by Stephen Phelps | Oct 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, October 3, 2010 Luke 13: 22-30 In a few minutes, First Church will celebrate the reception of new members, and we will ask our brothers and sisters three questions. I want to think about the first...
by Stephen Phelps | Sep 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, September 12, 2010 Luke 14: 1-11 If you have studied the Old Testament with me, a hand swooping through the air like this, down and up and down, may bring to mind the whole arc of ancient...
by Stephen Phelps | Sep 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, September 5, 2010 Luke 12: 57—13:9 Where does what is new come from—the act or attitude or thought not rolling like a wheel in the ruts of our past, but new? The question is bigger than it appears....
by Stephen Phelps | Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on Sunday, August 15, 2010Deuteronomy 30: 11-14 & Luke 12: 8-12 In his autobiography, Carl Jung tells of a patient whose cure came so fast that his editor footnotes the fact: “This case is distinguished . . ....
by Stephen Phelps | Aug 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, August 8, 2010Luke 11: 52–12:7 In the year 1737, in the city of Northampton, Massachusetts, the great divine Jonathan Edwards was delivering his sermon when the balcony of that very full church...
by Stephen Phelps | Aug 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Text on Sunday, August 1, 2010Luke 11: 24-41 Let’s face it, Jesus—you’re no Joel Osteen. When crowds come to you, you don’t say nice things. You don’t send them home with warm thought muffins. You can’t hold a candle to...
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