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Oct 2022
Luke Bob Stillerman Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost, 10/30/2022 Luke 10:25-37 Luke Background and Homily 10-30-2022 A Word About the Word: Here’s one word to consider for the Gospel of Luke, and not just because it’s Halloween: terrified. The phrase “they were terrified,” is repeated throughout Luke’s gospel. Zechariah, the shepherds keeping their flocks by night, and the women at the empty tomb are all terrified by the presence of angels. Peter, James, and John are terrified upon seeing the Transfiguration, as are all the disciples upon seeing Jesus after the Emmaus Road......
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Jul 2016
Do Not Keep Silent — Luke 10.25-37 7-10-2016 Do Not Keep Silent A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 7-10-2016 Luke 10:25-37, The Parable of the Good Samaritan In 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, the day before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the most memorable speeches in American history: I’ve Been to the Mountaintop. Do you remember that part of his speech included an analysis of today’s parable? King explored what would make the priest and Levite ignore the wounded man on the side of the road.......
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