(Message given on June 18, 2017 at Newberg Friends Church) As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, ‘Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.’ He …
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(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on June 11, 2017) Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we …
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(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on June 4, 2017) Back in 2002, for the six months before I became lead pastor here, Ron Woodward served as the interim pastor. I was grateful that he encouraged the church to take an inventory called “Natural Church …
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(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on May 28, 2017) Last week, we looked at the promise of God’s presence with us in the gift of the Holy Spirit, a gift which Jesus promised on the last night before he was crucified. Jesus promised his …
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(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on May 21, 2017) What encouragement might Jesus have for us in this difficult time as a church? One of today’s verses from the lectionary, from the group of Sunday bible selections that are used by churches around the …
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