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Jun 2025
Jesus’ Prayer Chris Hensley Based on Psalm 97 & John 17:20-26 Sardis Baptist Church June 1, 2025 It is an interesting thought for me to consider when I read this larger passage and remember that Jesus offered a prayer for all folks who would eventually follow him. As we discussed a couple of weeks ago, John’s account may be divided into two larger sections with our readings falling into the second section which may then be subdivided. This second section is the Book of Glory and......
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May 2025
Not Left Alone Chris Hensley Psalm 67 & John 14:23 – 29 Sardis Baptist Church May 25, 2025 A seemingly visceral fear which humans have inherited is the idea of being alone, abandoned, or isolated. There is a reason that solitary confinement has been used as a method of exerting power and control over prisoners, children through time outs, and in interpersonal relationships through giving of the cold shoulder. Even the staunchest introverts amongst us require the presence of other persons in their lives to be more complete, healthier, and well-developed persons.......
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May 2025
Christ Honors Our Bodies A Sermon by Chris Hensley Based on Psalm 30 & John 21:1-19 Presented to Sardis Baptist Church May 4, 2025 The Easter season continues and we continue with our theme of resurrection. We take a look at some of John’s accounts for the resurrection, specifically we see the final encounter which John records between Jesus and his disciples. For John, Jesus’ resurrection was a physical event and it was something which the author wanted to emphasize to the readers. Similarly to Luke’s account, even those closest to......
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Mar 2025
Forms of Salvation A Sermon by Chris Hensley Based on Psalm 27 & Luke 9:37 – 43 Presented to Sardis Baptist Church March 16, 2025 During this season of Lent we are taking up the idea of salvation and exploring it in different ways with specific emphasis on the idea of salvation within the here and now, remembering and recognizing that the Kin-dom of God which Jesus spoke of is now, not some distant and far off thing. Salvation is not something for which we wait as though we are merely......
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Jan 2016
1-31-20106 Some Dates Are Worth Remembering – Psalm 138 Some Dates Are Worth Remembering A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church 1-31-2016 Psalm 138 As historians, we often fall prey to believing that dates on a calendar represent realized change. We celebrate July 4, 1776 as America’s birthday, even though the Revolutionary War would drag on for several more years. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, but it would still be decades before most freed-persons realized full citizenship. We acknowledge that the effects of the Great Depression began to dissipate......
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