Living by the Word - April, 2012

Living by the Word

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Acts 8:26–40

Apr 24, 2012 by Brian Bantum

Our oldest son was baptized when he was six. For two years before that he’d been asking questions about who God was and praying prayers of his own making. So his mother and I set him upon the road of discipleship.

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

1 John 3:16–24

Apr 17, 2012 by Michael Jinkins

The first thing that struck me about First Presbyterian Church in Dallas was not the imposing building where one of my longtime heroes, John Anderson, once served as senior pastor. No, the first thing that grabbed my attention that day was the church sign: "Justice is love distributed."

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Luke 24:36b–48

Apr 10, 2012 by Michael Jinkins

It was the spring of 1988. We had rounded the corner of the liturgical year again, and although I'd preached Easter sermons many times, I was feeling relieved that I was not preaching the Easter service that year. Senior minister Thomas Allsop would preach to the throngs of parishioners and visitors at historic Beechgrove Church of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

1 John 1:1–2:2

Apr 03, 2012 by Marilynne Robinson

The familiarity of the great texts of the New Testament can obscure the achievements of their writers. In its first three verses, the First Epistle of John joins "the eternal life that was with the Father" with the physical presence of Jesus, who has been seen with eyes and touched with hands.