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Queen Vashti and the Glass House

Read Esther 1:1–21         It’s hard to tell sometimes whether the writer of the book of Esther is telling the...
Bob Turner
August 15, 2024
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Thomases

Read John 20:19–29 Thomas speaks for all of us doubters, realists, pessimists, those who want to believe but are...
Bob Turner
August 8, 2024
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Lo-Ammi: Not My Son

Read Hosea 1:2–10 In the eleventh chapter of the book that bears his name, the prophet Hosea depicts God as a...
Bob Turner
August 1, 2024
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Epaphroditus: The Web of Love

Read Philippians 2:25–30 Epaphroditus doesn’t get much press; he’s not one of the heroes of the faith like Peter or...
Bob Turner
July 25, 2024
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Nathan: The Power of Story

Read 2 Samuel 11:1 – 12:14 Imagine you are the prophet Nathan. Your job as a prophet is to enforce boundaries for...
Bob Turner
July 18, 2024
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Joseph and Nicodemus: Imperfect Discipleship

Let’s hear it for imperfect discipleship. We all wish that we could follow Jesus’s teachings and example in every...
Bob Turner
July 11, 2024
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Tabitha: "Child, Get Up!"

The Acts of the Apostles, as I have said before, could be more aptly titled, “The Acts of the Holy Spirit.” It’s...
Bob Turner
June 27, 2024
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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Faithfulness without Guarantees

I have been thinking lately about what role our congregation can play in the work of peace and justice in our time...
Bob Turner
June 20, 2024
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Rahab: Doing What She Could

To go along with my summer sermon series on minor characters from the Bible, I have decided to use this space each...
Bob Turner
June 13, 2024
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Gideon: Coward to Deliverer

To go along with my summer sermon series on minor characters from the Bible, I have decided to use this space each...
Bob Turner
June 6, 2024

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