Preacher: Nathan Hosler Scripture Readings: 1 Kings 17:8-16; Mark 12:38-44 We have a penny and a biscuit. This is what we have to work with and then we are finished. The widow in Mark’s Gospel has the equivalent of a penny (year of inflation value not noted in my translation). The widow of Zarephath has a…
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WHO ARE “ALL”?
Matthew 25:37-40, Acts 2:42-47 Faith Westdorp In today’s reading we see the beginnings of the first church. Matt Skinner writes that this passage “describes a community of faith that operates in the power of God’s Spirit. The virtues of justice, worship, and mutuality are not accomplishments of extraordinary folk; they are signs of the Spirit…
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…
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