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Gospels

Jesus, No Romantic, He

14-Aug-16 Luke 12:49-53 I am reasonably certain that most of us have a mental image that we conjure up when we call to mind the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. This may be an image of our own making, but more than likely, it is that of an image that we have appropriated from […]

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Epistles

Nobody Will Stop Us

07-Aug-16 Hebrews 11:1-16 Last week we met a fellow who, by the grace of God, came into a whole lot of wealth. He was already rich to begin with, and that probably didn’t help him much, but when he gained this additional wealth, it went straight to his head. It was all that he could […]

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Gospels

Snuffed By Stuff

31-July-16 Luke 12:13-21 Anyone who’s ever taken on the responsibility of dividing up the spoils of a dead person knows just exactly how quickly the vultures can begin to descend. Some people have barely breathed their last before the survivors are squabbling over the dead person’s stuff. Everyone wants a piece of mommy, or lots […]