Do You Want What Jesus Gives or Do You Want Jesus?

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Listen to the unabridged sermon here: Do You Want What Jesus Gives or Do You Want Jesus?

Some Sundays in a series like this, we get to sit for a long time in just a handful of verses. This week isn’t one of those weeks. John 5 and 6 together run nearly a hundred verses, and rather than crawl through them line by line, we’re going to take a big swing and look at three signs together: a healing at a pool, a feeding on a hillside, and Jesus walking on water in a storm. Each one asks us a question, and by the end, those three questions collapse into one question that might be the most important one we ever answer.

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The #OldGal must be having too much fun in Baltimore…

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Some rounds of golf are more special than others. Ethan and I got to play nine holes with his Papa today at Cambridge Golf Course in Evansville, IN.

I am so grateful for the laughs and fun.

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The #OldGal scores a tie again today! She is supercharged by being with the Baltimore grandchildren.

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The #OldGal secured a tie today. She is about to go another run as she is in Baltimore visiting grandchildren…

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The #OldGal with the tie today.

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Faith My Eyes

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Listen to the unabridged sermon here: Faith My Eyes

This week we pick the story back up in John 4, as Jesus leaves Samaria and returns to his home base in Galilee. He’s just spent two days doing something no self-respecting Jewish teacher was supposed to do β€” hanging out with Samaritans, crossing every cultural line in the book. And when he finally gets back to Cana, the place where he turned water into wine, he doesn’t exactly get a hero’s welcome.

Last night, I went to bed after Kanley Jensen gave up a double to start the bottom of the 9th.

This morning, I wake to a Detroit Tigers victory.

It’s the small things in life people.

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After many losses, it’s nice to secure a victory over the wily #OldGal!

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Canada’s soccer and hockey teams probably thought Argentina was the better team on the pitch yesterday afternoon. #IYKYK

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4s all around for the #OldGal and I.

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I shouldn’t Wordle before coffee.

The #OldGal takes the day…

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The #OldGal came up short again today! Perhaps a winning streak is in the future?

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β€œWhat are we holding to, Sam?”

β€œThat there’s some good in this world and it’s worth fighting for, Mr Frodo.”