If we continue,
ignoring the Messiah,
following the world
off the cliff, into the abyss’;
oblivion, away from the covenant,
the commandments, the law,
honoring, with our actions
our lives, forgetting
the promises of God
God’s warning, His judgment
for the sinfulness of man,
the age that was to be
that is to come, destroyed
Only by the grace, by the gifts of Christ
able to turn from the brink,
to step away from the rim
away from the world, its demands
its seduction of wealth, possessions;
false gods, idols that rust,
reconciling us to the Creator
through the conscious choice
the sacrifice of Christ
Following our Savior
to glory, to heaven
not the ways of the world
that leads to destruction
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edited November 28, 2014
Following the World – v2
Black Friday 2014
November 25, 2009
Following the World
Deuteronomy 8:11-20
Sermon, “We are living in a dangerous world”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church
part of
Pembroke – Allenstown Community Thanksgiving Service
First Congregational Church of Pembroke
Suncook United Methodist Church,
Suncook, NH
Grace Capital Church,
Concord, NH
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Allenstown, NH
Allenstown – Pembroke Interfaith Food Pantry
November 25, 2009
at First Congregational Church of Pembroke
Pembroke Street
Pembroke, NH
&
musings on Black Friday,
the day after Thanksgiving
November 27, 2009
and the constant selling for school,
Girl Scouts, etc.
&
Advent Conspiracy
&
Christ the King Sunday
Luke 6:37-38
Psalm 92:1-4
Hymn: “Come, Ye Thankful People Come”,
by Henry Aford,
United Methodist Hymnal, # 694,
based on Mark 4:26-29 (Parable of the Growing Seeds)
and Matthew 13:36-43 (Parable of the Weeds)
& sermon “Defined by Generosity”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 22, 2009
His sermon is the final of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton (http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/)’s
book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity” (http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426702334)
&
Luke 12:15-21
and Psalm 16
and “The Prayer of St. Francis”,
United Methodist Hymnal #481;
and sermon, “I Want It All . . .”,
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 15, 2009
Her sermon is the third of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton (http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/)’s
book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity” (http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426702334)
&
Luke 15:11-32, “The Prodigal Son”
Proverbs 21:5, 21:20
Psalm 98:4-8 (Call to Worship)
and Matthew 6:24
“No man can serve two masters:
for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one,
and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
& sermon “The Saints and Their Checkbooks”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 8, 2009
His sermon is the second of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton’s book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity”
&
Ecclesiastes 5:8-15
Psalm 15 (Psalter)
& sermon, “Oh For the Simple Life . . .”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
11/1/09
All Saints Day
Her sermon is the first of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton’s book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity”
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