Category Archives: Sermonettes

The Laws, Rule, And Love Of God Are Universal

[Note: This is the prepared text for a sermon given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, January 25, 2025.] In a recent sermonette here, I mentioned that the promises and gifts of God were … Continue reading

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Look Out Any Window

[Note: The following is the prepared text for a split sermon message given to the Portland congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, November 30, 2024.] In 1988, the band Bruce Hornsby & The Range released their second … Continue reading

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What Are The Necessary Conditions For Conversion?

[Note: This is the prepared text for a sermon given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, November 16, 2024.] As we return from the Feast of Tabernacles, one of the thoughts that we have … Continue reading

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The Theme Of Peace In The Songs Of Ascents

[Note: This is the prepared text for a split sermon delivered at the Feast of Tabernacles on October 18, 2024 in Taupo, New Zealand.] Do you remember where you were on October 7, 2023? I remember where I was. I … Continue reading

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The Power Of A Judge: Part Three

[Note: This message is the prepared text for a sermon delivered to the Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, August 31, 2024.] In the previous two messages in this series we have discussed Moses as an … Continue reading

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The Laws And Gifts Of God Are Universal: An Introduction

[Note: The following is the prepared text of a sermonette given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, July 20, 2024.] We live in a day and age where it is common for corrupt elites … Continue reading

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Before You Were Born I Sanctified You

[Note: This is the prepared text for a sermonette given to the Portland congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, June 29, 2024.] Good afternoon and happy Sabbath to you all. When I was preparing for a recent … Continue reading

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When You Reap The Harvest Of Your Land

[Note: The following is the prepared message for the offertory message for Pentecost services in Portland, Oregon delivered on June 16, 2024.] Good morning brethren. At the end of the discussion of the Feast of Weeks in Leviticus 23, there … Continue reading

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Yet He Shall Not See It

[Note: The following is the prepared text for a sermonette given to the Portland, Oregon congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, June 1, 2024.] Good afternoon brethren. We tend to think that our own times are unique … Continue reading

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The Power Of A Judge: Part Two

[Note: The following is the prepared text for a sermon given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, April 27, 2024.] When we last spoke on the power of the judge, I closed my message … Continue reading

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