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  • The Advent of Humanity

    Sean C. Capparuccia 12 July 2026 Genesis 2:4-25; Psalm 128; Eph. 5:22-33; Mt. 19:3-6                    Today’s message, message IV in our Genesis series, is about the creation of Adam and Eve, the beginning of humanity, the institution of marriage, and the seeds of civilization. Some people point to this second chapter in Genesis as being…

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  • Blessed Is the Nation

    Sean C. Capparuccia 5 July 2026 Genesis 18:16-22 (God is the Judge of all nations); Psalm 32 (God is the Creator of all); Mattew 22:15-22 (God only claims what is His, aka. everything); Psalm 33 (God is the Director of His creation)                    Well, we finally made it to the Semiquincentennial which really only serves…

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  • White Unto Harvest

    Sean C. Capparuccia written sometime in 2016…. “Do you hear the people sing, singing the song of angry men, it is the music of a people who will not be slaves again. When the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drums there is a life about to start when tomorrow comes. Will…

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  • Sabbath Rest

    Sermon III in the Genesis series Sean C. Capparuccia 28 June 2026 – Trinity GMC Hebrews 4:1-11; Psalm 95; Matthew 11:28-30; Genesis 2:1-3 The Sabbath in Gen 2 anticipates the eternal rest in Christ. :1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their host. :2: And by the seventh day God completed…

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  • Sermon II in the Genesis Series Sean C. Capparuccia 21 June 2026 – Trinity GMC Rom. 1:18-25; Psalm 8; Mark 10:6-9; Genesis 1:6-31             Here then is the account – the Biblical account – of the six days that changed the world. Paul tells the Thessalonians, “We thank God constantly for this, that when you…

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  • In the Beginning

    Sean C. Capparuccia 14 June 2026 Part 1 in a 12-part “Foundations of Our Faith” series Colossians 1:15-20; Psalm 33; John 1:1-3; Genesis 1:1-5; Methodist bishop Costen Harrell, in his 1961 book Christian Affirmations wrote, “Among the affirmations of the Christian faith, none is so bold and decisive as this: God is in control of…

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  • Sean C. Capparuccia 7 June 2026 1 Corinthians 10:16–17; 11:23–32           The Lord’s Supper, like the other sacrament of the Church, baptism, has been interpreted and practiced in several diverse ways depending on the particular denominational, or even the local church, context.  And I have always thought it interesting that some churches take a lot…

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  • Sean C. Capparuccia 30 May 2026 Trinity Sunday Genesis 1:1-3, 26-27; 2:1-2; Psalm 25; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 3:14-21 Following Pentecost, the next Sunday on the liturgical calendar is Trinity Sunday. And this makes sense because Pentecost is the day that the promise of the Holy Spirit was fulfilled and so now all three Persons of…

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  • Pentecostal Power

    Sean C. Capparuccia 24 May 2026 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 51; Galatians 5:13-26; John 3:1-13 And so here we are, celebrating the 1,994th birthday of God’s New Testament Church. Of course, the Church, defined as God’s people, called out of the world into communion with Him – the ecclesia – is much older and…

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  • The Mother Who Prays

    or The Greatest Heroine of All – A Mother’s Day Sermon Sean C. Capparuccia 10 May 2026 – Trinity Global Methodist Church, Magnolia, NC I Sam 1:9-20; Psalm 131; II Tim 1:3-7; Luke 18:1-8            Our first mother, Eve, when she bore her first child, Cain, said a remarkable thing. She said, “I have gotten a…

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  • Sean C. Capparuccia 26 April 2026 – Trinity Global Methodist Church, Magnolia, NC 4th Sunday after Easter Gen 38:1-30; Ps 119; II Cor 7:2-16; Mt 22:23-33 In this Gospel text, we hear from a group that we don’t often hear from in the Scriptures: the Sadducees. The Sadducees are mentioned 6 different times in the…

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  • Tell It Like It Is

    Sean C. Capparuccia 19 April 2026 – Trinity GMC, Magnolia, NC 3rd Sunday after Easter Zechariah 13:1-9; Psalm 98; II Corinthians 6:11-7:1; John 16:25-33 Neglecting the Body Have you noticed that when you miss church, the whole week seems to be off? It may be worse for some than others, but missing church tends to…

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  • The Joy of Understanding

    Understanding is given to the followers of Christ, by way of the Holy Spirit who indwells them. While all are under the expectation of God’s moral law, we cannot expect unbelievers to understand the things of God or of His Kingdom. Understanding is simply not there. On the flip-side, a believer in Christ should rejoice…

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  • The Weight of Death

    Sean C. Capparuccia 29 March 2026, 6th Sunday of Lent Lamentations 3:1-26; Ps. 88; Hebrews 10:11-14; John 19:28-42             Continuing from last week, the crowds were chanting, “Hosanna! Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”  Jesus was on His way to…

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  • The Weight of Decision

    Sean C. Capparuccia 22 March 2026 5th Sunday in Lent Isaiah 53; Psalm 22; Philippians 2:5-16; John 12:12–16             Here we are, then, at week five of our Lenten journey; next week will be the last when we see the Savior crucified, dead, and buried. Liturgically speaking, this doesn’t happen until Good Friday, but as…

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  • Joy in the Waiting

    Sean C. Capparuccia 15 March 2026 4th Sunday in Lent – Laetare Is. 55:1-9; Ps. 137; Phil. 4:4-9; Luke 15:1-10             We have now made it to week four of Lent, the Sunday which is traditionally called, Laetare Sunday, or “Joy” Sunday. The name comes from the traditional – and when I say traditional, I…

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  • Dust & Ashes

    Sean C. Capapruccia Ash Wednesday – Feb. 18, 2026 Joel 2:12–13, 2 Corinthians 5:20–6:2, Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21 We live in a fast-paced world. Everything moves fast, at least it seems to move fast around me. I don’t particularly move all that fast, especially in the morning, but it seems I spend the whole day trying…

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  • The Weight of Doubt

    Sean C. Capparuccia The Weight of Doubt 3rd Sunday in Lent Exodus 17:1–7; Psalm 73; Romans 5:1–1; John 4:3–41 “With Thy grace anoint [our] eyes, Make [us] to salvation wise, Wisdom from above impart, Give [us] the believing heart”[1]  We are now into the third week of Lent; almost half-way to Easter. And just to…

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  • The Weight of Silence

    Sean C. Capparuccia 2nd Sunday in Lent 2 Samuel 12:1–13; Psalm 32; Romans 8:26-39; Luke 18:9–14 “Son of God, to Thee we look, Teach us the mysterious Book; Take our weakness by the hand, Make our dullness understand.”[1] In the hymn we just sang, Augustus Toplady wrote, “Be of sin the double cure, Save from…

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  • The Weight of Temptation

    Sean C. Capparuccia 22 February 2026, 1st Sunday in Lent Gen. 2:7-9, 3:1-7; Ps. 51; Rom. 5:12-19; Mt. 4:1-11 As we begin our Lenten journey together, we begin with the source of our miseries; the miseries of our human condition. We need a Savior. Why? Because we are sinners.  Paul tells us that “All have…

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