Tag: angels

• October 30, 2016 Sermon — “What’s Your Favorite Color?”

  

  Isaiah 40:1-11 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to herthat she has served her term, that her penalty is paid,that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries out:‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make […]

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  October 31, 2016

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• Sermon of January 4, 2015–“Day Dreaming”

  Matthew 1:18-25 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, […]

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  January 5, 2015

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  21st century, aging, ambition, angels, Anthony of Egypt, art, christmas, dream world, dreaming, dreams, future, hopelessness, Jesus Christ, Jesus’ birth, Joseph and Mary, Karl Barth, Matthew 1, mundane, Nativity, Philippines, Pope Francis, possibilities, Roman Empire, Roman occupation, United Church of Christ in the Philippines

• Sermon of December 7, 2014–“Things That Make For Peace”

  Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The […]

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  December 8, 2014

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  angels, Annunciation, compromise, conflict, confusion, cross, CS Lewis, division, evil, Gabriel, good, grey areas, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, King Herod, King of Kings, Kingdom of God, listening, Luke 1:26-38, Manicheanism, Mary, ministry of peace, miracles, palace, Peace, prejudice, religious authorities, slaughter of the innocents, society, Son of God, throne, understanding, violence, world of eternals

• Sermon of November 2, 2014–“Walking in White”

  Revelation 7:9-17 9After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. 10They cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to […]

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  November 3, 2014

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  all saints’, All Saints’ Day, angels, death, dying, eternal life, hospital, Jesus Christ, pilgrims, Revelation 7, saints, strangers

• Sermon of December 2, 2012–“Sign Language”

  Sign Language Luke 21:25-36 21:25 “There will be signs in the  sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused  by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 21:26 People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will […]

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  December 3, 2012

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  Advent, angels, apocalypse, body language, christmas, Ephrata Cloister, eschatology, Flight, gifts, hope, joy, Kingdom of God, light, Luke 21, nature, Paul Hanson, persecution, politics, Prophecy, prophets, religion, sign language, signs, Spirituality