Baptism as a Living Symbol of the Christian Life: Dying and Rising
This is the last of my Lenten sermons on Baptism as a Living Symbol of The Christian Life. I call it, Baptism: Dying and […]
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Baptism: A Living Symbol of the Christian Life- Belonging to A Family of Faith, The Body of Christ, March 2020
Jesus came not only to start a movement—a movement of the love of God and neighbor—he came to form a community, a family of faith, […]
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God and the Human Creature 9/19
“What is man”, the Psalmist asks, “that Thou art mindful of him?” Who is this human creature God has made? That is the subject of […]
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God and the World Religions 8/19
Let’s talk today about God and the World Religions. It is an important, if not urgent matter. In the decade before 9/11 Catholic theologian Hans […]
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God and the Cross 8/19
I want to ponder aloud today about Christ’s death and its role in our salvation, what in theological terms is called the Doctrine of the […]
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God and Nation 7/19
Israel and the Church lived over 1,200 years under a variety of political and social arrangements: slavery in Egypt; de-centralized government led by judges with […]
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The Bible, Homosexuality and Us
Full disclosure. I have long been an advocate for LGBT persons, for their full inclusion in the church and for their […]
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Welcome One Another 8/18
America and the American Church are badly divided these days. Democrat/Republican, liberal/conservative, rich/poor, urban/rural, people of color/white, etc. Our Redness and Blueness is tearing the […]
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Has God Given President Trump the Authority to “Take Out” Kim Jong Un?
Rev. Robert Jeffress the pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas Texas, said recently: When it comes to how we should deal with evil doers, the […]
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