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The Spirit-Inspired Writings of Rev. Aaron Houghton
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Where Does God Stand?
John 4:5-42; Luke 11:37-41 A sermon on the woman at the well wouldn’t be complete without a long exposition about the heat of the midday...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 18, 20204 min read
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The Is-ing One
Genesis 12:1-4a; Exodus 3:1-15 This Lenten season has already been chock-full of Scriptural references to mountains, and here is yet...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 8, 20207 min read
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What Have I Done?
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19 I took a trip to China back when I was in seminary. While there we went to visit the burial shrine...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 1, 20207 min read
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What Have I done?
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19 I took a trip to China back when I was in seminary. While there we went to visit the burial shrine...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 1, 20207 min read
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Choose Faith
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Sirach 15:15-20 What is valuable to you? What would you seek to preserve and protect above all else? That is how...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Feb 16, 20205 min read
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“Has Christ Been Divided?”
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 I picked this text when I saw it in the lectionary readings this week because it seemed relevant and applicable....
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jan 26, 20205 min read
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A Deafening Blow
Matthew 26:47-56 I want to start off by sharing words that are not mine...words which are removed from our current realities, but which...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jan 13, 20208 min read
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Let’s Talk About Eschatology
Ephesians 1:3-14 “Destined for adoption” “Destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jan 5, 20207 min read
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Magnified
Luke 1:46-55 After church dinner on Wednesday night I headed back home. As I was parking, I noticed that my neighbor on the corner was...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Dec 15, 20196 min read
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Joy and Peace in Believing
Romans 15:1-13 In the year 49 a decree went out from emperor Claudius of Rome that forced all Jews to leave the city of Rome. This is,...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Dec 8, 20196 min read
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RSVP
Matthew 21:28-32; Luke 14:15-24 The Pew Research Center shows that a growing number of Americans are religiously unaffiliated--known as...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Nov 25, 20196 min read
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Holy Mountain
Isaiah 65:17-25 In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus’ first public reading of Scripture comes from Isaiah 61. Just after his baptism and time of trial...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Nov 18, 20198 min read
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Worthy
2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 A man reached out to me this past week to make a request. He had heard me “preach” at a wedding and was...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Nov 3, 20199 min read
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I've Got My Doubts
Halloween is coming up this week, which inspired me to find what could be considered one of the “spookier” texts to be found in the...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Oct 27, 20197 min read
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What Do You Do With The Mad That You Feel?
Psalm 137 Preaching on the topic anger can be somewhat frightening because you run the risk of making people...well...angry. When I saw...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Oct 6, 20197 min read
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Hard to Convince
Luke 16:19-31 Luke 16 features two parables about wealth, the first Jesus addressed to his disciples, and ends with this famous saying,...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Sep 29, 20198 min read
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The Great Paradox
Proverbs 25:6-7; Luke 14:1, 7-14 “Nothing can be for Luke more serious than a dining table.” [1] So writes Fred Craddock. Serious things...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Sep 1, 20195 min read
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If…
Isaiah 58:9b-14 “When people talk about traveling to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small,...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Aug 28, 20195 min read
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Running Towards Joy
Hebrews 11:29-12:2 My brothers convinced, or encouraged, or tricked me into signing up for a triathlon. Session, remind me to bring that...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Aug 28, 20195 min read
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...You Probably Think This Sermon’s About You
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 I couldn’t resist the opportunity to be clever with my sermon title, but in all honesty the...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Aug 28, 20194 min read
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