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Below you can find links to audio recordings of recent sermons at Second Presbyterian Church, as well as links to their manuscripts if you would prefer to read, rather than listen to, these sermons.

The preachers would be glad to hear your feedback about these sermons; you can email them by clicking on their name within the list below.

There are also video versions of these sermons available here and on a special channel on YouTube.com.

The preachers pray that you will hear God’s Word clearly through these sermons!

DVDs of Sunday services are available for $10 each. To order a DVD, please contact Kim Pare ( or 309.828.6297) making sure to indicate the date and service you would like.

Date	Preacher	Series	Title	Primary Text	Version
11/09/08		Soul Searching: A Fuller Picture of God	Rules, Rules, Rules?	John 8:31-36
11/02/08		Soul Searching: A Fuller Picture of God	Long Gone God?	Luke 15:1-10
10/26/08		Sowing Generously…Reaping Generously	Sparingly or Generously?	2 Cor 9:6-15
10/19/08		Sowing Generously…Reaping Generously	It's Worth a Try	Luke 8:4-15
10/12/08		Sowing Generously…Reaping Generously	Risky Business	Acts 8:26-40
10/05/08		Jesus for Dummies	Jesus Wins	Romans 8:31-39
09/28/08		Jesus for Dummies	Jesus Sends	Acts 1:4-11
09/21/08		Jesus for Dummies	Jesus Models	Philippians 2:1-11
09/14/08		Jesus for Dummies	Jesus Saves	1 John 4: 10-16
09/07/08		Jesus for Dummies	Jesus Reveals	John 8:12-20
08/31/08		Storytelling	The Last Storytelling Tips	Acts 16:25-34
08/24/08		Storytelling	Still More Storytelling Tips	Acts 17:16-33
08/17/08		Storytelling	Some More Storytelling Tips	John 9:1-38
08/10/08		Storytelling	Some Storytelling Tips	Acts 8:26-40
08/03/08		Look Who's Coming to Dinner	The Trouble with the Towel	John 13:1-20
07/27/08		Look Who's Coming to Dinner	Hello-It's me, Jesus!	Luke 9:10-17
07/20/08		Look Who's Coming to Dinner	Seats 1-9	Luke 14:1,7-14
07/13/08			Sr. High Sunday
07/06/08		Look Who's Coming to Dinner	Whose Table?	Luke 7:36-39
06/29/08		The First Family	Reverse the Curse	Genesis 4:1-16
06/22/08		The First Family	The Ripple Effect	Genesis 3:8-24
06/15/08		The First Family	No Boundaries	Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7
06/08/08		The First Family	It's Not Easy being Green	Genesis 2:4-9, 15, 19-20
06/01/08		To the Ends of the Earth	To Jerusalem	Acts 3:1-10
05/25/08		To the Ends of the Earth	To or Through?	Luke 4:14-21
05/18/08	Rev. Harold Kurtz	To the Ends of the Earth	The Gospel is Out of Control	Revelation 7:9-17
05/04/08		Not Just a Big Fish Story	Is It Right?	Jonah 4
04/27/08		Not Just a Big Fish Story	Who Knows?	Jonah 3
04/20/08		Not Just a Big Fish Story	Two Way Calling	Jonah 2
04/06/08			Final report on the Jesus Files	Luke 24:39-53
03/30/08			Seeing Jesus	Luke 24:13-35
03/23/08		Crossbound	Snap Out of It!	Luke 24:1-12
03/20/08		Crossbound	Cross-Play	Luke 22:24-27
03/16/08		Crossbound	March Madness	Luke 23:34-49
03/09/08		Crossbound	So Who is God?	Luke 23:32-43
03/02/08		Crossbound	Crucify Whom?	Luke 23:13-25
02/24/08		Crossbound	A Case of Mistaken Identity	Luke 22:54-62
02/17/08		Crossbound	Making the Grade	Luke 22:39-42, 45-53
02/10/08		Crossbound	The First Supper	Luke 22:14-23
02/03/08		Forgiveness	Priceless	Psalm 103:1-2, 8-14, 21-22
01/27/08	Leanne Van Dyk	Kladder's Installation Service	The Grand Vision and the Ordinary Stuff	Ephesians 3:18-4:1-3.30-31
01/20/08		Forgiveness	The Altar and the Spa	Matthew 5:21-26
01/13/08		Forgiveness	Forgive and Remember	2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2
01/06/08		Forgiveness	A Little Perspective	Matthew 18:21-35
12/30/07		Christ in the Carols	So God Imparts to Human Hearts	Micah 5:1-5
12/24/07		Christ in the Carols	The Promise	John 1:1-5, 10-14, 16
12/23/07		Christ in the Carols	Oh Come Let Us Adore Him	Luke 2:8-20
12/16/07		Christ in the Carols	Veiled in Flesh	Matthew 1:18-25
12/02/07		Christ in the Carols	Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel
11/25/07			Don't Let it Trouble You
11/18/07		Stewardship	Thanks/Giving	Deuteronomy 26:1-2a, 5-11
11/11/07		Stewardship	Dreaming and Weeping	Psalm 126
11/04/07		Stewardship	Giving Generously and Giving Thanks	2 Corinthians 9:6-15
10/28/07		Friendship Sunday	Get Connected: You are the Missing Piece	1 Corinthians 12:12-27
10/21/07			As Faithful Stewads...	1 Peter 4:7-11