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A Cry From The Deep
The psalms of David were apparently transcribed and circulated among the nation of Israel (perhaps shortly after they were first penned – – not a big undertaking for the administration of a king). It seems obvious when we…
A Cry From The Deep
Pt#4 / Man Overboard: Jonah In Jeopardy Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / February 14, 2016 In our sermon series on Jonah, we left off with Jonah in the belly of the whale (sea…
The Not-So-Good Ole Days
(Excerpted from The Great Upheaval: America And The Birth Of The Modern World 1788-1800, by Jay Winik). “The waning decades of the seventeenth century remained, for a majority of mankind, the bleakest of times… Only half of infants…
Shepherds & Deacons
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / February 07, 2016 Our thanks to Brian Alfred for his pastoral-Sunday sermon present last Sunday. I have mentioned to you a few times that I’m a player in…
Swallowed Up By God
Some feel driven to contend that the story of Jonah and the whale is simply an allegory or a parable. But the words of our Lord concerning Jonah sound rather historical: Just as Jonah was three days and…
Swallowed Up By God
Pt#3 / Man Overboard: Jonah In Jeopardy Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / January 24, 2016 Chapter one of the book of Jonah nears to an end in vs.15 – – “they picked Jonah…
Awash In Deep Troubles
First God prepared an assignment for Jonah: Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it… (Jonah 1:2). Subsequently, Jonah’s recalcitrance (he chose to try to run away from God / Jonah 1:3) caused God to…
Awash In Deep Troubles
Pt#2 / Man Overboard: Jonah In Jeopardy Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / January 17, 2016 The book of Jonah opens with a very explicit directive from God that comes with clarity and responsibility.…
Dreading to Proclaim Grace
Jonah was a servant of God. We have no reason to doubt his faithfulness. He labored during the reign of Jeroboam II in a time when the king of the northern tribes continued the evil doings permitted by…
Dreading to Proclaim Grace
Pt#1 / Man Overboard: Jonah In Jeopardy Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / January 10, 2016 This morning I want to begin a new sermon series on the book of Jonah. I am going…