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He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 10:42 (NIV)

Advent Hope

28 Nov 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

But Ruth replied, 'Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried.' Ruth 1:16-17 (NIV)

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Sermon Notes	Advent Hope

Live by the Truth

21 Nov 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

'When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?' The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them. Psalm 11:3-4 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: 2 Peter 3:1-3

Life in a Dangerous World

14 Nov 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

... if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 2 Peter 2:9 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: 2 Peter 2:4-22

Narratives

7 Nov 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2 Peter 1:16 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: 2 Peter 1:16 - 2:3

Developing Virtue - Part 3

31 Oct 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:10-11 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: 2 Peter 1:8-15

Developing Virtue - Part 2

24 Oct 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

... Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 2 Peter 1:5-7 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: 2 Peter 1:5-8

Developing Virtue

17 Oct 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and goodness, knowledge... 2 Peter 1:5 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: 2 Peter 1:5-8

Celebrating the Lord's Supper

10 Oct 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 1 Corinthians 11:26 (NIV)

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Sermon Notes	Peace Faith Grace

Home Faith - A Legacy

3 Oct 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Proverbs 22:6

Home Faith: His purpose for your marriage

26 Sep 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Ephesians 5:21-23

My Anger at God

19 Sep 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. Jonah 4:2b (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Jonah 4

Second Chances

12 Sep 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. Jonah 3:10 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Jonah 3-4

Inside Information

5 Sep 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, 'Salvation comes from the LORD.' Jonah 2:9 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Jonah 2

On the Run

29 Aug 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 'Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.' Jonah 1:1-2 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Jonah 1

More Surrender

22 Aug 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. Ephesians 6:11 (NIV)

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Sermon Notes	Peace Faith Grace

What is Truth?

15 Aug 2021

Larry Singer

Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.' John 14:6 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: John 18:28-38

I Stand at the Door and Knock

8 Aug 2021

Rev. Jimmy Allen

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20

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Focal Passage: Revelation 3:20

More to Go

1 Aug 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. Ephesians 5:15-17 (NIV)

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Sermon Notes	Be Careful

Do More

25 Jul 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-13 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Ephesians 4

A Masterpiece Made for a Mission

18 Jul 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Ephesians 4

Made for More

11 Jul 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)

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Sermon Notes	Fellow Citizens

4 Jul 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. Ephesians 1:22-23 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Ephesians 1

Big Plans

27 Jun 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

The Lord said, 'If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.' Genesis 11:6 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Genesis 11

One Family

20 Jun 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Genesis 10

A Fresh Start

13 Jun 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith. Hebrews 11:7 (NIV)

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Focal Passage: Genesis 9

Don't Make Me Come Down There

6 Jun 2021

Rev. Clint Reiff

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith. Hebrews 11:7 (NIV)