Coppertop Sermons

Cheers to Jeers

Sermon preached March 24, 2013

Texts: Luke 19:28-40; Luke 23:1-5

The Windmills of Your Mind

Play part of Dusty Springfield, “The Windmills of Your Mind”

Today’s sermon is going to be a lot about questions, so here are a few. Who sang that song? The original version was used in a 1968 movie, do

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Let’s Get Physical

Sermon preached March 17, 2013

Texts: John 12:1-8

Olivia Newton John “Physical”

Physical. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?… Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you? (I Corinthians 6:15, 19)
If you watch the Olivia Newton John video of her

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The F Bomb

Sermon preached March 10, 2013

Texts: Luke 15:1-3; 11b-32

Hang on. This morning we are going to be discussing one of the most controversial topics, one of the most difficult issues, I ever preach on. Don’t tell me that we are going to use the story of the prodigal and the father to talk politics?

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Keeping Going

Sermon preached March 3, 2013

Text: Luke 13:1-9

How many of you watched the Oscars, the Academy Awards this past Sunday? That is something I typically enjoy watching, and something that our family has often enjoyed watching together. Last Sunday, Sarah and Beth got together in the Twin Cities to watch. I was in

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The Longing God

Sermon preached February 24, 2013

Texts: Luke 13: 31-35

Do you ever wonder what your life looks like from the outside? Many of us, when we get into our forties, perhaps, and certainly by the time we are in our fifties and beyond, have those moments when we are kind of stunned to realize

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