Author: Jim Samra

Sermon Insights

Saul in Heaven?

Can a person who commits suicide end up in heaven? The most provocative and perhaps troubling statement from Sunday’s sermon on suicide for some people

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Navigate Life

NavigateLife – January 28

  Are you bristling at correction you don’t think you need? Maybe a change in perspective will help. Check out NavigateLife this week and hear what

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NavigateLife – January 21

Do you find yourself simply maintaining surface friendships? When you struggle, where do you turn? This week’s NavigateLife is a moment of truth from God’s Word

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NavigateLife – December 31

Today’s NavigateLife segment brings the good news that God’s mercies are new every morning. Accordingly, we are encouraged to approach the new year with a renewed purpose

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Navigate Life

NavigateLife – December 24

This week’s NavigateLife segment begins with great opening lines from classic literature, reminding us that Jesus’ birth is the greatest opening line in history. However, It is

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NavigateLife – December 17

This week’s NavigateLife segment reminds us that God is near to the brokenhearted. This promise is especially comforting for those who have experienced a loss recently

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NavigateLife – December 3

This Monday’s Navigate Life segment encouraged parents to try mixing in a yes in the midst of all those no’s. Have you put this into practice this

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Sunday Service Extras

Optical Illusion

I received a request to post the 8 things that people view incorrectly in 1 Samuel 16.  They are: Samuel sees death in Bethlehem because

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Sermon Insights

Did God Practice Deception?

In our passage this morning, 1 Samuel 16, Samuel expresses fear when God commands him to go to Bethlehem to anoint a new king for Israel.  Samuel is

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Christian Life

Insecurity and Arrogance

On Sunday (Nov. 25) we revisited the issue of insecurity and arrogance during the sermon.  I said because insecurity and arrogance come from a reliance on self,

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