Sermon - The Kingdom of God:
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March 30, 2008
Taken From: Mark1:14-15, 4:26-29; Matthew 13:31-33
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
He walked among us
embodied the kingdom,
a life of total submission
to the rule of God.
The story of Jesus, a parable of God
that we might know God.
He not only proclaimed God’s rule,
he inaugurated it.
the smallest of seeds, buried,
sprouts and grows
becoming a tree.
The insignificant, like
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Sermon - We Live Not Alone:
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March 23, 2008
Taken From: John 4:1-26
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
In the gospel mix of fear,
misapprehension, evening meals,
locked doors and breakfast on the beach,
God’s new age has broken into
the present time, our time.
We preach to a world that is
always in danger of thinking
that death has the last word.
We throw our voices up against
the final
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March 16, 2008
Taken From: John 4:1-26
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
In the charged air of Passover
he rides Zechariah’s donkey into the city,
crowds before and behind him
shout hosannas, wave palm branches
declare him king.
He is not like the conquerors
who’ve come before him or those who
will come after. He speaks of a seed
and death; a grain of wheat
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Sermon - The Outsider and the Messiah:
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March 9, 2008
Taken From: John 4:1-26
Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel
Her mid-day arrival at the well
speaks volumes, reveals her outcast state,
a fallen Samaritan woman, three
strikes at high noon. His request
for a drink surprises her, breaks
the rules. She asks for the living
water he offers, understanding neither
the gift nor the giver. His unveiling
of her past
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