WASHINGTON CITY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Jeff Davidson June 22, 2014 TO BE LIKE THE TEACHER (Matthew 10:24-39) Greg Carey wrote nice piece about Clarence Jordan that I read the other day. Jordan was agriculture major at the University of Georgia and a Master of Divinity graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he…
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Down to Earth with Jesus
“Down to Earth with Jesus” the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree Luke 13:6-9 Washington City CoB on June 15th, 2014 Jonathan Stauffer Take a moment to recall that on Easter Sunday Mary Magdalene found Jesus in the garden, and mistook him for the gardener. I find this an appropriate portrayal of Jesus…
Spirit, Spiritual, Spirited
Spirit, Spiritual, Spirited Acts 2: 1-21, 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-13 June 8, 2014 Nathan Hosler I recently read the book, “Babel No More: The search for the world’s most extraordinary language learners.” The writer set out to find hyperpolyglots. A polyglot is someone who speaks several languages. Add the prefix “hyper” to this…
Right Hands, Chairs, and Footstools
Right Hands, Chairs, and Footstools – Jennifer Hosler Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53 This Sunday marks the Ascension of Christ. The Ascension is sort of like the stereotypical middle child in this part of the church calendar. As a middle child, the Ascension doesn’t quite get the same amount of attention as its older…
Shape of Text and Suffering
Shape of Text and Suffering 1 Peter 3:13-22 Nathan Hosler—May 25, 2014 We are shaped by many things: language, region, area of work, and perhaps a dialect. While living in Pennsylvania Dutch country Jenn started mimicking some of the sounds and ways of speaking. This pronunciation shows its face in many ways but…
WHO WANTS TO BE A MARTYR?
WASHINGTON CITY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Jeff Davidson May 18, 2014 WHO WANTS TO BE A MARTYR? Acts 7:55-60
With Glad and Generous Hearts
With Glad and Generous Hearts – Jennifer Hosler Acts 2:42-47; Colossians 3:12-17 Our news media has the unfortunate tendency of focusing on things that go wrong. Violence, crime, oppression—these things sell papers or bring hits to websites. While these problems exist, focusing on them in the news media means that other stories do not often…
Returns
WASHINGTON CITY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Jeff Davidson May 4, 2014 RETURNS Psalm 116:1-4,12-19 Almost everyone has a memory of a gift they have either given or received that was so ugly, or so wildly inappropriate, or just so strange that they would have returned it in an instant if they possibly could. It’s become…
He’s Back
“He’s Back” – Nathan Hosler Acts 2:14a, 22-32, John 20:19-31, 1 Peter 1:3-9 The year was 2002. Just 24 months into the new millennium and there I was—sent but sitting in the dark. I was in Weierhof, a small German village of about 900 people an hour southwest of Frankfurt. Was with Eastern Mennonite…
Risen
RISEN – Colossians 3:1-4 Matthew 28:1-10 Jeff Davidson – April 20, 2014 There’s a cartoon that shows people coming out of church on Easter Sunday shaking hands with the pastor. One guy says. “You know, Pastor, this is why I only come once a year. Whenever I’m here your sermon is always about the…
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