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Brand-Marks Of Jesus
In Galatia, the apostle Paul’s authority was being questioned by detractors claiming that he was a sub-standard apostle, not on the same level as Peter, James and John. Paul dismisses their charges as nonsense, closing his epistle to…
The Stigma Of The Cross
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / October 02, 2016 We are nearing the end of our current series, Reflections On The Cross. I hope that this series has helped to strengthen our grasp of…
Canopied By The Cross
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / September 25, 2016 Throughout this series on Reflections On The Cross I’ve been thinking about the meaning of the shadow of the cross. We encounter this phrase in…
The Crux Of Our Boasting
We humans tend to be a boastful bunch. It seems to be a part of our humanity, engrained in our very DNA. We like to brag. We enjoy boasting. We get a fix out of being the first…
The Crux Of Our Boasting
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / September 18, 2016 ? Seven Sundays is now underway … Friends & Day and Fall Fest on October 9th ? Saul of Tarsus was a man with a…
Via Dolorosa
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / September 11, 2016 Jeannie and I enjoyed a two-night stay recently in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. On the way there we traveled Rt 11 to I-90 and crossed into Canada…
9/11
We remember September the 11th with a smile. In 1992 it brought us our dear niece, Sydney Jeanne Glasgow Wong. In 2013 it brought Mia Jackelyn Wong, Isaiah & Jeannie’s daughter. For our household, September the 11th has…
The Challenge Of Cross-Bearing
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / September 04, 2016 In his book, The Cruciform Church, C. Leonard Allen bemoans the “low-lighting” or de-emphasizing of the cross. The sub-title of the book is, “Becoming A…
The Cruciform Church
“The most pressing question facing the churches of Christ today is the question, can we recover the ‘word of the cross’ in its biblical fullness? No other question comes close to this one.” These words are penned by…
Acceptable Worship
The Christian faith is about the grace and mercy of God! We thank God that He doesn’t give us what we deserve. If we get what we deserve, we would all be destined to hell! It’s as simple…