Daniel Haas

Month: February 2011

  • Sermon Podcast: God is still speaking in Utah Valley

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    Listen to a sermon by the Rev. Daniel Haas commemorating Scout Sunday and the 120th anniversary of Provo Community United Church of Christ. It was based on Matthew 5:13-16 and delivered February 6th 2011.   Download now or listen on posterous God_is_still_speaking_in_Utah_Valley_2011-02-06.m4a (12750 KB)

  • Matthew 19:13-30

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    Today’s Reading is Matthew 19:13-30.Verse 24 is one of those images you just can’t wrap your head around unless you know where it comes from: “I repeat: it is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”Jesus again is…

  • Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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    Today’s Reading is Deuteronomy 6:1-25. In Israel a bus driver once told me that he prays the Shema whenever he sees an ambulance driving by. The beautiful thing about this prayer is that it contains God’s name three times:“Israel, remember this! The LORD — and the LORD alone— is our God. Love the LORD your…

  • Leviticus 19:1-18

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    Today’s Reading is Leviticus 19:1-18.This chapter is central to the so-called Holiness Code. The motto is; “Be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy.” The Hebrew word for “holiness,” “kedushah” (Hebrew: קדושה‎) has the connotation of “separateness”. So since God is separate from the world so his people are supposed to be special.…