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This sermon looks at what values should be placed in your personal compass such as the Cardinal Virtues of fortitude, justice, temperance, and prudence as well as those shunned by the rich man dressed in purple who found, upon being tormented in Hades when the clock ran out upon his death, that root of evil was, indeed, his love of money.
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Tags: and prudence, Apostle Paul, Cardinal Virtues, Compass and the Clock, Dives, endurance, Episcopal, faith, fortitude or courage, gentleness, Gleanings of the field, godliness, Jesus, Justice, Lazarus, Lazarus beggar, Lazarus sores, Love, love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, pledge card, Rich Man, rich man purple, righteousness, sermon, Stephen Covey, Stewardship, temperance, tithe, What’s in your compass
A sermon that offers consequences when ignoring the Apostle Paul’s expression “For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil” and guidance such as Love that shares is the antidote to the uncertainty of riches with a connection to the “missing” summer lection Luke 12:48.
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Tags: 1 Timothy 6:6-9, 5 to 10 talent parish, chasm, Consequences, Dives, endurance, Episcopal, faith, For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, gentleness, godliness, Guidance, Lazarus, Love, Love that shares is the antidote, Luke 12:48, much is expected, much is required, Parable of the Talents, pursue righteousness, ready to share, sermon, To much has been given, Uncertainty of riches
A sermon that recalls how wearing the mantle of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control remembered in stories about blueberries and ducklings presents love your neighbor as yourself as the outpouring of the fruit of the Spirit.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Blueberries for Sal, double portion, Elijah, Elisha, Episcopal, faithfulness, Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians, Generosity, gentleness, Jesus, joy, kindness, Lost and Found, Love, love your neighbor, Make Way for Ducklings, mantle, patience, peace, Robert McCloskey, self-control, sermon