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Preach the Sounding Joy This Christmas

It was the end of July and I was in full summer mode—sitting by the pool, watching fireflies, having lively debates with friends over the tastiest local ice cream. Mindlessly, I clicked on Facebook, and a happy post by a parishioner popped onto my feed: “Only 150 days…
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Preaching on Empty: The Importance of Prayer in Preaching

Everything I know about preaching–or at least some portion of what I think I might understand–I learned from a stomach virus. I have to assume it was a virus that induced the three days of vomiting because I can’t bear the thought it was food poisoning from America’s…
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Preaching to (and with) the Elderly Saints

“Bless the LORD, O my soul and do not forget all his benefits—the one who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit” (Psalm 103:2-3). This past Sunday afternoon, I preached on these verses to my congregation of 40 or…
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Embracing the Old Testament

I have a confession: I’m not a big fan of the term “New Testament Church.” Many Christian Churches today use this title as a self-descriptor. These churches have good intentions of displaying their efforts to embody the ideals of the First Century Church and to declare the good…
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Here We Are Again: The Easter Sermon

Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back – Bruce Springsteen, “Atlantic City” It turns out that Easter is on a Sunday this year, so we should probably start talking about what we’re…
Emmanuel Christian Seminary
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Published Sermons from the Emmanuel Community

Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan enjoys a strong reputation in good preaching and teaching from scripture. Words have always mattered to this community. We believe that proclaiming God’s truth from scripture changes lives, heals wounds, liberates the oppressed, and restores communities. The collection below of published sermons from…
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Preaching

Adorned with Joy: Easter and the Early Church

The celebration of the death and resurrection of Christ is the oldest feast in the faith. It was, and continues to be, the center point of the Christian faith. Just like in the New Testament Scriptures, early Christian writers took every opportunity they had to speak about Christ’s incarnation, death,…
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Advent Worship

Since joining our church staff back in 2019, it’s usually around this time of year that I am given the opportunity to preach during the Advent season. At first, I’m always really excited. As a woman in ministry, I’m still getting used to the fact that I’m now blessed to…
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Advent: Cultivating Joy as Resistance

As we enter in the holy presence of God this week, we gather ourselves around the pink candle which marks what was traditionally known as “Gaudete Sunday,” literally, “Rejoice” Sunday. The rose-colored candle that stands in the cocoon of the Advent wreath is a symbol to remind us of the…
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Advent: Turning Everything on Its Head

The Magnificat, Mary’s song of praise in Luke 1:46-55, is a Gospel passage that we often overlook during this season when we celebrate the birth of the Christ child. Although reminiscent of the ancient Israelite Psalms in its form and themes, this song of Mary does not get the attention…