Pentecost
                                                                                                May 31, 2009
                                                                                                Omaha, NE
                                                                                                Rev. Steven W. Plank
 
 
“A Language That’s Understandable”
 
 
Text:    Acts 2:11b – “… in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.”
 
Scripture Lessons:       Romans 8:22-27
                                    Acts 2:1-18
 
Proposition:  At Pentecost, the Spirit was given to the whole Church, no longer just to individuals.  And in that [...]

                                                                                                7th Sunday of Easter/Ascension
                                                                                                May 24, 2009
                                                                                                Omaha, NE
                                                                                                Rev. Steven W. Plank
 
 
“Time to Step Up”
 
 
Text:    Acts 1:11a – “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven?”
 
Scripture Lessons:       Ephesians 1:15-23
                                    Acts 1:1-11
 
Proposition:  The disciples were befuddled when Jesus ascended into heaven.  The angels, however, shocked them back into a needed sense [...]

                                                                                                3rd Sunday of Easter
                                                                                                April 26, 2009
                                                                                                Omaha, NE
                                                                                                Rev. Steven W. Plank
 
 
“The Practical in Our Midst”
 
 
Text:    Luke 24:41 – “While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, ‘Have you anything here to eat?’”
 
Scripture Lessons:       Psalm 4
                                    Luke 24:36b-48
 
Proposition:  In our day and time, we have so very [...]

                                                                                                5th Sunday of Easter
                                                                                                May 10, 2009
                                                                                                Omaha, NE
                                                                                                Rev. Steven W. Plank
 
 
“Love with Abandon”
 
 
Text:    1 John 4:18a – “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear…”
 
Scripture Lessons:       Acts 8:26-40
                                    1 John 4:7-21
 
Proposition:  From a Christian perspective, love is much more than an emotion or feeling.  It cannot be summed [...]