Category: Traditional

April 29, 2024

Traditional – The Good Fight: Forgiveness – The Final Form of Love | Rev. Michael Bowman

Scripture Reference – Colossians 3:12-15 (NRSV): Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds […]

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April 29, 2024

Traditional – The Good Fight: Rules of Engagement | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference – John 8:1-11 (NRSV): while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and, making her stand […]

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April 15, 2024

Traditional – The Good Fight: Honey or Vinegar | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference – 2 Timothy 2:23-26 (NRSV): Have nothing to do with stupid and senseless controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to everyone, an apt teacher, patient, correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth and that […]

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April 7, 2024

Traditional – The Good Fight: What We’re Fighting For | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference – Proverbs 29:22-23 (NRSV): One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression. A person’s pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. There was a mini series years ago from HBO about the easy company that was fighting in the European theater […]

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March 31, 2024

Traditional – Easter Sunday | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference: John 20:1-18 (NRSV) Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, […]

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March 24, 2024

Traditional – Signs: If You Had Been Here | Rev. Maggie Dunaway

Scripture Reference: John 11:7-48 (NRSV) 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not […]

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March 18, 2024

Traditional – Signs: Healing The Man Born Blind | Rev. Robert Mercer

Scripture Reference: John 9:1-12, 35-41 (NRSV) 9 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4 We must work […]

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March 17, 2024

Traditional – Signs: Healing The Man Born Blind | Rev. Robert Mercer

Scripture Reference: John 9:1-12, 35-41 (NRSV) 9 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4 We must work […]

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March 10, 2024

Traditional – Signs: Walking on Water | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference: John 6:16-21 (NRSV) 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they […]

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March 10, 2024

Traditional – Signs: Feeding The Hungry | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference: John 6:1-15 (NRSV) 6 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd kept following him because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3 Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the […]

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