Tag: Hebrews
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“Entertaining Angels – Our Life of Faith”
Hebrews 13:1-8;15-16 (NRSV) Theme: In our Christian life of worship, fellowship and ministry, we praise God by doing good and sharing what we have with each other and the world to please God as faithful servants of Jesus Christ. Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that…
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“Better This Time – The Promise of Faith”
Hebrews 12:18-29 (NRSV) Theme: God loves us with an all-consuming fire, refining and sanctifying us every day of our lives through the intercession of Jesus Christ and the persistence of our faith, leading us home at last to God’s embrace. You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness,…
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“Running the Race – The Challenge of Faith”
Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2 (NRSV) Theme: The faith journey is long and exhausting – a lifelong race – we look to Jesus Christ for our guidance and to each other for the strength to carry us home. By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the…
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“Stranger in a Strange Land – The Meaning of Faith”
Hebrews 11:1-3,8-16 (NRSV) Theme: Faith is the confidence that Jesus Christ leads us forward through the darkest days and the deepest wilderness to the place, and the unique person, God call us to be. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received…
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“Christ Was Born For This”
Heb. 2:10-18 (NRSV) “It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call…
Ellen Clark Clemot 