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05/06/2012
Jay Thorson |
Connecting Faith and its Fruit
Sermon John 15:1-8
Why it is so important that our lives bear fruit, and how our faith makes that happen.
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04/29/2012
Jay Thorson |
The Good Shepherd is King
Sermon John 10:11-18
When Jesus calls himself the "Good Shepherd," he is claiming to be our true king, who knows us and dies for us.
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04/22/2012
Jay Thorson |
Because you are a Child of God
Sermon 1 John 3:1-3
When we realize that we have been adopted as God's children, we will want to purify ourselves.
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04/15/2012
Jay Thorson |
Walking in the Light
Sermon 1 John 1:6-9
We do not experience real fellowship with Christ, or with one another, until we confess to one another our sins. This is what John means by 'walking in the light.'
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04/08/2012
Jay Thorson |
The Essential Resurrection
Sermon 1 Corinthians 15:1-14
The Resurrection is essential to our Christian faith.
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04/05/2012
Jay Thorson |
Defeating the 7 Deadly Sins - Sloth
Mid-week Lent
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04/01/2012
Jay Thorson |
The True Leader
Sermon John 12:20-33
Why Jesus is the one person who is truly worthy of our total trust, and how trusting him makes us into new people
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03/28/2012
Jay Thorson |
Defeating the 7 Deadly Sins - Gluttony
Mid-week Lent Proverbs 23:19-21
Gluttony is to try to satisfy ourselves with physical pleasures. It leads to atheism, because we are trying to build a heaven of pleasure on earth, instead of patiently waiting for the eternal Kingdom God brings.
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03/25/2012
Jay Thorson |
Why the Cross
Sermon John 12:20-33
We look at how Jesus himself explains the importance of the cross
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03/21/2012
Jay Thorson |
Defeating the 7 Deadly Sins - Lust
Mid-week Lent 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
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03/18/2012
Jay Thorson |
Real Love
Sermon John 3:17-21
Real love combines both correction for sin, and support of the sinner.
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03/14/2012
Jay Thorson |
Defeating the 7 Deadly Sins - Anger
Mid-week Lent James 1:19-20
We defeat anger, not be venting it, but by facing the pain which is underneath it, and joining it to the sufferings of Christ
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03/11/2012
Jay Thorson |
Joy in the Ten Commandments
Sermon Exodus 20:1-17
When we understand the true context of the Ten Commandments, they become a joy instead of a burden.
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03/07/2012
Jay Thorson |
Defeating the Seven Deadly Sins -- Envy
Mid-week Lent Genesis 4:1-8
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03/04/2012
Jay Thorson |
The Real Jacob's Ladder
Sermon Genesis 28:10-17
We look at how Jacob's dream of the stairway to heaven is actually a forecast of what Jesus will do for us.
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02/29/2012
Jay Thorson |
Defeating the Seven Deadly Sins - Greed
Mid-week Lent Luke 12:13-21
We expose the signs of hidden greed in our lives, where we try to fill spiritual holes with material things.
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02/26/2012
Jay Thorson |
Understanding the Sacrifice of Isaac
Sermon Genesis 22:1-18
The story of God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac is one of the most terrifying in the Bible. Today we learn why this passage is still relevant today.
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02/22/2012
Jay Thorson |
Defeating the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride
Mid-week Lent Proverbs 16:18
The deadly sins are deadly because they breed other sins, and they are hidden, so we fail to fight them before its too late. Pride is the first, because it in an ingredient in all the other sins.
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02/19/2012
Jay Thorson |
Jesus Only
Sermon Mark 9:2-8
The story of the Transfiguration prepares us for Lent, by revealing God's design for spiritual transformation, which is finished when we hear, see, trust, and desire Jesus only.
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02/12/2012
Jay Thorson |
When it's Good to be a Sinner
Sermon Mark 2:13-17
Jesus only calls sinners, because only sinners are humble enough to listen.
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02/05/2012
Phil Nybroten |
The Authority of Service
Sermon Mark 2:1-12
The Authority of Jesus is rooted in his willingness to serve
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01/29/2012
Jay Thorson |
Author of Salvation
Sermon Mark 1:21-28
Jesus teaches with authority, because he is the author of the scriptures, the subject of the scriptures, and the author of a new script for the lives of those who have faith.
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01/22/2012
Jay Thorson |
Fishing for the Benefit of the Fish
Sermon Mark 1:13-20
Jesus calls us into a new kind of fishing, a fishing which gives new life to the fish!
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01/15/2012
Jay Thorson |
Your Body is for the Lord
Sermon 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Our culture teaches that our body is for our personal pleasure. Scripture teaches that it has a far higher purpose. Through our bodies, we experience the presence of God.
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