by Justin Marple | Nov 30, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Advent & Christmas 2014, SERMONS
Never does the Bible say that God helps those who help themselves. Instead, the good news is that God helps those who are helpless. Think of an infant child. The human infant is the most helpless of all creatures. Such little children depend on their mother for...
by Justin Marple | Nov 26, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Advent & Christmas 2014, SERMONS
You have many good reasons for rejoicing and giving thanks every day no matter how happy or depressed you might be at any given moment. Yet it may seem a lot easier to rejoice and give thanks when you are happy and the blessings you want most are overflowing. It...
by Justin Marple | Nov 23, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
You may have heard in geometry class that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. But in our real life experience this is not always true. Even if there is a straight road between where you are right now and where you want to go this is not...
by Justin Marple | Nov 16, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 12:43-13:16 is the last part of the climax of the plagues in Exodus — the last part of the tenth plague. The way this story is told from Exodus 11:1-13:16 is making one big point, but so far I have only sketched around the edges of this one big point....
by Justin Marple | Nov 9, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 12:29-42 continues the story of the tenth plague — the death of the firstborn. Pharaoh has heard one last warning, Israel has been taught that it is only by the blood of an unblemished lamb that they have been set apart from the Egyptians as holy, and...
by Justin Marple | Nov 2, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, Exodus, SERMONS
Exodus 12:1-28 is part of the story of the tenth plague — the death of the firstborn. That night was not just some historical curiosity for later generations of Israel. Every generation spoke and acted as if they had been there for the first Passover. They...
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