Sermon: Mennonites, War and Taxes
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Sermon: Holy Spirit Subversion
byJoanna Lawrence ShenkBy Joanna Lawrence Shenk Luke 3:15-22 Today I want to pick up where we left off last week with these words at the end of Sheri’s sermon: “In our present time, when paranoid kings rule, and when the life of the planet is literally at stake, I think it is more important than ever that…
Sermon: Growing Up
bySheri HostetlerActs 1:1-14 Note: In this sermon, I use the Hebrew version of Jesus’ name, Yeshua. So, I read some good news earlier this week. There’s a vaccine against coronavirus that is in the very earliest stages of its development, and it appears — so far — to be safe and effective. Of course, it’s only…