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Nov 2024
Mark’s Little Apocalypse Rev. Dr. Chris Hensley November 17th, 2024 Daniel 12:1-3 & Mark 13:1-8 A part of the challenge of following the Lectionary is that, at times, you come across a collection of passages which do not sit well with you upon an initial reading. The Lectionary is a collection of passages which generally follow a theme. The passages, generally there are four of them, come from the Hebrew Bible, the Psalms, the Gospels, and from one of the letters within the Christian Testament. This week, the theme appears to be......
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02
Jul 2017
Dont Miss the Forest for the Miracle Daniel 3 7-2-2017 Don’t Miss the Forest For the Miracle, Daniel 3 A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman July 2, 2017 Historical Context: Today’s lesson is from the book of Daniel. We often talk about the exile, or the exilic period. When we say exile, we mean that around 587 BCE, or nearly 600 years before the birth of Jesus, the Southern Kingdom of Judah was conquered by Babylon. But it wasn’t colonized. It was raided and decimated. The Babylonians captured all that......
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