Tag: Jesus
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Sermon of March 11: Ryan Lucas
Dear Friends, Here’s the audio of Ryan’s sermon from Sunday. Ryan preached on three texts: Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; and John 2:13-22–Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple. Ryan challenges us to hear the voice of God calling us to take risks as well as to listen to others who might be struggling. I find this…
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Sermon of January 15, 2012–God’s Choice, Not Mine
This past Sunday’s sermon was a reflection on Jesus’ calling the disciples as we have it in John’s Gospel, Chapter 1:43-51. I’ll get another crack at a similar story this upcoming Sunday when I’ll be preaching on Mark’s version of the calling of the disciples in Mark 1:14-20. God’s Choice, not mine
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Sermon of Sunday, October 9, 2011–“Regrets Only”
This is a challenging parable of judgment. As with any parable, there’s probably more on the page than could ever be mined and it doesn’t always have to be internally consistent. Jesus often spoke in very broad terms–camels passing through the eye of the needle, people harvesting enormous amounts of grain, and so on. What…
Emmanuel Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ 