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2023/08/27

Gifts everywhere

Who doesn’t like gifts? I don’t think there are very many people who actually dislike gifts. This Sunday we are talking about gifts but a special kind of gift, namely spiritual gifts. So what are spiritual gifts? They are the abilities the Holy Spirit gives each person to equip that person for service to God, […]

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2022/01/23

Why do we need gifts? (Gifts?)

If you recall from last week’s sermon, we all have gifts (or Gifts). This week we are asking why. Why do we need gifts? It is pretty obvious why we want to receive gifts but when we are talking about spiritual gifts they aren’t typically given just to us for us. They are most frequently […]

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2022/01/16

Miracles and/or gifts?

So what would you rather have a gift or the ability to perform miracles? It is a peculiar question to be sure but there is a reason to ask it. The New Testament readings in the Lectionary this week are the very well-known story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding—a miracle—and Paul […]

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