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Old First: June 14, Proper 6, This is the Life #6, Your Life Is Not Your Own
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The blog of Reverend Doctor Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (718)638-8300. Saturday, June 13, 2015. June 14, Proper 6, This is the Life #6, Your Life Is Not Your Own. 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13, Psalm 20, 2 Corinthians 5:6-17, Mark 4:26-34. What do you think—does life exist only upon the planet Earth, or is life also out there in some other galaxies somewhere? And then also that the Holy Spirit is “the Lord and Giver of life,”. It is strange that life should ...
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Old First: May 10, Easter 6, Life #3, The New Life of the World
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The blog of Reverend Doctor Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (718)638-8300. Friday, May 08, 2015. May 10, Easter 6, Life #3, The New Life of the World. Acts 10:44-48, Psalm 98, 1 John 5:1-6, John 15:9-17. You didn’t choose to be born the first time. Your birth was the result of the choices made by other people. And Jesus says this in the gospel: “You didn’t choose me, I chose you.”. It’s one of the great mysteries of Christian experience that altho...
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Old First: June 7, Proper 5, This Is the Life #5: Life in the Balance
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The blog of Reverend Doctor Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (718)638-8300. Saturday, June 06, 2015. June 7, Proper 5, This Is the Life #5: Life in the Balance. The late Christopher Hitchens. 1 Samuel 8:4-20, 11:14-15, Psalm 130, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1, Mark 3:20-35. There is tension in our gospel lesson too. Jesus says, “Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”. And it’s a brief and brilliant atheistic meditation on dying...
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Old First: 10/01/2014 - 11/01/2014
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The blog of Reverend Doctor Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (718)638-8300. Friday, October 17, 2014. October 19, Proper 24, Transformations 8: Your Sovereign. Exodus 33:12-23, Psalm 99, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Matthew 22:15-22. Who has sovereignty over you? Who has dominion over your life? Who holds eminent domain? The answer is not difficult. You can tell by who takes the first cut of your paycheck. Who takes the first part of your income? You can tell...
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Old First: 11/01/2014 - 12/01/2014
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The blog of Reverend Doctor Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (718)638-8300. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. November 30, Advent 1: The Mission #2, God's Coming. Isaiah 64:1-9, Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9, Mark 13:24-37. Mark has him describe it just as metaphorically, but metaphysically, with cosmological images derived from the prophets Isaiah and Daniel: the Son of Man. How far can we push these metaphors? What are the realities behind them?
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Old First: 06/01/2015 - 07/01/2015
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The blog of Reverend Doctor Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (718)638-8300. Friday, June 19, 2015. June 21, Proper 7, This is the Life #7: Fearing For Your Life. 1 Sam 17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49, Psalm 9:9-20, 2 Cor 6:1-13, Mark 4:35-41. They went from the ordinary fear of the dangerous chaos of nature to their terror at the power of Jesus’ word. In contrast is the calm—the sudden calming of the sea, and the calm of Jesus all throughout. For them there wa...
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Old First: July 12, Proper 10, This Is the Life #10: The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
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The blog of Reverend Doctor Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (718)638-8300. Saturday, July 11, 2015. July 12, Proper 10, This Is the Life #10: The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Caravaggio's Beheading of John the Baptist. 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19, Psalm 24, Ephesians 1:3-14, Mark 6:14-29. That the whole universe is ‘gathered up’ in him? What are the odds? What about other planets? Do you think our planet is the only one with life on it?
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Old First: 02/01/2015 - 03/01/2015
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The blog of Reverend Doctor Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (718)638-8300. Thursday, February 26, 2015. March 1, Lent 2, The Walk to the Cross # 2, The Chicken and the Pig. Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Psalm 22:22-30, Romans 4:13-25, Mark 8:31-38. Maybe Our Lord had worked it out for himself that the Jewish leaders, in the manner of oppressed people working from the underside, would try to manipulate the Roman government to kill him, and if the Romans were to...
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Old First: 12/01/2014 - 01/01/2015
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The blog of Reverend Doctor Daniel Meeter of Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, (718)638-8300. Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Christmas Eve: The Light Shineth in Darkness, and the Darkness Comprehended It Not. Let me announce some changes in the program. Our sixth lesson will not be read by Mark Wingerson but by Jenny Burrill. Another soprano soloist tonight is Merrill Grant. Michael Daves will be singing the traditional number, Star of Bethlehem,. With Eva Lawitz on bass.
