Sermon: “Alive to God” 7-25-10

  Listen to Sermon:  Scripture Reading: Romans 6:12-23 I knew a little boy who liked to play with pencils.  He drew with pencils.  He  sharpened pencils.  He stacked them up to build little forts and houses.  He had long, short, skinny and fat pencils.  He had mechanical pencils,  carpenter pencils and coloring pencils. He had [...]

Sermon: When in Romans…… 7-18-10

WHEN IN ROMANS …07/18/2010   Doug Diehl Listen to Sermon Scripture Reading: Romans 3:21-31 This week, in our One Year Bible, we left the Book of Acts and entered the Letter to the Romans.  As we read Romans for the next several weeks I will supplement it with a series of four sermons.  I encourage you, [...]

Sermon: ….Then I Shall Be Free 7-4-10

Sermon:  Listen … THEN I SHALL BE FREE    07/04/2010    Doug Diehl  Scripture Reading: Psalm 91  July 4, 1776 – 56 men putting their future, their lives and their reputations on the line – the Declaration of Independence – affirming freedom for a new nation. 1700 years earlier – one man laying down his life – [...]

Sermon: Christian Babbling June 27, 2010

CHRISTIAN BABBLING - June 27, 2010 – Doug Diehl  Listen to Sermon Scripture Reading:  Acts 17:16-31 Twice we have been the not so proud owners of cockatiels, overgrown parakeets of sorts. Each time we bought expensive bird food – specially blended mixtures of millet, sunflower and safflowers seeds, alfalfa meal, soybean meal, ground corn and various [...]

Sermon: AN EXAGGERATED FAITH – June 6, 2010

Scripture Reading: John 21:15-25 Can you guess who this is? “He was born in the state of Maine.  When he was 2 weeks old he weighed 100 pounds.  His parents took him and put him in a cradle out in the ocean.  Every time he rocked in his cradle, big waves would come in and [...]

Sermon: INTEGRITY – May 23, 2010

Listen to Sermon:  Integrity Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 24:1-6, 16-22 Last September we began the church year with the theme – “Rethink Church.”  The United Methodist denomination suggested the theme for this stated purpose: to “invite the United Methodist Church, and those unchurched who are seeking spiritual fulfillment, to become more outwardly focused and engaged [...]

Sermon: BLESSED ASSURANCE, JESUS IS YOURS – May 9, 2010

Listen to Sermon:  Blessed Assurance Jesus Is Yours Scripture Reading: John 2:1-11 Almost every wedding I have conducted over 32 years of ministry has begun with these words, “The covenant of marriage was established by God, who created us male and female for each other. With his presence and power Jesus graced a wedding at [...]

Sermon: SEEING JESUS IN THE BREAD – May 2, 2010

Listen to Sermon: SeeingJesusInTheBread Scripture Reading: Luke 24:35-48 “Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.” Who were they?  Cleopas and another guy.  Which road?  The road leading west out of Jerusalem towards Emmaus.  Why did they say they [...]

Sermon: DRIVING OUT THE NEIGHBORS – April 25, 2010

Scripture Reading: Joshua 23:1-11 What stories we could tell about our neighbors – both good and bad – stories of neighbors helping far beyond the call of duty and stories of neighbors who have made our lives miserable.  As a young teenager, our next-door neighbors sold drugs out of their house.  Sharing a common, narrow [...]

Sermon: GOOD OLD MOSES – April 11, 2010

Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 I just spent a few hours the other day with an important “four score and more-er.” I had a quick meeting in Bismarck on Thursday and was able to fit in a few hours with this person on Friday morning before heading back.  That important “four score and more-er” is my [...]

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