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John 6:25-59 Sermon Commentary

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Sample Sermon: Never Go Hungry; A sermon on John 6:25-59 In a sermon I once preached on the famous  “I Am” sayings in John’s Gospel, I mentioned the Simon and Garfunkel song that had the line, “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you. What’s that you say, Mrs….

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Psalm 51:1-12 Sermon Commentary

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Psalm 51 is what Old Testament scholar James Mays calls a “liturgy of the broken heart.” Like so many of the psalms, it’s a prayer of someone who’s in deep trouble. Here, however, the psalmist doesn’t complain to God about God or other people causing that trouble. He admits he alone has caused the trouble…

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Ephesians 4:1-16 Sermon Commentary

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Comments and Observations “A great man,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson, “is a man who draws a larger circle around what we think is possible.”  If that’s true, then Paul was a great man, because he drew a larger circle around the Christian church than anyone would have ever thought possible.  Of course, Paul would (and…

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2 Samuel 11 Sermon Commentary

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See the OT commentary for 12B which covers both weeks: https://cepreaching.org/commentary/2015-07-20/2-samuel-11/

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