Month: December 2011

  • Cry Out!

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    Today’s Reading is from Mark 1:1-13. I preached about that just this past Sunday. Please listen to my sermon titled “Cry Out!”

  • The day of the LORD comes

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    Malachi is very conscious of timing: “But before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes, I will send you the prophet Elijah.” (from Malachi 4) That is going to be a very good day!

  • Messenger to prepare God’s way

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    God doesn’t just rush in and shout: “Merry Christmas!” Advent takes four weeks for a reason. Before the Messiah came the Messenger. Malachi announces John in today’s reading Malachi 3:1-18.

  • Vertical covenants

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    When God promises something that is from top to bottom: “But I, the LORD, have a covenant with day and night, and I have made the laws that control earth and sky. And just as surely as I have done this, so I will maintain my covenant with Jacob’s descendants and with my servant David.…

  • Advent Sermon: Cry Out!

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    Advent_Sermon_-_Cry_Out_12-04-2011.mp3 Listen on Posterous Listen to a sermon by the Rev. Daniel Haas commemorating the second Sunday of Advent based on Isaiah 40:1-11 and Mark 1:1-8. It was delivered at Provo Community United Church of Christ on December 4th 2011.