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Rejection and an Invitation

in the garage and building a yoke for all of you to try on. But I wasn’t gonna go into the garage and do woodworking in 100 degree heat. Now, when Jesus begins, he talks about a bit of a contrarian attitude of the leadership around Israel. The leaders of Judah, the religious leaders, the…

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The Lord Will Provide

Our first reading today is from the book of Genesis, chapter 22, verses 1 through 14, on page 15 in your Bible. The Command to Sacrifice Isaac. After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, Abraham, and he said, Here I am. He said, Take your son, your only son Isaac,…

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Disciple Beware

Today’s Old Testament reading is from Jeremiah, chapter 20, verses 7 to 13, Bible page 623. O Lord, you have enticed me, and I was enticed. You have empowered me, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long. Everyone mocks me. For whenever I speak, I must cry out,…

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Courage and Trust

He’s fulfilling particular roles as he goes. He’s teaching, he’s preaching, and he’s healing. It’s like he’s on his own little tour, so to speak. Now, when I think of these roles or offices, they’re fairly common to us. When we think of Jesus teaching, healing, and preaching, this is Jesus at his…

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Living The Theme

Think about that. When you can’t think about what’s going on in the church because you’re uncomfortable because you’ve been sitting there for so long, your mind doesn’t tell you what you’re supposed to hear and you go home saying it was a rotten day. So I’m not going to do all…

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Don’t Miss This Meeting

Recording in progress. Perfect, doesn’t get much better than this. So this morning we’ll be reading from the Old Testament, Psalm 8, on your page 435 in your pew Bible. I’m reading from a slightly different Bible so my words might not match yours. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name…

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The Start of Discomfort

I’m reading from Numbers 11, 24 through 30, and it’s on the Bible 117. So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord, and he gathered 70 elders of the people and placed them all around the tent. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him and took…

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A Sort of Reset

Week we talked about the promise of the paraclete, and no that’s not a lacrosse shoe phrase. The paraclete being the actual descriptive name for the Holy Spirit, but we’re not at Pentecost yet. When is Pentecost? Next Sunday. And what are you all going to wear? Glenn, you’re a week early and…

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A Gift for Everyone

Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. I will not leave you orphaned. I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but…

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Even on a Very Bad Day

Right? On Monday, as Sarah and I were sitting waiting for Barb to go to school, and Sarah broke out her phone and started looking at the lectionary passages, it was the first one she read, and she goes, ugh, the stoning of Stephen. And I took a second, and I said, yeah,…

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Meeting Us

Every step brings them closer. One of the spiritual practices I like to do is to walk with scripture as I walk Barb to and from Myer. Some days, there’s a little too much talking going on, so I don’t get too much thinking until I drop her off. But I like to think…

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Showing Us the Ugly Way?

Recording in progress Thank you all for bearing with these technological difficulties that we’ve had this morning Technology is great when it works Our New Testament lesson comes from Matthew’s gospel Matthew chapter 4 verses 1 through 11 here the word of our Lord Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to…

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