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Entries from May 2007

Pleding to a Body: Thoughts on Church Membership

May 21st, 2007 by Jason · 10 Comments

I’ve never been a “member” of a church, at least not in the sense of signing a statement that says something to the effect of “I pledge to stick with this church and agree with its basic teachings.” Mostly this is because I had never attended a church that had any sort of official [...]

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Church as prayer: a sermon on Revelation 22

May 21st, 2007 by isaac · 3 Comments

I don’t know how this sermon went. I got a few comments afterward from folks who really liked it. But I wonder if it was a little bit too complicated.

There’s this passage from Herbert McCabe that is at the heart of my sermon:
For us to pray is for us to be taken over, possessed by [...]

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Another Ordinary Easter: a sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Easter

May 4th, 2007 by isaac · 8 Comments

Title: Ordinary Easter
Date: April 22, 2007l 22, 2007English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVWP-Bible plugin
Texts: John 21:1-19John 21:1-19English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVJesus Appears to Seven Disciples

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1 Jesus later appeared to his disciples along the shore of Lake Tiberias.
2 Simon Peter, Thomas the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, and the brothers James and John, [...]

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