Pastor Preston Wagner – True Love
“Love” is clearly the theme of worship this day, the word mentioned thirteen times in the appointed Epistle and Gospel lessons. “Love” is a powerful Biblical word, occurring over 300 times…

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Abiding
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches…

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Pastor Preston Wagner – It’s Personal
They are called personal pronouns. They can be singular or plural and take on different forms: “I, Me, My, Mine, Myself/We, Us” and “Ours.” One of my favorite little poems, which I…

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Pastor Preston Wagner – An Astounding Sermon
You will note in the weeks following Easter that the first Scripture lesson comes from the Book of Acts instead of the traditional Old Testament reading The crafters of the three year lectionary
series that we follow in our worship…

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Vicar Lew Upchurch – Live a Little
It has been said that the core of a person’s spirit comes from new experiences. Simply put we should all just “live a little” in order to gain the fullness this life offers. The phrase certainly rings
true with me. I can’t count how many times I have uttered…

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Pastor Preston Wagner – Easter – The Big Gulp
It’s something we take for granted: Swallowing!” It happens instinctively when we’re stressed or afraid, that “big gulp” which steels our nerves…

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Waiting
The Town of Wake Forest has a lot of rich history and is known for many things, but I bet you didn’t know that Wake Forest is known for something really peculiar and frustrating—at least I think so.
It is has the longest stop-light in NC and possibly…

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Pastor Preston Wagner – Good Friday – The Three Crosses
I can’t remember when it was exactly but I had to be in my late teens or When I survey the
wondrous Cross on which the prince of glory died.” “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?”
“On a hill far away stood an old rugged Cross, the emblem of suffering and shame…

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – For You
I can’t remember when it was exactly but I had to be in my late teens or early 20’s and a friend of mine who was a big baseball fan like me approached me and handed me a Bobby Murcer
autographed baseball. The friend said to me “Here is a Bobby Murcer signed ball.” Being a big Yankee fan…

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Pastor Preston Wagner – Sermon 040112 Mixed Messages
A “mixed message” is defined in the urban dictionary as “a situation in which a person receives verbal or nonverbal cues from another person that seem to contradict each other.” One might say…

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Servanthood
In the Gospel lesson for today there was an option to include verses 32-34 with the 10 verses posted on the back of the bulletin. But because that option wasn’t picked up by the
publisher of the bulletin…

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Vicar Lew Upchurch – The Ultimate Goal of Jesus’ Prayers
We often hear people take the Lord’s name in vain. Have you ever heard people use “Glory” as an expression? I hear that expression from a certain segment of our population, but I am not really
sure just what is meant by them when…

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