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Weekly teaching ministry of Epiclesis, an Ancient-Future Faith Community.
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Tender Mercies (opens the original)
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We’ve been talking the last few Sundays about psalms and looking at them through a lens developed by Walter Brueggemann. He says that all of human life with God moves through three seasons: Orientation, Disorientation, and New Orientation. Pastor Chris shared that his life had recently been through that three part cycle. He said, "In each of those places— especially if I turn around and look back at what happened and where I’ve been— I see God’s tender mercies." That phrase, "tender mercy," appe
Humble Confidence (opens the original)
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We just spent several weeks in the Gospel of Matthew. Now, we've pivoted into the lectionary psalm passages. Pastor Chris embarked on a four-week look at those psalms, but we're also looking at how and if those psalms might point to some of the wonderful signs and wonders of the stories we encountered in Matthew. In this third of the series, we look at Psalm 103 and at two or three of its delightful lines that seem speak to two of the characters we met along the way in Matthew's Gospel. Question
Hike to Hell (opens the original)
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In our Gospel reading, Jesus is going to take His disciples on a hike. And it’s a hike to hell. The Destination? Caesarea Philippi, a heavily pagan city dedicated to the Greek god Pan. Why would Jesus intentionally go there? Join us for a look into what it means to declare "Jesus Christ is Lord" even (or especially) at the Gates of Hell. The images that Pastor Christ referred to are here (including the main one associated with this podcast/sermon titled "Pan's Grotto at Caesarea Philippi"): Sate
There Must Be a Pony In Here Somewhere (opens the original)
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Through his two terms as president, when difficult situations arose, Ronald Reagan would tell one particular story. The point of the story was this: Real treasure is buried in this mess if we are willing to dig to find it. This sermon uses Reagan's story as an analogy that helps us dig for and find the treasure buried within a mystifying exchange between Jesus and a Canaanite woman whose daughter was demon-possessed. The sermon concludes with some present-day challenges that this "foreigner's" f
Multiplication (opens the original)
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Can you imagine the crowd's astonishment, how they must have been utterly dumbfounded, by the multiplication miracle by Jesus of those famous five loaves and two fishes? No matter whether that crowd could perceive it fully, the Kingdom was in fact near. The Messiah, Jesus, had come, and He had compassion on His people. The covenant was being renewed. The 12 tribes of Israel were being reconstituted with 12 of the King’s followers. Fragments— leftovers and remnants— the broken pieces of God’s peo
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