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Jan 2017
the-gift-that-mattered-most-matthew-2-1-12-1-8-2017-website-version Today is a snow day. We’re sorry we can’t gather in person. Attached is today’s homily, as well as a self-guided communion exercise. In the attached PDF, there is also a Sunday School lesson about Epiphany. We hope you will stay safe and warm! Bob The Gift That Mattered Most Bob Stillerman A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church 1-8-2017 Matthew 2:1-12 It’s fitting that the Advent and Christmas seasons are bookended by expressions of kingship. Real kingship. God’s kingship. Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday of the liturgical year,......
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Jan 2016
1-3-2016 Epiphany 1 Following the Star Matthew 2 1-12 Following the Star A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church January 3, 2016 Matthew 2:1-12 The North Star shone brightly in the sky. It was more than a guide. It was the future – it was what God’s world could be. It was that place where freedom was no longer just a dream. For two weeks, Harriet Tubman had followed this star. By day, she hid in the homes of formers slaves, as well as Quakers and abolitionists. By night, she traversed the backwoods......
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