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John Roy
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
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With Jesus In The School Of Social Change
Contributed on Oct 26, 2016
Change, if the world is not the way it needs to be---what is our response
One of the pressing questions of our day, or any day, is how do we make lasting social change which reflects the values of God’s Kingdom. The short answer for many is the ballot box. Yet there are plenty of issues which demand more nuance than legislation. From the Temperance movement of the 1820’s ...read more
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Spiritual Networth
Contributed on Oct 26, 2016
Are we material people trapped in spiritual bodies, or spiritual people trapped in material bodies? This sermon asserts that we need to be concerned about our spiritual net worth, because we are spiritual people.
From time to time I suspect people review their finances. In those reviews, they may take a moment to calculate their net worth. Our financial net worth is the value of all assets, minus the total of all liabilities. Put another way, net worth is what is owned minus what is owed. The value of ...read more
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The Urgent Or The Important
Contributed on Jan 15, 2002
One of the secrets of life is knowing the difference between the urgent and the important.
The Urgent or the Important Ecclesiastes 3:2 One day a professor took out a one-gallon pitcher from under her desk. She also produced about a dozen fist size rocks. She carefully placed the rocks in the jar. The rocks stacked up to the rim of the pitcher then she asked her bright students if ...read more
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Whatever Happened To Miracles
Contributed on Jan 15, 2002
Miracles still happen for those with the courage to look and the faith to see.
Whatever Happened To Miracles Luke 1:26-38 Whatever happened to miracles? Some say that the scientific era has crucified miracles. I disagree. The real perpetrator in this attempted murder is language. We have lost our ability to recognize and describe the miraculous with our language. When ...read more
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The Church Of The Hot Waffle
Contributed on Jan 15, 2002
The church is to be the welcoming place for struggling sinners and stained saints.
The Church of the Hot Waffle Matthew 11:19 & Mark 2:15-17 The Waffle House is to restaurants what little league baseball is to the Major leagues. The Waffle House serves food and that is where it’s comparison with other restaurants stop. It features, waffles, of course, Bert’s Chili, Omelets, ...read more
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People Who Are Truly Thankful Don’t ...
Contributed on Jan 29, 2001
People who are truly thankful don’t complain, they find a reason to be grateful. Matthew Henry, who wrote a commentary on every book of the Bible, was once robbed. The thieves took everything of value that he had. Later that evening he wrote in his diary these words, “I am thankful that during ...read more
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Too Often Our Gratitude Is Dependent Upon The ...
Contributed on Jan 29, 2001
Too often our gratitude is dependent upon the circumstances of life. A beautiful hymn was written by Martin Rinkart during the thirty-year war to help us look beyond our circumstances and see the hand of God. Rinkart was a pastor in Saxony, Germany as the turbulent years of the war dragged on. For ...read more
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John Henry Jowett Said, "Gratitude Is A ...
Contributed on Jan 29, 2001
John Henry Jowett said, “Gratitude is a vaccine, an ...read more