Village Pres Sermons
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Episodes
305 episodes
Healing Through Gifts of Remembering - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
In the last chapter of the Revelation to John, the last book of the Bible, an angel shows John a vision of the water of life flowing from God’s throne. Straddling the river is the tree of life producing fruit for all creation and the leaves tha...
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With Liberty and Justice for All - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
From our earliest days as a nation, our democracy has been described as the “American experiment.” Then and even now, the very notion that a disparate group of people could come together and elect representatives to govern themselves seems incr...
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Indivisible - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
From our earliest days as a nation, our democracy has been described as the “American experiment.” Then and even now, the very notion that a disparate group of people could come together and elect representatives to govern themselves seems incr...
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Under God - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
From our earliest days as a nation, our democracy has been described as the “American experiment.” Then and even now, the very notion that a disparate group of people could come together and elect representatives to govern themselves seems incr...
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One Nation - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
From our earliest days as a nation, our democracy has been described as the “American experiment.” Then and even now, the very notion that a disparate group of people could come together and elect representatives to govern themselves seems incr...
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They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
In Matthew’s gospel, the last charge of Jesus Christ to his disciples was to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19). This has always been the task of the church—to share the good news of Jesus Christ with all peoples ...
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Working Side by Side - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
In Matthew’s gospel, the last charge of Jesus Christ to his disciples was to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19). This has always been the task of the church—to share the good news of Jesus Christ with all peoples ...
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Walking Hand in Hand - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
In Matthew’s gospel, the last charge of Jesus Christ to his disciples was to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19). This has always been the task of the church—to share the good news of Jesus Christ with all peoples ...
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Being One in the Spirit - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
In Matthew’s gospel, the last charge of Jesus Christ to his disciples was to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19). This has always been the task of the church—to share the good news of Jesus Christ with all peoples ...
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Come and See - Rev. Zach Walker
Rev. Zach Walker concludes the preaching series "Seeing God" with his sermon "Come and See." We live in a world where we can see and learn so much through media. Far flung parts of the world are visible to us. News of struggles and problems tha...
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Seen and Unseen - Youth Sunday
This month we have been looking at where we see God in the movies. God, of course, also shows up in our lives. Today our youth lead us in worship, and we will hear how some of them saw God over the summer – in both expected and unexpected ways....
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Good Worth Fighting For: The Lord of the Rings - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Sam: "By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be...
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Remember Who You Are! "The Lion King" - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
"You have forgotten who you are, and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the circle of life." -- The ghost of Mufasa speaking to his son, Simba, in "The Lion Kin...
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Good and Terrible at the Same Time: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
"But as for Aslan himself, the Beavers and the children didn't know what to do or say when they saw him. People who have not been in Narnia sometimes think that a thing cannot be good and terrible at the same time. If the children had ever thou...
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The Ultimate Table of Grace - Rev. Melanie Hardison
Throughout the Bible, the table holds a prominent place in the stories of God’s people. From the directions to build a table around which the people may gather in Exodus, to God preparing a table for us in the presence of our enemies in Psalm 2...
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A Table for Sinners & Saints - Rev. Chad Herring
Throughout the Bible, the table holds a prominent place in the stories of God’s people. From the directions to build a table around which the people may gather in Exodus, to God preparing a table for us in the presence of our enemies in Psalm 2...
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