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What Becomes of Our Dreams?
Genesis 37:1-28 Trust is an investment. Invest it well—trust in things which are good, faithful, and true—and it can turn dreams into...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Aug 13, 20174 min read
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Come, Listen, Look
Isaiah 55:1-5 “Hey, you gotta come check out my new place!” my friend told me, excitedly. He’d just bought a new house out in Hanover....
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Aug 6, 20177 min read
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Surely The LORD Is in This Place
Genesis 28:10-19 Have you ever had a dream that changed your life? Or maybe a thought that popped up and changed the way you looked at...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jul 22, 20176 min read
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Do Gooders
Psalm 34:14 “Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” That’s what it says. Do Good. Kinda vague don’t you think? I mean,...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jul 16, 20174 min read
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What Am I Doing?
Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:28-30 Have you ever asked yourself, “What am I doing?” Sometimes it’s simply a statement of forgetfulness, you...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jul 9, 20176 min read
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Ra’ah
Genesis 22:1-19 You might get worried when God asks you to sacrifice your child on a mountain top, almost as worried as you get when the...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jul 1, 20175 min read
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At a Distance
Genesis 21:8-21 Hagar sat at a distance from the child so she wouldn’t have to watch him die or listen to his agonizing cries. What a...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jun 25, 20175 min read
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The Impossible Tomorrow
Genesis 18:1-15 Sarah gets a bad rep for laughing when she hears that she will have a son. But in the 17th chapter of Genesis Abraham...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jun 18, 20175 min read
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Why Should You Care?
Psalm 8 Psalm 8, being a work of sacred poetry, packs a lot of meaning into few words. It opens and closes with a celebration of God’s...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jun 11, 20175 min read
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The Spirit is Within You (Yes You)
Romans 8:1-9a, 26-27 Luke 4:1-12 “The Spirit also helps us in our present limitations. For example, we do not know how to pray worthily,...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Jun 4, 20177 min read
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Sometimes, It’s Not What You Say, But How You Say It
Acts 17:22-31 Today I’m going to tell the story of Lefèvre d’Étaples. I know what you’re thinking: “Lefèvre d’Étaples? We already know...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
May 21, 20176 min read
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Spare Room
John 14:1-14 Last weekend, in addition to helping to run a disc golf tournament, I was also hosting two disc golfers from out of town who...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
May 14, 20174 min read
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Unless We See 2: Their Eyes Were Kept from Seeing
Luke 24:13-35 We might not all be headed to Emmaus, but we’re all journeying. All of us—and by that I mean all 7 Billion of us—are on the...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Apr 30, 20177 min read
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Unless We See
John 20:18-31 The final Chapter of John reads like a scene from a modern day thriller-flick. Let’s try to set the scene a little more...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Apr 23, 20178 min read
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Lift High the Cross
John 20:11-18 I want to thank you for allowing us to journey through the season of Lent the way that we have. For those of you visiting...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Apr 16, 20174 min read
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Questions of the Cross: Strength or Surrender?
Matthew 21:1-11 When I was a junior in college I had my first real “church” job. I worked as the summer youth intern with First Baptist...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Apr 15, 20175 min read
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Questions of the Cross: Division
Galatians 3:15-29 On my drive home from church on 95-N I pass by a billboard which has been under care of some Christian congregation for...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 29, 20178 min read
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Questions of the Cross: Suffering
Jeremiah 12:1-6 Questions from the congregation at Ampthill Presbyterian Church: Do I have to suffer to claim the glory of the cross? Why...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Mar 10, 20178 min read
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Coming Down the Mountain
Matthew 17:1-9 My first question is this: how would Peter, James, and John known what Moses and Elijah looked like? It’s not really an...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Feb 26, 20175 min read
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Love Your Neighbor
Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Last night, one of my friends hosted a house-warming party to have folks over to his and his fiancée’s new home. A...
Rev. Aaron Houghton
Feb 20, 20176 min read
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