Sermon–Back to the Garden or the City? May 26, 2019

Sermon Easter 6—Year C–May 26, 2019 William Bradbury Acts 16:9-15, Psalm 67, Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5, John 5:1-9 Way back in the late Sixties, my generation saw the crumble of the fairytales we had been raised on. We watched the Vietnam War escalating for no good purpose as our leaders lied to us. We...

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Sermon: What are we known for? May 19, 2019

Sermon–William Bradbury Easter 5—Year C  May 19, 2019 Acts 11:1-18, Psalm 148, Revelation 21:1-6, John 13:31-35 Well, I mostly enjoyed my 50th high school reunion three weeks ago in Atlanta. One startling fact: of the total class of 149, 22 of us have died. I was talking to a classmate, a...

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Sermon–The Jesus Movement Strategy?–May 12, 2019

Sermon–William Bradbury Easter4—Year C–May 12, 2019 Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17, John 10:22-30 168 years before Christ, Antiochus IV, King of the Seleucid Dynasty in Syria, massacres Jews in Jerusalem, shuts down the temple worship, and the following year erects an altar to Zeus in the Temple where he orders pigs to...

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Sermon: How Christ Heals Our Racism?–May 5, 2019

Sermon Easter 3—Year C–May 5, 2019 William Bradbury Acts 9:1-6, (7-20), Psalm 30, Revelation 5:11-14, John 21:1-19 The Prophet Ezekiel, most famous for his vision of the valley of dry bones coming back to life, describes in his first chapter a wild vision that is called the Throne-Chariot Vision: He sees angelic beings,...

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