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The Way of Grace

Isaiah 35 is a promise of restoration given through an image of a highway on which we may safely journey back home…

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Posted on January 28, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The Kingdom of Life

Kristen Gaither preaches on Luke 8.40-56, the story of Jesus raising Jairus’s daughter after an interruption to heal an ailing woman. As…

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Posted on December 31, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Signs Pointing to Redemption

Javi Malave preaches this morning from Genesis 9.8-17, the story of Noah. How do we engage personally and honestly with a story…

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Posted on December 10, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The Year Begins with Yearning

Advent begins the Christian year in a time of increasing darkness. Our year begins not with the glittering parties of New Year’s…

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Posted on December 3, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The Hope of Glory

2 Corinthians 5.16-6.2 gives us some of the most hopeful verses in scripture, but they were born out of St. Paul’s reflections…

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Posted on November 12, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Healing for Those Who Can’t Straighten Up

From Luke 13.10-21 comes the story of a woman bent over and unable to straighten up for 18 long years. While Jesus…

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Posted on November 5, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Something Greater

From Matthew 12.38-42 comes the story of the religious elites demanding a sign from Jesus. “Prove yourself to us,” they say, “and…

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Posted on October 22, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Body and Blood

From Matthew 15.21-28 comes a story in which Jesus’ use of a racial insult provides a test of what is in a…

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Posted on August 20, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

To the Very End of the Age

We finish up our series on the Great Commission titled Everyone Is a Missionary. We’ve come to the end of the series and…

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Posted on August 6, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Participants in Our Healing

We continue to explore who we are as a community and what it means to truly be a member. From Matthew 9.18-38…

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Posted on May 15, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

This Is Not the End

We’ve come to Mark 16.1-8, the abrupt end of Mark’s Gospel. So abrupt, many don’t think it’s the end at all. In…

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Posted on April 16, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Execution or Coronation

In Mark 15.1-41 we have the familiar scene of Jesus on the cross. Mark is showing us that what seems to be…

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Posted on April 9, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The End Is Near

Mark 13 attracts a lot of attention from people who are fascinated by apocalyptic predictions. When is the end coming? Will Jesus’…

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Posted on March 26, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Between Two Advents

We live between two Advents, between when Jesus came in humility and when he comes again in glory. Advent is the time for…

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Posted on December 11, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

A Vision of Peace

We don’t get very far when we claim, “I don’t see color.” Reconciliation isn’t about what we can’t see, but what we can. This…

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Posted on September 25, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

What’s the Problem?

Reconciliation is obviously necessary between enemies, but what if you don’t feel like enemies? There are other times when reconciliation is necessary….

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Posted on September 18, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The Poor Remind Us We Need a Deliverer

Here’s the next sermon in our series Why the Church Needs You. For a few weeks we’re looking specifically at why the church…

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Posted on August 7, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Why the Church Needs the Poor — Grace

It’s time for a series within the series to tackle the question that was always at the heart of this exploration of…

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Posted on July 31, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

New Creation Now

This is our final sermon in the Everyday Resurrection series. What does the resurrection look like in an ordinary life? Like new creation…

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Posted on May 22, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Threatened with Resurrection

For the sixth Sunday of Easter season a sermon from John 5.1-16 titled “Threatened with Resurrection.” Jesus asks us, “Do you want…

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Posted on May 1, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized
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