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Sunday, March 4th, 2007
March 4, 2007
Pastor Halsey showed a video about an autistic basketball manager at the start of this morning’s sermon. Here is a link if you’d like to watch it.
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Sunday, February 4th, 2007
February 4, 2007 – Never The Same Again
Never The Same Again
Nehemiah 9:1-6 (#16) Click Here to listen (mp3)”Never The Same Again,” is today’s title in the series, “You Can Make A Difference.”
Nehemiah chapter 9 (Read verses 1-6)
One sunny afternoon a 12 year old boy and his dog were playing in the woods behind their house in Naples, Florida, when the [...]
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
January 28, 2006 – Good Snakes And Bad Snakes
Good Snakes And Bad Snakes
Nehemiah 9:1-6 (#15) Click Here to listen (mp3)
This young man set a record that probably doesn’t interest you. He is a Thai snake charmer who set a new Guinness World Record…by kissing 19 deadly cobras, besting a standing seven-year record of 11 kisses. (Click here to see a video of [...]
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
January 14, 2007 – Nehemiah 8:1-6
Click here to listen to the sermon from Sunday, January 14, 2007 morning service.
Nehemiah 8:1-6
1And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded Israel. 2So Ezra the priest brought [...]
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Sunday, January 7th, 2007
January 7, 2006 “New Beginnings”
New Beginnings – by Dr. Larry Halsey – Click here to listen to this sermon (mp3 file)
Nehemiah 8:1-10
A German mayor of yesteryear had the distinct honor of receiving to his small town a visit from the Holy Roman Emperor himself. The mayor was embarrassed, however, because he was unable to perform the traditional 21-gun salute.
He [...]
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Saturday, December 30th, 2006
December 30, 2006
Time, Tennis, And A New Year
Matthew 6:25-27; 31-34
In his significant book, “Under the Influence: How Christianity Transformed Civilization,” historian Alvin J. Schmidt, writes:
“Of all the days that are the product of Christianity’s presence, New
Year’s Day has become the most secularized. During the Christmas
season one still hears some carols that proclaim [...]
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Sunday, December 24th, 2006
December 24, 2006. Christmas: When God Turned On The Light.
Christmas: When God Turned On The Light
John 1:1-5; 12:46
What would Christmas be without the laughter and bright faces of children? Christmas and kids go together like peanut butter and jelly. The things they say around Christmas are often unforgettable.
Take some famous Christmas carols (Christian and secular), as sung by kids:
”On the first day [...]
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
December 10, 2006 “Unseen Saints”
Unseen Saints
Nehemiah 7:1-5; 70-73 (#12)
”Unseen Saints” is today’s title in the series, “You Can Make A Difference.”Nehemiah chapter 7.
Let’s begin with a pop quiz. I’m going to give you five or six questions…
You don’t need to write anything down, but you do need to put on your thinking cap as you draw upon [...]
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
December 5, 2006 “They Said It Couldn’t Be Done.”
They Said It Couldn’t Be Done
Nehemiah 6:14-19 (#11)
In the early 1980s, a young missionary in Brazil decided to take a stab at writing. After several months of late-night toil, he sent his fledgling manuscript to a publisher under the title, “On the Anvil: Thoughts on Being Shaped into God’s image.”
In a couple of [...]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2006
19 November, 2006 – “I heard It Through The Grapevine”
I Heard It Through The Grape Vine
Nehemiah 6:1-9 (#10)
”I Heard It Through The Grapevine” is today’s title in series, “You Can Make A Difference.”
Nehemiah 6:1-9
In 1899, four reporters from Denver, Colorado, met by chance on a Saturday night in a Denver railroad station.
Al Stevens,
Jack Tournay,
John Lewis
(and) Hal Wilshire
worked for the four Denver papers:
…The [...]