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Les Buttolph
Contributing sermons since May 23, 2017
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I Make All Things New
Contributed on Jan 2, 2024
Heading into the New Year, we each choose our path forward. Taking the path of Christ leads us to His Kingdom on earth where He makes all things new.
Last week we were lighting Advent Candles, in the midst of the Christmas celebration, and now here we are, standing on the brink of the New Year. But even though Christmas Day is past… the holiday music on radio and in the stores has ended, and Christmas items are being drastically marked down in ...read more
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One Lord, One Church, One Banquet
Contributed on Oct 2, 2023
Celebrating Worldwide Communion
As the first Sunday of October, today is not only our regular Communion Sunday, it’s Worldwide Communion Sunday for Christians around the world. (Our Communion table is arrayed with different types and colors of bread symbolizing the worldwide Church’s diversity.) It’s a day to celebrate the ...read more
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"take Courage. It Is I."
Contributed on Aug 28, 2023
When the storms of life threaten, even overwhelm us, know that Jesus is there, and can save us.
One very cold day, a farmer sees a bird lying on the path, half dead. He picks up the bird, cradles it in his hands, and blows his warm breath on it. The bird begins to revive, but the farmer has chores to do, and doesn’t have the time to nurse the bird to recovery. But he spots a fresh cow pile, ...read more
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The Lord Who Sanctifies
Contributed on Jul 24, 2023
We are sanctified (set apart) on our Way Forward by the Lord, M'Kaddesh
I’ve been using the parallel between Israel leaving Egypt, to our departure from the UMC, and their entrance into the Promised Land, as our joining the GMC. Not to identify the UMC with the Egyptian slavery, or the GMC with the Promised land, but as a means of comparing our Way Forward between the ...read more
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On Eagle's Wings
Contributed on Jul 7, 2023
The American Bald Eagle can help us see the nature of our God
This past Tuesday was Independence Day, the day we celebrated our declaration of our independence from England 247 years ago. As we discussed last week, it was our new beginning for the 13 colonies to be known as America. The American flag with its thirteen alternating red and white stripes, and a ...read more