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Mar 2025
Reflection and Worship A Sermon by Chris Hensley Based on Luke 4:1 – 13 Presented to Sardis Baptist Church March 9, 2025 Lent is upon us, that season during which the Church collectively makes reparations for the season of Easter. Most often these preparations manifest as fasting and more praying. Hopefully though – however you prepare yourself spiritually – you are engaging with God in more intentional and meaningful ways during this season. Our passages today deal with two, seemingly, different situations. To begin, The Hebrew Bible passage offers to its......
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14
Feb 2016
2-14-16 – Lent’s Love Letters – Deut 26 1-11 LENT’S LOVE LETTERS Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Feb. 14, 2016 Today is Valentine’s Day. Today is the first Sunday in Lent, 2016. Though they may seem to be disparate entities, a similarity of these two events occurs in a determined response to love offered. (Make heart shape with hands.) We determine to accept and reciprocate; or we determine to reject and ignore. There are many kinds of love letters, but some of the most seminal are those delivered to us by our inheritance. The Deuteronomist......
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