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Marvin Lindsay
Mar 3, 20181 min read
Welcome Moviegoers!
About this time every year our fellowship and contemporary worship space is transformed into a cinema. The Ramsey Center becomes the...
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Marvin Lindsay
Feb 16, 20181 min read
Lenten Discipline: Giving Alms
In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus says, "When you give alms," not "If you give alms." Jesus expects his disciples to share what they have...
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Marvin Lindsay
Feb 15, 20181 min read
Lenten Discipline: Fasting
In the Bible, Jesus says, "When you fast," not, "If you fast." While many people go on diets, the spiritual discipline of fasting is...
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Marvin Lindsay
Feb 14, 20181 min read
What is Ash Wednesday and Lent?
Lent is the 40 days, not counting Sundays, before Easter. This year Easter falls on April 1, which means that today, Ash Wednesday, is...
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Marvin Lindsay
Feb 1, 20181 min read
Who Is Jesus Christ for you?
A couple of Sundays ago, First Presbyterian worshipers wrote down their answers to that question. Here is what we said:
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Marvin Lindsay
Jan 31, 20183 min read
All Wisdom Finds Its Fulfillment in Christ
A passage from my sermon on January 28: Jesus was the prophet they’d been looking for, and something more. He was God’s Word embodied in...
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Marvin Lindsay
Jan 24, 20181 min read
January 28 Preview
Our worship theme will be Empowering Lives, the third of our four-part series on First Presbyterian Church's Mission Statement. Pastor...
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Marvin Lindsay
Jan 18, 20180 min read
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Marvin Lindsay
Dec 16, 20171 min read
How to Keep Christ in Christmas #7
The cry "Keep Christ in Christmas" reflects an anxiety about losing sight of Jesus Christ at this time of year, either because society is...
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Marvin Lindsay
Dec 16, 20172 min read
How to Keep Christ in Christmas #6
Christmas has always been a time of excess. One reason why George Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas night in 1776 was that he...
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Marvin Lindsay
Dec 14, 20172 min read
How to Keep Christ in Christmas #5
You know that song, The Twelve Days of Christmas? It's actually a thing! In the old days (and today in some churches) Christmas was a...
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Marvin Lindsay
Dec 13, 20171 min read
How to Keep Christ in Christmas #4
Read the Christmas story in the Bible. Actually, I should say, "stories." There are two stories of Christmas in the Bible. One is in the...
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Dec 12, 20171 min read
How to Keep Christ in Christmas #3
I haven't heard much about the "War on Christmas" this year. Did we win? As I recall, the War on Christmas had something to do with...
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Marvin Lindsay
Dec 11, 20171 min read
How to Keep Christ in Christmas #2
Jesus Christ is not just in heaven. He's also right here in this world. In the Bible (Matthew 25:31-46), Jesus said that he still walks...
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