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Passover Focus

Speaker: Tom Meece 4\4\20 The Passover is not about self-examination and feeling sorry, but rather about the Life of Christ---both in the physical and spiritual sense. To overcome our weaknesses, especially to live the abundant life God intends for us…
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Tree of Life: Central --- Available -- Dynamic

Speaker: James Malizia 2/8/20 Physical human existence is book-ended with something of great interest and from which we can learn many, many spiritual lessons from... these book-ends are the the Tree of Life. It was in the Garden of Eden…
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Fasting as a Faith In Action

Speaker: Tim Pebworth 12/7/19 Location: Orinda Why do we fast? There are physical benefits and some times we can fast looking for a specific answer. In this sermon, Tim Pebworth reviews biblical instruction on why we fast. Pls. Note: Addt’l…
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Did God Set Us Up for Failure?

Do you ever feel like no matter what you try, you fail? That your best effort isn't good enough? Do you feel like God has set us up as some sort of a cruel cosmic joke, knowing we could never…
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Born Again, Born of God

Mark Helseth discusses the parallel of both physical and spiritual birth and how the prior can help you conceptualize the latter and better understand what it means to be Born of God.
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The Promise Made Before the Foundation of the World

Speaker: Tim Pebworth 5/25/19 What is the nature of Jesus Christ? Judaism and Islam accept Jesus as a prophet, but certainly do not accept Him as God. The dominant Christianity, which is Trinitarian, says that Jesus is of an essence…
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Lessons From The Feast

Speaker: Howard Willis 5/18/19 We are physical and our existing is temporary. All physical things are temporary. Pls. Note: Addt’l msgs given in the SF Bay Area congregation may be searched by date, presenter name &/or title at https://www.ucg.org/sermons/all?group=San%20Francisco%20Bay%20Area,%20CA
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Yeast and Pride

This message uses analogies to compare the relationsip between the physical (yeast) and the spiritual (pride) aspects in our lives. The story of Uzziah in the Old Testament (2Chr 26) is as an example of how pride may lead to…
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The Plan A For Thriving In Illness

Tim Pebworth 4/27/19 When we become sick or are faced with a physical handicap our Plan A is often to seek medical treatment, and if we believe in God to ask for health, but if it doesn't come we can…
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How Do We Walk?

It's natural to walk using our given senses. But is this the way that God says? In this sermon, Philip Aust, pastor of the Atlanta and Buford churches, discusses what God shows us in His word about the path we…