Living in Christ, Walking the Talk
CHILDREN OF GOD The passage that I am going to preach from today is one that you will seldom ever heard preached. There’s a reason for that. It’s because it’s […]
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Rev. Kim Gilliland
Being Like Thomas
DOUBTING THOMAS? Of all of the characters in the New Testament, the most reviled is Judas Iscariot. After all, he was the one who, for thirty pieces of silver, betrayed
Transforming Fear to Hope
FEARFUL AT THE TOMB Today is Easter Sunday, the day of resurrection, the day when Jesus rose from the grave to defeat the powers of sin and death and offer
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Betrayal
SAVED BY BLOOD On Maundy Thursday, Jesus shared the Passover meal with his disciples in the upper room. In this festival, the Jewish people remember how God rescued them from
The Beginning of the End
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY One week to go. Good Friday and Easter Sunday are just around the corner, the most important events in the Christian year. In fact, the most important
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Turning Life Around
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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Shining the Light on Truth
TRUTH & LIGHT We are now in the middle of Lent. Easter is just three weeks away. Then we will remember the horrors of the crucifixion and the celebration of
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Speaking Truth to Power
JESUS CLEARS THE TEMPLE In today’s story from John 2:13-22 (NIV), Jesus speaks truth to power. Let’s read what happens in verses 13-17: When it was almost time for the
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Listening When You Don’t Want to Hear
SOME THINGS WE DON’T WANT TO HEAR There are some things that we’d rather just not hear. When our kids were little, we wanted to know what they were doing
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation
JESUS IS BAPTIZED Here we are at the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is a time of preparation for Easter. It is a time to reflect on our lives to
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Being Prepared
TRAINING Believe it or not Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. It’s the beginning of Lent. Lent is a time for us to prepare our hearts and minds for the events of
God Restores Our Lives
LEPROSY Three weeks ago, we talked about how God changes us. We used the story of Samuel and saw how God transformed a timid eleven year old boy into the
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