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Deuteronomy Overview

Deuteronomy Overview Bob Stillerman Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 9/11/2022 Deuteronomy 6:1-13 Deuteronomy A Word About Today’s Word: Deuteronomy Over the course of several hundred years, Israel is transformed from a dozen herding tribes, scattered, and...

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Numbers Overview

Numbers Overview Bob Stillerman Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 9/4/2022 Numbers 27:1-11 Numbers A Words About Today’s Word: Numbers Genesis is an origin story. Exodus is a story of liberation. Leviticus introduces the law. Numbers is...

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The Order of Things (Leviticus)

Leviticus Overview Bob Stillerman Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost, 8/28/2022 Leviticus 25: 8-24 Leviticus 8-28-2022 A Word About Today’s Word: Leviticus It’s been two weeks since we read from Exodus, and if any of you decided...

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Words for the Table

Words for the Table Bob Stillerman Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost, 8/21/2022 Communion Brunch Words for the Table 8-21-2022 Over the past two weeks, we’ve engaged the books of Genesis and Exodus. Among their themes are...

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Stranger Things

Exodus Overview               Bob Stillerman  Tenth Sunday After Pentecost, 8/14/2022 Exodus 3:1-15 Exodus 8-14-2022 Over the next few years, I’ll be using Sundays in Ordinary time to help our congregation engage the 66 canonical books...

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Genesis: An Overview

Genesis Overview Sunday, August 7th, 2022 Sardis Baptist Church Genesis 8-7-2022  Over the next few years, I’ll be using Sundays in Ordinary time to help our congregation engage the 66 canonical books of scripture. On...

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Let’s All Praise the Lord!

Let’s All Praise the Lord! Bob Stillerman 2nd Sunday After Pentecost, 6/19/2022 Galatians 3:23-29 Lets All Praise the Lord Galatians 3.23-29 6-19-2022 The old song reminds us that Father Abraham had many children and many...

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For The Living of These Days

For the Living of These Days Bob Stillerman 25th Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 28, 11/14/2021 Mark 13:1-8 For the Living of These Days Mark 13.1-8 11-14-2021 In the Spring of 2000, I was part of...

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Planting a Rosebush; Trellis Optional

Planting a Rosebush; Trellis Optional Bob Stillerman 23rd Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 26, 10/31/2021 Reformation Sunday Mark 12:28-34 Planting a Rosebush. Mark 12,28-34 10-31-2021 The scribe came near, and asked Jesus, “Which commandment is first...

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Man of Means

Man of Means Bob Stillerman 20th Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 23, 10/8/2021 Mark 10:17-31 A Man of Means Our text tells us that Jesus is beginning to set out on a journey, when a man...