Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Faithfulness without Guarantees image

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Faithfulness without Guarantees

I have been thinking lately about what role our congregation can play in the work of peace and justice in our time...
Bob Turner
June 20, 2024
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Rahab: Doing What She Could

To go along with my summer sermon series on minor characters from the Bible, I have decided to use this space each...
Bob Turner
June 13, 2024
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Gideon: Coward to Deliverer

To go along with my summer sermon series on minor characters from the Bible, I have decided to use this space each...
Bob Turner
June 6, 2024
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Hannah: Aiming Higher

To go along with my summer sermon series on minor characters from the Bible, I have decided to use this space each...
Bob Turner
May 30, 2024
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The Devil’s Tools

Next Monday is Memorial Day, and I must admit that I feel torn every time one of these patriotic, military-based...
Bob Turner
May 23, 2024
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The Pledge

The top two officers of the national setting of the United Church of Christ recently released a statement on the...
Bob Turner
May 16, 2024
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The Meaning of Ascension

Read Luke 24:44–53 The ascension of Jesus has puzzled people from the very beginning, and since the Enlightenment...
Bob Turner
May 9, 2024
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A Nation of Neros

Read Isaiah 5:11–17 It is common among preachers and interpreters to assume that the prophets who pronounce doom on...
Bob Turner
May 2, 2024
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Of Sow’s Ears and Silk Purses

Read Acts 8:1–8 Now those who were scattered went from place to place proclaiming the word (v. 4). The overarching...
Bob Turner
April 25, 2024
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Mansplaining the Resurrection

Read Luke 24:1–12 But these words seemed to [the male disciples] an idle tale, and they did not believe [the women]...
Bob Turner
April 18, 2024

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