Sermons from July 2024
Provision
Provision Mark 6:30-44; Ephesians 2:11-22 Sunday, July 28, 2024 10th Sunday after Pentecost First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction Awhile ago I read an article in which a student asked a college professor what was the earliest sign of civilization? Instead of pointing to an archeological discovery, the professor pointed to a picture of an ancient human leg bone. She said that this is the earliest known example of a broken bone that was set and had healed properly. …
Victory
Victory Mark 16:14-20; Ephesians 1:3-14 Sunday, July 21, 2024 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction: The Remains of the Day There’s a movie, set in the 1930’s, starring Anthony Hopkins as the very professional and completely devoted butler to a Lord Darlington. Convinced that service to a great man is a route to greatness for himself, the butler, named James, ignores the Lord’s Nazi sympathies and the needs of his family and friends to be the…
Access: Prayer for the Nation
Access: Prayer for the Nation 1 Timothy 2:1-7; 2 Chronicles 7:14 Sunday, July 7, 2024 Introduction As we leave the Fourth of July behind our thoughts naturally turn to matters of the nation, of patriotism and for Christians, prayer for the spiritual condition of the country. Some pastors turn to the passage we read from 2 Chronicles, about the Lord’s people praying and the Lord healing the land. In our main passage for the day, we look at the call…