First Presbyterian Church
Las Cruces, NM

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Selected sermons of Rev. Norman Story are available here. These sermons are drafts. A CD of the whole Sunday Service is available by contacting the church office at 526-5559.

Title
2015  
2015 Dec 13  The Joy and Delight of the Lord 
2015 Nov 29  Because God is Still in Charge 
2015 Nov 22  Lord, Lead Me in Your Trueth 
2015 Nov 15  Grace, Strength and Courage 
2015 Nov 08  Where Do We Place Our Trust? 
2015 Nov 01  Remembering Tomorrow 
2015 Oct 25  A Problem With Your Vision 
2015 Oct 18  Trading Treasure for Trinkets 
2015 Oct 04  Divisions Deny and Damage the Body 
2015 Sep 27   Becoming the One God Created Me to Be 
2015 Sept 20   Called to Do the Same 
2015 Sept 13  Getting the Story Straight 
2015 Sept 06  Faith in Action 
2015 Aug 30  Known By Our Love 
2015 Aug 15  Aligning More Closely With God 
2015 Aug 09  Renewed in the Spirit 
2015 Aug 02  More Than a Free Lunch 
2015 July 26  The Power at Work Within 
2015 July 19  No Longer Strangers 
2015 July 12  God Never Gives Up 
2015 July 05  Responding to God 
2015 June 14  A Community Formed by Grace 
2015 June 07  Our Hope, Our Future in Christ 
2015 May 31

 Goodness, Grace and Mercy

2015 May 23  The Spirit of Pentecost Afresh 
2015 May 17  You’re OK, Keep Paddling 
2015 May 10   Friendship, I Choose You
2015 May 03  This Amazing and Mystical Body of Christ 
2015 Apr 26  Grace In Truth and Action 
2015 Apr 05  An Ending That’s Not the End 
2015 Mar 22  They Just Want to See Jesus 
2015 Mar 15  The Experience of Grace 
2015 Mar 08  A Temple Disturbance 
2015 Mar 01  Something More Important 
2015 Feb 22   For this We are Called 
2015 Feb 15   To Listen, A Task of Lent
2015 Feb 08   The Humble Rhinoceros and Discipleship 
2015 Feb 01    Limitations Imposed by Love 
2015 Jan 25   Something More 
2015 Jan 18   Christian Leadership: Love, Focus and Trust
2014
2014 Dec 21   Does It Make Any Difference? 
2014 Dec 07   Grace for the Journey 
2014 Nov 30    Ready and Waiting 
2014 Nov 23   A Proclamation of Hope
2014 Nov 09   Why Are We a Church? 
2014 Oct 26   The Antidote and Remedy 
2014 Oct 19   Things that Belong to God 
2014 Sept 28   The Right Words Aren’t Enough 
2014 Sept 21   It May Cost Something 
2014 Sept 14   Translating Scripture 
2014 Sept 7    Table Manners 
2014 Aug 31   One Thing that Changes Everything 
2014 Aug 17   Living God’s Grace 
2014 Aug 10   Rekindle the Gift 
2014 Aug 03   Stewards of God’s Generosity 
2014 July 27   Something Bigger than Just Me 
2014 July 20   Something Bigger than Just Me 
2014 July 13   The Ability, Intelligence, and Knowledge 
2014 July 06    In the Hands of God 
2014 June 08   Is This a Good Church? 
2014 June 01   Yes Grace is Free, But It’s Not Easy 
2014 May 25   Productive and Fruitful 
2014 May 18   The Building We Are Becoming 
2014 May 11   Love that Never Quits 
2014 May 04   I Am Still With You 
2014 April 20   Love Stronger than the Grave 
2014 April 13   Two Questions 
2014 April 03   Staying On Track 
2014 Mar 30   Spiritual Vision 
2014 Mar 23   God’s Promise is Sure, In Hope We Trust 
2014 Mar 16   Grace that Transforms 
2014 Mar 09   The Process of Grace Underway 
2014 Mar 01   Stories of Grace and Faith 
2014 Feb 23   A Different Operating System 
2014 Feb 16   So Much More for You 
2014 Feb 09   A Sum Greater Than Its Parts 
2014 Feb 02   The Message of the Cross 
2014 Jan 26   Broken Connections 
2014 Jan 12   Baptism: A Sign of God’s Grace 
2014 Jan 05   When Grace Defines Our Living 
   
2013
2013 Dec 29   The Person I Want to Be 
2013 Dec 24   Christmas Eve Meditation 4PM 2013 (notes)
2013 Dec 22  The Full Blessing God Intends 
2013 Dec 15   Looking Beyond the Immediate 
2013 Dec 08   Advent and Repentance  
2013 Dec 01   Awake and Hopeful 
2013 Nov 24   God’s Word, There is No Substitute
2013 Nov 17   Trivial Pursuits 
2013 Nov 10   Unrestrained Exuberant Joy 
2013 Nov 02   Invited to a Healing Miracle 
2013 Oct 27   Something Earned or Something Simply Received 
2013 Oct 20   Inviting God’s Influence 
2013 Oct 13   A Relationship We Call Faith 
2013 Sept 29   Taking Scripture Seriously 
2013 Sept 22   Power and Authority 
2013 Sept 15   More than Another Book
2013 Sept 08   With Our Focus on Jesus
2013 Sept 01   Grace Already Freely Given 
2013 Aug 25    A More Excellent Way
2013 Aug 18   God Is Up To Something
2013 Aug 11   For the Fun and Pleasure of It
2013 Aug 04   Living the Good News of Easter
2013 June 16   The Power of a Blessing
2013 June 09   A Commendable Crook and Eternal Consequences 
2013 June 02   Authentic and Pragmatic Faith 
2013 May 26   Grace in Which We Stand 
2013 May 19  God’s Presence in Our Lives
2013 May 05  When Later On Isn’t Soon Enough 
2013 April 28  The End and A New Beginning 
2013 April 21  A Little Good News Today 
2013 Mar 31  He is Risen, and So Shall We
2013 Mar 24  Everlasting Love and Faithfulness 
2013 Mar 17  How Would I Respond? 
2013 Mar 10  Don’t Settle In, God Isn’t Done Yet 
2013 Mar 03  A Call for Authenticity
2013 Feb 23  Stand Firm and Walk This Way
2013 Feb  17   Spiritually In-Sync
2013 Feb 10  Encounters with God that Reshape Us 
2013 Feb 03  The Missing Ingredient
2013 Jan 27  Grace, Not Fix-it Yourself
2013 Jan 20  Receiving God’s Grace
2013 Jan 13  I Have Called You and Will Sustain You 
2013 Jan 06  I Will Not Let You Go 
   
2012  
2012 Dec 30  Dressed Like a Christian
2012 Dec 25  Christmas Eve Meditation
2012 Dec 23  Embracing God’s Promises 
2012 Dec 09  Rescue Accessible
2012 Dec 02  Noticing God at Work
2012 Nov 25  It’s a Choice: Truth or Expedience
2012 Nov 18  Yes, I am With You All the Way
2012 Nov 11  Who Do You Trust
2012 Nov 04  Christian and CitizenChristian and Citizen
2012 Oct 28  Our God Doesn’t Do Maintenance
2012 Oct 21  The Mysterious and Inscrutable Ways of God
2012 Sept 30  A Stepping Stone or Stumbling Block?
2012 Sept 23  Learn to See the Invisible
2012 Sept 16  We’re Catching Our Second Wind
2012 Sept 09   Real Convictions Make a Difference
2012 Sept 02   Courage to Look Deeper Inside
2012 Aug 26   Mystery and Hope
2012 Aug 19   Start Enjoying Your Sundays
2012 Aug 12   A Promise for You and Your Children
2012 Aug 05   Love that Grows and Builds Up 
2012 July 29   Hope: Holding Fast to God’s Truth and Grace
2012 July 22   The Grace Effect
2012 July 15   The Perfect and Perfecting Love of God
2012 July 08   Zombie Christians
2012 June 24   More Than I Can See
2012 June 17   Is it Worth it
2012 May 20   Pursue the Right Goals
2012 May 13   Bearers of God’s Word
2012 May 06   A Flowing Fountain of Grace
2012 Apr 29   Called to Respond
2012 Apr 22  Signs of Life 
2012 Apr 15  Doubt and Integrity
2012 Apr 08  Now What?
2012 Apr 01  Because God Loves Us
2012 Mar 18  Because That’s Who God Is
2012 Mar 11  God’s Temple in Las Cruces
2012 Mar 04   Another Step Closer
2012 Feb 26   A Portrait of God
2012 Feb 12   Lives that Reflect and Proclaim the Lord
2012 Feb 09   Gracious Awareness
2012 Jan 29   Time Will Tell
2012 Jan 15   Discerning God’s Will Together
2012 Jan 08   In Remembrance
2012 Jan 01   A Good Start
   
2011  
2011 Dec 25 Light and Darkness
2011 Dec 24 Christmas Eve Meditation 7pm
2011 Dec 24 Christmas Mediation 4pm
2011 Dec 18 More Sizzle Than Substance?
2011 Dec 11 What a Friend We Have in Jesus
2011 Dec 04 Ready to Receive
2011 Nov 27 Faithfully Awake and Waiting
2011 Nov 20 Grace and Gratitude
2011 Oct 30 Hope: The Magnitude of Grace
2011 Oct 23 What Does God Want from Us?
2011 Oct 16 Whose Image Do You See?
2011 Oct 09 Bricks and Barn-Building
2011 Oct 02 Describing the Indescribable
2011 Sept 25 Empty Words
2011 Sept 18 Troubled by Grace
2011 Sept 11 Living Significantly
2011 Sept 04 Christian Community: Too Precious to Lose
2011 Aug 21 A Question of Focus
2011 Aug 14 Nevertheless, God Is Up To Something
2011 Aug 07 How and When?
2011 July 17 Does Grace Trump Pulling Weeds?
2011 July 10 Grace and Profligacy
2011 July 03 Practical Hope for the Weary
2011 July 01  Hospice 2011 A Community Memorial Service
2011 June 25 The Healing Path: From Guilt to Gratitude
2011 June 19 A Legacy of Influence
2011 June 05 Are We almost There Yet?
2011 May 29 A God of Our Own Making
2011 May 08 Making a Spiritual Legacy
2011 May 01 Saved by Grace to Live by Grace
2011 Apr 24 Love Conquers Fear
2011 Apr 17 Betrayal and Grace
2011 Apr 03 Tracked Down by Grace
2011 Mar 27 Hope: Life Refined by Grace
2011 Mar 20 Not Religion, A Gift and a Response
2011 Mar 13 Where Are You?
2011 Mar 06 A Life Shaped by God’s Grace
2011 Feb 27 Promises and Hope are Bigger than Today
2011 Feb 20 Constrained by God’s Gracious Love
2011 Feb 13 A Part of Something Bigger
2011 Feb 06 The Faithful Courage of Salt and Light
2011 Jan 30 Children and God's Grace
2011 Jan 23 It's the Contents, Not the Container
2011 Jan 16 Called By the Will of God
2011 Jan15 God-Colored Lenses
2011 Jan 02 Learn from the Past, But Don't Live There
   
2010  
2010 Dec 26 Arise and Walk in the Son-shine
2010 Dec 24 7pm Christmas Eve Meditation 2010
2010 Dec 17 Meditation for Good Samaritan Residents
2010 Dec 12 Grace Doesn't Give Up
2010 Dec 05 A Vision and Possibility of Peace
2010 Nov 28 Prepare
2010 Nov 21 Who or What is Truly Our King?
2010 Oct 31 Two Invitations – Two Responses
2010 Oct 24 In Whom Do You Trust?
2010 Oct 17 Guided by Our Sense of God's Grace
2010 Oct 10 A Future With Hope
2010 Oct 03 Brought Together by Grace
2010 Sept 26 Living Bibles
2010 Sept 19 Our Window of Opportunity
2010 Sept 12 More Joy In Heaven
2010 Sept 05 The God Our Lives Reveal
2010 Aug 29 Grace That Saves Us, Changes Us
2010 Aug 22 More Than Just the Rules
2010 Aug 15 Faithfulness Wearing Work-boots
2010 Aug 08 The Pleasure of God
2010 Aug 01 The Gracious Gift of Sabbath
2010 July 03 Agents of God's Grace
2010 June 27 Freedom is More Demanding than Rules
2010 June 20 Abide Does Not Mean Work Harder
2010 June 13 How Precious Did That Grace Appear
2010 June 06 Teaching about Dry Places
2010 May 30 Our Access to God for Strength to Endure
2010 May 23 Are We Gods or Are We God's?
2010 May 16 Faith that Makes a Difference
2010 May 09 Something More Than a Tattoo That Says 'Mom'
2010 May 02 Don't Blame Me, It's a God-Thing!
2010 April 25 Hope and the Great Ordeal
2010 April 18 By Grace and Love Transformed
2010 April 11 Doubt Leaning Toward Faith
2010 April 04 But God Intended It For Good
2010 Mar 28 Truth That Cannot Be Silenced
2010 Mar 21 Devotion or Expediency?
2010 Mar 14 Don't Say Reconciliation, Live Reconciliation
2010 Mar 07 Signs of God's Gracious Hospitality
2010 Feb 21 Where Is God In All This?
2010 Feb 07 Called to Go Deeper
2010 Jan 31 It Cannot be Earned or Repaid
2010 Jan 17 Keep Your Wineglass
2010 Jan 10 Do You Love Me?
2010 Jan 03 Strength for the Journey
   
2009  
2009 Dec 27 Ultimate Loyalty
2009 Dec 24 Great News in Bethlehem
2009 Dec 20 How Was Your Christmas?
2009 Dec 13 Because God is Near
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2009 Dec 06 Peace Through God's Righteousness
2009 Nov 22 What is Truth?  Does it Matter?
2009 Nov 15 Coping and Hoping Skills
2009 Nov 01 What is This World Coming To?
2009 Oct 25 I Want a Relationship With You
2009 Oct 18 A Different Sort of Community
2009 Oct 11 How Is It With Your Soul?
2009 Sept 20 Noticing the Insignificant
2009 Sept 13 How Does God Reveal?
2009 Sept 06 It’s a Gift, Not a Burden
2009 Aug 30 Life in Community
2009 Aug 23 Dressed for Victory
2009 Aug 16 Mind the Gap
2009 Aug  09 Faithful to Our Opportunities and Resources
2009 July 19 Together, A Dwelling Place for God
2009 July 12 How Good Do I  Have to Be
2009 June 21 It Was a Dark and Story Night
2009 June 14 Does It Make Any Difference?
2009 June 07 Extravagant Love: Don't leave Home Without It
2009 May 31 Hope Needs a Bigger Container
2009 May 24 In, But Not Of the World
2009 May 17 Start, to Finish
2009 May 10 What If … ?" 2009
2009 May 03 Love and Nice are Not the Same Thing
2009 April 26 Jesus is Coming, Look Busy
2009 April 19 Sanctuary
2009 April 12 I Have Seen the Lord
2009 April 09 How to Identify a Christian
2009 April 05 Truth
2009 MR 29 We Came to See Jesus
2009 MR 22 What is God Like
2009 MR 15 In Christ Alone
2009 MR 01 Past and Present Are Only Prelude
2009 FE 13 Touched by God's Love
2009 FE 08 Accommodation for a Higher Good
2009 FE 01 Watch Out for the Other Guy
2009 JA 25 Remember Your Calling
2009 JA 18 Destined to be Loved
   
2005  
2005 July 17     For God So Loved the Wheat
2005 July 31  Courage for the Struggle
2005 Aug 14  Getting Connected to What God is Doing
2005 Aug 28 Reconciliation
2005 SE 11 Out of Chaos, Hope
2005 SE 18 Parables That Offend
2005 SE 25 Keeping Faith Fresh
2005 OC 23 Created in God's Own Image
2005 OC 30 Righteousness Accomplished By God
2005 NO 06 How Should We Respond?
2005 NO 13 Playing it Safe
2005 NO 20 When Jesus Directs Our Lives
2005 NO 27 Waiting For What
2005 DE 04 Comfort and Hope
2005 DE 11 How Do You Measure Christmas?
2005 DE 18 A Gift, Not an Achievement
2005 DE 24 Light that Shines in the Darkness
2005 DE 25 Shepherd of the Sheep
   
2006  
2006 JA 01 So Now What?
2006 JA 08 Shepherd and Servants Called by God
2006 JA 15 Come and See
2006 JA 22 Its Going to be Alright, God Said So
2006 JA 29 The Beginning of Wisdom
2006 FE 05 A Future With A Purpose
2006 FE 12 For the Sake of the Gospel
2006 FE 19 Confidence, Trust, Hope and Faith
2006 FE 26 I Wait for the Lord, and in His Word I Hope
2006 MR 05 Lent and Unrestrained Grace
2006 MR 12 Who You Are Depends on How You Answer
2006 MR 19 Our Most Fundamental Mission and Purpose
2006 MR 26 But God, Who is Rich in Mercy …
2006 AP 02 A New Heart in Me
2006 AP 09 Why Did Judas Betray Jesus?
2006 AP 16 An Unfinished Story
2006 MY 14 Abide in My Love
2006 MY 21 Its Not About Us
2006 MY 28 The Truth and Nothing But the Truth
2006 JE 04 Diminished Capacity
2006 JE 11 Better than Life Itself
2006 JE 18 To Nurture Our Children's Roots
2006 JE 25 What Is a Life Well-Lived?
2006 JL 02 Under God
2006 JL 09 Someone Else's Strength
2006 JL 16 Created to be Loved by God
2006 JL 23 We Make Plans, God Makes Decisions
2006 JL 30 Talking Sticks
2006 AG 13 Connected by God's Love
2006 AG 27 No More Maybe, Make Your Decision
2006 SE 03 Religiosity Correctness
2006 SE 10 Power, Prestige and God's Justice
2006 SE 17 Called to Encourage and Support
2006 SE 24 Notice the Overlooked
2006 OC 01 The Gospel, Distorted
2006 OC 08 Integrity – the Path Toward Holiness
2006 OC 15 The Word – That Cuts and Comforts
2006 NO 04 No Matter What
2006 NO 12 The Measure is Trust and Commitment
2006 NO 19

How Did You Become a Christian?

2006 NO 26 Truth?  Quid est Veritas?
2006 DE 03 Stop, And Look Both Ways
2006 DE 10 Things Need to Change
2006 DE 17 Sing and Rejoice With God
2006 DE 24 For Whom We Have Waited
2006 DE 31 Our Years Come to an End
   
2007  
2007 JA 21 No, We Cannot Get Along Without You
2007 JA 28 A Still More Excellent Way
2007 FE 04 Exuberant Joy
2007 FE 11 What Do Christians Believe?
2007 FE 18 Approaching Lent: Release, Refocus and Listen
2007 FE 25 Remembering Our Stories
2007 MR 04 A Mentor’s Influence
2007 MR 11 God Always Provides a Way
2007 MR 25 The One Who Stayed Home
2007 AP 08 Amazed At What Happened
2007 AP 15 Honest Doubt
2007 AP 29 Missing the point
2007 MY 06 I Have Something Better for You
2007 MY 13 Love and Legacy
2007 MY 20 The Good Work Being Brought to Completion
2007 MY 27 Its Going to be OK
2007 JL 01 The Way of the Faithful
2007 JL 08 I Wouldn’t Do it that Way
2007 JL 15 To See – To Feel – To respond
2007 JL 22 Distracted by Many Things
2007 JL 28 Because of Who God Is…
2007 AG 05 Stuff on Loan from God
2007 AG 12 Where Is Your Faith Taking You
2007 AG 19 Our One and Only Short Mortal Life
2007 AG 26 Tomorrow Isn’t Soon Enough
2007 SE 02 A Lesson in Table Manners
2007 SE 16 The Magnitude of God’s Love
2007 SE 23 Living As If It Mattered
2007 SE 30 The Lord in Our Lazarus
2007 OC 07 Qualified for Communion
2007 OC 14 God’s Will and Purpose Right Here and Now
2007 OC 21 Is Prayer Persuasive Perseverance?
2007 OC 28 Reconciled People Live Reconciled Lives
2007 NO 04 The Communion of Saints
2007 NO 11 Bargaining for Blessings
2007 NO 18 No One More Faithful or Committed Than You
2007 NO 25 The King We Worship
2007 DE 02 Reawakened Hope
2007 DE 09 Are You Committed to the Kingdom of God?
2007 DE 23 A Future Shaped by God
2007 DE 24 What Does Christmas Mean to You
2007 DE 30 In Order to Get Something Better
   
2008  
2008 JA 27 Leadership: Compassion, Wisdom and Oversight
2008 FE 03 Ultimate Authority
2008 FE 10 Shortcuts and Finding an Easier Way
2008 FE 17 No Excuses – No Exemptions
2008 FE 24 When Circumstances Overwhelm  Our Faith
2008 MR 02 Spiritual Turning-Points
2008 MR 09 Living Life Reshaped Continuously by Grace
2008 MR 16 Where's The Fruit?
2008 MR 23 What Difference Does it Make?
2008 MR 30 The Consequences of Conversion
2008 AP 06 We Had Hoped …
2008 AP 13 It’s All About Believing
2008 AP 20  Somewhere a Place Prepared for Us
2008 AP 27 Life Doesn't Work If Our Abide is Broken
2008 MY 04 Tasks that Jesus Left Behind
2008 MY 11 Peace Be With You
2008 MY 18 Beware of the Ice Cream Man
2008 JE 15 Husband, Love Your Wife
2008 JE 22 Don't You Know Me?
2008 JE 29 Our God is Not an Easy God
2008 JL 06 Though I Try
2008 JL 13 But Later …
2008 AG 03 You, You Feed Them
2008 AG 10 Step Away from the Boat!
2008 AG 17 Focus on What Actually Matters to God
2008 AG 24 A Question Well Worth Answering
2008 AG 31 You're Not Done Yet
2008 SE 07 Prayer: A Harvest of Righteousness
2008 SE 14 Prayer: Strength in the Lord's Power
2008 SE 21 Prayer: Blessed Amid Our Struggles
2008 SE 28 Prayer and the Faithfulness of God
2008 OC 05 All are Invited and Welcome
2008 OC 12 Its More Than Just Feeling God's Presence
2008 OC 19 It’s a Process, Not Static Storage
2008 OC 26 Words of Consequence
2008 NO 02 Committed to What?
2008 NO 09 Don't Just Go to Church, Be the Church
2008 NO 16 No Reserves, No Retreat, No Regrets
2008 NO 23 When Christ is Our King
2008 NO 30 Willingness to Give, Willingness to Receive
2008 DE 14 Lessons to be Learned from Mary

 

 


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