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A new Christian, Chris sought... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - A -- 1999
A new Christian, Chris sought to live a life that would honor a God who sent his only son to die for
It is not true that... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - A -- 1999
It is not true that these who are so heavenly minded are no earthly good.
An old Hagar the... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - A -- 1999
An old Hagar the Horrible comic strip has the family dog listening to the howl of the wolves
Paul describes a whole new... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - A -- 1999
Paul describes a whole new way to live!
Examine the history of God... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - A -- 1996
Examine the history of God with man:
Families have traditions, values that... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - A -- 1996
Families have traditions, values that set them apart from other families.
At Easter we celebrate the... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - C -- 1995
At Easter we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
The desire to climb mountains... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - C -- 1995
The desire to climb mountains is one that many people find incomprehensible.
There was a famous college... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - C -- 1995
There was a famous college professor and people were honored to be students in one of his classes.
When I was in seminary... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - C -- 1995
When I was in seminary, I lived on West 121st Street, in New York City between Broadway and Amsterda
Since Christians have been raised... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - B -- 1994
Since Christians have been raised with Christ, the life of the resurrection is their actual conditio
Keep your eye on the... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - B -- 1994
"Keep your eye on the ball." It is the advice given to batters, golfers and placekickers.
Have you ever thought about... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - B -- 1994
Have you ever thought about how much the Christian life is like a glider airplane?
A group of boys was... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - B -- 1994
A group of boys was playing a pick-up game of baseball one summer.
The Sunday school teacher looked... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - B -- 1991
The Sunday school teacher looked at Colossians 3:1-2 and wondered how she was going to explain this
The individual's relationship with God... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - B -- 1991
The individual's relationship with God is often a very visible one.
Ministers in that part of... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - B -- 1991
Ministers in that part of the state tell the story of the Onion Creek Church.
Have you even wanted to... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - C
Have you even wanted to hide away? To sink down in your seat and cover your face and disappear?
Charles Colson's death and resurrection... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Good Friday - B
Charles Colson's "death and resurrection" after Watergate are evidenced by an entirely new direction
Dietrich Bonhoeffer walked to the... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Good Friday - B
Dietrich Bonhoeffer walked to the execution yard in April 1945 saying, "This is the end.
Regularly we are far too... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - C
Regularly we are far too mechanical about the Resurrection.
The model of how a... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - C
The model of how a person becomes chief or ruler among the Bantu people of Africa provides an intere
A trainer of seeing eye... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - C
A trainer of seeing eye dogs was being interviewed by a reporter to learn about his work.
They call it imaging. Whether... -- Colossians 3:1-4 -- Easter Day - C
They call it "imaging." Whether it is the golfer putting into his mind exactly what his swing will f

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Our Lead Story -- Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6, Colossians 3:1-4, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 -- George L. Murphy -- Easter Day - A
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Jesus is the vine, we are the branches. In our service today, let us absorb from the vine all the nourishment we need.

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Jesus, sometimes our branches become cut off from the vine.
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We will meet Psalm 22 in its entirety on Good Friday, but here the lectionary designates just verses 23-31. The lectionary psalms generally illuminate the week's First Lesson, which in this case is about the covenant initiated by God with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 17. The nine verses from this psalm, while not inappropriate, nonetheless leave us looking for an obvious connection with the First Lesson.

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"Love is a many splendored thing...." Or so we heard Don Cornwall and the Four Aces sing time and again. Of course you or I might have other words to describe love, depending on our situation.

Love. "I love you." "I love to play golf." "I just love pistachio lush!" "It's tough to love some people." "Jesus loves me, this I know."

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