Sermons

Sermons
Stones for Christ
May 18, 2014

Preached May 18, 2014 in Ankeny UCC 1 Peter 2:2-10

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What I learned in Community
May 11, 2014

Preached May 11, 2014 in Ankeny UCC Acts 2:42-47

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Two Disciples Converged in a Desert Road
May 4, 2014

The bread of recognition brings us the implications of the Resurrection. The act that we've spent these past three weeks trying to understand comes to be lived and re-lived in our ritual act of a communal meal. Preached May 4, 2014 in Ankeny UCC Sermon Text: Luke 24:13-35

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Didymus Thomas
April 27, 2014

Preached April 27, 2014 in Ankeny UCC by Rev. Nathan Willard Sermon Text: John 20:19–31 We see Thomas in a moment of pain, confusion, and weakness. For this, he has been judged by the west as "Doubting Thomas." But his story was different in India, where his disciples were found by Vasco De Gama in […]

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Running to Resurrection
April 20, 2014

Preached April 20 (Easter!), 2014 in Ankeny UCC by Nathan Willard Sermon Text: John 20:1–18 Mary was so overcome by the disappearance of Jesus that she ran back to the other disciples, who likewise ran back to the tomb. What does the resurrection compel us to do? What are we running to?

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