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Rev. Cameron D St.Michael – July 21 2024
Methodist Roots: Reading Scripture
9th Sunday after Pentecost
Reading: Joshua 1:7-9; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Acts 8:26-35.
Reflection: Psalm 119.
Today’s full service can be viewed on YouTube here or below.
Today’s full service text can be viewed, downloaded, or printed here.
Included in the PDF is the text of today’s sermon, scripture readings, prayers, the prayer list, and all other service information.
We continue our series called “Methodist Roots.” Each week we will look at an aspect of United Methodism. Today’s message is “Reading Scripture.” Today we will explore the way that we study scripture and the method that we use to interpret the Bible.
Our scripture readings come from Joshua 1:7-9; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; and Acts 8:26-35.
We begin our new series called “Lenten Journey.” In it, we will be traveling with Christ as part of our Lenten reflection. Our first message is “To the Wilderness.” Today we look at Christ being tempted in the wilderness and we reflect on the way that we quote the Bible.
Our scripture readings come from Matthew 3:13-4:17.
We continue our series called “Pondering Questions.” The series is based on questions that you send in! Our next message is “Heaven Is…?” In it, we look at what Scripture says about heaven and what comes next as well as what it means if there’s no clear answers.
Our scripture readings come from Matthew 13:44-50; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58; Mark 12:18-27.
“Reading the Word” is a stand alone message about how we read scripture. What is scripture? Does the Bible itself tell us which books are scripture? How should we read the Bible? Is it history? Poetry? Or something more?
Our scripture readings come from Joshua 1:7-9 and 2 Timothy 3:14-17.
What follows is the transcript from today’s sermon. It is also my statement about moving forward after the vote at the 2019 General Conference. I thank you for reading, understanding, sharing, and most of all, I thank you for love. May the Lord bless us all, and help us to move forward. The audio and a downloadable version are here.
Continue reading “Transformed to Boldness”
The last message in Being Transformed is “Transformed to Boldness” and looks at the way we are transformed to boldly proclaim the message of Christ. This is a deeply personal message today. How do we lift the veil to see the divine? Is our boldness in proclaiming Christ in proclaiming a message of good news for the least and the last? Is our boldness in breaking the yoke of oppression? Is our boldness that in God we can proclaim all these things and still have more to say? Let us make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!
Our scripture reading comes from Luke 9:28-36 and 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2.
