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Entries from July 2006

Love your enemies

July 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The following sermon was preached on July 30th 2006 at Filer Mennonite Church. Do you remember the emotions of your first Love? I was pretty girl crazy in school, so I remember the emotions of infatuation pretty vividly. Then I met Deana and for the first time articulated the word “love” as a description of [...]

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Tags: Nonviolence

Blessed are you poor

July 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The following sermon was preached on Sunday July 23rd 2006 at Filer Mennonite Church. The following are the unedited notes that the sermon was preached from. Do you know people that are poor? Have you ever been poor yourself? Probably the closest some of us have come was when we were in college or first [...]

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Tags: Discipleship · Sermon

Someone has to blaze the trail

July 25th, 2006 · No Comments

Last week I had the pleasure of being the pastor of the Idaho Mennonite church’s Junior High camp. While some around me said things like “good luck with that,” I have a soft spot in my heart for Junior High students. I spent two years teaching 5th and 6th graders music. I did my student [...]

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Servants in the church

July 9th, 2006 · No Comments

The following sermon was preached on Sunday, July 9th, 2006 at Filer Mennonite Church. These are the notes that were used to preach from. One day the preacher stood on Laymen’s Sunday, the first Sunday in October, and preached on lay ministry. He was so stirring and persuasive that at the end, when he said, [...]

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Wants vs. Needs

July 5th, 2006 · No Comments

The following sermon was preached on Sunday July 2nd, 2006 at Filer Mennonite Church. These are the unedited notes that I preached from. Read Psalm 130 1 Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD; 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. 3 [...]

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Tags: Charismatic · Discipleship · Obedience · Sermon