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  • Great Affirmations In A Day Of Denial Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Jan 12, 2010
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     | 2,646 views

    Our world is a denying, divisive place but Christ is God's great affirmation of love to us

    Division, dogmatism and denial seem to be hallmarks of our culture, including the church. We don't have to look far to see it either. Turn on talk radio and you'll here diatribe after diatribe. Products and pharmaceutical make a promise instant health or beauty. Spiritual gurus, self-help writers ...read more

  • Hope For A New Year

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Jan 4, 2010
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     | 4,566 views

    Facing a new year we can learn from how the Magi visited Jesus

    It is disheartening when someone you’ve respected in their chosen field ends up being nothing more than a lost soul. John Antrobus, a playwright and author, shared a Christmas he spent with Peter Sellers in a December 27 article. He got a call in 1977 inviting him to come over Christmas Day. During ...read more

  • Courageous Faith Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 29, 2009
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     | 3,761 views

    Using the GRINCH as an acronym the "C" is for the courage of Joseph who took on God’s call to protect God’s son, Jesus

    Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in a Christmas message wrote, “During the Christmas rush two men were standing on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street in New York City, waiting for a red light. One of them was irritated by the traffic. ‘This town is totally disorganized,’ he growled. ‘Look at this traffic! ...read more

  • Redeeming One’s Life From Meh! Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 8, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,848 views

    Growing our hearts three sizes larger takes not only giving but a redemptive type of giving. It seeks the best for others and is carried out with a sense of rejoicing

    A few of you understand the sermon title but some will be mystified by the word "meh". Is there someone who would like to try to define it for us? It is a slang term that communicates an attitude of apathy or indifference toward something. My favorite definition is that meh is a verbal shrug. What ...read more

  • Generosity For A Selfish Age Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 8, 2009
     | 3,459 views

    God’s answer to growing our hearts three sizes larger is to live for Christ and one way we do this is to give generously, hilariously to others

    Wheaton College, outside of Chicago, is home to The Billy Graham Center. It houses an auditorium, classrooms, and a museum containing priceless artifacts. A fire burned part of the room in 2004 sending thick black smoke visible four miles away. When the alarm sounded some immediately evacuated ...read more

  • Harvesting God's Joy Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,323 views

    Our Joy is full when we obey Christ and we do that by remaining growing through Him

    Demi-Lee Brennan had a liver transplant at age 9. She faced a life on anti-rejection drugs like every other transplant patient. Nine months later, however, her red blood cells were being attacked by her own white blood cells. It was as if her body was treating them as if they were an invader. ...read more

  • Seasoning Your Glorying Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,343 views

    Fourth in the series but preached Christmas Eve. How do we glorify our Lord in all he does

    Peter Loughman is one of the pastors at First Pres. Anchorage, he writes that his wife committed a horrendous mistake their first Christmas as husband and wife. What she did was rip open her gift. Doesn’t sound too bad does it? Until you realize, as Peter explains, "Mom’s way of gift wrapping was ...read more

  • Seasonings Your Gatherings Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
     | 3,091 views

    3rd Sunday of Advent with our focus on the way we gather during these Holy Days.

    I like Jeopardy. I sometimes can recall an amazing amount of useless information so it’s a pretty fun game to play along with at home. I don’t know everything to be sure. When I took the Graduate Record Exam for Political Science they asked some pretty strange questions like, "Who was Secretary of ...read more

  • Seasoning Your Giving Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
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     | 2,770 views

    Advent week 2 in which changing the way we give has the power to impact ourselves and others for the sake of Jesus

    The last time I preached this series I told you about a pair of guys who had exchanged the same pair of moleskin pants for over a decade. Each year they tried to outdo one another with the only rules being they couldn’t damage the pants and they had to use scrap material. I’d left the story with ...read more

  • Seasoning Your Greetings Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
     | 2,838 views

    First Sunday of Advent dealing with how we share Merry Christmas with those around us.

    Here are some classic salutations. Guess where they come from? "Hey Lucy, I’m home." "Whattzzsuuup!" "Na-nu, na-nu.". "Happy Christmas to all and to all a goodnight." "How you doing?" And what about, "Bah! Humbug." You can probably come up with a dozen others off the top of your head have you ...read more

  • Grace Your Home With More Than Decorations Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,224 views

    First Sunday of Advent in this series: Anticipation and expectation for a wonderful & worshipful Christmas sets the stage for a different type of season.

    John Calvin, the Reformer most responsible for what we know as Presbyterianism, disliked statues, artwork, icons and the like which were used in Catholic worship in the 1500’s. He had good reason; for the depictions, relics and the like worship they themselves had become objects of worship. Yet, in ...read more

  • Body Vs. Machine

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
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     | 3,155 views

    Sermon for World Communion Sunday 2007

    In his book Ghost Soldiers, Hampton Sides tells of a dramatic mission during World War II. On January 28, 1945, hand-selected Army Rangers and Filipino resistance slipped 30 miles behind enemy lines to rescue 513 American and British POW’s who had spent three years in a hellish prison camp near the ...read more

  • What Not To Wear Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
     | 2,707 views

    Forgive us our Sins... selections include Leviticus 16--day of Atonement as well as the Women caught in adultery

    The Learning Channel hosts a show called What Not to Wear. In it the two hosts take someone who has been volunteered by family and friends for a wardrobe makeover. They go through the persons closet and clothes and pretty mach discards what they have been comfortable wearing. They then make ...read more

  • Good Eats Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
     | 4,543 views

    Give us this day... is the focus of this week’s message

    Why the title Good Eats? It’s the title of a show on the Food Network in with host, Alton Brown. Brown is a culinary version of Bill Nye, the science guy. His goal is for us to capture a bit of the why that goes into the taste we all love. Now, look at what we call "the Lord’s prayer". The only ...read more

  • Trip Of A Lifetime Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
     | 2,621 views

    Lord’s Prayer week 2 1 Peter 2:4-12 along with Matthew’s account form the basis for our look into God’s Kingdom

    Recently I ran across an unlikely group of folks. Kennan and Cai; Elizabeth and Molly; Nicholas and Chris, and Richard all of whom have gone on their trip of a lifetime. Cai is a Chinese adoptee who will return to her birth land with her parents and brother. Elizabeth will show her 13-year-old ...read more