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John 1:29-42

Do you remember when you first met Jesus? Maybe another way this question can be asked is: Do you remember when you first saw Jesus for yourself ? Although born into and raised in a God-honoring and church-life-participating household, I did not ‘see Jesus for myself’ until the summer before my freshman year of high school at a Christian youth camp. It was during the corporate singing of the song “I Am A Friend of God” when I suddenly, for the first time, became overwhelmed

Seth Major

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Isaiah 49:1-7

Every lectionary text contains much more than we can note in these postings, or in any sermon we could preach from it. From this text, we’ll note briefly the geography of Isaiah’s “coastlands” and “peoples from far away” (v 1), then consider three issues, the first at some length, the second and third only briefly. Other than their Philistine and Phoenician neighbors, the nearest “foreign” coastlands/isles to Israel lay west and northwest–Cyprus, the astounding irregularities

Joseph Coleson

Jan 126 min read

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

For this Sunday and the following four Sundays, the Revised Common Lectionary offers us continuous readings of 1st Corinthians that begin with 1:1 and conclude with 3:9. Since Paul intended his epistle to be read aloud as a whole, consider taking the time between now and the Transfiguration of the Lord to preach through this first section of 1st Corinthians. In the greeting and introductory remarks that comprise our text, it is easy to overlook that Paul is writing to the chu

Kara Lyons-Pardue

4 min read

Psalm 40:1-11

If we have been journeying through the Christian year, we sit this week in the middle of the season of Epiphany and not far from the abrupt transition to Ordinary Time. Here in Epiphany we watch God revealing God’s self to foreigners from the east, holding his own as a young boy in conversation with the academics in the Temple, showing up in front of a watching world at Jesus’ baptism. However, as I watch these things unfold, it is not unusual for me to begin to find myself

Marty Alan Michelson

5 min read

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John 1:29-42

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Call to Worship: Charles Wesley One: Blessed be God. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. + Many: And blessed be God's Kingdom, now and forever. Amen. One: O God, you called us by name to come, and we respond with delight and gladness Many: In joyful obedience, we come to worship our God. One: Rising out of the depths of despair, we gratefully gather for worship. Many: In joyful hope, we come to worship our loving God. One: Our God had given us a new song of praise to sing to our Aw

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