The Rose Ceremony ~ 1 Samuel 16:1-13

March 26, 2017 Peg Weissbrod

This is one of my favorite passages in all of scripture. Before reality TV and “The Bachelor” (or Bachelorette), God hands the rose to David! Read the rest of this entry »

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Who Knew? ~ 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17

June 14, 2015 Peg Weissbrod

Dr. Walter Brueggemann was our guest preacher today, encouraging us to engage in a ministry of reconciliation that refuses social differentiations based on bias and habit and stereotypes, to refuse to regard others from a human point of view, but instead see people as they are and not as they are said to be.

Tags: 1 Samuel 15, 2 Corinthians 5, appearances, be reconcilers, David, homeless, judging people, labels, ministry of reconciliation, money, narcisisstic, new creation in Christ, poverty, power, preoccupation with success, reconciliation, Saul, social vision, stereotypes, transformative power, walk by faith not by sight, Walter Brueggemann, wealth inequality
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