Sermons

Seekers recognizes that any member of the community may be called upon by God to give us the Word, and thus we have an open pulpit with a different preacher each week. Sermons preached at Seekers, as well as sermons preached by Seekers at other churches or events, are posted here, beginning with the most recent.

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Traditional Islam in South Asia: A Personal Perspective By Zeenut Ziad

2008 Jubilee bulletin

November 16, 2008

 

I am a Muslim and a Pakistani and the image that this statement conjures up in the minds of Americans today is a parallel universe to the reality I knew growing up. Therefore, it is vital that you know the cultural heritage I come from – a heritage that is much needed in the world today, and which parallels the teachings of Islam’s Messiah, Jesus Christ.

“From Shechem to Samaria to Prince William County” by Pat Conover

2008 Jubilee bulletin

November 9, 2008

 

The book of Joshua tells an idealized story of the end of the exodus, the triumph over Jericho and then the land of Canaan, and the genocide of the previous tribes in Canaan.  The victories were not as neat or complete as the stories in Joshua nor were the genocides as thorough.  The distorting lens is the priestly eye of the Deuteronomic Priests who were intent on re-establishing the purity of the Hebrew people gathered around the law of Moses. 

“A Time to Philosophize, a Time to Pray” by John Morris

2008 Jubilee bulletin

November 2, 2008

 

Socrates … claimed that if a person truly understood why a certain course of action was unjust, or wrong, or evil, she would cease to do it. …Four hundred years later . . . Jesus hung on the cross and said, “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.”  It sounds like very much the same idea: The people who executed Jesus were not being deliberately evil or unjust, they simply didn’t understand. …But I’m not sure it is the same idea.  I think there are some crucial differences between what Socrates meant and what Jesus meant.