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Apr 2025
Easter Sunday 2025 A Sermon by Chris Hensley Based on Isaiah 65:17 – 25 & Luke 24:1-12 Presented to Sardis Baptist Church April 20, 2025 Easter holds a special place in the collective heart of the Christian Church because it – along with Christmas – is the day on which the Church collectively remembers the resurrection of Jesus the Christ from the dead. It is also a difficult day for persons of faith because the foundational teachings centered on this day call for belief in an event that makes no scientific,......
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06
Apr 2025
Our Choices Rev. Dr. Chris Hensley Isaiah 43:16 – 21 & John 12:1 – 8 Sardis Baptist Church April 6, 2025 We are taking a bit of a hiatus from our readings in the Gospel according to Luke and we step out of the Synoptic tradition and move to the Johannine tradition. Just as a reminder as we are talking about the four Gospel accounts found within the Christian Testament, they can be divided into two sub categories: the Synoptic Gospels and John. Synoptic derived from Greek and essentially meaning “seeing......
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23
Mar 2025
Repentance Revisited A Sermon by Chris Hensley Based on Isaiah 55:1-9 and Luke 13:1 – 9 Presented to Sardis Baptist Church March 23, 2025 I am a pastor’s kid, or a PK in some circles. Now, my father always served more moderate leaning congregations within the Baptist tradition, or that was his aim as that was where he found himself. This meant that, when the topic of repentance came about, I never heard him specifically utter any of the following phrases which I have heard and seen in certain circles of Christianity.......
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04
Nov 2024
All Saints Day 2024 Rev. Dr. Chris Hensley November 3rd, 2024 Isaiah 25:6-9 & John 22:32-44 There is a saying whose roots are difficult to nail down. Some attribute the saying to ancient Judaism, others to ancient Native American or Latin American tribes or cultures. It can also be found in more recent, relatively speaking, authors and thinkers writings, including Hemmingway and Eagleman. It has even been at the core of some children’s media, specifically in the Disney/Pixar movie Coco which deals with the Day of the Dead in Latin American cultures.......
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