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Feb 2025
Where Is the God of Justice? Rev. Tillie Duncan Malachi 2:17-3:4, Luke 2:22-40 February 2, 2025 Oyez, oyez! Hear ye, hear ye! This court is now in session. The Honorable judge Malachi presiding. Case # 517. Post-exilic Israel vs. God. The attorneys for the litigants may give their opening statements. Thank you, your honor. Our contention, our grievance is this: Where is the God of justice? Can we be sure there IS a God? We propose that, if there is a God, that God is a liar. Prophets have come saying, “This......
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Dec 2021
The Christmas Wave Bob Stillerman First Sunday After Christmas, 12/26/2021 Luke 2:22-40 The Wave of Christmas Luke 2.22-40 12-26-2021 The best things come to those who wait. This phrase has always been famous, but it was made even more famous by television’s Matt LeBlanc. Long before he played the lovable Joey on the TV Series Friends, LeBlanc was a commercial actor. In one commercial for Heinz Ketchup, we see a young LeBlanc unscrew a ketchup bottle. He sets the bottle on its side, and lays it on the edge of the rooftop......
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Dec 2017
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 few minutes – we talked about Christmas memories. He recalled a German tradition of his childhood, and even more so of his grandparents’ childhood. On Christmas Eve, the whole community would gather, and share the Christ-light, similar to what we did last Sunday evening. But everyone lived nearby, and so they walked home, candles still lit, carrying......
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