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Feb 2023
Lively Bob Stillerman Sixth Sunday of Epiphany, 2/12/2023 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Lively Deut 30.15-20 2-12-2023 Several years ago, we engaged this morning’s text from Deuteronomy, and I found a few words from a past sermon that set the scene well. I share them with you again today: Imagine you were drawn up out of the water – an infant, literally lifted from the Nile, saved from genocide, raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, nursed by your birth mother, and protected by your clever older sister. As an adult, awoken to the injustice and oppression faced......
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Feb 2020
Choose Life A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Deuteronomy 30:15-20 2-16-2020 Choose Life Deuteronomy 30.15-20 2-16-2020 Imagine you were drawn up out of the water – an infant, literally lifted from the Nile, saved from genocide, raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, nursed by your birth mother, and protected by your clever older sister. As an adult, awoken to the injustice and oppression faced by your native people, you kill one of Pharaoh’s henchmen, forcing you to become a fugitive. In a foreign land, you find the kindness of a stranger, who......
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