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Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 24:15-31
Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 24:15-31 Jesus came once to save all of us. Jesus will come again to reward the faithful. When we recite the Apostolic Creed we confess about Jesus as follows: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the…
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Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 24:1-14
Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 24:1-14 We have been talking about the self-centered life and God-centered life for three weeks. These are totally two different world views. They have two different purposes in life! These are the teachings that Jesus gives to us in Matthew 23. Self-Centered Life God-Centered Life Why do you keep…
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Today!
You say that we can play tomorrow Today we have to work! It is always today for you and me. You say we can sing tomorrow Today we have to earn our bread. It is always today for you and me. You say we can smile tomorrow Today we have to be serious! We always have tomorrow But…
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Some say No!
Some say no, don’t give your life to God! If not life, then what? Some say no, don’t spend your time for the Lord! If not time, then what? Some say no, don’t give to Jesus what you have! Without Jesus, What do I have?
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When I met my Jesus
When I met my Lord, I learned how to sing. When I met my Savior, I learned how to bear fruits. When I encounted my Creator through the rainbow covenant, I started to speak about hope beyond the storms of my life. It all began with my being born in Jesus.
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Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 23:29-39
Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 23:29-39 We have reflected upon the nature of our church, comparing two different questions: How can I win this game? (Self-centered, Win/Lose paradigm) How can we live together? (Relationship building, Win/Win paradigm) The first question is asked when we operate in the human made organizations. The second question should be…
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Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 23:16-28
Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 23:16-28 Last Sunday we examined the difference between the God created institutions and the human made organizations. I will summarize them for our review. Institutions that God created Organizations that Humans made Home Church Profit org Non profit org Distributors Blood, Memory, Parental Love Faith, Hope, Divine Love Profit, Product,…
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What is the legacy that you want to leave?
What is the legacy that you want to leave? Question That was the question that I want to think about together. In October and November, I attended two seminars: “Innovation Forum” (Nashville) and “Circuit Leaders Retreat” (Santa Cruz). I went there as the chair person of the Congregational Development Committee of our conference. They did…
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Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 23:1-15
Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 23:1-15 God created two institutions: Home and Church. Humans organized three institutions: Profit (Company and Business), Non-Profit (Cancer Society, Homeless Shelter, INC, and schools), and Distributor organizations (Power, Resource, and Opportunities, for example Government). Those institutions that God created should guide and lead the human institutions. Profit organizations tend to…
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Matthew 22:23-46
Matthew 22:23-46 Last Sunday after the service someone said to me, “Pastor, I do not want to be critical at all but when we said a covenant vow, using the marriage vow, it was not right for us to say ‘until we are parted by death’ because we would not be parted from Jesus by…
