Ken HockenberryInterim Director of Field Eduction
Pastor, Beulah Presbyterian Church
November 21, 2014
1 Samuel 7:3-13
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Showing posts with label Samuel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samuel. Show all posts
Monday, December 8, 2014
Hitherto
Ken HockenberryInterim Director of Field Eduction
Pastor, Beulah Presbyterian Church
November 21, 2014
1 Samuel 7:3-13
Listen to the sermon.
Monday, April 21, 2014
The Search for a Savior
Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament
March 28, 2014
1 Samuel 9-10
Like the ancient Israelites we forget that we have all the guidance we need for living. We run after saviors and kings to protect us and save us. Listen to the sermon.
Monday, September 9, 2013
A Yearning for God
Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament
March 18, 2013
1 Samuel 7
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
What Shall We Do with the Ark of the God of Israel?
Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament
November 4, 2011
1 Samuel 5:1-12
1 Samuel 6:10-13
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Genesis 16
Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling
October 15, 2010—Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Domestic violence and God’s good intention for creation have lived in tragic tension for centuries. In the first family we are reminded that in a fit of jealousy and rage, Cain killed his own brother Abel. Domestic violence is a sin that separates and isolates victims from sources of value and meaning in God’s good creation. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Hannah's Drunken Desire
Johanna W. H. Bos
Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament
March 13, 2009
1 Samuel 1-18 (Dr. Bos reads her own translation of this passage. The link here is given for reference.)
Hannah’s story is that of a woman coming into her full humanity. She represents the hard stories of many modern women. Listen to the sermon.
Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament
March 13, 2009
1 Samuel 1-18 (Dr. Bos reads her own translation of this passage. The link here is given for reference.)
Hannah’s story is that of a woman coming into her full humanity. She represents the hard stories of many modern women. Listen to the sermon.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Where is the Glory
Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament
I Samuel 4:1-22
November 2, 2007
In this story ancient Israel devises a plan to avoid another defeat by the hand of the Philistines by bringing the Ark of the Covenant into battle. They are defeated anyway and the Ark, Israel’s glory, goes into captivity/exile. Two problems faced the ancient community: they were led by corrupt and venal leaders and they forgot what it means to be a people that views itself as being in covenant with God. Ancient problems that are also contemporary. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
I Samuel 4:1-22
November 2, 2007
In this story ancient Israel devises a plan to avoid another defeat by the hand of the Philistines by bringing the Ark of the Covenant into battle. They are defeated anyway and the Ark, Israel’s glory, goes into captivity/exile. Two problems faced the ancient community: they were led by corrupt and venal leaders and they forgot what it means to be a people that views itself as being in covenant with God. Ancient problems that are also contemporary. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Friday, September 28, 2007
I Cried to God
Christopher L. Elwood
2 Samuel 12:7-25
September 14, 2007
This story, in which David pleads to God for the life of his infant son, reminds us that sometimes when we cry to God “from out of the depths” (Ps. 130) we don’t experience rescue or relief. In times when we struggle with God’s apparent silence, where is the Good News to be found? Listen to the sermon.
2 Samuel 12:7-25
September 14, 2007
This story, in which David pleads to God for the life of his infant son, reminds us that sometimes when we cry to God “from out of the depths” (Ps. 130) we don’t experience rescue or relief. In times when we struggle with God’s apparent silence, where is the Good News to be found? Listen to the sermon.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Wisdom's Winsome Way
Dr. David R. Sawyer
Director of Lifelong Learning and Advanced Degrees
Professor of Ministry
April 27, 2007
1 Samuel 25 (selected verses)
We work together, play together, worship together, and care for each other. And sometimes, we get angry at each other. We get in each other’s ways. We get on each other’s nerves. We react sometimes foolishly. This is especially true when things are changing, and wow, are things ever changing in the world, in the church, and in the seminary. The old ways of doing church no longer work, and we find ourselves in the wilderness trying to find a better way.
Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Director of Lifelong Learning and Advanced Degrees
Professor of Ministry
April 27, 2007
1 Samuel 25 (selected verses)
We work together, play together, worship together, and care for each other. And sometimes, we get angry at each other. We get in each other’s ways. We get on each other’s nerves. We react sometimes foolishly. This is especially true when things are changing, and wow, are things ever changing in the world, in the church, and in the seminary. The old ways of doing church no longer work, and we find ourselves in the wilderness trying to find a better way.
Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Compassion and Accountability
David R. Sawyer
Director of Lifelong Learning and Advanced Degrees, and Professor of Ministry
1 Samuel 24:1-22
February 23, 2007
The sermon addresses the question, "How do we call each other to account and still be respectful and compassionate with each other?" It draws on the story of David and Saul at the cave at Engedi in which David restrains himself and his fighters from harming Saul, "the Lord's Anointed" but gives a strong speech juggling delicate issues of power and respect. "It's a slippery and difficult road we travel, being a human community, but trying to hold onto our ideals of faithfulness, loving each other, forgiving each other, speaking the truth in love to each other, granting each other grace in the face of the plain acknowledgement of our errors." Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF format.
Director of Lifelong Learning and Advanced Degrees, and Professor of Ministry
1 Samuel 24:1-22
February 23, 2007
The sermon addresses the question, "How do we call each other to account and still be respectful and compassionate with each other?" It draws on the story of David and Saul at the cave at Engedi in which David restrains himself and his fighters from harming Saul, "the Lord's Anointed" but gives a strong speech juggling delicate issues of power and respect. "It's a slippery and difficult road we travel, being a human community, but trying to hold onto our ideals of faithfulness, loving each other, forgiving each other, speaking the truth in love to each other, granting each other grace in the face of the plain acknowledgement of our errors." Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF format.
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