by Stephen Phelps | Aug 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
next in the series from the Elisha cycle download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, August 12, 20072 Kings 6: 8-23; John 14: 4-6, 27 Have you ever heard such a tale of peace-making? What shall we make of it? A pacifist might use the story to argue that we can or...
by Stephen Phelps | Jul 15, 2007 | Uncategorized
next in the series from the Elisha cycle download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, July 15, 2007Romans 14: 1-9; 2 Kings 5: 15-19 Remember what we saw last week. We called it a “master/ servant” story, where the master—Naaman—is indeed a master, but only in the...
by Stephen Phelps | Jul 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
next in the series from the Elisha cycle download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, July 8, 2007 Galatians 6: 1-10, 2 Kings 5: 1-14 I f the story we heard last Sunday belongs to the genre of master and disciple stories, this one...
by Stephen Phelps | Jul 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
(first in the series from the Elisha cycle) download a PDF of this text listen to this sermon Texts on Sunday, July 1, 2007 2 Kings 2: 1-14; Luke 9: 51-62 The stories you have heard this morning are master/disciple stories. They tell of the paradox of decision...
by Stephen Phelps | Jun 10, 2007 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this text listen to this sermon Texts on Sunday, June 10, 2007 1 Kings 17: 8-24; Luke 7: 11-17 T he story of Elijah in Zarephath begins this way: “When he came to the gate of the town, a widow . ....
by Stephen Phelps | May 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this text Listen to this sermon Texts on Sunday, May 20, 2007 John 17: 20-26; Acts 17: 16-34 Augustine said “Men go to gape at mountain peaks, at the boundless tides of the sea, the broad sweep of rivers, the...
by Stephen Phelps | Apr 15, 2007 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this text Texts on the Sunday after Easter, April 15, 2007 John 20: 19-31; Acts 5: 27-42 Our frigid April temperatures may temporarily suppress the inclination to think...
by Stephen Phelps | Apr 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this text Text on Maundy Thursday, April 5, 2007 John 13: 1-17 Will Christianity pass away? Will some other religion or philosophy of life take its place? You hear such...
by Stephen Phelps | Apr 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, April 1, 2007 Habakkuk 2: 2-11; Luke 19: 28-48 The Palm Sunday painting most of us have had in mind since childhood pictures Jesus waving from his perch in parade, a bower of stately palms above and a street strewn...
by Stephen Phelps | Mar 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, March 25, 2007 Isaiah 43: 15-21; John 12: 1-8 W hen you set out to understand the Bible as it is, you have to come to grips with what I call “the twice told tale.” The question is, why does a particular story...
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