Two Sermons: "The Importance of Family" and "God's Word is Beautiful"

Last week was our Vacation Bible School at PLWC, which is why I didn't get around to posting a sermon then. The first sermon below was preached on Father's Day, and of course family is a pretty important concept in the Bible (though not really in the way today's "family values" crowd thinks). The second sermon was used in our Sunday worship following VBS, in which we celebrated what God had done in the previous week and remembered the focus on God's word that we had been teaching about all through the week.

"The Importance of Family"
Preached on June 20, 2010 at PLWC.
Reading: Colossians 3:1-17, 4:2-18
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"God's Word is Beautiful"
Preached on June 27, 2010 at PLWC.
Reading: Psalm 119
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Two Sermons: "The Health of God" and "The Presence of God"

Carey and I were out of town for most of last week, so I didn't get around to posting last week's sermon. We're continuing our focus on the Holy Spirit in both of these sermons in preparation for our week of prayer and our Vacation Bible School.

"The Health of God"
Preached on June 6, 2010 at PLWC.
Reading: Romans 8:18-27; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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"The Presence of God"
Preached on June 13, 2010 at PLWC.
Reading: John 17:1-5; 2 Corinthians 3:4-18
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The Power of God

Reading: Acts 4:23-35; Luke 24:45-49

Our sermon for this week continued our theme of the Holy Spirit and the change he creates, and specifically, we wanted to see the element of power he brings to that change. Hand-wringing and timidity are not part of his work, but neither are we called to be bullies for Jesus.

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Preached on May 30, 2010 at PLWC.