Corning Mennonite - Sermons (notes, audio)

Sampling of Sermons
Harold N. Miller, Pastor - Community Mennonite Fellowship, Corning NY

Browse notes and/or audio of a few recent sermons.

The sermon notes have lots of abbrevs (abbreviations!) and spaces -- I try to leave out anything that would be obvious from the context -- and use indenting to show relationship between ideas and use underlining

to show voice emphasis when speaking. Words in large/bold font were projected on the screen.
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"I'm far from golden-tongued. So my notes, even with their abbrevs, are higher-quality than the audio." --Harold

The Psalms are our prayerbook
A quick introduction to the Psalms, seeing them as basically a sampler of spiritual journals.
read - sermon notes PDF - Oct 28, 2007
download - mp3 12.8 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")

Where to get the real Happy Meal - Isaiah 55
Persons who organize their life around finding pleasure remain restless. What happens when we order our life around obeying God?!
read - sermon notes PDF - July 22, 2007
download - mp3 15.8 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")

Let's again marvel at the mastery and love of Jesus! - John 12:12-13,17-18, 18:1-14
We in the church today should laud Jesus even louder than the Palm Sunday crowd: we know what he was going to do in a few days -- including late Thursday night!
read - sermon notes PDF - March 16, 2008
download - mp3 11.3 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")

'God ain't dead'--so we have hopes we can count on" - Romans 8:1-30
Hopes lift us up but, in this fallen world, often let us down too. Here's a set of hopes that God gives and that we can count on!
read - sermon notes PDF - March 30, 2008
download - mp3 11.6 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")

How to serve the biggest boss or
The story of Gorm, Giant of the Club - Matthew 25:31-40
Enjoy a mini-sermon tucked around a l-o-n-g children's story -- preached on Sunday before team left for week of rebuilding Katrina-damaged homes through Mennonite Disaster Service.
read - sermon notes PDF - April 6, 2008
download - mp3 11.5 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")

Whole Salvation series

Christ is Victor, as well as Savior
How would you complete this sentence: "The reason the Son of God appeared was..."? The standard American evangelical answer gives only one part of why Jesus came to earth. Though true, it's incomplete.
read - sermon notes PDF - Sept 2, 2007
(no audio)

Is our 'big picture' of the Bible the right one?
Are we following Jesus in order to escape to heaven when we die? Or following in order to help bring the kingdom of heaven to earth? "On earth as it is in heaven."
read - sermon notes PDF - Sept 9, 2007
download - mp3 15.7 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")

God's jubilee ... and mega-jubilee!
All through the Bible we see God acting to set the world to rights. Will we as God's people join him? This sermon includes a whirlwind tour of the Old Testament that lands us in the New Testament with understanding and excitement.
read - sermon notes PDF - Sept 16, 2007
download - mp3 17.6 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")

Christianity's 'Bread' series -
3 sermons on the incredible advantages Christianity brings to the world

"I continue to be amazed at the wholeness and health that flows out of God's Word to those who obey it. I shouldn't be amazed -- since God is quite wise! Nonetheless, I keep on marveling at each instance of God's wisdom seen in the Bible, feasting on how our faith adds joy and peace to life and really does make our world a better place." - Harold

Christianity offers humanity – the dignity of each person
All of us, Christian and nonChristian alike, wish that all people in the world were treated with dignity. The teachings of Christianity encourage us to give value and respect to everyone we meet.
read - sermon notes PDF - May 6, 2007
download - mp3 16.4 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")

Christianity offers humanity – help to be good neighbors
We all want individuals/tribes/nations to live and work together in peace. Beliefs of Christianity help us be good neighbors--ones who do good, who can replace selfishness with caring.
read - sermon notes PDF - May 20, 2007
download - mp3 19.3 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")

Christianity offers humanity – help to heal bad neighbors
In distinctive and unique ways, the teachings of Jesus and the Bible help us deal with bad neighbors--and perhaps even help them become good neighbors.
read - sermon notes PDF - May 27, 2007
download - mp3 15.4 MB (right-click, and then "save target as" or "save link as")