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News, sermon notes and announcements from the Cortland Church of Christ.
A Generous Gesture
While dining out with a group from church last Sunday afternoon, the manager at Red Lobster stopped at our table to share this generous offer. At Red Lobster we would like to celebrate the work ministers do and…
Coming To See More Clearly
Sermon By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / August 19, 2018 Please open your Bible to Mark chapter eight. Mk.8:22-26 reads as follows – – They came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind mind to (Jesus),…
Thy Will Be Done
How would you summarize the ministry and mission of Jesus? If we were to restrict our answers to the text of The Scriptures, a number of key passages ought to quickly come to mind. In words spoken to…
The Way In Need Of The Will
Sermon By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / August 12, 2018 Perhaps the most audacious claim that was ever made by a person is found in Jn.14:6, where Jesus proclaims: I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH and…
How Does One Know?
How does one know if he or she is truly a Christian? First of all, we must ask what do the Scriptures teach? The text of Romans 6:3-4 is quite clear in affirming that those who have been…
How To Know If You’re A Christian
Discussion Led By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / August 05, 2018 Discovering one’s roots continues to be a subject of great interest for lots of people. For years I worked from the assumption that my ancestral…
A Cluster Of Doppelgangers
My wife posted a photo of me on Facebook recently and someone texted back that I was a “doppelganger”. The implication was that in the picture posted I looked a whole lot like my father. It wasn’t just…
Quotable Quotes
“Christ uncrowned Himself to crown us, and put off His robes to put on our rags, and came down from heaven to keep us out of hell. He fasted forty days, that He might feast with us to…
Death And Life Are In It’s Power
Discussion Led By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / July 22, 2018 The words we speak, as well as the attitudes we reflect, are powerful. In fact they are so potent that they can bring about life…
Quotable Quotes
A friend was in the hospital to give birth to her first baby. As the labor pains became more frequent and severe, she gasped to the nurse, “Is the hard part about over?” The nurse replied, “Honey this…