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2 Samuel

Giving Voice to Bathsheba – July 25, 2021

July 25, 2021

Melissa preaching via Zoom on July 25, 2021

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-12:13 Melissa tackles this difficult passage about the sexual violence carried out by a powerful king, the kind of king that God had warned the Israelites about when they had cried out for someone to rule over them. There’s something else for us to learn about the structure of sexual violence in […]

Giving Voice to Bathsheba – July 25, 2021

Tagged With: 2 Samuel, Bathsheba, David, Melissa Florer-Bixler, power, sexual assault

Confessions – Oct. 21, 2018

October 21, 2018

Melissa preaching on October 21, 2018

Melissa spoke from 2 Samuel 11:1-5, 26-27, 12:1-9 and Psalm 51.  David makes a tragic and terrible decision and the results are heinous. When we see or hear of acts like this, we seek a confession from the wrongdoer, though David doesn’t come clean until he’s confronted by Nathan. Once we let the truth out, […]

Confessions – Oct. 21, 2018

Tagged With: 2 Samuel, confession, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Psalms

The 10th Commandment-Power, Coveting, Property – June 17, 2018

June 17, 2018

Melissa speaking at RMC on April 8, 2018

In the last sermon in her series on the 10 commandments, Melissa focuses on the tenth from Exodus 20:17. To help us understand the concept of “to covet” Melissa has the congregation participate in a little biblical exegesis. She uses 2 Samuel 11:1-13, the story of David and Bathsheba, to explain that coveting has to do […]

The 10th Commandment-Power, Coveting, Property – June 17, 2018

Tagged With: #MeToo, 2 Samuel, communion, covet, Exodus, Melissa Florer-Bixler, power

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