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Friday, October 30th, 2009
The Faith of Jesus
David Orendorff Mark 12:28-34 November 1, 2009
The two largest sects of Judaism in the first century were the Sadducees and the Pharisees. The Sadducees believed the center of God’s presence was in the temple and faith was best expressed by keeping the rituals surrounding the temple. So being faithful, to the Sadducees, meant going to [...]
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
Jingle All the Way
David Orendorff Mark 10:46-52 October 25, 2009
Robert Fulghum in “It Was Fire When I Lay Down on It, [1] tells of John Pierpont:
John Pierpont died a failure. In 1866, at age eighty-one, he came to the end of his days as a government clerk in Washington, D.C. with a long string of personal defeats [...]
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Everything Is Not Enough
David Orendorff Mark 10:17-31 October 18, 2009
The rich young man has everything and it is not enough. We know it is not enough because he comes to Jesus asking for more. He has gotten all that is available with his money. He has land. He has servants to stoke the fire and keep him warm, [...]
