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Give Me a Break
Deryl Fleming
July 19, 2009
Mark 6: 30-32, 45-46
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Anyone here need a break? If not, I suspect it’s because you’ve had one. On Monday the Washington Post carried a long article on the West Wing’s “grueling schedules and bleary eyes”. When the White House mess opens at 7:00 a.m. a line of staffers who have already been […]
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Grace Sufficient
Deryl Fleming
July 5, 2009
II Corinthians 12:2-10
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I suspect no one in this room has a literal thorn in the flesh. I remember having one under a nail and in so deep I couldn’t dislodge it. I probably prayed as in O M G, but I also found my way to an ER where a doctor removed […]
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Healing Hospitality
Deryl Fleming
March 29, 2009
Mark 2: 1–12
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Where is home for you? When I moved to Northern Virginia, I was surprised at the number of people who spoke of plans to retire “back home,” which meant their place of birth or upbringing. For me home is where I live, be it Texas or Virginia.
I remember a piece […]
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Unbinding Your Heart: The Prayer Plunge
Deryl Fleming
March 8, 2009
Luke 5: 1-11
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In the Virginia countryside near Charlottesville is a sign directing drivers to the Effort Baptist Church. E f f o r t. Just thinking about it makes me tired. Aren’t you glad it isn’t the Effort Presbyterian Church? Of course it would be a Baptist church, though Baptists also claim […]
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Remember Your Baptism
Deryl Fleming
January 11, 2009
Acts 8:26-39
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I want to begin with a game, and I invite you to play along with me. It’s called free association: I say a word and you say the first word that comes to your mind. Ready? Love…Sunday…Christmas…evangelism. Do you know what the word evangelism means? Good news, the gospel.
When the E-vent […]
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When You Feel Trapped
Deryl Fleming
October 5, 2008
Philippians 4:4-7
Part Five of “Faith for Tough Times: A Sermon Series”
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If this is the fifth sermon in the series “Faith for Tough Times,” grounded in the book of Exodus and the saga of Moses and the Israelites out of Egypt and on to the promised land, why is my text in Philippians? […]
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When You Can’t See the Future
Deryl Fleming
September 14, 2008
Exodus 14:14-29
Part Two of “Faith for Tough Times: A Sermon Series”
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This is the second sermon in our series “Faith for Tough Times.” Last Sunday Mary Ann, like Moses, led us through the story of Passover, the last meal of the Israelites in Egypt. Today’s story is of Moses following the leading God […]
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Saved by Doubt
Deryl Fleming
August 10, 2008
Matthew 14:22-23
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Miraculous healing stories are one thing. Walking on water is quite another. Many of us have seen, heard or experienced healing that was nothing short of miraculous. And we all know about mind/body connections and have witnessed mind over matter happenings. Walking on water is something else. […]
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Miracles of Compassion
Deryl Fleming
August 3, 2008
Matthew 14: 13-21
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Once upon a Town by syndicated columnist Bob Greene is an amazing story that began on Christmas day 1941 and continued until eight months after World War II ended in the Spring of 1946. Soldiers from everywhere in America came through North Platte, Nebraska on troop trains, en route to […]
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