Archive for December, 2007
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
A Child Is Born and the Trouble Begins
David Orendorff · Matthew 2:13-23
Today’s scripture is not the cheery scripture of Christmas Eve. I thought about picking a different scripture but I don’t like dodging the difficult. But preaching the full gospel of Jesus also means always remembering and ending with the goodnews of God’s mercy, grace and new life. We [...]
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
Women Who Knew Jesus
David Orendorff ·Matthew 1:18-25 · December 23rd, 2007
Thinking about Mother Mary got me to thinking about Jesus and women. And then I thought about Jesus powerful influence in setting women free from oppression. So this sermon is actually a collection of reflections on some women who knew Jesus. All the women we meet where at [...]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Finding God
David Orendorff · Matthew 11:2-6 · December 16th 2007
“Where is God” is a question we sometimes ask. Most often we ask this when we want something better than war, disease or hunger, better than our current experience. We ask it because we need saving from something from which we cannot save ourselves.
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