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Beyond Spectacle
Beyond Spectacle Mark 1.21-28 1-28-2018 Beyond Spectacle A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Mark 1:21-28 1-28-2018 Mark’s gospel offers its readers a comparison of two worlds: the world we know now, and the...
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People, Not Things
People Not Things — Mark 1.14-20 1-2018 People, Not Things A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman January 21, 2018, Third Sunday after Epiphany Mark 1:14-20 Let’s back up. Let’s assume our story starts...
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More Than Just a Simple Sign
More than Just a Simple Sign A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman John 1: 43-51 1/14/2018 More than Just a Simple Sign John 1.43-51 1-14-2018 Should you ever travel east from the Carolina...
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Much, Much More
Much Much More Mark 1.4-11 1-7-2018 Much, Much More A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Mark 1:4-11 January 7, 2018 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth...
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Seeing What You Believe
Seeing What You Believe — Luke 2.22-40 12-31-2017 Seeing What You Believe A Homily for Sardis Baptist Church New Year’s Eve 2017 Bob Stillerman Luke 2:22-40 On Wednesday evening, I visited with William for a...
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Advent One: A Sunday of Hope
Advent One 2017 Hope and Egypt — Exodus 1 Joshua 1 Matthew 2 — 12-3-2017 Advent 2017 This year, we’ll explore three special places in the Bible: Egypt, Bethlehem, and Sardis. We’ll think about their...
A Little Bit of Love
A Little Bit of Love Matthew 25.31- 11-26-2017 A Little Bit of Love A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Matthew 25:31-45 11/26/2017 Do you remember the tip-jar episode of Seinfeld? It’s a classic!...
Talent Show
Talent Show Matthew 25.1-14 11-19-2017 Talent Show A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Matthew 25:14-30 November 19, 2017 Today’s is a story that happens rather frequently. As a matter of fact, if you...
No Shortage
No Shortage A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Matthew 25:1-13 November 12, 2017 No Shortage — Matthew 25.1-13 11-12-2017 This morning, let’s read our text in a traditional way. Let’s assume it’s an...
Mundane in the Membrane
Mundane in the Membrane Matthew 23.1-12 11-5-2017 Mundane in the Membrane A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Matthew 23:1-12 11-5-2016 In today’s lection, and indeed throughout the whole of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus laments...