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Engaging the Disinterested
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Are You in the Valley This Christmas?
Posted on December 5, 2018 by Keith Haney
As your year been filled with pain and disappointment, so much so that the pain has robbed you of Christmas joy?
Category: Christmas Devotions, Devotional Message, Sermon PromptsTags: Christmas Message
Do You Have a Heart of Gratitude?
Posted on November 21, 2018 by Keith Haney
Gratitude requires being consciously grateful for every blessing of life.
Category: Devotional Message, Sermon PromptsTags: Thanksgiving message
Happy UnThanksgiving: The Ungrateful Heart of the Nine Lepers
Posted on November 20, 2018 by Keith Haney
How do we get a heart of gratitude?
Category: Devotional Message, Sermon PromptsTags: Ten Lepers, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving message
What is True Freedom?
Posted on November 1, 2018 by Keith Haney
Only One person as the ability to truly release us from the chains of sin.
Category: Congregational Life and Ministry, Devotional Message, Sermon PromptsTags: Freedom, Redemption, Sin
A Worldly Church: Breaks the Heart of God
Posted on October 11, 2018 by Keith Haney
Has the church committed spiritual adultery?
Category: Lessons From The Book of James, Sermon PromptsTags: Book of James, Church Conflict, Worldliness
An Argumentative Church: Breaks the Heart of God
Posted on September 27, 2018 by Keith Haney
I remember it like it was yesterday. I graduated seminary with this childlike understanding of the work I was called to do. “Go, Teach, and Baptize.” Sharing Christ with a group of fellow sojourners and those yet to become a part of this collective we…
Complacency Damages Faith, but Jesus Restores
Posted on September 20, 2018 by Keith Haney
Are you experiencing a season of complacency in your faith walk?
Category: Devotional Message, Sermon PromptsTags: Demon Possession, Faith Crisis, Mark 9
Jesus’ Moves The Focus from Internal to Global
Posted on September 18, 2018 by Keith Haney
The church is naturally inward focused, Jesus models how it should look outward.
Category: Community Outreach, Devotional Message, Sermon PromptsTags: Church, Ministry engagement, Relationships
When Church Traditions Are Dangerous?
Posted on August 28, 2018 by Keith Haney
You probably know there are jokes about different Christian communions — Baptist jokes, Catholic jokes, and yes even Lutheran jokes. More often than not, they’re told by members of that church body to other members. Lutherans are known for being traditional in its ways of doing things….
Category: Sermon Prompts, The Journey of FaithTags: Church witness, Tradition
Jesus Offers The Bread of Life for Pot-Luck Christians
Posted on August 16, 2018 by Keith Haney
If you come to seek only food for the here and now, you are missing out something much richer.
Category: Congregational Life and Ministry, Devotional Message, Sermon PromptsTags: Bread of Life, John 6
Forgiveness: Do You Need A Reboot?
Posted on August 2, 2018 by Keith Haney
Only Jesus can wipe my slate clean.
Category: Devotional Message, Sermon PromptsTags: Forgiveness, Luke 7, Regrets
Ministry Comes At A High Personal Cost
Posted on June 20, 2018 by Keith Haney
Living a life worth of your calling.
Category: Devotional Message, Sermon PromptsTags: Ministry, Persecution, Personal Mission
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