Towards Sunday

November 2, 2025 – “The One Anothers….Welcome Each Other”

by | October 28, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday we will continue our series on the One Another’s. Our focus this week is one from the book of Romans, chapter 15… This week, understanding the back story and the context of Paul’s invitation to “one another” is very important.  So let me try and set...
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October 26, 2025 – “The One Another’s…. Encourage One Another”

by | October 21, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Greetings Marion Church Family!  This week we are continuing our series on the One Another statements in the Bible.  During our time together this Sunday, we will be focusing on one verse.  1 Thessalonians 5:11… This verse starts with one of my favorite...
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October 19, 2025 – “The One Another’s….Love One Another”

by | October 14, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week we are beginning a new series where we will be looking at some of the “One Another” statements in the New Testament. If I counted correctly there are 59 one another statements in the New Testament.  Most of these one another statements are encouraging,...
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October 12, 2025 – “Lament”

by | October 7, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we look at lament, we find ourselves in the middle of Isaiah’s lament… Isaiah 63:15 – Isaiah 64:12                 ...
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October 5, 2025 – “Lament”

by | September 30, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

It was a good weekend to spend time together…             To talk together.             To remember together....
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September 28, 2025 – Church Retreat at Cove Valley Camp

by | September 23, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week the calendar tells us that autumn has begun.  When does fall start for you?  Is it post Labor Day?  Is it the beginning of football season?  For many of us, it may be the weekend of our church retreat at Cove Valley Camp.  This...
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September 21, 2025 – “Lament”

by | September 16, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week we will be looking at the lament of the prophet Elijah.  I invite you to read his lament and a portion of God’s response in 1 Kings 19:1-15a… 1 Kings...
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September 14, 2025 – “Lament”

by | September 9, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we continue our series on Lament, I am inviting you to read the short book of Habakkuk.  It is only three chapters, depending on the translation you use, it is a little over one thousand words.  It is about a ten-minute read. Go ahead and check...
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September 7, 2025 – “Lament”

by | September 2, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday we will be starting a five-week series on lament.  What did you think of when you hear the word lament?  The Oxford dictionary defines lament as… “a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.” Have you had times of lament in your life? What has...
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August 31, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Love is Blind”

by | August 26, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

“Love is blind, and lovers cannot see”. This quote is from Jessica in Act 2 scene 6 of “The Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare. Is love blind? It is a popular phrase.  Perhaps you have even used the phrase.  In my preparation for this message I have...
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August 24, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Speak Your Truth”

by | August 19, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Howdy Marion church family, This week as we examine another phrase that isn’t found in the Bible, I realize I might get myself in trouble.  I am no stranger to getting into trouble.  This week I am going to disagree with Oprah Winfrey.  I know I am such...
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August 10, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….You get what you deserve”

by | August 5, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week we are looking at the popular and “not in the Bible” phrase of… “you get what you deserve”.  The idea that you should get what you deserve is pretty popular… probably because it makes a lot of sense. It seems fair. It seems normal. Think about it… Life...
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August 3, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That…Cleanliness is next to Godliness”

by | July 29, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday we will look at another popular phrase that isn’t in the Bible. Or as one author put it, silly things that Christians say.  Cleanliness is next to Godliness.  This phrase is attributed to John Wesley in a sermon over two centuries ago, and yet it...
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July 27, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Love the sinner, hate the sin”

by | July 22, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we look at another phantom scripture in the Bible, I wonder how many of us have used this phrase in the past…                 “Love the sinner, hate the sin.” It is a popular...
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July 20, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….God wants to make you happy”

by | July 15, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

By Pastor Blaine This summer we are working on ‘sayings.’ Here’s one for fun:  ‘You are barking up the wrong tree.’          Where does a saying like that originate?  (Google it)  😊...
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July 13, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That… Listen to your heart”

by | July 8, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

As we continue looking at statements that are not in the Bible, this Sunday we will look at the statement… Follow your heart… My initial thoughts about this statement are to have someone read Proverbs 28:26 and not say anything more.  I really like the Amplified...
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July 6, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Money is the Root of all Evil”

by | July 1, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

When I was a kid, I remember playing a game with my parents and my sister.  It wasn’t an official game, and it centered around one question… “What would you do if you had a million dollars?”.  Our family took turns stating how we would spend the million...
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June 29, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….God helps those who help themselves” Ephesians 2: 1-10

by | June 24, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Hello everyone! This coming Sunday’s wrongly-attributed-to-the-Bible scripture is “God helps those who help themselves,” which is a bit of a complex idea with a lot of various interpretations.  The phrase sounds somewhat like Biblical wisdom and is spoken often...
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June 22, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Everything Happens for a Reason”

by | June 18, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

“Everything Happens For a Reason” by Pastor Carl Another phantom scripture that (spoiler alert) doesn’t exactly exist… But many have said it, always with the best of intentions, based on being convinced of God’s sovereignty in spite of our inability to make...
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June 15, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….That’s Not Fair!”

by | June 10, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

We are in the middle of VBS this week at Marion! This Sunday we will embrace the VBS vibe and our worship space and worship will reflect our VBS theme… True North.  As we continue our summer series of phantom scriptures, I am not going to tell you the phantom...
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