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Reach Out & Live: First-Plymouth (20th & D)

Sermons and worship from the 9:00/10:30 am service at First-Plymouth at 20th & D.

May 31, 2020 5:30 AM America/Chicago

Pentacost - May 31, 2020 - Pastor Jim - Sermon

It is Pentecost Sunday and Dr. Jim Keck will use Acts Chapter two to envision a new Pentecost underway in our time of the pandemic. Like the first Pentecost, the Christian movement is being transformed in our own time. Come Holy Spirit, Come!

May 24, 2020 5:30 AM America/Chicago

Beatitudes Part II - May 24, 2020 - Pastor Jim - Sermon

Jesus begins his great sermon by announcing blessings on the very people that felt cursed by their circumstances. In these difficult days of a pandemic, it is a good time to gather together as a church around these amazing words of Jesus and discover toge

May 17, 2020 5:30 AM America/Chicago

Beatitudes Part I - May 17, 2020 - Pastor Jim - Sermon

Receiving Blessings While Feeling Cursed: A Two Part Series on the Beatitudes Jesus begins his great sermon by announcing blessings on the very people that felt cursed by their circumstances. In these difficult days of a pandemic, it is a good time to gat

Our Gospels portray Jesus' temptation in the wilderness in a way that is very similar to how the Homeric epics depict a hero facing a test of character and battling supernatural forces. These type of stories invite us to imagine that we all undergo a test

In management theory, the Peter Principle refers to the tendency of an organization to promote a person to the "level of their incompetence." Although that idea is not actually named after Peter the Apostle, it appears that he was the first historical exa

Feb 16, 2020 4:30 AM America/Chicago

Decadence - February 16, 2020 - Pastor Jim Keck - Sermon

Although most often use the word "decadent" is used to refer to either a super-rich chocolate desert or some form of immorality, Jacques Barzun, the great cultural critic used it as a technical description of a society that fallen into economic stagnation

In some basic way we must all say "Yes" to life itself. Our fullness and flourishing can only flow from this essential affirmation. While many of us do not say "no" exactly, we never quite seize the power of YES to life's possibilities. This weekend Dr. K

Jan 26, 2020 4:30 AM America/Chicago

Holy Envy - January 26, 2020 - Pastor Jim Keck - Sermon

Krister Stendahl, the Lutheran Bishop of Stockholm and Harvard Professor, taught that Christians should cultivate a "holy envy" for what you admire in other religions and wish you could make part of your own tradition. In this weeks sermon Dr. Keck will f

Jan 19, 2020 4:30 AM America/Chicago

Come and See - January 19, 2020 - Pastor Jim Keck - Sermon

The very first words Jesus speaks to his disciples are "What are you looking for?" But they seem unable to answer that question. Every human being is on their own quest and yet we may not be able to define exactly our goal. Christianity is less a set of a

A revival breaks out in the wilderness as John declares that someone filled with heaven's power is coming. All of the sudden, that someone shows up: Jesus of Nazareth. As he wades out to John in the Jordan River, Jesus says to him, "I need you to baptize