Sermon: The Baptism of Our Lord

painting: The Baptism of Jesus

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, January 12, 2025.

      Sermon - Epiphany I 2025 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell

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You can read the scriptures for this service here: Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22.

The artwork above is “The Baptism of Christ” by Joachim Patinir, ca. 1485-1524, and is part of the collection at the Kunsthistorisches (Art History) Museum in Vienna.

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