Click here to watch the sermon. Rev. Dr. Bruce Epperly is the senior minister at the South Congregational Church in Centerville, Massachusetts. He also has worked as a seminary professor and a university chaplain, ultimately serving four or five different seminaries and universities. He also has written more than 50 books, including the award-winning book Tending to the Holy: The Practice […]
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Click here to watch the sermon. Matthew 6:25-34 (The Message) If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your
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Click here to watch the video. Matthew 5:13-16 (from the paraphrase The Message) “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage. “Here’s another way to put it:
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Click here to watch the sermon. Psalm 139:1-6 & Matthew 6:19-21 I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter books. The movies are fine, and the Broadway and Fantastic Beasts spinoffs are acceptable. But the books—the seven original Harry Potter books—are special. In many ways they are about the fight of good versus evil, but they also contain so many
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Click here to watch the sermon. Acts 2:1-16 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4All
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Click here to listen to the sermon. Hebrews 11:39-12:2 The Book of Hebrews is a bit of a mystery to Bible scholars. We don’t know who wrote it, and scholars disagree about when it was written. The best guess—or at least the one that makes the most sense to me—is that it was written between 64 and 70 CE. Those who followed
Click here to watch the sermon. Acts 16:6-15 There is so much in this story that I want to know more about. First of all, it says that Paul and Timothy were “forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,” and “the spirit of Jesus did not allow them” to go to Bithynia. How did that work, exactly?
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Click her to watch the sermon. Most pastors will tell you that preaching on the big holidays is difficult. First of all, the pressure is high. Attendance is larger than usual with lots of visitors, so it’s important to give a good sermon . . .or at least not put anyone to sleep. Second, preaching on big holidays is hard because
Click here to watch the sermon. Scripture: Psalm 23 I want to tell you a true story. Please forgive me if you’ve heard me tell it before. But my records show that the last time I told this story in public was more than 50 miles from here and more than 12 years ago, so I think the statute of limitations
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Click here to watch the sermon. Mark 2:1-12 I invite you to imagine yourself as a member of the crowd in this story. You heard that Jesus was at his home in Capernaum, and you needed to visit him. You had heard all about his many miracles, and you need one, too, so you rushed to his home, eager to be
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