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This blog is a collection of sermons preached by Rev. John Koopman. Rev. Koopman is a pastor in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, serving a dual parish in Emmetsburg and West Bend, Iowa. The sermons were written to be preached from a pulpit, and as such may contain typos or other grammatical errors, since the focus in these manuscripts is preaching from them, not reading them verbatim. All of these sermons, and any other writings that you may find by Rev. Koopman, are licensed under the Creative Commons license as seen below. SDG.

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