Bruce Van Blair

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2012     2011     2010     2009     2008

Herald Angels  (January 1)
By The Will of God
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Thanking God and Praying for You
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Wanting to Know Jesus
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How Does Jesus Save Us?
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Is Jesus God
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*Any "class presentations" mentioned in these sermons can be found in the Class Library at thenewchurch.org

2012     2011     2010     2009     2008

Five-part series re The Gospel (Galatians)
   A New Year To Be New In

   You Are The Light
   The Full Truth of The Gospel
   Throwing It Away
   Did You Receive The Spirit?
      
(All five Gospel (Galatians) sermons combined)

Peril for Hadassah
Samson's Vocatio
The Companion
Shechem

Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2011 – the following sermons are from In a Nut's Shell
  
Depravity  (Ash Wednesday)
   Like Jesus?  (First Sunday in Lent)
   Like Jesus – 2  (Second Sunday in Lent)
   Like Jesus – 3  (Third Sunday in Lent)
   Like Jesus – 4  (Fourth Sunday in Lent)
   Like Jesus – 5  (Fifth Sunday in Lent)
   A True Chance  (Palm Sunday)
   An Opportune Time  (Maundy Thursday)
   Is Christianity About a Cross  (Good Friday)
   Knowing Before We Know  (Easter Sunrise)
   The Real Thing  (Easter Morning I)
   Are You Pitiful?  (Easter Morning II)
   Do We Love God?  (Toward Pentecost)
      
(All thirteen sermons combined)
       (All thirteen sermons combined in special In a Nut's Shell format)

Sin
Attendance

Series re the Commitments of the Christian Life  [worth posting again!]
   First and Most Important
   Instruction Deficit (Failure to Read the Instructions)
   The Call of God
   Mentor / Sponsor / Confessor / Friend

   A Disciple Band
   Choosing Your Six
   The Sermon on the Amount

      (All seven "Christian Commitments" sermons combined)

What on Earth Is the Purpose?
The Prime Directive
The Orphanage
Love (Do Not Call "Love" What Most People Call "Love")
Are You Terrified?
Put Thou My Tears In Thy Bottle
Layers
Our Behavior
A Covenant People
What Is Jesus Asking?

Series re Forgiveness
   The Authority to Forgive
   Required to Forgive
   Different Dimensions of Forgiveness
   The Process of Forgiveness

      (All four Forgiveness sermons combined)

Advent & Beyond
   Easy to Miss  (First Sunday in Advent)

   The Fugitive  (Second Sunday in Advent)
   Out-of-the-Way Places  (Third Sunday in Advent)
  
Unto You a Child
  (Fourth Sunday in Advent)
   I Am The Way  (Christmas Day)
       (All five Advent & Beyond sermons combined)

2012     2011     2010     2009     2008

Two-part series re Grace
    Prince of Peace

    The Elder-Brother Type

Two-part series re Three Things
    Three Things I No Longer Believe

    Three Things I Believe More and More

Two-part series re Weakness
    Having Problems
    Weakness and Power

Lent
   Repent - Come Home to God  (Ash Wednesday)
   Repent or Recover  (First Sunday in Lent)
   You Are Special  (Second Sunday in Lent)
   The Gifts  (Third Sunday in Lent)
   Peace - Serenity  (Fourth Sunday in Lent)
   Self-Control  (Fifth Sunday in Lent)
      
(All five Gifts of The Spirit sermons combined)

Holy Week
   The Deeper Story  (Palm Sunday)
   I'm Impressed  (Easter)

Six-part series re Paul's Letter to The Galatians
   An Apostle

   To Visit Cephas
   An Evil Generation
   God At Work
   The Life I Now Live
   Believing The Gospel
      
(All six sermons re Paul's Letter to The Galatians combined)

The Vine  (Pentecost)
Memories That Allow Us To Move On
The Mirror

Through Christian Eyes
Your Father's Good Pleasure
The Problem of Good
Choosing Your Audience

Four-part series re Zerubbabel and Second Chances
   The Second Temple

   Contention and Opposition
   The Purity Solution
   The Concept and The Cost
      
(All four Second Chances sermons combined)

Walk By The Spirit
Bear Fruit
My Yoke Is Easy
A Listening God
Back To My OwnModel Train

Are You Terrified  (re September 11, 2001)

Five-part series re The Road to Antioch
   Where Is Antioch?
   The Body
   A Loving Community

   Building Up The Body
   Love of the Brethren
      
(All five sermons re The Road to Antioch combined)

Least Brethren
Trust and Obey
Redemption

Advent & Beyond
   How We Come  (First Sunday in Advent)
   Why We Come  (Second Sunday in Advent)
   How He Came  (Third Sunday in Advent)
   Why He Came  (Fourth Sunday in Advent)
   Basking in the Glory
 (First Sunday after Christmas)
       (All five Advent & Beyond sermons combined)
 

2012     2011     2010     2009     2008

God Is At Work In You

Series re Letters to the Seven Churches of Revelation
    Ephesus
   
Smyrna
   
Pergamum
   
Thyatira
   
Sardis
   
Philadelphia
   
Laodicea
      
(All seven "Revelation Letters" sermons combined)

Lenten Series re The Beatitudes
    Poor in Spirit
    To Mourn and Be Meek
    Hunger for Righteousness and Be Merciful
    Purity of Heart
    The Peacemakers and The Persecuted
       (All five Beatitude sermons combined)

Coronation Day  (Palm Sunday)
He Called The Shot  (Easter Sunday)

Series from Paul's Letters to the Philippians and the Colossians
    Fool's Paradise
    Fool's Goal
    Fool's Escape
    Fool's Truth
    Truth's Fool

    A True and Present Paradise
       (All six True Paradise sermons combined)

Universal Salvation

Series re Spiritual Warfare
    Wounded Soldiers
    To Stand Firm
    The Seventh Protection
       (All three Spiritual Warfare sermons combined)

Incubation
Bought With a Price
The Separation of Church and Jesus
The Split
Paul's Judgment

Series re The Book of Jude
    Hey Jude
    More Angels
    What's the Matter?
    The Bad Guys (The Adversaries)
    Pay Dirt

       (All five Jude sermons combined)

The Man Who Did Not Want To Be Healed
Are You Terrified?
Put Thou My Tears In Thy Bottle

Series re Prayer
    The Use of Quiet
    Enemies of Prayer
    Distraction, Disobedience & Doubt
    Intercession
      
(All four Prayer sermons combined)

The Lake of Fire  (a short story)
What Is Jesus Asking?

Series re Spiritual Hunger
    Food That Perishes
    Bread of Heaven

Advent & Beyond
    Gold
 (First Sunday in Advent)
    Frankincense  (Second Sunday in Advent)
    Myrrh  (Third Sunday in Advent)
    A Total Gift  (Fourth Sunday in Advent)
    The Choice  (First Sunday After Christmas)
       (All five Advent & Beyond sermons combined)
 

2012     2011     2010     2009     2008

Give It Up Ash Wednesday

Lenten Series re Peter and the Stages of Conversion
    An Initial Enthusiasm
    In Pursuit of Success
    The Break Point
    Weakness & Power
    Quo Vadis

       (All five Conversion sermons combined)

Holy Week
    Declaring Yourself
 (Palm Sunday)
    When It Gets Real
 (Maundy Thursday)
    Gabbatha Before Golgatha
 (Good Friday)
    By His Death & By His Life  (Easter)

From Easter through Pentecost
    Damnation

    The Lake of Fire  (a short story)
    Series re Forgiveness
        The Authority to Forgive
        Required to Forgive
        Different Dimensions of Forgiveness
        The Process of Forgiveness

           (All four Forgiveness sermons combined)
    Intro to Pentecost
    Inside Pentecost

           (Both Pentecost sermons combined)

Beyond Pentecost
    Jesus & Adam
    Jesus & Moses
    Jesus & Abraham
    Jesus & Isaiah
    Jesus & Jeremiah

       (All five sermons combined regarding Jesus' Role Models)

Series re The Commitments of the Christian Life
    First and Most Important
    Instruction Deficit (Failure to Read the Instructions)
    The Call of God
    Mentor/Sponsor/Confessor/Friend
    A Disciple Band
    Choosing Your Six
    The Sermon on the Amount

       (All seven "Christian Commitments" sermons combined)

The Prime Directive   
The Orphanage

Love (Do Not Call "Love" What Most People Call "Love")
The Last Time I Saw Heaven

Some Parables From Jesus
    Shadows of the Prodigal

    Come, O Blessed
    Never Take "No" for an Answer
    Missing the Point

    A Loaded Parable

Some Encounters With Jesus
    The Reluctant Beneficiary

    Zacchaeus
    Stolen Touch
    Jesus & Nicodemus

Moses & George
Daniel
Insufficient Gratitude

Advent & Beyond
    A Thief in the Night  (First Sunday in Advent)

    Unexpected  (Second Sunday in Advent)
    Disobeyed  (Third Sunday in Advent)
    Unloved  (Fourth Sunday in Advent)
    He Came Anyway
 (First Sunday After Christmas)
       (All five Advent & Beyond sermons combined)
 

 
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