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Hope always remains - 12/29/2019

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There are plenty of passages we love to read and reread; but there are also many passages that give us pause, if not downright doubt.    This morning, in our reading of the Slaughter of the Innocents, we encounter one of those passages.   How do we feel after reading what Herod did to the youngest children in and around Bethlehem?  It's ok to be challenged and struggle--and to admit you feel that way.  But what we can realize is that there is always hope in Christ.  We see, in this passage, that God gives us the freedom to respond to God's love in any way we want.  We see one terrible response from Herod.  He denies that grace of God, refuses God's Kingdom on Earth, and does everything he can to protect his own throne.  The question we are left with in this passage, then, is how will we decide to respond?  Will we fight God and fight the love and grace offered to us?  Or will we live into it, showing our neighbors that very same love?

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    Rev. CHRIS HOUTZ

    Welcome to the pastor’s blog!  This page will have sermons uploaded so you can listen to them whenever you want, and I will add a brief reflection on the text, the sermon, or a little bit of both.  My hope is that you will be able to see that the Bible can still speak to our world today, and that we can always find a note of God’s grace in any passage, whether it is one of the most well-known and beloved passages, or one of the most difficult readings to grasp.

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