Friend Lazarus - John 11
A service plan for Eastertide focused on the resurrection of Jesus' friend Lazarus in an Eastertide series focusing on Bible stories that occurred before Christ's resurrection but which shed light on how we should live after his resurrection.
June 1, 2005
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10 min read
Divine Glory: From Glory to Glory - 2 Corinthians 3
An order of worship planned around 2 Corinthians 3, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship.
June 1, 2005
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2 min read
God of First Place - Acts 17, HCLD 34
A service plan focused on the first commandment and God's exclusive claim on our lives as both our creator and our deliverer in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
June 1, 2005
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9 min read
Evening Remembrance for September 11
A short service of prayer and lament in response to the tragedy of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
June 1, 2005
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1 min read
Why Isn't God Answering? - Psalms 10 and 13
A service plan focusing on the struggle with seemingly unanswered prayers, the nature of God and the nature of faith in a series addressing difficult questions of the faith.
June 1, 2005
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8 min read
The Christian Work Style
A service plan based on Proverbs 6:6-8 and Ephesians 4:25-32 focused on the style of work that characterizes Christians in a series on vocation and how our faith and our work are integrated.
June 1, 2005
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10 min read
Our Joy - Psalms 34, 51, Luke 15
A service plan focused on responses and emotions in worship. Our faith gives us reason for great joy, but we also experience much pain and sorrow in this world. Part of a series of sermons pairing together some of the seemingly irreconcilable paradoxes in the Christian faith.
June 1, 2005
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12 min read
Worship Service: A Faith that Sighs and Sings - Habakkuk 3
A worship service plan flowing from the statement that Christian faith "can be found in the deepest despair and at the greatest joy." Habakkuk reminds us that true faith does not ignore life's problems, but meets them head on.
June 1, 2005
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7 min read
All Sheep Need a Shepherd - Psalm 23, John 10
A service plan for Lent on the strong assurance found in the grace of God that comes to us in Jesus Christ, viewing Christ as the fulfillment of the Shepherd-love of Psalm 23. Part of a Lenten series focused on "Walking with God through Psalm 23."
June 1, 2005
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8 min read
We Live by Faith - Romans 1
A service plan for October leading up to Reformation Day focused on the truth that we are saved by faith alone and we are called to live by faith in a four-week series on truths from the Reformation.
June 1, 2005
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9 min read
The Impossible Birth - Luke 1
A service plan from the Apostles' Creed focused on the virgin-birth of Christ, affirming that he was "conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary" in a series on the Apostles' Creed as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
June 1, 2005
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7 min read
Divine Glory: The Glory We See - John 1
An order of worship planned around John 1:14, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship.
June 1, 2005
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1 min read
