Sweat Equity

Sweat Equity Rev. Robert P. Hoch, Ph.D. First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Baltimore MD 21201 October 4, 2020   Gospel Matthew 21:33-46 33“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner…

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Lively Commentary

Lively Commentary Rev. Robert P. Hoch, Ph.D. First &Franklin Presbyterian Church Baltimore MD 21201 October 25, 2020 Matthew 22:34-39   When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,…

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Render Unto God

Render Unto God  Rev. Robert P. Hoch, Ph.D. First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Baltimore MD 21201 October 18, 2020   Gospel Matthew 22:15-22 15Then the Pharisees went and plotted to…

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Real Hunger & Real Thirst

Real Hunger & Real Thirst Rev. Robert P. Hoch, Ph.D. First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Baltimore MD 21201 October 11, 2020     Gospel Matthew 22:1-14 1Once more Jesus spoke…

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Power Grab or Gift of Power?

    Power Grab or Gift of Power? Rev. Robert P. Hoch, Ph.D.   First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Baltimore MD September 27, 2020   Philippians 2:1-13   1If then…

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Late in the Day

Late in the Day Rev. Robert P. Hoch, Ph.D. First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Baltimore, MD September 20, 2020 Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner…

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Why is Love Important?

Day 5 of the school year on Zoom: Why is Love Important? Distance education for small children poses real hardships, too many to count, but even these contexts are not…

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A Note from Rob

Our daily lives have been turned upside down as a result of the pandemic. At the end of my run this morning, I saw a woman pulling into the parking…

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Morning Prayer 091120

Meditation “Maybe I was praying for him then, in my own way. Does God have a set way of prayer, a way that He expects each of us to follow?…

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Morning Prayer 091020

Meditation “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. . . . If, in this life only, we have hope in Christ, we are…

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