// < ![CDATA[ YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady(function() { YAHOO.sunshine.setBtn("20100110_1"); }); // ]]> Listen to Readings and Sermon Baptism of Jesus The Good News Written Acts 8.14-17 (NRSV) 14Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15The two went down and prayed for them that [...]
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Baptism of Jesus
The Good News Written
Acts 8.14-17 (NRSV)
14Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the holy Spirit 16(for as yet… they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). 17Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the holy Spirit.
Luke 3.15-16, 21-22 (NRSV)
15As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 16John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire. 21Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, 22and the holy Spirit descended upon… like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my… Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
The Good News Proclaimed
Preached by the Reverend Robert L. Griffin at the Sunshine Cathedral on Sunday, January 10, 2010.
I was visiting my sister Juniata once, and it was around one of our family reunions. My family being the religious family that is it decided that they all wanted to go to church on Sunday of the reunion … I of course, being the good minister that I am I said, go for it, I’m staying home.
They come back and my nephew is all excited about having going to church and attending Sunday School and I said well what did you learn and he stated talking about the creation story, all the things that the story said, animals, birds, you know all the stuff that the first creation story has it; then he said and God made people where this fig leaves, so being the good minister that I am, I said go find a bible and read the story me.
He brings the bible back and opens it to the book of Genesis and he shouts, Uncle look what I found, now this being my sisters Juniata’s bible I didn’t know what to expect, but pressed between the pages of the was an old leaf — and with the sincerest look on his face he looks at me with the leaf in hand and says I’ve just found part of Adam and Eve’s clothes. Continue reading »
