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Archive for 2010/07


Hosea: Friends with Benefits…

Evan Carter Luke 11:1-13 Hosea 1:2-10 After hearing this reading, you’re probably thinking the same thing I thought last week…. So this is why Marthame is out this week.    Well done Marthame, well done.   Actually, the reality is, we’ve been reading difficult texts like this all summer long. [RECAP] For those of you who haven’t [...]

Amos: Still Life with…Judgment

Marthame Sanders (Marthame’s sermons and other reflections are also available on his blog) Luke 10:38-42 Amos 8:1-12 You know, this whole prophet sermon series seemed like a good idea at the time. When Elijah and Elisha are healing people or raising the dead or feeding widows or taking on Ahab and Jezebel, that was OK. [...]

Amos: Captain Obvious!

(the service didn’t get recorded this week. sorry. But here’s a bonus special message from Marthame) Marthame Sanders (Marthame’s sermons and other reflections are also available on his blog) Luke 10:25-37 Amos 7:7-17 How do we measure up? When we first moved into our house, the master bathroom had no shower. But there was a [...]

Elisha: Love Your Enemies…”Even This Guy?”

(the service didn’t get recorded this week. sorry. But here’s a bonus special message from Marthame) Marthame Sanders (Marthame’s sermons and other reflections are also available on his blog) Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 2 Kings 5:1-19 This week we pick up where the story of Elisha left off last week – Elijah, the great prophet, passes [...]