Tag Archives: grace

A moment of Grace

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Darren Ethier

On April 26, 2008, the Western Oregon women’s softball team played against Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. During the course of the game, Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky hit the first homerun of her college career. She dropped her … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustrations, Stories | Tagged Brotherly love, character, churches working together, community, Compassion, Competition, Concern, grace, humility, Kindness, love, perspective, sacrifice, Self-denial, Self-sacrifice, Selflessness, Sports, team, Unselfishness, values, Winning and losing | Leave a comment

Seven “I wills” You can Count On

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Darren Ethier

When a man says, “I will” it doesn’t necessarily mean much. But when we come to the places where Jesus said “I will”, He means to do what He says! Continue reading →

Posted in Podcast, Sermons, Sunday Morning Service | Tagged cleansing, evangelism, glory, Gods-presence, grace, identification, identity-in-Christ, mercy, Outreach, resurrection, salvation, service, sin, will-of-God, words-of-Christ | 1 Comment

He’s Alive

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Darren Ethier

This year’s Easter message. What we should know and what we should do. Continue reading →

Posted in Easter, Podcast, Sermons, Sunday Morning Service | Tagged alive, Easter, forgiveness, grace, Jesus, life, mercy, ressurrection | Leave a comment

The Shepherd Incident

Posted on December 3, 2006 by Darren Ethier

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series The Nativity Story

In this third message of the series I zero in on “The Shepherd Incident”. Why would God choose to announce such a significant birth to seemingly insignificant shepherds outside of town? Continue reading →

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Kingdom clothes or Beggar’s rags?

Posted on November 8, 2006 by Darren Ethier

A beggar lived near the King’s palace. One day he saw a proclamation posted that invited anyone to come and dine with the King. Yet the beggar looked down at his filthy rags and realized there was no way he … Continue reading →

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