Category Archives: Excerpts from a Sermon by Ben Nolan
The Parable of the Tomato
When Pastor Ben was a boy, he didn’t like tomatoes. However, during COVID, he started a garden, because there wasn’t much else to do. The easiest thing to grow in a garden is tomatoes. It was through that research and … Continue reading
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Stumbling Over a Coin
Stumbling Over a Coin Pastor Ben is very familiar with the airport. Because of his job, he travels a lot. In airports and on airplanes, people can be at their worst. Everyone is in a hurry. It’s very stressful. Everything … Continue reading
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Shoeless
Have you ever been to a place where you can ‘feel’ the place? About a million people visit Stonehenge every year. Another place is where Buddha received enlightenment (where he sat under a tree for three days). About four million … Continue reading
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Where Do You Go to Church?
Revelation 2 and 3 has stories about seven different churches in various cities throughout the world at that time. The Apostle John had been exiled to the island of Patmos. It was there that God spoke to him with these … Continue reading
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Except for These Chains
Several years ago, Pastor Nolan was a youth pastor in Texas. As part of one of their meetings, they passed out links to each of their youth. This was to remind them of how important they were to the whole … Continue reading
I Chose You
Adoption is very near and dear to our hearts because we’ve already adopted one child and are in the process of our second adoption. However, you don’t really know something until you go through it. I’ve learned a few things … Continue reading
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Captain Midnight
A guy was out delivering Christmas presents out in the country and it got to be really late. He was still out at 11:30pm. This was before the days of cellphones and his company tried to get a hold of … Continue reading
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The Life Church 