by Stacey Hilliard | Apr 2, 2023 | Sermons
If you climb a mountain, you also have to descend a mountain. On Palm Sunday Jesus embodies that descent, both literally and figuratively, as he descends the Mount of Olives on a donkey to the gates of Jerusalem, thronged by his followers. Then on Maundy Thursday, we meet Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, at the base of the Mount of Olives before he ascends the hill called Mt. Calvary, bearing a heavy cross.
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by Stacey Hilliard | Mar 26, 2023 | Sermons
When someone joins the military, their first real assignment is to make it through the rigors of boot camp. The difficult and harsh conditions there are meant to prepare soldiers for the much harsher and more stressful time of real conflict and war. Immediately following Jesus’ baptism, the Gospel writers tell us that Jesus was put through his own boot camp out in the Judean wilderness with none other than Satan as his drill sergeant. There in the mountainous wild, Satan tries to get Jesus to abandon the kind of ministry God has called him to do. Listen and learn about what tempted Jesus and why, and how all of that mirrors our own lives and world.
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by Stacey Hilliard | Mar 19, 2023 | Sermons
Now that we have had a closer look at Elijah and Moses on their respective mountains, it’s time to revisit that time when Peter, James, and John had a vision of them visiting with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration. Why them? What were they talking about? What does the story have to teach us?
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by Stacey Hilliard | Mar 12, 2023 | Sermons
The death of Moses is a poignant moment. From the top of Mt. Nebo, God allows Moses to view the Promised Land, but is told he will not enter. This is the mountaintop experience that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about in
the speech he gave the day before his assassination. Listen or read now to explore what those glimpses of the Promised Land can mean for us.
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by Stacey Hilliard | Mar 5, 2023 | Sermons
Following Elijah’s victory on top of Mt. Carmel, having proven that the prophets of Baal worshipped a false God, we find him depressed and ready to give up on Mt. Horeb. In response, God pays him a visit. Hear now, the second part of Elijah’s story.
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by Stacey Hilliard | Feb 26, 2023 | Sermons
As we enter the six-week period of Lent, we’re going to spend some time on biblical mountains and the events that happened on them. First up is the story from First Kings about Elijah staging a contest with the prophets of Baal. On its face, it’s a wild “My god can beat the pants off of your god” story. But, as with all the stories of the Bible, there is much more below the surface.
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