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“For God So Loved The World”

            One sometimes hears the complaint that if God really wanted people to worship Him in a specific way He would have made His desires more obviously known than He apparently has.  The idea here is that the death and … Continue reading

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Jesus the Pacifist?

            In Sunday’s sermon I drew attention to the scandalous results of a recent Pew study which indicates that Christians approve of torture in even greater numbers than do religiously unaffiliated people.  I said that this study reveals that however … Continue reading

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An Unusual Advent Meditation

     Historically the season of Advent has had a mournful touch to it. The idea is that Christians focus on some of the sadness and social ennui that existed within Judaism prior to the birth of Jesus– after all, the … Continue reading

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