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Who Can Come?
Listen to sermon : Who Can Come?The crowd crossed the sea to find Jesus, but they came for another free meal, and he called them to labor for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man gives. When they asked what works they must…
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A Monument, a Name, and a Place for the Outsider
Listen to sermon : A Monument, a Name, and a Place for the OutsiderIsaiah 56 promises the foreigner and the eunuch, outsiders under the old covenant, a monument and an everlasting name in God’s house when they join themselves to the Lord and keep his Sabbaths. The Sabbath is both a creation ordinance binding on…
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It Is I; Do Not Be Afraid
Listen to sermon : It Is I; Do Not Be AfraidAfter Jesus withdrew from the crowd that wanted to make him king, his disciples rowed into the dark against a rough sea without him, a picture of everyone who tries to row toward God in his own strength. Jesus came to them…
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Christ the Abundant Provider
Listen to sermon : Christ the Abundant ProviderWith a Passover crowd of five thousand men coming toward him, Jesus tested Philip by asking where they could buy bread. Philip counted denarii and Andrew counted five barley loaves and two fish, and both measured the task against their own resources…
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God’s Effective Word
Listen to sermon : God’s Effective WordAs rain and snow water the earth and bring forth seed for the sower and bread for the eater, God’s word goes out from his mouth and accomplishes what he purposes; it never returns to him empty. The word often works slowly…
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The Glory That Blocks Belief
Listen to sermon : The Glory That Blocks BeliefJesus calls four witnesses to who he is: John the Baptist, the works the Father gave him to do, the Father himself, and the Scriptures, which bear witness about him. His hearers search those Scriptures yet refuse to come to him for…
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That All May Honor the Son
Listen to sermon : That All May Honor the SonWhen the Jews sought to kill Jesus for calling God his own Father, he pressed the claim further: the Son does nothing of his own accord but only what he sees the Father doing, because the Father loves the Son and shows…
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Seek, Forsake, Return
Listen to sermon : Seek, Forsake, ReturnIsaiah 55:6-9 shows what genuine repentance looks like: seeking the Lord while he may be found, forsaking wicked ways and thoughts, and returning to him. Repentance differs from Judas’s remorse, from a change of opinion, and from penance, because only Christ’s sacrifice…
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Are You Thirsty?
Listen to sermon : Are You Thirsty?Isaiah 55 opens with a universal invitation: everyone who thirsts may come to the waters and buy wine and milk without money and without price. Sinners receive it free because the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 paid its price, and Jesus fulfills…
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Where Shall We Get Living Water?
Listen to sermon : Where Shall We Get Living Water?At Jacob’s well Jesus offers the Samaritan woman living water: whoever drinks the water he gives will never thirst again, for it becomes a spring welling up to eternal life. That water is the Holy Spirit, who never leaves believers without his…