Just Sitting Here Thinking

Sermon on finding hope through loneliness, hopelessness, and abandonment. When we feel forsaken by God by the silence we feel, and how we hide or distance ourselves from God out of that fear that God will not be there when we feel most alone. The story of Francis Thompson and "The Hound of Heaven."

Often the one light in darkness is the promise that God will never leave us, and how that affirmation can give us the courage to live and continue on. How we can share that hope with others to pull each other out of the darkness. 

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Sermon on the jacket lapel, representing the place where we place the messages of all the pins, jewelry, tags and bumper stickers in our lives. The symbols we wear and the priorities we show to the world, and the towel as a symbol of service and discipleship. How we become disciples when we take up Christ's mantle of service to others.

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Sermon reflecting on the television series "Quantum Leap" and the importance of taking quantum leaps in our own life. In reflecting on the past, propelling us into the future, and stretching our abilities to improve our lives through faith.

David's journey from fear to triumph, Saul's conversion experience into Paul, and Rev. Eastridge's personal journey as a young man from confusion and ambivalence into a life of discipleship. Reflecting on the impact of one summer evening with a young local evangelist named Billy Graham.

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An introduction to Paul's letters to Titus and Timothy, and the challenges and critical decisions described in the early church. The importance of unity and openness, and the crucial need and power of prayer.

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Classic and often-requested sermon of Rev. Eastridge's, always remade fresh and contemporary with the time of its telling.

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A special Christmas lesson on the promises of "the baby in the box." Celebrating the fulfillment of the prophecy of the Messiah and the hopes and faith of all who believe in Him. The impact the hope of a child can have to transform a world.

How Christ has brought about those changes, to open the minds of the people to tolerance and acceptance, and to open the souls of humanity to reconciliation with God.

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Advent lesson on Joseph, the responsibilities upon him and the sacrifices he endured for the love of his wife and the child he raised as his son. The dangers and hardships they faced in the communities they crossed, desperate to keep the child safe. The values he instilled in Jesus as a young man and the heartbreak of a nurturing father at the end.

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Lesson on 2 John's message of the spiritual walk we take together. Walking in truth and not living out a biased faith. The search for truth is a lifelong quest. Walking in love with one another, and putting our love into action to help each other.

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Lesson on Paul's letter to the church at Corinth, the fractions and divisions among the devotees of Paul and of Apollos. Setting a foundation with the basic beliefs of the church, the importance of grace and the means to live together as Christ would have us.

The quality of life within the church community, the need to love one another and our church, and our responsibility for the legacy of the church. Real leadership and the need for unity and the common pursuit over individual egos and personal desires. Bringing the church forward into society with love, repentance, and looking to God.

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Sermon on becoming who we were born to be. Having the faith to boldly pursue living deliberately rather than eking out a fringe material existence. And finding in our reflection the image of God in which we were created. 

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