are little our parents are like God to us, it's no wonder this is the pivotal command between our relationship with God and our relationship with others.
Civility 5 A little change in direction here. We started this series on the Ten Commandments, back in June and after the first four commandments, there’s about to be an abrupt turn. Last week, knowing that this week was going to be one of our three family Sundays this summer, I spoke on ...read more
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7. A Return To Civility: 9 Do Not Lie
Contributed on Aug 24, 2024
lies, distortion, exaggeration. They are all they same. This message looks at why we lie and the damage those lies can cause to others and to us.
I think that if we were honest today, we’d all agree that there is a feeling of violation that happens when we feel that we have been deceived. Most relationships can take almost anything except deceit. It was Friedrich Nietzsche who said, “I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset ...read more
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8. A Return To Civility: 10 Don't Covet
Contributed on Aug 31, 2024
We don't hear the word covet a lot this days, but being greedy is pretty close. This message looks at why we shouldn't be greedy.
A Sunday school teacher was asking her class if anyone knew what the Tenth Commandment was, to which a little boy responded, “You must not take the covers off your neighbour’s wife.” Pretty close. Well, here we are—the last week of our series, A Return to Civility. When we started the series in ...read more