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Patrick Lane
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
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Undertanding Above Obedience
Contributed on Jan 16, 2001
John the Baptizer’s call for repentance calls us to live the live we already know.
As I reminisce on Christmas this year a few movies come to mind. It’s a wonderful life, miracle on 34th street; a Christmas story is my favorite. Another favorite is the edited version of Christmas Vacation. That movie is full of hilarious scenes and the one I believe to be my favorite changes ...read more
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Being Real
Contributed on Jan 9, 2001
God calls us to follow the model of Jesus and be real
All right… how many of you made new year’s resolutions? How many of you… have broken your new year’s resolutions? They, whoever they are, say that to break a habit, not an addiction, but a habit, takes 3 days. To establish a habit takes 30 days, which doesn’t mean that to do something good will ...read more
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Be Still
Contributed on Dec 20, 2000
The measure of our faith may be known in our abilty to be still
Do you have trouble being still? We commonly associate trouble keeping still with children. Many of us remember the methods or means that our parents and for some reason particularly our moms would use to keep us still in church. My mom had the secret pinch. It looked like she was just moving ...read more
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Fear And Family
Contributed on Dec 20, 2000
Ruth’s story of irony and inclusion is also a reminder of God’s presence in the Christian community
What’s your greatest fear?… Anyone here afraid of spiders? I used to be afraid of spiders. I’m ok with them now, but for a while…. Well I remember once in college I woke up in my old dorm and there was a garden spider on top of my covers, about 10 or so inches from my head. He was looking at me ...read more
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Who Can Believe It?
Contributed on Dec 20, 2000
We often miss God because we only look in the expected places
Who could believe it? Who would have ever thought it would have come to this? Such a powerful and glaring historical spectacle, nothing has gone as it seemed…. All of the professionals and most of the amatures got this one wrong. In fact as I read the record, no one suggested at any time ...read more