Episodes
Monday Sep 06, 2021
S9E06: Lamentation (Prophets & Kings pt. 4)
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Sermon #451
The death of Saul and Jonathan is one that affected David deeply. On the one hand, Saul had been trying for several years to kill David, seeing him as a threat to his own rule over Israel. On the other hand, David was very close friends with Saul's son, Jonathan, and certainly his death would have devastated David. Yet even though Saul was paranoid, murderous, and pagan in his religious practices, David still considered him to be the Lord's anointed king, and throughout his flight from Saul he refused to raise a hand against him, even when he was in a position to kill Saul. And so we see David's heartfelt lamentation for both Saul and Jonathan, coming at a time when there should be joy over the gaining of the kingdom. David was a servant, and he also realized that there is a time for joy and a time to weep.
2 Samuel 1:1,17-27
Recorded at Hudson UMC on June 27, 2021
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Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Lectionary Readings for Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18), Year B
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
September 5, 2021
Old Testament: Proverbs 22:1-2,8-9,22-23
Psalter: Psalm 125
Epistle Lesson: James 2:1-17
Gospel Lesson: Mark 7:24-37
Scripture quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Thursday Sep 02, 2021
S3E11: The Question of Creation (Deep Questions pt. 10)
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Sermon #130
The question of creation often stalls at the very first chapter of Genesis: Did God create the universe and everything in it in six literal days, or is the creation account in Genesis chapter 1 merely allegorical? And how does modern scientific understanding of the so-called Big Bang theory play into it? Even for those of us who believe that God created the universe, there is still disagreement as to how, and what the timeline was. But in the end, we find that the primary point is not when, or how, but that God created everything from nothing. So grab your Bible, turn it to Genesis chapter 1, and prepare your heart and mind as we examine the question of creation.
Genesis 1,2:4-9
Recorded at Hudson UMC on August 30, 2015 (originally published October 15, 2015)
S.D.G.