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Podcast: West End UMC Podcast Audio Podcast
Episode: Scandal in the Family
Description: This recording begins with a dramatic reading of the scripture, continues with the Children's Moment, and then the sermon. This is the first Sunday in advent, and the scripture is (part of) Matthew’s version of the genealogy of Jesus, and the focus of the sermon is the significance of family ancestry. In our own hunger to know more about our ancestry we find a richness and foundation. The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew may well not be historically accurate, but the point is to establish the identity of Jesus. Five women, whose stories are somewhat scandalous, are included in th...