Sermon for Sunday, January 31, 2010 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Not One’s Own Way Jeremiah 1: 4-10; 1 Corinthians 13; Luke 4: 21-30 “Familiarity breeds contempt.” I used to think that meant that things which we know well, which we see every day, don’t impress us. It’s true that the commonplace isn’t impressive, [...]
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Sermon for Sunday, January 24, 2010 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg From the Book Psalm 19; Nehemiah 8: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Luke 4: 14-21 Tibetan Buddhism seems to have confidence in blessing being able to be transmitted by movement. Prayer wheels and prayer flags alike have symbols and brief traditional blessings copied onto them–sometimes the [...]
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Sermon for Sunday, January 17, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Party Psalm 36: 5-10; First Corinthians 12: 1-11; John 2: 1-11 It is difficult to comprehend both feasting and fasting in our culture. It is too easy for us to eat; one of the things you can still get for a dollar is [...]
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Sermon for Sunday, January 10, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Baptism Psalm 29; Acts of the Apostles 8: 14-17; Luke 3 :15-17, 21-22 In Jesus’ day there was a pool in Jerusalem believed to have healing powers. It wouldn’t cure people’s ailments all the time. It was only at the right time, when [...]
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