Tag: Jesus Christ

• Fifth Sunday of Easter (A)

  

  A call to worship based on John 14:1-14

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  May 7, 2023

  A Month of Sundays

  call to worship, Christian ideas and practices, Jesus Christ, John 14:1-14, liturgy

• Third Sunday of Easter (A)

  

  A call to worship – “the presence of the Word of Life”

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  April 23, 2023

  A Month of Sundays

  call to worship, Jesus Christ, liturgy, Luke 24:13-35, the Word

• Second Sunday of Easter (A)

  

  A call to worship – peace be with you

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  April 16, 2023

  A Month of Sundays

  Jesus Christ, John 20 19-23, liturgy, new life, worship

• Studying Matthew 18 1-9

  

  The greatest in the kingdom of the heavens is like a little child, which means … ?

  HAT

  March 7, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes, Thinking Out Loud

  Bible study, exegesis, Jesus Christ, Matthew 18:1-9, reading the Bible

• “Thinking Ahead”

  

  here’s a story that we almost never read in church … though maybe we should …

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  February 27, 2023

  Sermons

  Genesis 4:2-16, gospel, Jesus Christ, redemption, sin, violence

• Studying 2 Timothy 1 3-14

  

  notes on 2 Timothy 1:3-14 … what’s memorable … and not to be ashamed of …

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  February 7, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes

  2 Timothy 1:3-14, Bible study, exegesis, God, Jesus Christ, reading the Bible, tradition

• Studying 1 Corinthians 1 18-31

  

  notes on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 & Christian “revaluation of values” …

  HAT

  January 31, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes

  1 Corinthians 1:18-25, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Bible study, Christian ideas and practices, Jesus Christ, reading the Bible

• Studying Revelation 22 10-21

  

  notes on the text

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  August 24, 2022

  Text of the Week – Notes

  Bible study, eschatology, exegesis, Jesus Christ, reading the Bible, Revelation 22:10-21

• “Keeping and Blessing”

  

  Keeping the witness of Jesus Christ before our minds and hearts is a blessing in itself, that leads to further blessings.

  HAT

  August 21, 2022

  Sermons

  gospel, Jesus Christ, promises, Revelation 22:1-7

• “Construction Zone”

  

  a sermon drawn from Revelation 21:9-25

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  August 14, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, eschatology, Jesus Christ, Revelation 21:9-25, spiritual formation, theology, worship

• “Not a Fire and Brimstone Sermon”

  

  we do not need to fear difficult scriptural texts, if we read the Bible through the confidence of faith

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  August 7, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, faith hope and love, Jesus Christ, meditating on scripture, Revelation 21:1-8, the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• “Idols, Images, and Idioms”

  

  A sermon on Colossians 3:1-11 Paul is still working on firming up the Colossians’ commitment to Christ and to the way of Jesus Christ, by keeping them oriented towards the big, really big, reality of the invisible God. He’s told them Christ is the visible image of that invisible God – but … at this…

  HAT

  July 31, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, Colossians 3:1-11, exegesis, idolatry, Jesus Christ

• “Signs Visible and Invisible”

  

  A recurring theme in the epistle to the Colossians is the reality – and importance – of things invisible …

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  July 25, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, Colossians 2:6-19, exegesis, faith hope and love, Jesus Christ, super-empirical reality, theology

• Reflecting on John 11 17-27 & 38-44

  

  questions for reflection and discussion

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  July 22, 2022

  Text of the Week – Questions

  faith hope and love, Jesus Christ, John 11:17-27, John 11:38-44, meaning, meditating on scripture, thinking about the Bible