Reliant Church Sermons
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We the Church: Emanate
Being is more important than doing. What we do emanates from who we are, and we are a people who have been transformed by a God who is reconciling all the world through Jesus. We take part in this reconciliation through the active life of the Church, storytellers proclaiming divine initiative.
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Hello, My Name is Jesus
Where is Jesus? Yes, he has ascended to the right hand of the Father, but "We the Church" are his body here on earth. Paul puts it this way, "I'm crucified with Christ, I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." That puts a different perspective on how we live in the daily interactions of our lives. It can be pretty scary, but at the same time....completely beautiful.
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Resurrection
Death leads to new life, burial to resurrection. This Easter Sunday the Gospel is proclaimed that Christ is risen. We too long for that day when we will be resurrected and restored to the fullness of our true identity.
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Acceptance and Rejection
There is a distinction between suffering and rejection. If Jesus only suffered, he would have been no different than an honored hero - a Martin Luther King, Jr., or a 9-11 firefighter. But he didn't just suffer. He was also rejected. Welcome to God's peculiar plan in which glory emerges in rejection.
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Self-Disclosure
Our world of technology affords us opportunities for self-disclosure, revealing who we are and how we feel. The Gospel of John is primarily concerned about revealing precisely who Jesus is. Through seven "I AM" statements, Jesus self-discloses who he is and what he's about. The self-disclosure of Jesus has implications for our own self-disclosures.
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See Me
When light shines in darkness, some are enlightened and some are blinded. Light always creates division, and Jesus had a way of dividing crowds. Some were sold out and some were confounded by him and disbelieved. Much of our confounded disbelief simply comes from the fact that we are looking for enlightenment from sources other than the true Light. Follow a man born blind as he sees One who enlightens him forever.
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Living Water
We can't quench our spiritual deficiencies with mere quick fixes but need complete transformation. Jesus accomplishes this for us and gives us living water that we might thirst no more.
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Born
John chapter three quickly slips into cliché, especially when you get to verse 16. Dudes have been painting this verse on their chest at stadium events for years. But how do we move past a flippant reference and to the heart of a message that promises a new birth?
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Temptation of Jesus
Seminarian Brad Malone looks at the Temptation of Jesus and what it has to say for us today in our struggles and our failings.
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