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Jan 2023
Go and See About All This Bob Stillerman Third Sunday of Epiphany, 1/22/2023 Matthew 4:12-23 Go and See About All This Matthew 4.12-23 In the movie Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams plays Sean, a middle-aged counselor/therapist who works with a twenty-something genius named Will. Will, played by Matt Damon, is struggling to figure it all out. It seems Will is seeking permission to pursue his life’s calling: love, and career fulfilment, and challenging adventure. The story centers around the conversations between Sean and Will, and the friendship that eventually emerges. Like Will,......
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Jan 2020
Rethinking Repentance A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Matthew 4:12-23 1-26-2020 Rethinking Repentance Matthew 4.12-32 1-26-2020 Hey Sardis Baptist Church: Feel remorse. Be sorry for. Rue. Reproach yourselves! Be ashamed of. Feel contrite about. Be penitent. See the error of your ways. Be regretful. Be remorseful. Be conscience-stricken. Be guilt-ridden. Wear sackcloth and ashes. Pick a verb. Pick one. Pick ‘em all. For the kingdom of heaven has come near. Okay, so you caught me. If you were paying attention, verse 17 of this morning’s text is translated, “Repent, for......
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Jan 2017
Repent. No Really. Repent. Matthew 4.12-23 1-22-2017 Repent. No Really. Repent. A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Matthew 4:12-23 January 22, 2017 I want to ask you to do something, and it might be a hard ask, but I’ll ask it nonetheless. I want you to hear this phrase, really hear it: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” For too long, our American Protestant heritage has betrayed us – it has prevented us from hearing this phrase in its proper context. Four hundred years ago John Winthrop......
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