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Christopher Lanham
Contributing sermons since Dec 9, 2003
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The Connection Between The Head And The Heart: Living Deuteronomy
Contributed on Feb 11, 2012
Why is it important that we intentionally form our worldview? Because it is commanded.
The Connection between Head and Heart: Living Deuteronomy Romans 12:1-2; Colossians 2:6-8; Deuteronomy 6:1-25 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI February 5, 2012 Series: Christ in the Home I have recently enjoyed playing chess on my computer. In fact, when I run into writer’s ...read more
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The View: A Matter Of Perspective On Morality And Ethicschr
Contributed on Feb 11, 2012
What you believe about God and man will impact what you believe about truth and knowledge which will in turn impact what you believe about morality and ethics – which is what the final question a worldview must answer deals with.
The View: A Matter of Perspective on Morality and Ethics Romans 1:18-32; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI January 29, 2012 Series: Christ in the Home There’s a joke my buds and I used to use when driving through town. We’d say that the word “stop” on ...read more
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The View: A Matter Of Perspective Of Truth And Knowledge
Contributed on Feb 11, 2012
What is truth?
Among Bible stories it is iconic – one of those moments that captures the attention of the reader because it resonates with us; one of those things that we have all wrestled with. In fact, it is a moment so pregnant with relevance that for a moment we are tempted to actually empathize with ...read more
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The View: A Matter Of Perspective On God And Man
Contributed on Feb 11, 2012
Discussing what a worldview is, what makes up a worldview and then start talking about the foundational elements of worldview formation.
It was one of those awkward moments in a friendship – when you feel like you should speak up, but you’re not sure how your friend will react. I was a teenager – just finishing up high school, thinking about the future. My best friend and I were preparing for a day of teenage ...read more
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Coming To Grips
Contributed on Feb 11, 2012
How do we buy into the lame excuses we offer without crumbling under the internal conflict we generate from living in ways that are contrary to what we say we believe? The truth is, it all comes down to the way we view the world – it comes down to what f
I want to tell you a story this morning – a funny, yet strangely disturbing story. The setting was a small group retreat with a bunch of teenage boys – I was one of the leaders. We’d had a really good weekend; sharing our faith stories, digging into the Scriptures, spending time ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Christ In The Home
Contributed on Feb 11, 2012
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The Trouble With Living
Contributed on Jun 18, 2011
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Lenten Series 2003
Contributed on Jun 18, 2011
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Mission And Vision Rd. Ii
Contributed on Jul 22, 2010
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Advent
Contributed on Jul 20, 2010
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A Difference In Worldview
Contributed on Feb 11, 2012
A DIFFERENCE IN WORLDVIEW It was one of those awkward moments in a friendship -- when you feel like you should speak up, but you're not sure how your friend will react. I was a teenager -- just finishing up high school, thinking about the future. My best friend and I were preparing for a day ...read more
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The More Excellent Way
Contributed on Jul 22, 2011
THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY I remember a sermon – years ago, in fact I think I may have preached it during my time here as an intern – where my opening illustration was the difference between the way my father chopped wood and the way I chopped it. You may remember the scene – me as a skinny 18 ...read more
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Trees Don't Struggle To Grow
Contributed on Jun 9, 2011
TREES DON'T STRUGGLE TO GROW Rich Ratts, former pastor of Grace Community Church here in Jackson and a now a church planter in Traverse City, once spoke at a pastor’s appreciation breakfast I attended. He began by talking about a cheery orchard outside his window. One night when he couldn’t go ...read more
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Putting The Dog In Dogma
Contributed on Jul 22, 2010
PUTTING THE DOG IN DOGMA The pit bull, as you may know, is bred to be a fighter. But what you may not know is what they were originally bred to fight with. The pit bull is a actually a mutt that made good -- having terrier and mastiff breeds in its line. From the mastiff side of the tree, ...read more
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Big Ed
Contributed on Jul 19, 2010
BIG ED When I was in high school, there was this girl -- let's call her "Edith". Everyone called her Big "Ed" because she was on the heavy side. She was the youngest of four sisters, the three older ones being very attractive. Edith accepted the nickname, showed no real signs of being injured ...read more