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The Biblical
103 posts
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Uniformity, Religio & Solidarity (Psalm 133)
This is the message I gave during our meeting for worship on Sunday August 13, 2011. _religion and Norway On July 22, 2011, a 32-year-old man drove his car into the city
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Reading the Bible for Transformation
George Fox once wrote: I saw also how people read the Scriptures without a right sense of them, and without duly applying
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The Company We Keep: Empathy and Reading the Bible Together (Acts 8)
This is the message I gave this past Sunday. _THE B.I.B.L.E. The Bible is, for better or for worse, one of the most influential documents in the history of the
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The Res. Community Pt. 4: The Last Breakfast, or First Potluck (John 21)
This is the message I gave that is a part of a longer series on the resurrection community from a few weeks back. _The last breakfast on the beach Post Easter weve been
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_Introduction A couple weeks back we discussed how the resurrection community is a participatory community, that is that Jesus invited his disciples to bring some of their fish and add it to the pile
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The Res. Community (Pt. 3): Success and The Famous Catch of John 21
This is the third part in a five-part series looking at the final resurrection appearances of Jesus in the book of
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Celebrating Our Interdependence (1 Corinthians 12:12-26)
This is the text to the message I gave on July 3, 2011. _intro: (dis)membership I was reading in a magazine called the Christian Century the other day and they recently put out
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The Res. Community Part 2: Finders, Seekers (Jn. 20)
This was my prepared message for worship last Sunday. It is the second in a series looking at what it means to be the church in relationship to the final resurrection appearances of Jesus
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The Resurrection Community Part 1: Standing in the Midst (John 20:19-23)
This was my prepared message for worship last Sunday. It is the first in a series looking at what it means to be the church in relationship to the final resurrection appearances of Jesus
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Jesus, the Risen One (Jn 20)
This is the message I gave on Easter morning. This morning we celebrate and remember Jesus raising from the dead. It is not uncommon on Easter Sunday for those in the church to focus
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Who is Raised?
I’m enjoying preparing for worship this coming Easter Sunday. What a great day to celebrate and reflect on. I came across
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Love Was the First Motion (John 1)
At our church for Lent we’re reflection on two interrelated questions “Who is Christ?” and “What Canst Thou Say (about this Christ)?” So there’s an inner tension in these two questions: what
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To Bless and Not to Curse (Openings and Closures): Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse. Romans 12:14 Queries :: 1. What does it really mean to bless/curse another person with language? 2. In what ways have I been
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Peace Through Equality: Lucretia Mott, Paul and MLK (Galatians 3:26-29)
This was the message I gave this morning based on Galatians 3:26-29. First we discussed some of these queries: 1. What do you think the connections between peace and equality are in
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Heralds of Peace (Luke 10)
This morning the big word, the word of the day for all you Pee-Wees Playhouse fans in the congregation, is participation. It is a word that signals collective activity, collaboration, co-operation,