Category: bible
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I Am the True Vine (A Sermon on John 15:1-17)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on August 11, 2019. “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes to make it bear more fruit. If you have already been cleansed by the word that…
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I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life (A Sermon on John 14:1-7)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on July 28, 2019. Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me, in my father’s house, there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I…
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I am the Light of the World (A Sermon on John 8:12-20)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on June 30, 2019 for the 4th of July. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” Then the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying on your own behalf;…
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A Litany for Father’s Day
To you who have nurtured us, who have lived so that we might flourish and find life. To you who have cared for our becoming, who have given of yourself to make our futures possible. To you, our fathers, who co-labored us into being. To you, our fathers, who adopted us as your own. To…
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Holding Each Other Up (A Sermon on Exodus 17:8-16)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church on April 28, 2019. 8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some men for us and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”…
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The Story to be Written (An Easter Meditation on John 21:15-25)
I tag-team preached with Jeff this Easter morning in 2019. Dawn Harrell had died that morning. “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my…
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“Into Your Hands” (A Maundy Thursday Sermon on Luke 23:44-49)
Sermon given on Maundy Thursday 2019 at Colonial Church. It has been edited. 44 It was about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two, 46 and Jesus uttered a loud cry…
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Closer to Fine (A Lenten Sermon on Psalm 22)
A sermon given at Colonial Church during Lent. April 7, 2019. Plea for Deliverance from Suffering and Hostility To the leader: according to The Deer of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?…
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Rise Up (A Sermon on I Corinthians 15:12-20)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church on February 11, 2019. 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 and if Christ has…
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The Good News in Which You Stand (A Sermon on I Corinthians 15:1-11)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church on February 4, 2019. 15 Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, 2 through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 