Sermons: Celebration

Before & After
It's Party Time , Part 9
Death is almost always inconvenient. It's almost always an interruption. It's not something that fits easily in to our palm piloted life. Death is starting out in to the light of the day and being enveloped in darkness. Easter is about recapturing the light.
>> sermon filed under: celebration, easter

Life in the Trenches
It's Party Time , Part 8
Palm Sunday is all about enduring the harsher realities of life. It’s what happens after the honeymoon is over. It’s the first irate phone call after you’ve moved in to the new office. It’s what happens after the sale has been made - and you call the service department. It’s the distraction you must endure to get where you need to go, the detours you must go around to get to your destination. It’s what it takes to cross the finish line victorious.
>> sermon filed under: celebration, distractions

Are You Feeling Lucky?
It's Party Time , Part 7
Most people who emigrate from one country to another are doing so in search of a better life. Whether we're talking about the first pilgrims to this country hundreds of years ago, or today when Chinese immigrants stow away in a ship in unsanitary conditions, I have to think most do so in hopes of a better life.
>> sermon filed under: celebration

Celebrate the Plain Truth
It's Party Time , Part 6
Communicating the Gospel in plain language is sometimes complicated work. Too often we develop our own religious jargon, which is gibberish to seekers. Even though we may mean well, when we try to communicate with anyone outside our Christian subculture using God-talk or christianeeze, a spiritualized jargon that makes us sound otherworldly, we become less like Jesus not more like him.
>> sermon filed under: celebration, outreach

Celebrate With Humility
It's Party Time , Part 5
Humility is difficult to talk about; the moment you think you have it, you've lost it. In this sermon we will learn through the example of Jesus what humility looks like and what some of the characteristics are of truly humble people.
>> sermon filed under: celebration, service

Celebrate With Your Rowdy Friends
It's Party Time , Part 4
Christians frequently hide behind the phrase, hate the sin but love the sinner, but too often have an attitude that comes off as holier than thou because our real feeling is disgust for the tax collectors and sinners we encounter, and it shows through.
>> sermon filed under: celebration, outreach

Celebrate Breaking Down Barriers
It's Party Time , Part 3
God created people differently and that's something to celebrate. In this sermon, Gordon talks about three characters and three insights we can gain from the story of Jesus traveling through Samaria. Listen to this sermon and see how Jesus broke every religion, ethnic and gender barrier of his time simply by being where He was and asking for a drink of water.
>> sermon filed under: celebration, risk

Celebrate Getting Connected
It's Party Time , Part 2
It seems that too many people today are on a course in life that they're convinced is the right course. But what they have forgotten or not noticed along the way is that they have traveled so far outside the path that God would have for them that they have become disconnected; the cord has been pulled out from the power source and they have not noticed it and they’re headed for a crash. In this sermon, Gordon talks about two very basic principles that can help us to get and stay connected to God.
>> sermon filed under: celebration, spiritual growth

Celebrate Promises
It's Party Time , Part 1
In this sermon, Gordon talks about three promises about which we can always celebrate. They are not particularly complex but rather simple and yet profound. Listen to this sermon to find out what those promises are.
>> sermon filed under: celebration, temptation

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