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"Faith in Christ" Sermon

Sermon Date: 9/3/2023
Sermon Series: Peter I and II
Sermon Title: "Faith in Christ"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-12
”Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.“
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"Loyalty" Sermon

Sermon Date: 8/27/2023
Sermon Series: Relational Tips from Proverbs
Sermon Title: "Loyalty"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 27:10
”Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.“
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"Careful Words" Sermon

Sermon Date: 8/20/2023
Sermon Series: Relational Tips from Proverbs
Sermon Title: "Careful Words"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 12:18
”The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.“
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"A Good Friend" Sermon

Sermon Date: 8/13/2023
Sermon Series: Relational Tips from Proverbs
Sermon Title: "A Good Friend"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 17:17
”A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.“
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"Correction" Sermon

Sermon Date: 7/2/2023
Sermon Series: Relational Tips from Proverbs
Sermon Title: "Correction"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 17:10
”A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.“
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"Forgiveness" Sermon

Sermon Date: 7/9/2023
Sermon Series: Relational Tips from Proverbs
Sermon Title: "Forgiveness"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 17:9
”Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.“
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"Anger" sermon

Sermon Date: 7/2/2023
Sermon Series: Relational Tips from Proverbs
Sermon Title: "Anger"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 16:32
”Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.“
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"Philip" Sermon

Sermon Date: 6/25/2023
Sermon Series: Portrait of a Disciple
Sermon Title: "Philip"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: Acts 8:26-39
”Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.” Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.” The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.“
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"Barnabas" Sermon

Sermon Date: 6/18/2023
Sermon Series: Portrait of a Disciple
Sermon Title: "Barnabas"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: Acts 9:26-27
”When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.“
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"Lydia" Sermon

Sermon Date: 6/11/2023
Sermon Series: Portrait of a Disciple
Sermon Title: "Lydia"
Speaker: Pastor Greg Wiest
Scripture Reading: Acts 16:11-15
”From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days. On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.“
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