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• One Thing is Needful

  By H. David Baer on March 31, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  This Lenten Sermon is from 1965. To learn more about the history behind it, click here. Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had… Read More ›

• Why I Joined the Centrist Project

  By H. David Baer on March 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m not much of a joiner, especially where politics is concerned, but recently I signed up with something called the Centrist Project. It’s a group that wants to overcome political polarization, which has reached a level they believe harms our… Read More ›

• Herod the Fox

  By H. David Baer on March 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This Lenten Sermon is from 1956. To learn more about the history behind it, click here. At that very hour some Pharisees came, and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” And he said… Read More ›

• Lenten Reflections – Those Who Accused Him

  By H. David Baer on March 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This Lenten devotion is from 1958. To learn more about the history behind it, click here. Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, but they found none,… Read More ›

• The Trial of Jacob

  By H. David Baer on March 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This Lenten sermon is from 1964. To learn more about the history behind it, click here. And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did… Read More ›

• “Get Behind Me, Satan”

  By H. David Baer on March 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This Lenten sermon is from 1961. To learn more about the history behind it, click here. From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief… Read More ›

• Lenten Reflections – Those Who Betrayed Him

  By H. David Baer on March 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This Lenten devotion is from 1958. To learn more about the history behind it, click here. While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief… Read More ›

• You Shall Be Called Cephas

  By H. David Baer on March 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This Lenten sermon is from 1961. To learn a little about the history behind it, click here. One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his brother Simon, and… Read More ›

• Faith of our Fathers

  By H. David Baer on February 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  My grandfather was a minister who studied theology at Liebenzell Mission between 1925 and 1929. He was ordained in 1931 and immediately sent to China, where he served as a missionary until 1949.

• Lenten Reflections – The Lord’s Supper

  By H. David Baer on February 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This Ash Wednesday sermon is from 1958. To learn a little about the history behind it, click here. And when the hour came, he sat at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, “I have earnestly… Read More ›