The theme of this week in the church calendar is hospitality. On the surface, the biblical and redemptive significance of hostility may not seem obvious, but a quick look at some of the scriptures traditionally associated with this week shows us otherwise. Genesis 18 recounts the hospitality of Abraham to no one less than the [...] Read more »
Archive for ‘July, 2010’
Church Year Calendar: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Week 10 of Ordinary Time, Aug. 1, 2010)
SaturdayJul 31,2010
by John Smith
Church Year Calendar: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Week 9 of Ordinary Time, Jul. 25, 2010)
SundayJul 25,2010
by John Smith
The theme of this week’s church calendar is the church as a sending community. The Old Testament passages, Psalm 67 and Genesis 12:1-9, both focus on the call of Abraham. That call of God was not only a promise to Abraham and his descendants, but also promised that through him all nations on earth would [...] Read more »
Sermon for Jul. 25, 2010
SundayJul 25,2010
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Acts 14:8-18 (“Paul and Barnabas at Lystra”) by Jim Angehr • Bulletin • Sermon (Acts 14:8-18) • OT/NT Reading (1 Kings 1:1-10)
“Inception” Redux Part Deux
FridayJul 23,2010
by Jim Angehr
The sides of the dradle spin round and round, round and round.
“Why Does It Have to Hurt?”
WednesdayJul 21,2010
by Jim Angehr
In Christ, your suffering is redemptive, not destructive.
“The End of the Affair”
WednesdayJul 21,2010
by Jim Angehr
“It was the nightingale, and not the lark. . . Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.”
Church Year Calendar: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Week 8 of Ordinary Time, Jul. 18, 2010)
MondayJul 19,2010
by John Smith
The theme for this week in the church year is confronting the powers. While scripture affirms the necessary role of human government in a fallen world (see, for example, Romans 13:1-7), it also affirms the very real danger that human government can be perverted in an idolatrous tool in the hand of the evil spiritual [...] Read more »
Sermon for Jul. 18, 2010
MondayJul 19,2010
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Acts 14:1-7,19-23 (“Paul and Barnabas at Iconium, Paul Stoned at Lystra”) by Jim Angehr • Bulletin • Sermon (Acts 14:1-7, 19-23) • OT/NT Reading (Acts 14:23)