Category Archives: christianity

What about the Gnostics?

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Do you ever feel like people are just too gullible? It always surprises me to hear good people — even Christians — being gullible concerning religious matters. For example, good people have asked me questions like:

  • Pastor, do you think The Da Vinci Code is true?
  • Pastor, do you think Jesus married Mary Magdalene?
  • Pastor, what about these other gospels?

I guess I shouldn’t think of people as being gullible. It’s more a matter of not being informed as to what the Bible says and what it does not say. And it’s a matter of not understanding early church history.

This sermon addresses these kinds of questions.

While there is a good deal of Bible text in the sermon, the key verse is 2 Peter 1:16 (NIV) We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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Sermon notes are available by request.

~Steve

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An Easter Sermon – Are You Still in the Tomb?

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As a pastor, I see many people who are unhappy: some who I interact with in my hometown; some who visit my church; some who regularly attend my church. Just go read some random posts on social networking sites and you can see it. Many people are desperately unhappy.

Most often their unhappiness is linked to the darkness they expose themselves to. It grieves me how many people seem to either live in darkness or play with it.

The Bible teaches that Jesus is the Light of the World. It teaches that he can bring light to your life. If you’re wondering how that can happen, check out this sermon.

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Sermon notes are available by request.

~Steve

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The Hunger for Love

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In The Road Less Traveled, pop psychologist M. Scott Peck seems to indicate that he believes so strongly that his patients need love that he would even engage in a physical (sexual) relationship with them if he felt it would make them feel loved and get well. While I disagree completely with that application, it does serve to show how strongly he believes we all need loving relationships.

All of us hunger to love and be loved. Yet more often than not, we find hindrances to loving relationships at every corner. This sermon speaks concerning how God meets this need inside of the Christian Community — the Church — and how we can overcome the hindrances to loving relationships.

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