Category: Advent
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“Speak tenderly” and … : Prophets on the cusp of hope in Isaiah 40
Second Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 Listen to this sermon. ** Here’s what you need to know about Isaiah to understand the peculiar mixed emotions of the passage we heard this morning: Almost all of what comes before this passage was written in the time of a historical prophet named Isaiah. Isaiah served…
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Sermon Catch-Up
It’s been a busy couple of weeks (see forthcoming post), so I’m just now getting around to posting my sermons from the second and third weeks of Advent. They were each shortened a bit on the cutting-room floor, but this ought to give you the gist. Indeed, the Advent 2 sermon was given from the…