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  • Sermon: Studying the Exodus plagues – locusts. Exodus 10:1-20

    Sermon: Studying the Exodus plagues – locusts. Exodus 10:1-20

    Sermon manuscript: 12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of…

  • Sermon: Studying the Exodus plagues – Hail. Exodus 9:13-35

    Sermon: Studying the Exodus plagues – Hail. Exodus 9:13-35

    Manuscript Sometimes we ignore warning signs.  Pharaoh was given several.  A person ignores the check engine light, ignores something a doctor tells them.  CEO’s ignore warning signs of issues in their companies.  Cyber security experts warned Equifax that their data was vulnerable and could be easily breached. They didn’t listen and they were hacked. The…

  • 4 goals I have with every sermon I preach

    4 goals I have with every sermon I preach

    I’ve had the privilege of preaching over 450 sermons. In every sermon, I have four goals and those never change. 1. To be faithful to the text Preaching must begin with the text itself. That might sound like stating the obvious, but it’s not actually where every pastor starts. Many pastors start with an idea…

  • Sermon: studying the Exodus plagues. Disease and boils. Exodus 9:1-12

    Sermon: studying the Exodus plagues. Disease and boils. Exodus 9:1-12

    Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them, 3 behold, the hand of the Lord will fall with…

  • Sermon: Frogs, gnats, and flies. Studying the Exodus plagues. Exodus 7:25-8:32

    Sermon: Frogs, gnats, and flies. Studying the Exodus plagues. Exodus 7:25-8:32

    25 Seven full days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile.   Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country…