The Next Right Thing
THE NEXT RIGHT THING Bob Stillerman Easter Homily, 4-12-2020 John 20:1-18 The Next Right Thing John 20.1-18 Easter Sunday 4-12-2020 We’re nearly a month into our social distancing protocols, and since that time, the Disney...
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Why Have You Forsaken Me?
WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME? GOOD FRIDAY HOMILY, COMMUNITY-WIDE SERVICE SELECTIONS FROM PSALM 22 Rev. Bob Stillerman 4-10-2020 Why Have You Forsaken Me Psalm 22 Good Friday Reflection 4-9-2020 In both Mark and Matthew’s accounts...
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Save Us!
Save Us! A Palm Sunday Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 4-5-2020 Matthew 21:1-11 Save Us Matthew 21.1-11 4-5-2020 Palm Sunday Long, long ago, God offered salvation to God’s people – God gave enslaved...
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Hear the Word of the Lord
Hear the Word of the Lord A Sermon For Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Fifth Sunday of Lent, 3/29/2020 Ezekiel 37:1-14 Hear the Word of the Lord Ezekiel 37.1-14 3-29-2020 Long, long ago, Moses stood...
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Connected to One Another
Connected to One Another A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Fourth Sunday of Lent, 3-22-2020 Ephesians 5:8-14 Connected to One Another Ephesians 5.8-14 3-22-2020 There’s a popular form of blessing, by which we...
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Reconciled
Reconciled A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Roman 5:1-11 3-15-2020 Reconciled Romans 5.1-11 3-15-2020 We are God’s beloved. This is a remarkable truth. And I’m not sure that it’s a truth to which...
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Securing Our Future
Securing Our Future A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 3-8-2020 (Third Sunday of Lent) Genesis 12:1-4 Securing our Future Genesis 12.1-4 3-9-2020 The poet Hellen Mellicost offers a prayer: I was regretting the...
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Garden Life
Garden Life A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 3-1-2020 Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Garden Life Gen 2 and 3 3-1-2020 Some years ago, longer than any of us can figure, God made a garden....
Get to; Not Have to
Get to; Not Have to A Sermon for Sardis Baptist and Presbyterian Churches Ash Wednesday 2-26-2020 Matthew: 6:1-6; 16-21 Get to not have to Ash Wed Matthew 6.1-6 16-21 2-26-2020 Every day, I am surrounded...
Scripting Our Prophecies
Scripting Our Prophecies A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 2 Peter 1:16-21 2-23-2020 Scripting Our Prophecies 2 Peter 1.16-21 2-23-2020 We’ve spent a great deal of time in Matthew’s gospel to begin our...