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2021-05-30T20:15:43-04:00

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We’re not prepared for the catastrophe that’s coming

Last updated on: May 30, 2021 at 8:15 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

When the computer networks at Colonial Pipeline were hacked with ransomware, within days here in Virginia, there was a rush on gas stations, price gauging, and long lines amid fears of gas shortages. More than 40% of the country’s gas is transported through this one network of pipelines. Let me say that again… Nearly half of the gas for the nation was affected and within a few days there was price gauging and lines at the pumps. I try to... Read more

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2021-05-01T16:20:06-04:00

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Speaking of sin

Last updated on: May 1, 2021 at 4:20 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Notes for a sermon… Acts 8:26-39 8:26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.) 8:27 So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 8:28 and was returning home; seated... Read more

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2024-03-29T15:33:08-04:00

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Jesus in the Garden on Easter Sunday

Last updated on: March 29, 2024 at 3:33 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Jesus in the Garden — An Easter Sunday sermon from 2021. John 20:1-18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they... Read more

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2021-03-06T20:08:39-05:00

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Spring Cleaning

Last updated on: March 6, 2021 at 8:08 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

This third Sunday of Lent. Notes for a sermon… Spring Cleaning John 2:13-22 2:13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 2:15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned... Read more

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2021-01-30T16:49:23-05:00

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Jesus Drives Out the Unclean Spirits

Last updated on: January 30, 2021 at 4:49 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

(My sermon for Jan. 30, 2021) Mark 1:21-28 1:21 They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. 1:22 They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 1:23 Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, 1:24 and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know... Read more

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2021-01-22T22:21:40-05:00

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Is the Story of Jonah Really About a Whale?

Last updated on: January 22, 2021 at 10:21 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

(These are my notes for my sermon, Jan. 24) When we think about the story of Jonah, We think about Jonah and the whale. That’s not the important part of Jonah. That’s not what the story is about. I’m going to try to read it quickly, but I want to tell the whole story of Jonah. Notice how little attention is actually paid to the whale. There are several points that need to be made, so let’s look at Jonah…... Read more

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2021-01-07T14:00:28-05:00

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2021 Has Begun With the Unimaginable

Last updated on: January 7, 2021 at 2:00 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

So much happened in 2020 that we couldn’t imagine. The virus and the hundreds of thousands of deaths. The economy is in shambles. We’re afraid to be around others – strangers and family, for fear we might transmit or get Covid. 2020 was a hard, difficult year. Surely, 2021 would be better, right? On January 6, not even a week into the new year, a mob stormed the United States Capitol building. People died. Other were hurt. Property was damaged.... Read more

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2020-12-17T19:50:27-05:00

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Third Sunday of Advent

Last updated on: December 17, 2020 at 7:50 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Here are the notes of the sermon I delivered the third Sunday of Advent, 2020 Advent 3 – Dec. 13 What is Christmas all about? Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; 61:2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,... Read more

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2021-03-01T15:29:46-05:00

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“Who do people say that I am?”

Last updated on: March 1, 2021 at 3:29 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Mark 8:27-38 27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” 30And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. 31Then he began to teach... Read more

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2020-11-05T10:25:20-05:00

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Avoiding Trump’s Nero Decree

Last updated on: November 5, 2020 at 10:25 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

On March 19, 1945, Adolf Hitler issued an order to destroy German infrastructure to prevent their use by the Allies. The order came to be known as the Nero Decree and was intended to leave nothing but scorched earth in the wake of the retreating German army. The decree was deliberately disobeyed by high ranking German officers. Hitler committed suicide 42 days after issuing the order. In the weeks between the election of Joe Biden and the presidential inauguration on... Read more

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