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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - Year B
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Samuel 3:1-10\, (11-20)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Samuel grew up in the Temple at Shiloh\, working as an apprentice to Eli the priest\, in the service of the LORD. In those days\, the people had completely lost touch with God\, and messages or visions from the LORD were rare. The light of God had not gone out\, but Eli’s failing eyesight had left him unable to see.\nOne night\, Eli had gone to bed in his room\, and Samuel was lying down in the Temple of the LORD near the sacred Ark of God. The LORD called out\, “Samuel! Samuel!”\n“At your service\,” said Samuel\, jumping up and running into Eli’s room. “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nBut Eli said\, “I didn’t call you. Go back to bed.”\nSo Samuel went and lay down again\, and the LORD called out again\, “Samuel!”\nSamuel got up and went to Eli\, saying “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nBut Eli said\, “I didn’t call you\, my son. Go back to bed.”\nNow it was no surprise that Samuel didn’t understand what was going on\, because he did not yet know the LORD\, and his mind had not yet been opened to what the LORD had to say. The LORD called Samuel a third time\, and again he got up and went to Eli\, saying “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nFinally the lights went on for Eli and he realised that it was the LORD who was calling the boy\, so he said to Samuel\, “Go and lie down\, and if you hear the call again\, say\, ‘Speak to me\, LORD. I’m at your service\, and I’m all ears.’ ”\nSo Samuel went and lay down again in the same place. The LORD came and stood alongside him\, calling out as before\, “Samuel! Samuel!”\nAnd Samuel replied\, “Speak to me. I’m at your service\, and I’m all ears.”\n    The LORD said to Samuel\, “Look\, I am about to do something that  will make the hair stand up on the back of everyone’s necks when they hear about it. On that day I will follow through on everything I have ever said I would do to Eli and his offspring. I have told him that I am about to bring down a permanent punishment on his family\, because his sons have been dragging my name through the mud and even though he knew about their corruption\, he didn’t crack down on them. So now I swear to Eli’s family that the charge of corruption will stand against them forever\, no matter how many apologies\, sacrifices or gifts they offer.”\nSamuel had a restless night after that! When he got up in the morning to open the doors of the house of the LORD\, he was afraid to say anything about the vision to Eli. But Eli wanted to know\, and called him\, saying\, “Samuel\, my son.”\n“At your service\,” Samuel answered.\n“What did the LORD have to say to you?” Eli asked. “Don’t keep me in the dark. May God punish you big time\, if you don’t tell me every detail of what was said to you.”\nSo Samuel told him the whole lot\, every last detail\, and when he had finished\, Eli said\, “The LORD has spoken. I will have to cop whatever the LORD sees fit to do.”\nAs Samuel grew to be a man\, the LORD kept a guiding hand on his shoulder\, and saw to it that when he spoke\, not a word was wasted. Before long\, the whole land\, from one end to the other\, knew that Samuel was the real deal – a messenger of the LORD who could be trusted. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 139: 1-6\, 13-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	You have taken a good hard look at me\, LORD\,\nand you know exactly what makes me tick. \nYou know when I’ve got my feet up and when I’m on the job;\nyou can read my mind like an open book. \nYou see where I am going and where I stop\,\nand you know all about what I do and why. \nYou know exactly what I am going to say\, LORD\,\neven before I open my mouth. \nYou are in front of me\, behind me\, beside me;\nyour hand on my shoulder at every turn. \nAll this is more than I can get my head around;\nI pinch myself\, and struggle to take it in. \nIt was you who put me together\, every part of me;\nyou knit me together in my mother’s womb. \nI sing your praises\, LORD\,\nfor the the way you have made me fills me with awe.\nYour creative works blow my mind;\ntoo wonderful for words. \nYou could see me clearly before I was born;\nyou watched me taking shape in the secret depths\nand laid out the intricacies of nerve and muscle. \nYou kept your eye on me\nfrom conception to birth.\nMy life lay before you like an open book\nbefore I had even lived a day. \nYour thoughts are way beyond my grasp\, God\,\nand they add up to more than I can count.\nDeeper than the oceans\,\noutnumbering the grains of sand;\nI give up trying\nbut you are with me just the same. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Corinthians 6: 12-20			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	You people say: \n“There is nothing I am not allowed to do.” \nSure\, but the fact that you are allowed to do something doesn’t mean it is a good idea to do it. \n“There is nothing I am not allowed to do.” \nSure\, but I am not about to let such things start taking over my life. \nYou also hear people say: \n“Food belongs in the stomach\,\n   and stomachs were made for food.” \nSure\, but that’s not exactly the meaning of life! God could abolish both food and stomachs and leave untouched the things that really matter. Here’s a saying worth getting your teeth into: \n“The human body deserves better than sleaze.\n   The body belongs to the Lord\,\n      and the Lord belongs to the body.” \nIndeed\, God cares about bodies. God raised the Lord\, body and all\, and will raise us\, body and all\, just as powerfully. You do know\, don’t you\, that your bodies are now integral parts of Christ’s body? So how could I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a sleazy and degraded body? No way! For you do know\, don’t you\, that when bodies are joined in sexual intimacy — no matter how cheap and sleazy — they are united to one another forever. As scripture says\, “The two become one flesh.” But because you are united to the Lord\, you are one with the Lord. Steer well clear of sleaze! \nSome say: \n“The sins people commit are ‘out there’\n   and have no consequences in the body;” \nwhile others say: \n“If you get involved in sleazy sin\n   you are only hurting yourself.” \nYou do know\, don’t you\, that your body is a sacred dwelling place of the Holy Spirit\, and your life is therefore not your own to trash as you please? You have the Holy Spirit within you\, given to you by God. Your whole being\, body and soul\, belongs to God\, and it didn’t come cheap. So\, see to it that your bodily life always reflects well on God as its owner and occupier. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 1: 43-51			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus went up to Galilee and there he came across a man named Philip who\, like Andrew and Peter\, came from the city of Bethsaida. “Stick with me\,” said Jesus\, and Philip did.\nPhilip later came across his mate Nathanael and said to him\, “We have found the one everyone has been waiting for; the one who was written about in the law of Moses and in the prophets. It is Jesus\, the son of Joseph. He comes from Nazareth.”\nNathanael replied\, “Nazareth! You’ve got to be kidding. How could anything good come out of Nazareth?!”\nBut Philip just said\, “Come and see for yourself.”\nJesus took one look at Nathanael and said\, “Here we have a fair dinkum Israelite. There’s no bullshit in this bloke!”\nNathanael asked him\, “Where did you get your information on me?”\nJesus replied\, “I spotted you back there under the fig tree before Philip called you.”\nNathanael said\, “Rabbi\, you are the Son of God! You are the one who will rule God’s people!”\nJesus answered\, “Are you ready to put your trust in me just because I told you that I knew what you were made of the minute I spotted you under the fig tree. You will see things that make that pale into insignificance!”\nAnd turning to them all he continued\, “I kid you not\, you lot will see the New Human become the bridge between heaven and earth\, and the messengers of God going back and forth between the two.” \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor what we know of you is overwhelming\,\nmore wonderful than we can ever understand. \nIn the hidden depths of time\nyou formed the newborn earth according to your design\,\nand knit us together in our mothers’ wombs.\nYou led your people through Moses\,\nand corrected them through prophets like Samuel\,\nwhose every word went forth with your power. \nIn these last days you have sent us your Son\n— Jesus\, son of Mary\, from Nazareth.\nIn word and deed he brought the truth to light\nand called us to follow\nin the ways of integrity and discipleship.\nWhen the enemies of life put him to death\,\nyou raised him up by your power\,\nand likewise you raise us up\nand unite us with Christ\nthat we too may be an honoured dwelling place\nfor your Holy Spirit. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give you thanks for raising us up\nand uniting us with Christ\,\nso that we can follow him\nin the ways of integrity and discipleship\,\nand become an honoured dwelling place\nfor your Holy Spirit. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor what we know of you is overwhelming\,\nmore wonderful than we can ever understand. \nIn the hidden depths of time\nyou formed the newborn earth according to your design\,\nand knit us together in our mothers’ wombs.\nYou led your people through Moses\,\nand corrected them through prophets like Samuel\,\nwhose every word went forth with your power. \nIn these last days you have sent us your Son\n— Jesus\, son of Mary\, from Nazareth.\nIn word and deed he brought the truth to light\nand called us to follow\nin the ways of integrity and discipleship.\nWhen the enemies of life put him to death\,\nyou raised him up by your power\,\nand likewise you raise us up\nand unite us with Christ\nthat we too may be an honoured dwelling place\nfor your Holy Spirit. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The God who searches us and knows our inmost thoughts\nhas bought us at great price.\nIn Jesus Christ we have been freed from sin\nand heaven has been opened to us. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now. Listen for the voice of the Lord\nand follow wherever it leads.\nDo not be dominated by anything.\nAllow no room within yourselves for deceit\,\nbut offer yourselves as a temple for the Holy Spirit. \nAnd may God be with you and speak through you;\nMay Christ Jesus be one with you and raise you to life;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit dwell within you and make you holy. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nCome and SeeA sermon on John 1:43-51; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; 1 Samuel 3:2-10 & Psalm 139 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nUnthinkable: God Right HereA sermon on 1 Corinthians 6: 12-20 & John 1: 43-51 by Michael Hardin\n\n\n\nFood\, Sex\, Body Image and JesusA sermon on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nNo Laws?A sermon on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nFaith-bookA sermon on John 1:43-51; Psalm 139 & 1 Samuel 3:2-10 by Craig Bartlett
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - Year B
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Samuel 3:1-10\, (11-20)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Samuel grew up in the Temple at Shiloh\, working as an apprentice to Eli the priest\, in the service of the LORD. In those days\, the people had completely lost touch with God\, and messages or visions from the LORD were rare. The light of God had not gone out\, but Eli’s failing eyesight had left him unable to see.\nOne night\, Eli had gone to bed in his room\, and Samuel was lying down in the Temple of the LORD near the sacred Ark of God. The LORD called out\, “Samuel! Samuel!”\n“At your service\,” said Samuel\, jumping up and running into Eli’s room. “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nBut Eli said\, “I didn’t call you. Go back to bed.”\nSo Samuel went and lay down again\, and the LORD called out again\, “Samuel!”\nSamuel got up and went to Eli\, saying “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nBut Eli said\, “I didn’t call you\, my son. Go back to bed.”\nNow it was no surprise that Samuel didn’t understand what was going on\, because he did not yet know the LORD\, and his mind had not yet been opened to what the LORD had to say. The LORD called Samuel a third time\, and again he got up and went to Eli\, saying “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nFinally the lights went on for Eli and he realised that it was the LORD who was calling the boy\, so he said to Samuel\, “Go and lie down\, and if you hear the call again\, say\, ‘Speak to me\, LORD. I’m at your service\, and I’m all ears.’ ”\nSo Samuel went and lay down again in the same place. The LORD came and stood alongside him\, calling out as before\, “Samuel! Samuel!”\nAnd Samuel replied\, “Speak to me. I’m at your service\, and I’m all ears.”\n    The LORD said to Samuel\, “Look\, I am about to do something that  will make the hair stand up on the back of everyone’s necks when they hear about it. On that day I will follow through on everything I have ever said I would do to Eli and his offspring. I have told him that I am about to bring down a permanent punishment on his family\, because his sons have been dragging my name through the mud and even though he knew about their corruption\, he didn’t crack down on them. So now I swear to Eli’s family that the charge of corruption will stand against them forever\, no matter how many apologies\, sacrifices or gifts they offer.”\nSamuel had a restless night after that! When he got up in the morning to open the doors of the house of the LORD\, he was afraid to say anything about the vision to Eli. But Eli wanted to know\, and called him\, saying\, “Samuel\, my son.”\n“At your service\,” Samuel answered.\n“What did the LORD have to say to you?” Eli asked. “Don’t keep me in the dark. May God punish you big time\, if you don’t tell me every detail of what was said to you.”\nSo Samuel told him the whole lot\, every last detail\, and when he had finished\, Eli said\, “The LORD has spoken. I will have to cop whatever the LORD sees fit to do.”\nAs Samuel grew to be a man\, the LORD kept a guiding hand on his shoulder\, and saw to it that when he spoke\, not a word was wasted. Before long\, the whole land\, from one end to the other\, knew that Samuel was the real deal – a messenger of the LORD who could be trusted. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 139: 1-6\, 13-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	You have taken a good hard look at me\, LORD\,\nand you know exactly what makes me tick. \nYou know when I’ve got my feet up and when I’m on the job;\nyou can read my mind like an open book. \nYou see where I am going and where I stop\,\nand you know all about what I do and why. \nYou know exactly what I am going to say\, LORD\,\neven before I open my mouth. \nYou are in front of me\, behind me\, beside me;\nyour hand on my shoulder at every turn. \nAll this is more than I can get my head around;\nI pinch myself\, and struggle to take it in. \nIt was you who put me together\, every part of me;\nyou knit me together in my mother’s womb. \nI sing your praises\, LORD\,\nfor the the way you have made me fills me with awe.\nYour creative works blow my mind;\ntoo wonderful for words. \nYou could see me clearly before I was born;\nyou watched me taking shape in the secret depths\nand laid out the intricacies of nerve and muscle. \nYou kept your eye on me\nfrom conception to birth.\nMy life lay before you like an open book\nbefore I had even lived a day. \nYour thoughts are way beyond my grasp\, God\,\nand they add up to more than I can count.\nDeeper than the oceans\,\noutnumbering the grains of sand;\nI give up trying\nbut you are with me just the same. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Corinthians 6: 12-20			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	You people say: \n“There is nothing I am not allowed to do.” \nSure\, but the fact that you are allowed to do something doesn’t mean it is a good idea to do it. \n“There is nothing I am not allowed to do.” \nSure\, but I am not about to let such things start taking over my life. \nYou also hear people say: \n“Food belongs in the stomach\,\n   and stomachs were made for food.” \nSure\, but that’s not exactly the meaning of life! God could abolish both food and stomachs and leave untouched the things that really matter. Here’s a saying worth getting your teeth into: \n“The human body deserves better than sleaze.\n   The body belongs to the Lord\,\n      and the Lord belongs to the body.” \nIndeed\, God cares about bodies. God raised the Lord\, body and all\, and will raise us\, body and all\, just as powerfully. You do know\, don’t you\, that your bodies are now integral parts of Christ’s body? So how could I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a sleazy and degraded body? No way! For you do know\, don’t you\, that when bodies are joined in sexual intimacy — no matter how cheap and sleazy — they are united to one another forever. As scripture says\, “The two become one flesh.” But because you are united to the Lord\, you are one with the Lord. Steer well clear of sleaze! \nSome say: \n“The sins people commit are ‘out there’\n   and have no consequences in the body;” \nwhile others say: \n“If you get involved in sleazy sin\n   you are only hurting yourself.” \nYou do know\, don’t you\, that your body is a sacred dwelling place of the Holy Spirit\, and your life is therefore not your own to trash as you please? You have the Holy Spirit within you\, given to you by God. Your whole being\, body and soul\, belongs to God\, and it didn’t come cheap. So\, see to it that your bodily life always reflects well on God as its owner and occupier. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 1: 43-51			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus went up to Galilee and there he came across a man named Philip who\, like Andrew and Peter\, came from the city of Bethsaida. “Stick with me\,” said Jesus\, and Philip did.\nPhilip later came across his mate Nathanael and said to him\, “We have found the one everyone has been waiting for; the one who was written about in the law of Moses and in the prophets. It is Jesus\, the son of Joseph. He comes from Nazareth.”\nNathanael replied\, “Nazareth! You’ve got to be kidding. How could anything good come out of Nazareth?!”\nBut Philip just said\, “Come and see for yourself.”\nJesus took one look at Nathanael and said\, “Here we have a fair dinkum Israelite. There’s no bullshit in this bloke!”\nNathanael asked him\, “Where did you get your information on me?”\nJesus replied\, “I spotted you back there under the fig tree before Philip called you.”\nNathanael said\, “Rabbi\, you are the Son of God! You are the one who will rule God’s people!”\nJesus answered\, “Are you ready to put your trust in me just because I told you that I knew what you were made of the minute I spotted you under the fig tree. You will see things that make that pale into insignificance!”\nAnd turning to them all he continued\, “I kid you not\, you lot will see the New Human become the bridge between heaven and earth\, and the messengers of God going back and forth between the two.” \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor what we know of you is overwhelming\,\nmore wonderful than we can ever understand. \nIn the hidden depths of time\nyou formed the newborn earth according to your design\,\nand knit us together in our mothers’ wombs.\nYou led your people through Moses\,\nand corrected them through prophets like Samuel\,\nwhose every word went forth with your power. \nIn these last days you have sent us your Son\n— Jesus\, son of Mary\, from Nazareth.\nIn word and deed he brought the truth to light\nand called us to follow\nin the ways of integrity and discipleship.\nWhen the enemies of life put him to death\,\nyou raised him up by your power\,\nand likewise you raise us up\nand unite us with Christ\nthat we too may be an honoured dwelling place\nfor your Holy Spirit. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give you thanks for raising us up\nand uniting us with Christ\,\nso that we can follow him\nin the ways of integrity and discipleship\,\nand become an honoured dwelling place\nfor your Holy Spirit. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor what we know of you is overwhelming\,\nmore wonderful than we can ever understand. \nIn the hidden depths of time\nyou formed the newborn earth according to your design\,\nand knit us together in our mothers’ wombs.\nYou led your people through Moses\,\nand corrected them through prophets like Samuel\,\nwhose every word went forth with your power. \nIn these last days you have sent us your Son\n— Jesus\, son of Mary\, from Nazareth.\nIn word and deed he brought the truth to light\nand called us to follow\nin the ways of integrity and discipleship.\nWhen the enemies of life put him to death\,\nyou raised him up by your power\,\nand likewise you raise us up\nand unite us with Christ\nthat we too may be an honoured dwelling place\nfor your Holy Spirit. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The God who searches us and knows our inmost thoughts\nhas bought us at great price.\nIn Jesus Christ we have been freed from sin\nand heaven has been opened to us. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now. Listen for the voice of the Lord\nand follow wherever it leads.\nDo not be dominated by anything.\nAllow no room within yourselves for deceit\,\nbut offer yourselves as a temple for the Holy Spirit. \nAnd may God be with you and speak through you;\nMay Christ Jesus be one with you and raise you to life;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit dwell within you and make you holy. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nCome and SeeA sermon on John 1:43-51; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; 1 Samuel 3:2-10 & Psalm 139 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nUnthinkable: God Right HereA sermon on 1 Corinthians 6: 12-20 & John 1: 43-51 by Michael Hardin\n\n\n\nFood\, Sex\, Body Image and JesusA sermon on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nNo Laws?A sermon on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nFaith-bookA sermon on John 1:43-51; Psalm 139 & 1 Samuel 3:2-10 by Craig Bartlett
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