Pentecost +22 2024Rev. Dr. Les MartinIsaiah 53:4-12, Hebrews 4:12-16 But he was lifted up for our illnesses. He carried our pain in the name of the living God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. The first open heart bypass surgery where the heart is exposed, stopped, and life is sustained by a heart lung machine while the operation takes…
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
Sermons on Atonement
Reading Hebrews – Atonement Part 2 Pentecost +25 Rev. Doug Floyd One of the ways to understand atonement might be to just think about stories. Many stories follow the form of Home, Away, and Home Again. For instance, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins who starts out at home. He’s in the shire.…
Reading Hebrews – Atonement Part 1 All Saints Sunday 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd I was talking with some students last week about Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory, a novel set in early twentieth century Mexico. Christianity is outlawed (which it was). The priest is on the run from authorities as he moves from…