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Tag: Peg Bowman

  • Worshipping Idols in Modern Society So these days people don’t usually worship physical idols, at least statues, most people don’t anyway, I’ve met a few who do, but not too many. And truth be told, ancient people I don’t think really worshipped those statues as much as they worshipped what they represented, the power to…

  • Fairhaven Sermon 3 17 2024 0:00 /833.328 1× During the fifth week of Lent, Pastor Peg Bowman delves into the theme “Seeds in the Sand,” drawing inspiration from Jesus’ words in John 12 and the prophecies of Jeremiah. Throughout her sermon, Rev. Bowman highlights how we are all like seeds in the sand, destined to…

  • Look to the Cross for Healing Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea were the two men who had the courage to ask Pilate for the body of Jesus in order to give him a proper burial. Somewhere in between that nighttime conversation and Jesus’ crucifixion, Nicodemus became a believer, and he did for Jesus what no…

  • Fairhaven Sermon 3 10 2024 0:00 /867.072 1× This sermon by Rev. Peg Bowman focuses on the biblical story of the bronze serpent that God instructed Moses to make in the wilderness, comparing it to Jesus being lifted up on the cross. The Israelites had sinned by complaining against God, so God sent venomous snakes…

  • Transformation Through Faith – The Story of Lawrence of Arabia The Bible does not tell us, by the way, a whole lot about Abram’s background, other than to say that he was from Ur of the Chaldees. Ur was, back in those days, about 200 miles southeast of where Baghdad is today. So imagine this.…