Sermons Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
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Sacrifice What?
"...."He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all,
how shall he not freely give us all things?"
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The Church Actvities for this Week
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The Price of Praise
"...."But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people, that ye may shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of
darkness into His marvelous light." I Peter 2:9
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The Measure of Faith
"...."For by the grace given to me I bid every one among you not to think of himself
more highly that he ought, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure
of faith which God has assigned him."
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The Foundation of This House
". . ."That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and
laid the foundation on a rock." ...."
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Where Is Your Faith?
". . .He said to them, 'Where is your faith?' They were afraid and amazed,
and said to one another, 'Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the
water and they obey him?' ...."
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A Word that Inspires Fear and Challenge
". . .But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends
of the earth,...."
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The Table - Turned of Hurt and Hope
". . .on the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread...."
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Christian Civility
". . ."Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for
building up as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear."
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Raising God's Children
". . ."What is required , of you and of me and of this congregation, to raise God's
children in this day and age, to raise children who will know the One to whom they belong, all their life long"
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The Home We Are Promised
". . ."And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and
receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also."
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An Invitation to Rest
". . ."When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon
and the stars that you have established, what are human beings that you are mindful
of them, mortals that you care for them "
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The Practice of Dying
". . ."For while we live, we are always being given up to death for Jesus
sake, so that the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh.....But
the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not die.' "
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Miracles in the Meantime
". . ."And they listened eagerly to him because, for a long time, he had
amazed them with his magic. But when they believed Philip, who was proclaiming the good news
about the kingdon of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women."
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The Friendship of God
". . ."Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. "
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Blessed Discretion
". . ."Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
Blessed be your discretion...."
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An Adequate Blessing
"..."Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer."
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Faith Seeking Understanding
"...."For God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength"
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The Gospel Within Gossip
"...."Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done He cannot be the
Messiah, can he?"
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True Freedom
"....For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an
opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another."
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The Future Church
"....For just as the body is one and has many members and all the member of the body,
though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body
- Jews or Greeks, slaves or free - and we were all made to drink of one Spirit."
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Waiting for Adoption
"....but we ourselves,who have the first fruits, groan inwardly for adoption"
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Slow Growing Christians
"...."The promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many
as the Lord our God shall call."
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Our Proximity to Life
"....always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus
may also be manifested in our bodies."
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Blessed With a Vocation
"....and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands, establish
thou it."
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Not What But Who
"...."Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely his power
and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made."
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The Church's Place
"...."But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and
the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house
I have built!"
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A Thankless Service
"...."And the twelve called together the whole community of the
disciples and said, 'It is not right that we should neglect the word of God in order to
wait on tables.' "
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What To Do With Jesus.....Finally
"...."And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they
were continually in the temple blessing God."
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What To Do With Jesus.....Personally
"...."And they all forsook him and fled."
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What To Do With Jesus.....Politically
"...."Now is the judgment of this world: now the ruler of this world will be driven out."
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What To Do With Jesus.....Historically
"...."I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the first, to write an orderly
account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the truth concerning the things
of which you have been instructed. "
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What To Do With Jesus.....Aesthetically
"...."but we do see Jesus."
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What To Do With Jesus.....Theologically
"...."They said to the woman, 'It is no longer because of what you said that we believe,
for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.' "
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Having Jesus On Our Hands
"...."For he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, 'The Son of Man
is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after
being killed, he will rise again.' "
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Improvisations on Freedom
"...."Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is freedom."
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We're Not in Kansas Anymore
"...."Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever."